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After-school, summer program funding threatened | EdSource
After-school, summer program funding threatened | EdSource:After-school, summer program funding threatened Advocates for after-school programs will be holding a national summit in Los Angeles on Tuesday to build opposition to a plan to eliminate $1.15 billion in federal funding for after-school and summer programs.U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tennessee, has proposed ending 21st Century Community L
The cult-like religion of corporate education reform
The cult-like religion of corporate education reform: The cult-like religion of corporate education reform Recently I've seen some interesting, puzzling news items about education wherein the principal players seem to cast logic to the wind and fall back on irrational opinions like medieval peasants.Like those parents in New York who are angry about the fact that their school just ended homework f
Have You Any Decency? What Every American Needs to Know About High Stakes Testing and the Latest Threat to Civil Liberties | Yohuru Williams
Have You Any Decency? What Every American Needs to Know About High Stakes Testing and the Latest Threat to Civil Liberties | Yohuru Williams: Have You Any Decency? What Every American Needs to Know About High Stakes Testing and the Latest Threat to Civil Liberties Education bloggers revealed that the company retained by testing giant Pearson, to ensure the integrity of its assessments, has been mo
CAASPP Communications Toolkit Smarter Balanced Summative Assessment - (CA Dept of Education)
CAASPP Communications Toolkit - California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) System (CA Dept of Education): CAASPP Communications ToolkitThe CAASPP Communications Toolkit is a link to Smarter Balanced Summative Assessment resources, including communications and key informational documents to inform schools, families, and community representatives about online summative testin
Testing thought experiment | Deborah Meier on Education
Testing thought experiment | Deborah Meier on Education: Testing thought experimentPosted on March 23, 2015 by debmeierDear Readers,Let’s do a “what if” experiment. Supposing that all the poor and Black and Hispanic children surprised us all and got scores more or less equal to (or even better!) than their richer and whiter peers on the spring tests.If you imagine there would be celebrations galor
Elementary school teachers: How PARCC testing is affecting our classrooms - The Washington Post
Elementary school teachers: How PARCC testing is affecting our classrooms - The Washington Post: Elementary school teachers: How PARCC testing is affecting our classroomsWith the spring standardized testing season under way, we are hearing from a growing number of teachers, principals and even superintendents who are speaking out about the negative effects of high-stakes testing on teaching and le
This Is Not A Test, New York Edition [Thanks, NYCoRE] | The Jose Vilson
This Is Not A Test, New York Edition [Thanks, NYCoRE] | The Jose Vilson:This Is Not A Test, New York Edition [Thanks, NYCoRE] JOSE VILSON MARCH 23, 2015 JOSE LEAVE A COMMENTFirst, let me thank the New York Coalition of Radical Educators for putting me on. When they originally asked me to come on, they wanted me to do “This Is Not A Test,” the poem, but the urgency of now called. Without further de
Rahm Emanuel 'traded political favours with Rod Blagojevich' - #Chuy2015 #imwithchuy
Rahm Emanuel 'traded political favours with Rod Blagojevich' - Telegraph: Rahm Emanuel 'traded political favours with Rod Blagojevich'Rahm Emanuel, President Barack Obama's chief of staff, traded political favours with Rod Blagojevich, the former Illinois governor, in 2006 while he was a congressman, according to leaked emails. By Michele Walk in Washington11:38PM BST 22 Jun 2010Mr Emanuel publish
People Are Pissed at Pearson | Alan Singer
People Are Pissed at Pearson | Alan Singer: People Are Pissed at Pearson Sir Michael Barber, Pearson's chief educational officer, actually became a British knight in 2005 for his role in leading marketplace "educational reform" in Great Britain. I suspect if he were good in math they would have made him a count. Barber apparently can't decide whether Pearson is leading a global Renaissan
De-Professionalizing Teachers in the Age of Accountability | educarenow
De-Professionalizing Teachers in the Age of Accountability | educarenow: De-Professionalizing Teachers in the Age of Accountability Teacher/student/activist Cory Steeves has done an important analysis of the discourse of “21st Century” education reform in (De/Re)-Constructing Teachers and Their Work: A Discourse Analysis of British Columbia’s 21st-century Policy Agenda. His work covers a lot of gr
Messer/Polis Student Privacy Bill Protects Commercial Interests of Vendors not Kids | Student Privacy Matters
Messer/Polis Student Privacy Bill Protects Commercial Interests of Vendors not Kids | Student Privacy Matters: MESSER/POLIS STUDENT PRIVACY BILL PROTECTS COMMERCIAL INTERESTS OF VENDORS NOT KIDSContact: Rachael Stickland, 303-204-1272, info@studentprivacymatters.orgLeonie Haimson, 917-435-9329, leoniehaimson@gmail.comwww.studentprivacymatters.orgdMesser/Polis Student Privacy Bill ProtectsCommercia
Reporting About Reporting….. | Taking Note
