Big Education Ape: Apr 7, 2014

Monday, April 7, 2014

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Charter-Mania, High-Stakes Testing and Teacher-Bashing: Can Rhee’s Approach Be Stopped?

Is public education doomed to destruction? Has it already been done in? Everyone has an opinion. The question is will the Vergara v. California court decision permanently define what might be? Will education equity be set free? Stanford Professor Linda Darling-Hammond discusses the case and examines the […]

by empathy / 21min

Get Schooled: April Fools' Day births a great college prank

Here is a clever prank played on Aquinas College macroeconomics professor Stephen Barrows, who maintains a policy that students who receive a call during class must put it on speakerphone for everyone to hear. Students had fun with that policy on April Fools' Day. (Based on interviews I’ve seen, Barrows ...

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On Teachers United, WEA Rep Assembly, and Engaging New Educators

I arrived back in Seattle yesterday morning from my first experience at the WEA's Representative Assembly in Spokane, and I learned a lot.I've been a part of a number of different teachers unions in my day (TEA, WTU, UFT, WEA), and I came back from the WEA RA feeling that the WEA is overwhelmingly the strongest among them.Had you asked me about teachers unions ten years ago, I probably would have

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Eugene Robinson responds to the Senate Intelligence Report

Torture is immoral, illegal and irreconcilable with this nation’s most cherished values. If defenders of the CIA’s “enhanced interrogation” program disagree, they should come out and say so. Instead, they blow smoke. That is the opening paragraph of Here’s an emotional response to the torture report: I’m outraged, Pulitzer Prize winner Eugene Robinson's column for Tuesday's Washington Post It is

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Higher ed funding bill sparks high-level differences

It’s rare to see vigorous public debate between the speaker of the House and the lieutenant governor, especially when they’re from the same party. But a proposed higher education funding bill brought out just that at a House Education Committee hearing Monday. At issue is House Bill 14-1319, a proposal by House Speaker Mark Ferrandino, D-Denver. In broad terms, it would shift funding to “access” i

by Todd Engdahl / 46min

Gresham Elementary principal fights CPS school ‘turnaround’ plan

If Gresham Elementary School Principal Diedrus Brown is going to lose her job anyway, she said Monday she’ll go down telling the truth. The school she has led for the past decade is one of three slated for a staff reboot, which Chicago Public Schools calls a “turnaround,” saying that Gresham’s academics arepoor enough to warrant a full restaffing. But Brown denies her school is among the worst academically, blatantly accusing the district of other motives for choosing her school to hand over to a nonprofit turnaround organization with past ties to the school board president.

Late Night: Kansas State Legislature Takes Teacher Tenure From Thousands

Weekend, overnight exploits by purchased ideologues and rank amateurs in the Kansas State legislature stripped KS public school teachers of due process rights. This will require all teachers to renegotiate their contracts without any union or other support and make them subject to termination if they don’t. Or if administrators randomly feel like it, or are pressured to do so by rank amateurs, app

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University of Puerto Rico Students Contemplate Striking Over Tuition Hike

Students at the publicly supported University of Puerto Rico will vote on whether to mount a strike if administrators implement a hike in tuition. The Student Front for an Accessible Public and Quality Education, or FEEPAC, announced on Monday the possibility of staging a 24-hour strike on April 23. The student initiative follows last month’s decision by the UPR board not to extend the moratoriu

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Video: Watch Los Angeles Grow In 36 Seconds

I’m adding this video of Los Angeles’ growth to The Best Sites To Learn About Los Angeles:

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National Awards For Education Reporting Announced

The Education Writers Association just announced the winners of the 2013 National Awards for Education Reporting. It’s an extensive and impressive list, and includes many links. Unfortunately, you have to make a lot of “clicks” to get down to the names of the winners and links to their articles. It’s worth it, but I do hope they figure out a more user-friendly lay-out by next year…

by Larry Ferlazzo / 0min

Get It Right Podcasts: Terry Holliday, Kentucky State Commissioner of Education

Dr. Terry Holliday, Kentucky’s state commissioner of education, shares the power of engaging educators early and throughout the implementation process and the role Kentucky teachers played in unpacking the standards and building great new state assessments. Download as MP3 Additional Resources Kentucky Core Academic Standards

