Monday, September 22, 2014

Why I’m Running for School Board | Ellen Cochrane

Why I’m Running for School Board | Ellen Cochrane:

Nobody knows better than parents what their kids need. And nobody knows better than teachers, on the front lines every day, what students need to succeed. Respecting teachers, and promoting a partnership between the board, students, parents, and teachers will take politics out of the classroom, and allow the school board to get back to the basics of improving our schools. As a veteran teacher with seventeen years of public school teaching experience, I know a board member must be sensitive to neighborhood needs and focus on what students require. The success and future of our neighborhood schools is something I take as a personal responsibility. I've lived here all my life and attended local public schools. It would be an honor to represent you in Area Two.

Why I’m Running for School Board

Wednesday, 17 September 2014 19:23

Written by Ellen Cochrane

Dear Friends,

After the City Council primary race I was grateful to have received so much support in a close race, especially pleased that the Clean Vote Act resonated with East Sacramentans. Of course I will continue to advocate for neighbors and for ethics in our politics. After the primary several people asked me to run for Sacramento City Unified District School Board.

Upon reflection I realized that that position embodied many of the same concerns and goals that informed my council race. Many of the same local issues predominated: in addition to education, this race, too, is about neighborhoods. Even if you don’t have children in school what happens in our school district is important to everyone. The quality of our schools impacts our neighborhood culture, and, because schools help shape our young citizens, they affect our future as a community. Schools even affect our property values.

Our public school system, open to all, is a guardian of democracy itself. As a classroom teacher for seventeen years I have hands-on experience. I know what works and what doesn’t. I know what our schools need to succeed. We need a comprehensive, public high school that serves Tahoe Park, Elmhurst, College Greens, Midtown and East Sacramento. We need a board member who will work with parents, the new superintendent, teachers and community leaders to improve our schools.

I would be honored to serve the community in Area Two.

Sincerely,

Ellen

I am proud to be endorsed by

Sacramento Democratic Party · Sacramento City Teachers Association · Latino Democrats · Town and Country Democrats · Veteran Democrats · California Central Labor · Green Party

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The Climate March – 2014

It has been reported by some news outlets that the Climate March in New York City on September 21st brought together the largest number of protesters in its history: 300,000 people! It is a sad truth that privatization is not only sapping the life out of our schools; it is a global and pervasive problem that is leaching into virtually every aspect of human life. In this respect, our environment an

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Join us to watch Standardized the movie

Join parents, teachers and concerned citizens September 25th at 7:00 PM at the Moonpaper Tent 8503 Roosevelt Way, NE Seattle, 98115 For decades, standardized testing has been a part of public education. Within the last ten years, however, the testing has taken on a more important, and possibly more damaging, role. Test scores, mistakenly viewed […]

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What would possible 15% cut mean for state’s colleges?

Washington’s public college and university presidents decline to make a “hit list” of programs to cut and say less money would mean higher tuition and lower enrollments.

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Straight Out of Brooklyn: Public Education Nation

PUBLIC EDUCATION NATION from Schoolhouse Live on Vimeo. For years, reformers have talked down to students, parents and teachers. Now it’s time for us talk back! Join Diane Ravitch, Anthony Cody and Leonie Haimson as they take on Common Core, charters and school closures, and other threats to public education, October 11, 2014, 12-5 PM (EST), for the first ever Public Education Nation webcast, on s

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What the recent US Chamber of Commerce Report on Education Shows: We Need New Education Leaders and School Choice is Clearly Not the Answer.

Enclosed is my letter/response to an editorial that appeared September 22, in AmericanPress.com, under the title WE MUST DEMAMD MORE FROM EDUCATION. Once again Reformers have touted a new report that they think endorses their actions, while it actually does the opposite. In the recent editorial “WE MUST DEMAMD MORE FROM EDUCATION” that appeared in the September 22 issue of American Press the e

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Did Google Quit ALEC?

ALEC is a super-conservative organization that writes model legislation for vouchers, charters, and every imaginable way to privatize public education, undermine unions, tenure, certification, and anything else that is associated with teacher professionalism. ALEC is supported by major corporations. It writes legislation on every topic of interest to its backers, reducing government regulation, r

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“CK-12″ Has Free Resources In All Subjects & Individual Student Progress Can Be Easily Tracked

CK-12 is a non-profit with an impressive list of educational partners. It has resources in a ton of subjects, and just unveiled a bunch of neat physics interactives. But what’s particularly impressive to me is the ability for teachers to set-up virtual classes, create assignments, and track individual student progress on the work. It has lot of other bells-and-whistles that I’ve just begun to exp

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New $15 Million XPRIZE For Learning Software To “Disrupt” Education — Call Me A Cynic

