Special Nite Cap - Catch Up on Today's Post 3/24/15
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CORPORATE ED REFORM
Isn’t it about time to demand a Congressional investigation of Pearson? | Reclaim Reform
Isn’t it about time to demand a Congressional investigation of Pearson? | Reclaim Reform: Isn’t it about time to demand a Congressional investigation of Pearson?Posted on March 24, 2015by Ken PrevitiWhich organizations are willing to call for or demand a Congressional investigation of Pearson?Let’s give Pearson’s abuse of power the national media attention it deserves. Let U.S. senators and repres
Thousands Of LAUSD Educators To Boycott After-School Faculty Meetings In Ongoing Contract Dispute « CBS Los Angeles
Thousands Of LAUSD Educators To Boycott After-School Faculty Meetings In Ongoing Contract Dispute « CBS Los Angeles: Thousands Of LAUSD Educators To Boycott After-School Faculty Meetings In Ongoing Contract DisputeLOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — In an escalating dispute between teachers and the L.A. Unified School District, educators announced that they’ll gather Tuesday to boycott faculty meetings.It’s
Baraka meets with Chicago mayoral hopeful who's trying to unseat Rahm Emanuel #Chuy2015
Baraka meets with Chicago mayoral hopeful who's trying to unseat Rahm Emanuel | The Auditor | NJ.com: Baraka meets with Chicago mayoral hopeful who's trying to unseat Rahm EmanuelNewark Mayor Ras Baraka didn't come toJesùs. Jesùs came to him.Jesùs "Chuy" Garcia, that is — the insurgent Democrat who is attempting to unseat Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel on April 7.The Auditor has learned that
An open letter to NPR about their coverage of the SOS march | Parents Across America
An open letter to NPR about their coverage of the SOS march | Parents Across America: An open letter to NPR about their coverage of the SOS march This letter was sent today to Claudio Sanchez, the reporter and Edward Schumacher Matos, the NPR ombudsperson. We will let you know if we receive a response. If you’d like to send your own message, their emails are: csanchez@npr.org and eschumachermat
New report: charter school fraud could be costing CA taxpayers $81 million « Education Votes
New report: charter school fraud could be costing CA taxpayers $81 million « Education Votes:New report: charter school fraud could be costing CA taxpayers $81 millionby Jeremy DeatonTAKE ACTION ›To learn more about charter schools, and how they are impacting public education CLICK HERE ›According to an audit report by California’s Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team, Ben Chavis, founde
Why Critical Thinking Will Never Be on the Test | Peter Greene
Why Critical Thinking Will Never Be on the Test | Peter Greene:Why Critical Thinking Will Never Be on the TestCritical thinking is one of the Great White Whales of education. Every new education reform promises to foster it, and every new generation of Big Standardized Tests promises to measure it.Everybody working in education has some idea of what it is, and yet it can be hard to put into a few
New Studies Find That, for Teachers, Experience Really Does Matter - Education Week
New Studies Find That, for Teachers, Experience Really Does Matter - Education Week: New Studies Find That, for Teachers, Experience Really Does MatterStudies Cite Gains by VeteransBy Stephen Sawchuk The notion that teachers improve over their first three or so years in the classroom and plateau thereafter is deeply ingrained in K-12 policy discussions, coming up in debate after debate about pay,
For Pearson, Common Core Is Private Profit | Al Jazeera America
For Pearson, Common Core Is Private Profit | Al Jazeera America: For Pearson, Common Core is private profit Who stands to gain from education reforms such as the controversial Common Core standards?One big winner is the British publishing company Pearson, which delivered 9 million high stakes tests to students across the United States in 2014, including the PARCC Common Core assessments. Pearson h
Dr. Gary Thompson’s $100,000 Reward For SAGE Common Core Test Validity Reports | COMMON CORE
Dr. Gary Thompson’s $100,000 Reward For SAGE Common Core Test Validity Reports | COMMON CORE:Dr. Gary Thompson’s $100,000 Reward For SAGE Common Core Test Validity Reports Last year, on Behalf of Early Life Child Psychology and Education Center, Dr. Gary Thompson offered $100,000.00 to the Utah State Office of Education (USOE) for validity reports for Utah’s SAGE Common Core test.He made the offer
Why the left hates this man: Rahm Emanuel’s sins against the progressive movement #Chuy2015
Why the left hates this man: Rahm Emanuel’s sins against the progressive movement - Salon.com:Why the left hates this man: Rahm Emanuel’s sins against the progressive movementWith big election coming up, liberal groups have declared public enemy #1 -- but it's not a Republican. Here's whyHEATHER DIGBY PARTONDespite the beltway’s belief in the Tea Party as fearsome giant slayers who terrify the oth
501 (c) 4 Social Welfare Organization or Social Disease