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Get It Right Podcasts: Dayna Richardson, Chair, Kansas Learning First Alliance

Dayna Richardson, chair of the Kansas Learning First Alliance, talks about her organization’s role in communicating the need for new standards, deliberately taking implementation one step at a time and the value of multiple measures of success. Download as MP3 Additional Resources Kansas Learning First Alliance KLFA Educational Advocacy Video and Talking Points

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Get It Right Podcasts: Terri Hodges, President, Delaware PTA

Dr. Terri Hodges, the president of the Delaware PTA, discusses the importance of proper planning, a collaborative process and the need for the separation of the standards and the tests to ensure progress. In Delaware, parents played a key role in implementation, a process that has taken more than three years. Download as MP3 Additional Resources Delaware PTA DelExcels.org Guide to New Assessment

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Important Charter & Voucher Restrictions

Several critical issues related to charter and voucher schools are scheduled to be debated at the House Education Committee this Wednesday, April 9, starting at 9:00 A.M. These bills would help us to defend public schools from predatory charter schools and from further unwarranted expansion of the voucher programs.Please ask your State Representative who serves on the House Education committee to

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Tigard High School principal says school's 'heterogeneous grouping' program is working

Though he acknowledged some struggles, Tigard High School Principal Mark Neffendorf on Monday evening presented the Tigard-Tualatin School Board with evidence of how the district’s relatively new “heterogeneous grouping” policy is working.

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Rally planned over raft of charter school bills

Feeling challenged by about a dozen bills under consideration in Springfield, advocates of privately run but publicly funded charters...

Vallas gets new six-figure job as he runs for lieutenant governor

Paul Vallas, who returned to Illinois last month as Gov. Pat Quinn’s running mate, has been hired to a six-figure job as a municipal...

Initiative to reduce Washington school class sizes

SEATTLE (AP) — A group calling itself Class Size Counts is collecting...

City schools honored for music education

Apr 7, 2014, 4:03 p.m.
For the third time in five years, the San Diego Unified School District has been recognized as one of the best communities for music education in the country. The district was one of 376 given the honor last month by the nonprofit National Association of Music Merchants Foundation or NAMM as being a Best Community for Music Education. It earlier received the designation in 2010 and 2013. San Diego Unified was recognized after it submitted a music education survey answering detailed questions about district funding, staffing of highly qualified teachers, commitment to standards and access to music instruction provided to students. Karen Childress-Evans, director of visual and performing arts for city schools, said the designation celebrates the district’s many partnerships with arts organizations and community members that provide such things as field trips to performances and instruments for families that ...

Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog 4-7-14

Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog: Canada Takes Steps for Country's HealthCanada has taken steps this week to give more information about diabetes to the country. Approximetly one in four Canadians has diabetes or prediabetes. And that statistic costs the country over $1.6 billion yearly, causing some concern for the countries health care system. Canada gives their citizens free health care and large amo

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The Factoid World of Michael Goodwin of the New York Post southbronxschool.com

http://www.southbronxschool.com: The Factoid World of Michael Goodwin of the New York PostI buy two newspapers on Sunday. The Daily News, I read in the car while my son is in Sunday School and The Times to read throughout the day. The Post, except for Phil Mushnick is a waste of my time.But this past Sunday I was able to read a free copy of the Post. I forgot where I was but I came across Michael

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Nite Cap 4-7-14 #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2

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 CAP4-7-14 Jersey Jazzman Jammin' All WeekJersey Jazzman: Why Is Michelle Rhee Wrong About Everything?Michelle Rhee is consistently wrong about everything.She was wrong about teaching to the test. She was wrong about her grading of state education po

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Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog 4-7-14

Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog:

