Sunday, August 31, 2014

Why do I think Bobby Jindal is scamming us with faux Common Core lawsuits? | Crazy Crawfish's Blog

Why do I think Bobby Jindal is scamming us with faux Common Core lawsuits? | Crazy Crawfish's Blog:

Why do I think Bobby Jindal is scamming us with faux Common Core lawsuits?

Posted on August 28, 2014

To be quite frank, I did not develop this idea on my own. I was asked whether I thought Jindal’s opposition to Common Core was sincere, and my response at first was “I don’t know, but does it matter?” My thinking being: whether or not Bobby Jindal opposed Common Core for the “right” reasons or for political reasons, was irrelevant. What mattered is that we had a former staunch supporter of the standards publicly recanting his position. I actually think this encouraged a lot of folks in the Anti-Common Core camp, and added to the nationwide movement and impetus to roll back or remove the standards across the nation. Which is great for folks outside of Louisiana, but most public school parents know we are still in a bind. At the end of the day, talk is cheap and therapy and tutoring for 700,000 Louisiana school children won’t be.

Jindal made some moves that seemed to indicate he had genuinely thought deeply about this situation (that he had put us in) and had a thoughtful plan for extricating us from it.

Jindal held press conferences denouncing Common Core as a Federal takeover of education
Jindal took numerous photo ops surrounded by opponents of Common Core
Jindal appointed Jane Smith, a staunch Common Core opponent (one of his three appointees)
Jindal (though his surrogates at DOA) declared the contract for the PARCC test invalid for not following proper laws and procedures (although DOA had previously reviewed and okayed this same contract.)
Jindal sent a letter to PARCC telling them he was pulling Louisiana out of the testing consortium (something he apparently didn’t have the legal standing to do.)
Jindal reduced John White’s purchasing power from 20k to 2 k withoutWhy do I think Bobby Jindal is scamming us with faux Common Core lawsuits? | Crazy Crawfish's Blog:

8-31-14 Wag The Dog - Common Core Bait and Switch

WagTheDog | Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every heart. ~ Rumi:

Common Core Bait and Switch

“Selling” the Common Core State Standards to students, parents, and employers with promotional slogans such as “college and career readiness”, “critical thinking”, “constructivist learning”, “technology integration”, and “21st century skills” while cash-strapped schools provide fewer trade and vocational programs, eliminate the arts, increase class size, narrow the curriculum, and rely on test

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8-30-14 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 WeekCritical Thinking vs. Creative ThinkingThe Common Core demands students think critically while staying connected and diving into text, yet employers desire workers who can think creatively, connect with people, and dive into their work. David Coleman has ma

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8-31-14 Jersey Jazzman

Jersey Jazzman:

Correcting the Education Punditry of @jonathanalter

Jonathan Alter and Bob Braun went man-to-man a few weeks ago in the pages of NJ Monthly over the subject of education reform. From my perspective, Braun cleaned Alter's clock, and I said so on Twitter. The sad fact is Alter got many things wrong in his piece, but that's understandable: the conventional wisdom he traffics in is largely a fact-free zone when it comes to education (and what else, I w

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8-30-14 Jersey Jazzman NJ Ed News Round-up Jammin' All Week

Jersey Jazzman:Jersey Jazzman Jammin' All WeekOnce Again: There Are No Miracle Charter SchoolsRelinquishers gotta relinquish:It’s not a stretch to say that charter schools are some of the biggest winners in this year’s high school rankings list. Even though charters educate just five percent of American students, they represent 30 percent of the top ten schools in this year’s rankings. What’s more

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EdNext and the “Promise” of “Charter Choice”–But Let’s Not Mention the FBI | deutsch29

EdNext and the “Promise” of “Charter Choice”–But Let’s Not Mention the FBI | deutsch29:

EdNext and the “Promise” of “Charter Choice”–But Let’s Not Mention the FBI

August 31, 2014

I have written a couple of posts of late regarding the results of Education Next’s 2014 public opinion survey, especially as concerns EdNext’s and its editor-in-chief Paul Peterson’s attempts to sell the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) to a public that is only half aware of CCSS– and with the half who are aware increasingly rejecting those “common standards in English and math.”

(The New York Times will be sponsoring a CCSS debate on September 9, 2014. It has entitled its debate, “Embrace the Common Core,” and yet its own polling result shows overwhelming rejection of CCSS. As of this writing, the survey has approximately 41,500 responses– 89 percent of which are cast against CCSS. Apparently America is not too keen on the NYT-encouraged CCSS “”embrace.”)

Given the length of the EdNext survey, I have chosen to examine it– and Peterson’s cultivation of the education-privatization message– in a number of separate posts.

In this post, I take on the EdNext fostering of one component of what is euphemistically known as “choice”– privately-managed, public-funding-garnering charter schools.

There’s a lot of unregulated money to be made in “school choice”– so much so that the FBI is conducting investigations nationwide on criminal behavior rampant in America’s charter schools.

That the gross negligence of states to regulate “choice” has yielded fertile ground for criminal activity appears to have escaped any survey question posed by EdNext.