The XPRIZE organization has offered many big prizes for technological solutions to problem. Now, they’ve set their sights on education and want to “disrupt” it. The prize is: challenging teams around the world to develop tablet-based software solutions that can bring children who have little or no access to quality education to a higher level of performance in reading, writing and arithmetic in

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Even PBS has reached the “enough is enough” point – “The Roosevelts” | Reclaim Reform

Even PBS has reached the “enough is enough” point – “The Roosevelts” | Reclaim Reform: Even PBS has reached the “enough is enough” point – “The Roosevelts”Posted on September 22, 2014by Ken PrevitiEven PBS which relies on corporate sponsorship and the whims of politicians for its daily existence has reached the “enough is enough” point.In Ken Burns’ “The Roosevelts” the reality of what Democrats a

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National Call: Save Civilian Public Education | PopularResistance.Org

National Call: Save Civilian Public Education | PopularResistance.Org: National Call: Save Civilian Public EducationCREATE! EDUCATION, MILITARISM, PEACE, WAR CULTURE By Staff, www.savecivilianeducation.orgSeptember 22nd, 2014 Powered by TranslateAbove photo: Mayor Richard M. Daley talks to Ron Huberman, Chief Executive Officer of the Chicago Public Schools before announcing a new online summer sc

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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 CAPTriumph Of The Computer Nerd – redqueeninlaTriumph Of The Computer Nerd – redqueeninla: Triumph Of The Computer NerdWritten by redqueeninla in Education Once upon a time computer nerds were stored in the basement, sometimes in the garage or in a

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Even PBS has reached the “enough is enough” point – “The Roosevelts” | Reclaim Reform

Even PBS has reached the “enough is enough” point – “The Roosevelts” | Reclaim Reform:

Even PBS has reached the “enough is enough” point – “The Roosevelts”

Posted on September 22, 2014by Ken Previti

Even PBS which relies on corporate sponsorship and the whims of politicians for its daily existence has reached the “enough is enough” point.

In Ken Burns’ “The Roosevelts” the reality of what Democrats and Republicans are versus what they were screams for our attention.

“Over the past thirty years, Presidents and Congresses have become so subservient to corporations and Wall Street that the two major political parties are all but indistinguishable.
One of the reasons why our politics have become so volatile and opinion polls show over and over again that our people have nothing but contempt for the whole political class in Washington is the widespread recognition that the plutocrats, CEOs, and Wall Street bankers have effectively seized our governing institutions.”- Joseph A. Palermo in the Huffington Post.

By the way, PBS and the large networks, such as ABC, present education news “thanks to the generous support of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.” The foundation’s own experts are called upon to show “both sides” of the issue the foundation itself framed.

This is the tax-free foundation that invests its funds in corporate education reform, CCSS, high stakes testing, online programming, computerized everything, paper and online textbooks, privatized charters paid for with public education taxes to profit private multinational investors and its own private foundation… “Public Private Partnerships.” The abuse goes on and on with the Walton Family, Eli Broad, Bloomberg, Koch Industries, and other plutocrats with tax free foundations that give away millions for philanthropy while making billions in tax free foundations under their own control.

Even the PBS of 2014 knows when enough is enough. We are in danger of being America in name only. America ®

National Call: Save Civilian Public Education | PopularResistance.Org

National Call: Save Civilian Public Education | PopularResistance.Org:

National Call: Save Civilian Public Education

CREATE! EDUCATION, MILITARISM, PEACE, WAR CULTURE
By Staff, www.savecivilianeducation.org
September 22nd, 2014

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Above photo: Mayor Richard M. Daley talks to Ron Huberman, Chief Executive Officer of the Chicago Public Schools before announcing a new online summer school project at a press conference at Chicago Military Academy. (Zbigniew Bzdak, Chicago Tribune March 21, 2012)

On the UN’s International Day of Peace

SAN DIEGO AND SAN FRANCISCO (September 21, 2014) – Nearly fifty educators, writers, and prominent activists on the United Nation’s International Day of Peace have signed on to a national call to save civilian public education. From Noam Chomsky to Amy Wagner of New York City’s YA-YA Network (Youth Activists-Youth Allies), signers are seeking to draw attention to developments in the educational system that could have disastrous long-term social and political consequences.

The national call introduction states:
Over the last several decades, the Pentagon, conservative forces, and corporations have been systematically working to expand their presence in the K-12 learning environment and in public universities. The combined impact of the military, conservative think tanks and foundations, and of corporatization of our public educational systems has eroded the basic democratic concept of civilian public education. It is a trend that, if allowed to continue, will weaken the primacy of civilian rule and, ultimately, our country’s commitment to democratic ideals.