Canada Takes Steps for Country's Health

Canada has taken steps this week to give more information about diabetes to the country. Approximetly one in four Canadians has diabetes or prediabetes. And that statistic costs the country over $1.6 billion yearly, causing some concern for the countries health care system. Canada gives their citizens free health care and large amount of money focused on one disease, willl eventually the break-dow

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Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog 4-5-14

Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog:Afghanistan: A Photographer's LegacyAssociated Press photographer Anja Niedringhaus was killed in Afghanistan on Friday, apparently gunned down by an Afghan policeman. She and Kathy Gannon, a Canadian journalist, were shot while traveling in a government convey as they covered preparations for the Afghanistan presidential election on Saturday. Gannon was wounded and i

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The Factoid World of Michael Goodwin of the New York Post southbronxschool.com

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The Factoid World of Michael Goodwin of the New York Post

I buy two newspapers on Sunday. The Daily News, I read in the car while my son is in Sunday School and The Times to read throughout the day. The Post, except for Phil Mushnick is a waste of my time.

But this past Sunday I was able to read a free copy of the Post. I forgot where I was but I came across Michael Goodwin's column with a big headline proclaiming,"The False and Ridiculous Claims Against Charter Schools." OK, I have time to waste and in need of a good giggle, so I said to myself, "Why not?" and read.

I have to admit, Goodwin piqued my interest quite a bit as a good writer must. I started to read with bated breath and found the first three paragraphs or so fascinating;

Say anything nice about charter schools, and you are sure to get letters full of rage, false charges and praise for unions. The attacks, often from teachers, follow a format that appears to be scripted by labor bosses and echo the class-warfare bile of Mayor de Blasio.

To wit, charters succeed because they weed out problem students, they discriminate against those with disabilities, and their operators, especially Eva Moskowitz, got special favors from the previous mayor.

Ergo, everything charters achieve is suspect and their methods won’t work on a broad scale.

WHOA! Some awesome writing there! His writing puts me to shame. But the way he grabbed me and http://www.southbronxschool.com:

Nite Cap 4-7-14 #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2

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

4-7-14 Jersey Jazzman Jammin' All Week

Jersey Jazzman: Why Is Michelle Rhee Wrong About Everything?Michelle Rhee is consistently wrong about everything.She was wrong about teaching to the test. She was wrong about her grading of state education policies. She was wrong about truancy. She was wrong about student surveys and VAM. She was wrong about the effectiveness of her "reforms" while leading the Washington, D.C. schools.Mi

by mike simpson / 1min

4-7-14 Wait What?

Wait What?: NEWS FLASH: Its official – choice means Friendship Charter School or nothingIn a brazen effort to hand over Hartford’s Clark Elementary School to Friendship Charter Schools of Washington D.C. and divert more scarce public funds to another out-of-state charter school management company, a special meeting of the Hartford Board of Education has suddenly been called for tomorrow to approve

by mike simpson / 16min

4-7-14 Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement"

Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement": Video: “Early language and the brain: Smart talk”I’m adding this video from The Economist to The Best Resources For Learning About The “Word Gap”:by Larry Ferlazzo / 26min hide // saveBritish Schools Plan: “parents should get a ‘checklist’ telling them how to raise their children”British schools planning to give parents a

by mike simpson / 2h

4-7-14 @ The Chalk Face

@ THE CHALK FACE: New York’s Secret TestGuest post from Bianca Tanis, New York State Parent and Educator. In recent days the 2014 New York ELA tests have been the subject of much attention. It did not come as a surprise to most educators that the tests were more difficult than last year. After all, NYSED had informed teachers that this year, even 3rd […]by Chris Cerrone / 3min4-6-14 @ The Chalk