Reporting About Reporting….. | Taking Note: Reporting About Reporting I had planned to devote time to Alexander Russo’s critique of my reporting for the PBS NewsHour about students “opting out” of the Common Core States Standards tests. However, we have too much going on [1] for me to spend excessive time looking back.So, quickly, here’s the backstory: Alexander emailed education reporters to say
Most Important Election of 2015: Chuy Garcia's People's Campaign Versus Rahm Emanuel's Big Money #Chuy2015 #imwithchuy
Most Important Election of 2015: Chuy Garcia's People's Campaign Versus Rahm Emanuel's Big Money | Mike Lux: Most Important Election of 2015: Chuy Garcia's People's Campaign Versus Rahm Emanuel's Big Money Every so often, a local election comes along that has enormous implications in terms of the national political narrative. Back in the 1980s, Harold Washington's stunning upset of the Daley machi
Why Are We Facing So Many "Under-the-Radar" Corporate Attacks on Oklahoma Public Schools? | John Thompson
Why Are We Facing So Many "Under-the-Radar" Corporate Attacks on Oklahoma Public Schools? | John Thompson: Why Are We Facing So Many "Under-the-Radar" Corporate Attacks on Oklahoma Public Schools?The previous blockbuster discovery for Oklahoma City and Tulsa schools was SB 68, the "under-the-radar" bill to authorize cities to compete with school systems in sponsoring
New student data privacy bill in Congress does little to protect privacy — analysis - The Washington Post
New student data privacy bill in Congress does little to protect privacy — analysis - The Washington Post: New student data privacy bill in Congress does little to protect privacy — analysis Two U.S. legislators just introduced a bill in the House that they say is aimed at limiting the way education technology companies can use data that they collect about students from kindergarten through the 12
Pearson Priority 1 Alert: Maryland students accused of using Twitter to cheat on test - Yahoo News
Maryland students accused of using Twitter to cheat on test - Yahoo News:Maryland students accused of using Twitter to cheat on test(Reuters) - Two Maryland high school students have been accused of using Twitter to cheat on Common Core state standardized tests, officials said on Monday.A security firm hired by the test company to search social media including Twitter, Instagram and Facebook found
Are we really at a ‘new low in the teacher wars’? - The Washington Post
Are we really at a ‘new low in the teacher wars’? - The Washington Post:Are we really at a ‘new low in the teacher wars’?Robert Pianta, dean of the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia, recently wrote an op-ed in The Washington Post blasting critics of a multimillion-dollar initiative by the Obama administration to rate colleges of education. Serving as a cheerleader for the Edu
Common Core and White Privilege: The Claim With a Long Internet Life - State EdWatch - Education Week
Common Core and White Privilege: The Claim With a Long Internet Life - State EdWatch - Education Week: Common Core and White Privilege: The Claim With a Long Internet LifeBy Andrew Ujifusa on March 23, 2015 7:57 AMAs recent polling about misperceptions surrounding the Common Core State Standards has revealed, there's a lot of heated rhetoric on offer in the discussion about the standards, as there
Cameras in the Classroom: Is Big Brother Evaluating You? - NEA Today
Cameras in the Classroom: Is Big Brother Evaluating You? - NEA Today: Cameras in the Classroom: Is Big Brother Evaluating You?Video technology can improve safety and classroom practice, but using it to spy and find 'bad teachers' should be a non-starter.— JANUARY 23, 2015 • BY TIM WALKER —In January 2014, sixteen video cameras were delivered to the Washington County School District in Tennessee, o
History and logic to the rescue in reauthorizing No Child Left Behind | TheHill
History and logic to the rescue in reauthorizing No Child Left Behind | TheHill: History and logic to the rescue in reauthorizing No Child Left Behind More than a dozen years after it was reauthorized as the No Child Left Behind Act, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act is under hot debate. Why the heat? Although the act has boosted student achievement (a major goal), not all students demo
Defending public education. — “The Chicago Public Education Blues”
Defending public education. — “The Chicago Public Education Blues”: “The Chicago Public Education Blues” <7 links="">Steve Horn, “Chicago School Closings and the Joyce Foundation: The Obama Connection”, Mint Press News, July 9, 2013http://www.mintpressnews.com/a-closer-look-at-the-joyce-foundation-shows-obamas-ties-to-chicago-school-privatizations/164972/Carol Caref, et.al., “The Black & Whit
PARCC exams: Following the money behind N.J.'s costliest test | NJ.com
PARCC exams: Following the money behind N.J.'s costliest test | NJ.com: PARCC exams: Following the money behind N.J.'s costliest test Question: How much will New Jersey taxpayers spend to implement the new PARCC standardized tests in the state's public schools?(A) $25 per student(B) $22 million(C) $108 million(D) No one knowsThe answer, according to state officials, is all of the above. New Jersey
Special Nite Cap: Catch Up on Today's Post 3/22/15
Special Nite Cap Catch Up on Today's Post 3/22/15Special Nite Cap CORPORATE ED REFORMPeg with Pen: Littleton Public Schools, Colorado: Will You Stand on the Right Side of History?Peg with Pen: Littleton Public Schools, Colorado: Will You Stand on the Right Side of History?: Littleton Public Schools, Colorado: Will You Stand on the Right Side of History?Last Thursday night I addressed the Littleton