(Complete text:www.savecivilianeducation.org

The signers of this statement believe it is urgent for all advocates of social justice, peace and the environment to recognize the dangerous nature of this problem and confront it with deliberate action. Signers include, among others, Bill Bigelow (Curriculum Editor, Rethinking Schools), Bill Branson (VVAW National Office), Hannah Frisch (Civilian Soldier Alliance), Tom Hayden (activist, author, teacher), Arlene Inouye (Treasurer, United Teachers of Los Angeles), Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) National Office, Isidro Ortiz (Professor, San Diego State University), Jesus Palafox (American Friends Service Committee, Chicago), Pablo Paredes (AFSC 67 Sueños), Joanne Sheehan (New England Regional War Resisters League) and Kristin Stoneking (Executive Director, Fellowship of Reconciliation USA).

The National Call suggests actions for foundations, organizations and individuals to take to implement the call. The campaign will run through the year, joining in on the International Week of Action for Military-Free Education and Research, October 25-31, sponsored by the Countering the Militarization of Youth project (http://www.antimili-youth.net/).

For publication purposes, the complete text of the National Call to Save Civilian Public Education can be requested in Word or plain text format

To read the full text with links to actions you can take, click here: National Call-Save Civilian Public Education-9-21-14

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Nite Cap 9-22-14 #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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Triumph Of The Computer Nerd – redqueeninla

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9-22-14 All NEW Living in Dialogue - Chicago Teacher: Privatized Janitorial Services Mean Dirty Bathrooms and Classrooms

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9-22-14 Curmudgucation - CCSS: Set in Stone?

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4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 9-22-14

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9-22-14 Cali Education Headlines

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Is Education Reform Punk Rock? | EduShyster

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SXSWedu and Student Voice Join in Collaboration to Celebrate Students at SXSWedu 2015

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Choosing Democracy: Providing teachers that reflect the students

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Auditor releases nonpartisan brief on Common Core - SFGate

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Looking Back (Part 6) | Taking Note

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9-22-14 LA School Report - What's Really Going on Inside LAUSD

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Teacher dismissal bill may add complexity not simplify :: SI&A Cabinet Report

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The Long History of Blaming Teachers First | NEA Today

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Gene V Glass: Education in Two Worlds: STEM Shortage? Baloney

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Morning Wink 9-22-14 AM Posts #edchat #edreform

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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 9-22-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all

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9-22-14 Ed Notes Online

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Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.

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9-22-14 Answer Sheet

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9-22-14 Schools Matter All Week

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9-22-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL

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9-22-14 Perdido Street School

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Los Angeles Schools’ iPad Purchase Costs Millions and Runs Into Major Snags | janresseger

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solidaridad: The Adult Education Committee of UTLA meet and support Bennett Kayser

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An Urban Teacher's Education: Don't We Need Standards?

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empathyeducates – Appeals Court Rules that Louisiana Department of Education Violates Louisiana Records Act

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Patrick Walsh reviews “A Chronicle of Echoes: Who’s Who in the Implosion of American Public Education” by Mercedes K. Schneider | Reclaim Reform

Patrick Walsh reviews “A Chronicle of Echoes: Who’s Who in the Implosion of American Public Education” by Mercedes K. Schneider | Reclaim Reform: Patrick Walsh reviews “A Chronicle of Echoes: Who’s Who in the Implosion of American Public Education” by Mercedes K. SchneiderPosted on September 21, 2014by Ken PrevitiWhen the superb news source, truthdig.com, posts a superb review by a superb reviewer

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Action in the Carolinas | Parents Across America

Action in the Carolinas | Parents Across America: Action in the CarolinasPAA affiliates in North and South Carolina have had a busy year, and are looking forward to new rounds of action and advocacy at local and state levels.Website: publicschoolsfirstnc.orgPublic Schools First NC is a statewide, nonpartisan organization focused solely on public education. Our mission is to educate and mobilize ci

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DPS board seeks to remove emergency manager immediately

DPS board seeks to remove emergency manager immediately: DPS board seeks to remove emergency manager immediately(Photo: Jarrad Henderson/Detroit Free Press) The Detroit Public Schools board is going to court in its quest to remove the district's emergency manager.Some board members believe Jack Martin's tenure should end in late September, a year-and-a-half after the current emergency manager law

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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 CAPJesse Rothstein on Teacher Evaluation and Teacher Tenure |Jesse Rothstein on Teacher Evaluation and Teacher Tenure |: Jesse Rothstein on Teacher Evaluation and Teacher Tenure Last week, released via the Washington Post’s Wonkblog, Max Ehrenfreund

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