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4-7-14 Schools Matter

Schools Matter: Brooklyn Schools Lead the Way “There was inappropriate content, many highly ambiguous questions, and a focus on structure rather than meaning of passages.” Brooklyn schools lead the way. From The NationThere’s a growing nationwide movement opposing these tests as the result of a corporate-driven agenda that has distorted real learning, widened the achievement gap, increased financi

by mike simpson / 2h

4-7-14 Scathing Purple Musings | Color me purple in Florida

Scathing Purple Musings | Color me purple in Florida, red in Washington, dark sky-blue in Israel and public school in Education: Florida to Pay Utah $5.4 Million for Field TestThere’s more fall-out from those new state tests which are being field-tested in Utah. Kristen Moulton in the Salt Lake City Tribune reports: Utah is about to reap an unexpected windfall from the questions it wrote for the n

by mike simpson / 2h

Puppets have no political party ideology: Rahm Rauner | Reclaim Reform

Puppets have no political party ideology: Rahm Rauner | Reclaim Reform: Puppets have no political party ideology: Rahm RaunerPosted on April 7, 2014by Ken PrevitiWarning: Names were not changed to protect the guilty. Designations of Republican, Democrat, Independent, Tea Party, Green, Socialist, etc. are meaningless when billionaires and multinational corporations alone are being served. Oligarchs

by mike simpson / 2h

Charter school truths hit the front page Parents United for Responsible Education

Parents United for Responsible Education » Blog Archive » Charter school truths hit the front page: truths hit the front pageToday was not a good day for charter school public relations folks.The Chicago Tribune’s front page carried the above headline (left) on a story that described the discipline policy of the Noble Network of Charter Schools as “extreme,” “stricter than zero tolerance,” and “ou

by mike simpson / 2h

NYC Public School Parents: District 2 principals fight back! Parents, Rally with your school on Friday morning vs awful State ELA exam

NYC Public School Parents: District 2 principals fight back! Parents, Rally with your school on Friday morning vs awful State ELA exam: District 2 principals fight back! Parents, Rally with your school on Friday morning vs awful State ELA examSee letter from most of the Elementary school principals in Community School District 2 below; D2 takes up a large slice of Manhattan from the southern tip t

by mike simpson / 3h

Ask Arne: Procuring Privacy | ED.gov Blog

Ask Arne: Procuring Privacy | ED.gov Blog: Ask Arne: Procuring PrivacyWhen I think of privacy a few images pop into my head: a “do not disturb” sign, the settings on my social media accounts, or me locking the bathroom door so that my kids can’t come barging in after me.But the term “privacy” has taken on new meaning in the digital age, and is now accompanied by terms like big data, devices, and

by mike simpson / 5h

4-7-14 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.: Another day. Another report showing charter schools don’t do much better than neighborhood schools.Former UNO charter chief Juan Rangel and his pal, Rahm Emanuel. Proponents of the corporate school reform agenda believe in at least three sacred truths. Charters and school choice will improve the quali

by mike simpson / 5h

Just Say No to Charter School Conversions | WeArePCAPS

Just Say No to Charter School Conversions | WeArePCAPS: Just Say No to Charter School ConversionsPosted on April 7, 2014by wearepcapsThe School District, in the midst of a severe budget crunch is spending millions of dollars on converting two more neighborhood schools to charters. Steel Elementary in Nicetown and Munoz Marin Elementary in Kensington were selected, not based on school performance a

by mike simpson / 5h

“An Act of Conscience”: Teachers at New York’s Earth School boycott Common Core Tests! | I AM AN EDUCATOR

“An Act of Conscience”: Teachers at New York’s Earth School boycott Common Core Tests! | I AM AN EDUCATOR: “An Act of Conscience”: Teachers at New York’s Earth School boycott Common Core Tests!By I AM AN EDUCATOR on April 7, 2014Teachers at the Earth School in NYC who protested in support of the Seattle MAP test boycott in 2013Last spring I was invited to the Earth School in the East Village of Ne

by mike simpson / 5h

Bill De Blasio Is Actually More Helpful To Charter Schools Than Some Republicans, Report Says