The hidden component of “choice” is the systematic dissolution of the traditional, local-school-board-run public school system. Indeed, EdNext is a corporate-reform-promoting nest that is especially fond of defunding traditional public education via under-regulated charter schools.

It is not difficult to find evidence of charter fraud and failure. Follow this link to read about charter fraud and failure in numerous states, including Florida, Ohio, California, Michigan, Connecticut, Illinois, Arizona, North Carolina, and DC. In addition, have written about the “charter success game” in Louisiana here.

Charters have been sold to the American public as an established solution to replace the “failing” traditional public schools, the undeniable scapegoats for America’s EdNext and the “Promise” of “Charter Choice”–But Let’s Not Mention the FBI | deutsch29:

DPS ices relationship with Teach For America | The Herald-Sun

DPS ices relationship with Teach For America | The Herald-Sun:

DPS ices relationship with Teach For America

Aug. 30, 2014 @ 05:51 PM

Gregory Childress

DURHAM —

The Durham school district will honor its current contract with Teach For America, but the national teacher training program’s future with Durham Public Schools is up in the air.

The school board voted 6-1 last week to honor its commitment to TFA teachers, including five hired to work for DPS this school year, but to not pursue any new relationships with the program beyond the 2015-16 school year.

That’s when the five TFA teachers hired for this school year will complete their service obligation with the program.

Seven other TFA teachers have begun their second years with DPS and will complete their two-year obligation with the program at the end of this school year.

Among concerns voiced by school board members who voted not to pursue any new relationships with TFA is the program’s use of inexperienced teachers in high-needs schools.

“It feels like despite the best intention and the efforts, this has potential to do harm to some of our neediest students,” said school board member Natalie Beyer, who voted against the school district’s contract with TFA three years ago.

Others said they were concerned that TFA teachers only make a two-year commitment.

“I have a problem with the two years and gone, using it like community service as someone said,” said school board member Mike Lee.

School board Chairwoman Minnie Forte-Brown was the only member to vote in favor of the district’s continuing its relationship with TFA.

She agreed that school districts need teachers who are willing to make long-term commitments, but only if they are doing a good job in the classroom.

“Having tenure, just being there because you’re there and not dong what you should be doing, committed to every child, every day, having high expectations for every child, every day, if you’re not doing that, it doesn’t matter if you’ve become a veteran in the classroom,” said Forte-Brown. “I need a veteran, qualified teacher in every classroom.”

The discussion about the school district’s relationship with TFA came as the board prepared to consider a new three-year contract with the organization.

Under the terms of the contract, TFA would recruit up to 10 teachers for the school district each year at a charge of $3,000 a teacher.

Nearly a dozen people signed up to speak in favor of and against the school district’s continuing its relationship with TFA during the board’s monthly meeting.

Board members said they also received numerous phone calls and emails before meeting.

One a speakers, Robyn Fehrman, executive director for Teach For America of Eastern North Carolina, said the data showing TFA’s positive impact in high-needs schools are undeniable.

“UNC Chapel Hill has found time and time again that Teach For America is North Carolina’s source for our DPS ices relationship with Teach For America | The Herald-Sun:

8-31-14 the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness

the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness (the public and scholarly writing by P. L. Thomas, Furman University):

On Labor Day 2014

On Labor Day 2014: “Click, Clack, Moo”: Why the 1% Always Wins http://t.co/vkJDHFRzll via @plthomasEdD — Paul Thomas (@plthomasEdD) August 31, 2014 On Labor Day 2014: Meditating on Teacher Unions and Tenure Post-Vergara http://t.co/iPaFC6dJ4E via @plthomasEdD — Paul Thomas (@plthomasEdD) August 31, 2014 On Labor Day 2014: Unions? We Don’t Need No Stinking Unions http://t.co/1lgj4r3VzI via @plthoma

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8-30-14 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 NPR Whitewashes Charter Schools and Disaster Capitalism in New OrelansIt was bad enough when NPR whitewashed the “grit” narrative, but now NPR is whitewashing charter schools and disaster capitalism in New Orleans. For context please see: Recommended: Hope Against Hope, Sarah Carr Endgame: Disaster Capi

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Nite Cap 8-31-14 #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 CAP

8-31-14 Jersey Jazzman

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The Soap Opera of Teacher “Tenure” in Louisiana and New York | deutsch29

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8-31-14 All NEW Living in Dialogue

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Teachers: Happy Labor Day? | educarenow

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Students Should Be Creative Innovators, Not Force-Fed Consumers of Status-Quo Knowledge

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Gene V Glass: Education in Two Worlds: Texas Charters Use Occasion of Texas Judge's Decision to Whine About Their Funding

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Poll: Michigan should place moratorium on new charter schools pending review | Detroit Free Press | freep.com

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Read the fiery ruling striking down NC school voucher program

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The Original Charter School Vision - NYTimes.com

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Morning Wink 8-31-14 AM Posts #edchat #edreform

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Education myth busters: Do criticisms of U.S. schools rely on... | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com

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What’s Your Plan B? | Connected Principals

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Nite Cap 8-30-14 #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT

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