Private foundations vs public charities | Foundations | Funding Resources | Knowledge Base | Tools | GrantSpace: Q:What is the difference between a private foundation and a public charity?A:Private foundationsFoundation Center defines a private foundation as a nongovernmental, nonprofit organization having a principal fund managed by its own trustees or directors. Private foundations maintain or a
Some Michigan parents saying no to state testing
Some Michigan parents saying no to state testing: Too much pressure on kids? Parents reject state testsWhen sixth-grader Elliot Corbin talks about taking the state's standardized exams, words like "stress" and "afraid" and "nervous" flow freely from her lips."My stomach would hurt and I would have headaches, and I would be worried about the test days before it ac
Move Over, Koch Brothers: A Bigger, Darker Rightwing Funder Is Out to Destroy Public Education | Common Dreams
Move Over, Koch Brothers: A Bigger, Darker Rightwing Funder Is Out to Destroy Public Education | Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community: Move Over, Koch Brothers: A Bigger, Darker Rightwing Funder Is Out to Destroy Public EducationIt's "the most powerful organization in America that no one seems to know about."That's how Scot Ross, executive director of t
Common Core stands despite vote - News - seacoastonline.com - Portsmouth, NH
Common Core stands despite vote - News - seacoastonline.com - Portsmouth, NH: Common Core stands despite voteSAU 21 officials call article 'non-binding,' says parents need more education By Max Sullivanmsullivan@seacoastonline.comPosted Mar. 23, 2015 at 5:30 PM HAMPTON - SAU 21 officials said last week they plan to move forward with the Common Core State Standards at Winnacunnet High School despit
Six-weeks of training at the Broad Academy, no significant experience in education, Tata was hired as superintendent of Wake County schools
Tata’s politics may cost NC transportation dollars | News and Observer News and Observer: Tata’s politics may cost NC transportation dollarsN.C. Department of Transportation Secretary Tony Tata has made a nice living trading on his status as a retired brigadier general.When he retired after 28 years in the U.S. Army, his former rank and six-weeks of training at the Broad Academy gave him entry int
Has Jeb Bush Used Money From His Education Foundation to Pay for His Presidential Bid? | Scathing Purple Musings
Has Jeb Bush Used Money From His Education Foundation to Pay for His Presidential Bid? | Scathing Purple Musings: Has Jeb Bush Used Money From His Education Foundation to Pay for His Presidential Bid?Writes Beth Reinhard for the Wall Street Journal:The educational foundation founded by former Florida Gov. Jeb Bushpaid about $3 million in 2013 and 2014 to a public affairs firm headed by a top polit
Film Review: Defies Measurement weaves together problematic purposes of ed reform | Cloaking Inequity
Film Review: Defies Measurement weaves together problematic purposes of ed reform | Cloaking Inequity:Film Review: Defies Measurement weaves together problematic purposes of ed reformIn Defies Measurement, Shannon Puckett expertly weaves together the problematic purposes of testing, Common Core, corporate reform, No Child Left Behind, Teach For America, The Gates Foundation, The Broad Foundation,
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Not My Daughter – One Dad’s Journey to Protect His Little Girl from Toxic Testing - Badass Teachers Association
Badass Teachers Association: Not My Daughter – One Dad’s Journey to Protect His Little Girl from Toxic Testing By: Steven SingerOriginally posted on his blog: https://gadflyonthewallblog.wordpress.com/2015/03/20/not-my-daughter-one-dads-journey-to-protect-his-little-girl-from-toxic-testing/I’ll admit it – I was scared.I’m a nationally board certified teacher with a masters degree in education. I
Thar's Gold in Them Thar Charter Schools: Walton and Gates Foundations Edition | The Range: The Tucson Weekly's Daily Dispatch | Tucson Weekly
Thar's Gold in Them Thar Charter Schools: Walton and Gates Foundations Edition | The Range: The Tucson Weekly's Daily Dispatch | Tucson Weekly: Thar's Gold in Them Thar Charter Schools: Walton and Gates Foundations Edition When the Walton Foundation—the ultra conservative WalMart fortune foundation which pours close to two hundred million a year into "education reform"—teams up with the
PARCC postponed as N.J. school district's network 'held hostage' for bitcoins | NJ.com
PARCC postponed as N.J. school district's network 'held hostage' for bitcoins | NJ.com: PARCC postponed as N.J. school district's network 'held hostage' for bitcoins Swedesboro-Woolwich school district's entire computer system network was hacked over the weekend preventing its four elementary schools from administering the PARCC exams.The school district's technical services operators noticed the
Special Nite Cap: Catch Up on Today's Post 3/23/15
Special Nite Cap - Catch Up on Today's Post 3/23/15Special Nite Cap CORPORATE ED REFORMAfter-school, summer program funding threatened | EdSourceAfter-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 bil
