Special Nite Cap - Catch Up on Today's Post 4/13/15
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A Nation's Shame: Trillions in New Wealth, Millions of Children in Poverty
A Nation's Shame: Trillions in New Wealth, Millions of Children in Poverty: A Nation's Shame: Trillions in New Wealth, Millions of Children in Poverty(Photo: Ian Carroll)America's wealth grew by 60 percent in the past six years, by over $30 trillion. In approximately the same time, the number of homeless children has also grown by 60 percent.Financier and CEO Peter Schiff said, "People don't
NEA - Letter to the Senate HELP Committee #ESEA
NEA - Letter to the Senate HELP Committee: Letter to the Senate HELP CommitteeApril 13, 2015Dear Senator:On behalf of the three million members of the National Education Association and the students they serve, we would like to discuss our vision for reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) and how the Every Child Achieves Act of 2015, scheduled for markup tomorrow, mea
Teachers unions on the rise again in New Orleans, 10 years after charters pushed them out - The Hechinger Report
Teachers unions on the rise again in New Orleans, 10 years after charters pushed them out - The Hechinger Report: Teachers unions on the rise again in New Orleans, 10 years after charters pushed them out Teachers sporting “proud to be charter and union” buttons filled almost every seat in Morris Jeff Community School’s library on Tuesday in anticipation of the New Orleans campus’ board of director
Department of Education Believes Video Games are the Future of Learning - Yahoo Games
Department of Education Believes Video Games are the Future of Learning - Yahoo Games: Department of Education Believes Video Games are the Future of Learning VIDEO: MinecraftEdu is Coming To Schools Near You [07:10]Kids are playing more video games than ever these days. At least according to data from the US Department of Education. That might be cause for some to worry about the intellectual fut
New York standardized test boycott: Parents oppose emphasis on results - San Jose Mercury News
New York standardized test boycott: Parents oppose emphasis on results - San Jose Mercury News: New York standardized test boycott: Parents oppose emphasis on resultsBUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -- Parent leaders of the movement to boycott New York's standardized tests say opting children out could do more for their education than the tests could.As English assessments are given Tuesday through Thursday to
WH Correspondents' Dinner Guest list Expands to Include Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson and his wife, Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee
WH Correspondents' Dinner Guestlist Expands to Include Alfre Woodard, Pete Wentz, Michelle Monaghan: April 25 “Nerd Prom” draws even more entertainment industry, as USA Today, Atlantic Media and Huffington Post announce guests April 25 “Nerd Prom” draws even more entertainment industry, as USA Today, Atlantic Media and Huffington Post announce guestsMore of the details about the celebs that will b
This Week In Education: Thompson: My Contribution to Oklahoma Edu-Bloggers' Discussion of Teaching Content
This Week In Education: Thompson: My Contribution to Oklahoma Edu-Bloggers' Discussion of Teaching Content: Thompson: My Contribution to Oklahoma Edu-Bloggers' Discussion of Teaching Content The Tulsa blogger, Blue Cereal, challenged Oklahoma edu-bloggers to describe, in 1200 words or less, our personal beliefs regarding the teaching of content. Here's my contribution: Akili (as I will call him) b
Senators Try To Revise No Child Left Behind — A Few Years Behind : NPR Ed : NPR
Senators Try To Revise No Child Left Behind — A Few Years Behind : NPR Ed : NPR: Senators Try To Revise No Child Left Behind — A Few Years Behind Newsflash: Members of the U.S. Senate will work across party lines tomorrow for the sake of America's students.Well, at least for a few more days.Tomorrow, a bipartisan group of senators on the HELP committee will begin hashing out the details of a propo
‘Why do you believe you need the Common Core?’ — principal - The Washington Post
‘Why do you believe you need the Common Core?’ — principal - The Washington Post: ‘Why do you believe you need the Common Core?’ — principal This is the fifth in a continuing series of letters between two award-winning school principals, one who likes the Common Core State Standards and the other who doesn’t. The debate over the Common Core State Standards has become so polarized that it is hard t
Seattle Students Resist New Common Core Tests
Seattle Students Resist New Common Core Tests: Seattle Students Resist New Common Core Tests According to the “I am an educator” website, Nathan Hale High School in Seattle has taken the lead in resisting the new “Smarter Balanced Assessment” Common Core Tests being pushed on the high schools in the city. Common Core is a school curriculum that is meant to be followed lockstep, which its proponent
Test Cheating vs Charter School Fraud - Justice for All?