Bill De Blasio Is Actually More Helpful To Charter Schools Than Some Republicans, Report Says: Bill De Blasio Is Actually More Helpful To Charter Schools Than Some Republicans, Report SaysPosted: 04/07/2014 12:00 pm EDT Updated: 04/07/2014 12:59 pm EDTPool via Getty ImagesNEW YORK -- Last fall, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) waged his successful populist campaign in part on reversing his p

by mike simpson / 7h

Funds for Energy Efficiency Available - Year 2014 (CA Dept of Education)

Funds for Energy Efficiency Available - Year 2014 (CA Dept of Education): State Schools Chief Tom Torlakson Announces Next Round of Energy Efficiency Funding ApplicationsSACRAMENTO—State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson today announced that local educational agencies (LEAs) that have Proposition 39 planning funds available–about $33 million—for energy efficiency projects can now

by mike simpson / 7h

Conspiracy Theories: Who Hacked the United Opt Out National Website

Conspiracy Theories: Who Hacked the United Opt Out National WebsiteJust a heads up - our website has been destroyed by hackers. If you are able to view the United Opt Out National website, you are currently viewing a cached site/ghost site. It could disappear at any moment - we don't know how long that will last. We will try to get the 50 state guides uploaded to this FB group over the next few

by mike simpson / 7h

4-7-14 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): Morning Read: Less than 40% of Students are College ReadyCollege-Readiness not keeping up in California Fewer than 4 in 10 California high school students are completing the requirements to be eligible for the state’s public universities, fueling worries of a shortage of college-educated workers when the

by mike simpson / 8h

Common Core & Data Collection | Truth in American Education

Common Core & Data Collection | Truth in American Education: Common Core & Data CollectionFiled in Privacy/SLDS by Jane Robbins on April 7, 2014 • 0 Comments181A particularly troubling aspect of the Common Core scheme is the emphasis on massive data-collection on students, and the sharing of that data for various purposes essentially unrelated to genuine education. U. S. Secretary of Educa

by mike simpson / 9h

What If We Had a Test and Nobody Took It? | John Thompson

What If We Had a Test and Nobody Took It? | John Thompson: What If We Had a Test and Nobody Took It?Posted: 04/06/2014 4:16 pm EDT Updated: 04/07/2014 9:59 am EDTIn a rational world, the public school test prep season wouldn't heat up during the winter and the first of April wouldn't signify the beginning of the high-stakes test marathon, and the end of learning during the last quarter of the scho

by mike simpson / 9h

Karen Magee elected as New York State United Teachers president - Newsday

Karen Magee elected as New York State United Teachers president - Newsday: Karen Magee elected as New York State United Teachers presidentOriginally published: April 6, 2014 10:48 AMUpdated: April 6, 2014 9:23 PMBy EMILY NGO emily.ngo@newsday.comKaren Magee, the newly elected president of New York State United Teachers, addresses NYSUT members during the closing of the 42nd Annual Representative

by mike simpson / 9h

Morning Wink 4-7-14 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2

BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 4-7-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Hoover, Alabama: “I Just Want to Teach”I encountered this article on Twitter, and a reader was kind enough to forward it in the comments section. http://ow.ly/vcl92 I Just Want to Teach…..Not

by mike simpson / 10h

LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 4-7-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all

Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Hoover, Alabama: “I Just Want to Teach”I encountered this article on Twitter, and a reader was kind enough to forward it in the comments section. http://ow.ly/vcl92 I Just Want to Teach…..Not Give Useless Tests: The Current Plight of Alabama’s Hoover City School Teachers Part One: Changes in the Elementary Program by Deborah G.

by mike simpson / 10h

Is the Administration Using ESEA to Increase the Federal Role? | Missouri Education Watchdog