Risking Public Money: California Charter School Fraud | Center for Popular Democracy:Deals offered to educators convicted in cheating scandalDonald Bullock, left, former Usher-Collier Heights Elementary testing coordinator in Atlanta, reacts April 1, 2015, as a jury finds him guilty in the Atlanta Public Schools test-cheating trial. (Photo: Kent D. Johnson, AP)ATLANTA — Fulton County District Atto
CURMUDGUCATION: Arne's New History of CCSS on MSNBC
CURMUDGUCATION: Arne's New History of CCSS on MSNBC: Arne's New History of CCSS on MSNBC Arne Duncan sat down with Chris Hayes on MSNBC to explain why folks are just so all-fired fire-up about Common Core. Let's see what the current story is.Hayes starts by saying that CCSS has trouble because it has been conflated with high stakes testing which was linked to all sorts of stuff because of NCLB. Th
Why Populist Progressives Must Embrace the Education Spring | National Education Policy Center
Campaign for America’s Future: Why Populist Progressives Must Embrace the Education Spring | National Education Policy Center: Campaign for America’s Future: Why Populist Progressives Must Embrace the Education SpringIs there really “a populist energy building in America, and beginning to drive the debate in the Democratic Party,” as my colleague Robert Borosage recently wrote?If your inclination
Students Can’t Hide From Common Core No Matter What School they Attend
Students Can’t Hide From Common Core No Matter What School they Attend: Students Can’t Hide From Common Core No Matter What School they AttendAPRIL 13, 2015 BY NANCY BAILEY LEAVE A COMMENTThe more I read about Common Core and education reform, the more I am convinced that one of the most important issues is that all students will have to be instructed with these standards if they choose to attend
Hillary Clinton On Education: 8 Things The Presidential Candidate Wants You To Know - Forbes
Hillary Clinton On Education: 8 Things The Presidential Candidate Wants You To Know - Forbes: Hillary Clinton On Education: 8 Things The Presidential Candidate Wants You To Know Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton announces her long-anticipated bid for the 2016 presidential nomination today. During her four years as Secretary of State and the last two years giving speeches and promoting her memoir, “H
Mexican American Studies Day Commemorated Across Texas MASDay
MASDay: Mexican American Studies Day Commemorated Across Texas Friday, May 1, 2015 Houston, TX (April 13, 2015)- More people in the U.S. than in Mexico celebrate Cinco De Mayo. Yet, most people don't really know what it's about.That's why Mexican American Studies Day is here to save the day and raise awareness. Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, founder of Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Thei
Senate Bill Revising No Child Left Behind Law Excludes Test Score Requirement in Teacher Evaluations : News : ISchoolGuide
Senate Bill Revising No Child Left Behind Law Excludes Test Score Requirement in Teacher Evaluations : News : ISchoolGuide: Senate Bill Revising No Child Left Behind Law Excludes Test Score Requirement in Teacher EvaluationsA bipartisan Senate bill updating the No Child Left Behind law and remove many of its onerous elements has been announced. While it retains the yearly test requirement in readi
NYC HS teachers: Principal gave us bad ratings as retaliation | New York Post
NYC HS teachers: Principal gave us bad ratings as retaliation | New York Post: NYC HS teachers: Principal gave us bad ratings as retaliation Teachers at Brooklyn’s scandal-plagued John Dewey HS say they are being punished with bad performance evaluations for standing up to the principal, who they say lets students slide with a grade-inflation system nicknamed “Easy Pass.”A Post analysis found that
Parents, teachers push 'opt out,' with different goals | Capital New York
Parents, teachers push 'opt out,' with different goals | Capital New York: Parents, teachers push ‘opt out,’ with different goalsALBANY—Teachers’ unions are leveraging an unprecedented statewide protest of standardized testing in public schools as their latest weapon in a war with Governor Andrew Cuomo over education reform—whether the parent activists who began the so-called “opt out” movement li
CHARTER SCHOOLS: For-profit companies stir legal trouble state bill doesn’t address - OANow.com: Political
CHARTER SCHOOLS: For-profit companies stir legal trouble state bill doesn’t address - OANow.com: Political: CHARTER SCHOOLS: For-profit companies stir legal trouble state bill doesn’t addressWhile Alabama’s recent charter school legislations allows for the contracting of for-profit management companies, charter schools nationwide have found themselves in the midst of litigation – and state taxpaye
Should there be a 'No Child Left Behind' for U.S. universities? - Fortune
Should there be a 'No Child Left Behind' for U.S. universities? - Fortune: Should there be a 'No Child Left Behind' for U.S. universities? If states want big federal dollars, they need to expand the use of accountability and add earnings outcomes to their measures of success.With students at Corinthian Colleges recently making national news for going on strike and refusing to pay their college loa
Proposed Changes to “No Child Left Behind” Draw Bipartisan Senate Support - NPQ - Nonprofit Quarterly
Proposed Changes to “No Child Left Behind” Draw Bipartisan Senate Support - NPQ - Nonprofit Quarterly: Proposed Changes to “No Child Left Behind” Draw Bipartisan Senate Support In a rare show of bipartisanship, Sens. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Patty Murray (D-WA) have proposed comprehensive revisions to No Child Left Behind in a 600-page reauthorization draft of the Elementary and Secondary Educat
Dear White People, Your Kids Are Getting Screwed, Too! | Dame Magazine
Dear White People, Your Kids Are Getting Screwed, Too! | Dame Magazine: Dear White People, Your Kids Are Getting Screwed, Too!The Atlanta cheating scandal and the White middle-class revolt against standardized testing have more in common than you think: They’re a repudiation of our failed education policies.The Atlanta cheating scandal and growing White middle-class anger over the explosion of Com
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The Senate ESEA Reauthorization Draft, Part V– Charters | deutsch29
The Senate ESEA Reauthorization Draft, Part V– Charters | deutsch29: The Senate ESEA Reauthorization Draft, Part V– Charters This is my fifth post on contents of the Alexander-Murray, Senate reauthorization draft of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) scheduled to be presented to the Senate education committee on April 14, 2015.( See here my first post, my second post, my thi
Big Education Ape: Special Nite Cap: Catch Up on Today's Post 4/12/15
Special Nite Cap - Catch Up on Today's Post 4/12/15Special Nite Cap CORPORATE ED REFORMCORE Districts are "Fronts" for Gates, Waltons, Broad et alCORE Districts: CORE Districts are "Fronts" for Gates, Waltons, Broad et alVirginia Adams Simon (Ginger), Director of Professional CapitalAs Director of Professional Capital for CORE, Ginger will lead the work to implement required sy