Is the Administration Using ESEA to Increase the Federal Role? | Missouri Education Watchdog: Is the Administration Using ESEA to Increase the Federal Role?inShareOne of the rallying cries of those of us who oppose common core standards has been the fact that the federal government involvement in them has violated three separate federal laws (GEPA, ESEA, NCLB). If we are to be a nation of laws, no

by mike simpson / 10h

4-7-14 Ed Notes Online Week

Ed Notes Online: Lauren Cohen Stands Up to Bully Tests and Bully Unity SlugsYesterday morning I watched from the audience as Lauren Cohen, a petite young woman from the UFT MORE caucus, got up and addressed the NYSUT Representative Assembly as a candidate. When Lauren mentioned the UFT-Unity Loyalty oath, my 800 brothers and sisters from UFT-Unity tried to drown her voice with loud boos. The moder

by mike simpson / 10h

E. J. Dionne on "Supreme oligarchy"

E. J. Dionne on "Supreme oligarchy": E. J. Dionne on "Supreme oligarchy"byteacherkenFollow Email 31 Comments / 31 NewAn oligarchy, Webster’s dictionary tells us, is “a form of government in which the ruling power belongs to a few persons.” It’s a shame that the Republican majority on the Supreme Court doesn’t know the difference between an oligarchy and a democratic republi

by mike simpson / 10h

4-7-14 The Answer Sheet

The Answer Sheet: Common Core test gives students no time to think — teacherTravis Durfee is a teacher at Watkins Glen Middle School in Watkins Glen, New York who is administering Common Core-aligned standardized tests to students that were designed by Pearson, the education company. In the following piece, which he calls “Driving Lessons,” he looks from within the schoolhouse gates at the disconn

by mike simpson / 10h

4-7-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Seattle Schools Math Adoption InfoSeattle Public Schools is choosing new K-5 math textbooks for the upcoming 2014-2015 school year, and you have a voice in the decision.The official selection process is being managed by the Math Adoption Committee, their website is here. They have narrowed the field down to three possibilities:Math in Focus - The Singapore Approach

by mike simpson / 10h

4-7-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL

Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: My Latest NY Times Post Is On Lying As A Language-Learning ActivityHow can lying be a good language-learning activity? See how in my latest New York Times post for English Language Learners. A student interactive and fun teaching ideas are included. You can see all my many previous NY Times posts here.by Larry Ferlazzo / 2h

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4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 4-7-14

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: L.A. Unified Supt. Deasy Unveils New Budget ProposalBy Howard Blume, L.A. Times | http://lat.ms/1lL7xPQ 8:04 PM PDT, April 4, 2014 :: Buoyed by rising state funding, the Los Angeles Unified School District's draft budget proposal for the new fiscal year is the healthiest spending plan in years. The general fund would increase from $6.2 billion to $6.8

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empathyeducates – Education Election – Parents Empowered

empathyeducates – Education Election – Parents Empowered: Education Election – Parents EmpoweredPhotograph; Steve Johnson, an Amundsen High School Local School Council member, recommends that the council craft a letter opposing CPS budget cuts. | DNAInfo/Patty WestBeginning April 7th parents once again will take action. Some will vote and countless of these will be on the ballot. Those who care ab

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4-7-13 Curmudgucation Week

CURMUDGUCATION: What the Hell Happened in Kansas?Late last night, the Kansas legislature stripped Kansas teachers of all major job protections.I suppose you could claim that it wasn't all bad; Kansas ultimately decided NOT to pay parents to home school. But all in all, it was still pretty bad.It was a textbook example of how politics works these days (and also how it is covered; in Pennsylvania I

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4-7-14 Perdido Street School Week

Perdido Street School: Weingarten Spins Iannuzzi Defeat As "Message To Cuomo"From Jessica Bakeman at Capital NY:ALBANY—A vote by a state teachers' decision to overhaul its leadership may be a sign of trouble for Governor Andrew Cuomo.New York has already seen two education leaders ousted this year in elections that are rarely contested and typically undramatic.Richard Iannuzzi, a nine-ye

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Shanker Blog » New York City: The Mississippi Of The Twenty-First Century?

Shanker Blog » New York City: The Mississippi Of The Twenty-First Century?: New York City: The Mississippi Of The Twenty-First Century?Posted by Leo Casey on April 7, 2014Last month saw the publication of a new report, New York State’s Extreme School Segregation, produced by UCLA’s highly regarded Civil Rights Project. It confirmed what New York educators have suspected for some time: our schools

by mike simpson / 10h

Jeb Bush, the Common Core, & 2016 :: Frederick M. Hess

Jeb Bush, the Common Core, & 2016 :: Frederick M. Hess: Jeb Bush, the Common Core, & 2016by Frederick M. Hess • Apr 7, 2014 at 9:29 amCross-posted from Education Week Print Send RSS ShareA "Jeb Bush for President" boomlet is heating up, and for good reason. Amidst what's shaping up to be a crowded field of intriguing candidates, he may offer the most impressive package of accom

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FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team

FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team: Deasy's proposed budget includes 1,200 new staff positionsEducation HeadlinesMonday, April 7, 2014FCMAT provides links to California K-12 news stories as a service to the industry. However, some stories may not be accessible because of newspapers' subscription policies.Parent claims in lawsuit that Newport-Mesa teacher harassed daughterAdmini

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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES: WEEKEND QUOTABLESCaptain Clarion Tweet: "When does that dammed trickle down start, already?"ANON"In theory, there's no difference between theory and practice, but inpractice, there is. " -AnonymousNEW CHARTER STUDY “The results showed that they were virtually identical,” Mazany said of the 2010 study. “I found that surprising be

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Russ on Reading: Sacrificing Arts Education at the Altar of Test Prep

Russ on Reading: Sacrificing Arts Education at the Altar of Test Prep: Sacrificing Arts Education at the Altar of Test PrepThe irony smacked me right in the face. Yesterday, my wife and I journeyed to New York City as we often do to see a play. This one was The Heir Apparent, a thoroughly silly and joyous reworking by David Ives of a 1708 French play by Jean-Francois Regnard. And then this morning

by mike simpson / 11h

It’s a Myth That Charter Schools Take Everybody | janresseger

It’s a Myth That Charter Schools Take Everybody | janresseger: It’s a Myth That Charter Schools Take EverybodyPosted on April 7, 2014 by janressegerNew Issue of Cream and Cherries: CPS: Expulsion rate higher at charter schools - Chicago TribuneOn March 30, Paul Krugman (the Princeton economist and NY Times opinion writer) wrote a column that introduced the concept of a zombie idea — “an idea that

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Jason France, a.k.a “The Crazy Crawfish”, formally announces bid to seek Chas Roemer’s district 6 seat on BESE | Crazy Crawfish's Blog

Jason France, a.k.a “The Crazy Crawfish”, formally announces bid to seek Chas Roemer’s district 6 seat on BESE | Crazy Crawfish's Blog: Crazy Crawfish's BlogZesty Louisiana Education PoliticsJason France, a.k.a “The Crazy Crawfish”, formally announces bid to seek Chas Roemer’s district 6 seat on BESEPosted on April 7, 20143As I watched events at the capital unfolding over the last month I knew it

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Tax money siphoned from GA public schools to anti-gay religious schools, suit claims | The Raw Story

Tax money siphoned from GA public schools to anti-gay religious schools, suit claims | The Raw Story: Tax money siphoned from GA public schools to anti-gay religious schools, suit claimsBy Travis GettysMonday, April 7, 2014 9:06 EDTGeorgia’s tax credit program siphons off much-needed funds from the state’s public schools by allowing taxpayers to donate scholarship money to private religious school

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Common Core Standards: A Movie | Seattle Education

Common Core Standards: A Movie | Seattle Education: Common Core Standards: A MovieThis film was produced by Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA). According to the website:Home School Legal Defense Association is a nonprofit advocacy organization established to defend and advance the constitutional right of parents to direct the education of their children and to protect family freedoms. T

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LAUSD TARGETS PHENOMENAL TEACHER GREG SCHILLER - Perdaily.com

LAUSD TARGETS PHENOMENAL TEACHER GREG SCHILLER - Perdaily.com: LAUSD TARGETS PHENOMENAL TEACHER GREG SCHILLER(Mensaje se repite en Español)When I was in high school my science teacher had us do an experiment to illustrate that a molecule of water was in fact made up of: two atoms of hydrogen and one atom of oxygen. We accomplished this experiment by running a small current of electric through wate

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Common core or SMARTER Balanced? Maybe it’s neither :: SI&A Cabinet Report :: The Essential Resource for Superintendents and the Cabinet

Common core or SMARTER Balanced? Maybe it’s neither :: SI&A Cabinet Report :: The Essential Resource for Superintendents and the Cabinet: APRIL 07, 2014Common core or SMARTER Balanced? Maybe it’s neitherby Lee Funk(Calif.) As the state steps back to revise its assessment of the school accountability system with the advent of common core and SMARTER Balanced assessments, there is an opportunity

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Under new law, school nurses aim to stop rise in vaccination opt-outs | EdSource Today

Under new law, school nurses aim to stop rise in vaccination opt-outs | EdSource Today: Under new law, school nurses aim to stop rise in vaccination opt-outsApril 6th, 2014 | Add a Comment | By Jane Meredith AdamsInterested in vaccination rates at your child’s school? Want to see how vaccination rates vary between charter, private and public schools throughout California? Check out the EdSource va

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New Issue of Cream and Cherries: CPS: Expulsion rate higher at charter schools - Chicago Tribune

CPS: Expulsion rate higher at charter schools - Chicago Tribune: CPS: Expulsion rate higher at charter schoolsDisparity sure to become fuel in ongoing education debateFebruary 26, 2014|By Noreen S. Ahmed-Ullah and Alex Richards, Tribune reporters 140Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett said she inherited "a really punitive zero-tolerance code of conduct" and that the district

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Another Lawsuit in Tennessee |

Another Lawsuit in Tennessee |: Another Lawsuit in Tennessee As per Diane Ravitch’s blog, “The Tennessee Education Association filed a second lawsuit against the use if value-added assessment (called TVAAS in Tennessee), this time including extremist Governor Haslam and ex-TFA state commissioner Huffman in their suit.As per a more detailed post about this lawsuit, “The state’s largest association

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Why do the Koch brothers want to end public education?

This film and investigation connects the dots and reveals why the Koch brothers are trying to end public education and how their wealth winds up in the hands of Jim Crow. Watch the video, then call David Koch and tell him to stop funding school resegregation now. His number is 212-319-1100. Discuss at: http://facebook.com/KochBrothers More at: http://KochBrothersExposed.com/education

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Sol Stern Thinks Common Core Is About “Rich Curriculum” | deutsch29

Sol Stern Thinks Common Core Is About “Rich Curriculum” | deutsch29: Sol Stern Thinks Common Core Is About “Rich Curriculum”April 6, 2014If one is going to entitle a post, A Sorry Attack on the Common Core, which is what Sol Stern did on March 2, 2014, one should really be certain that one’s logic is flawless.Otherwise, someone might come along and write a post that rips through those weaknesses i

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4-6-14 @ The Chalk Face

@ THE CHALK FACE: Sol Stern Thinks Common Core Is About “Rich Curriculum”If one is going to entitle a post, A Sorry Attack on the Common Core, which is what Sol Stern did on March 2, 2014, one should really be certain that one’s logic is flawless. Otherwise, someone might come along and write a post that rips through those weaknesses in logic and, well, show just how “sorry” a rebuttal […]1 by deu

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The Classroom of the Future: Student Centered or Device Centered? - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher

The Classroom of the Future: Student Centered or Device Centered? - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher: The Classroom of the Future: Student Centered or Device Centered?By Anthony Cody on April 6, 2014 7:10 PMA basic question is emerging as our schools are urged to embrace the Common Core and the computer-based learning systems aligned to the standards. Are these digital devices becoming

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Nite Cap 4-6-14 #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2

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 CAPAll in the Family | Deborah Meier on EducationAll in the Family | Deborah Meier on Education: All in the FamilyPosted on April 6, 2014 by debmeierDear readers, friends, and all,A story about “All In the Family” caught my eye. (New Yorker, The Gre

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