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Teachers’ Unions Reasserting Themselves With Push Against Standardized Testing - NYTimes.com
Teachers’ Unions Reasserting Themselves With Push Against Standardized Testing - NYTimes.com: Teachers’ Unions Reasserting Themselves With Push Against Standardized Testing In Florida, the teachers’ union has lobbied to limit the use of standardized tests, and the governor last week signed a bill that limits the number of hours students can spend taking them.The union in New Jersey financed an adv
Union-backed report looks at Success Academy donors | Capital New York
Union-backed report looks at Success Academy donors | Capital New York: Union-backed report looks at Success Academy donors An advocacy group affiliated with the Alliance for Quality Education, a teachers' union-backed organization, has released a report on the donors and board members of the Success Academy charter school network.The report, released by the group HedgeClippers, details the well-d
The Day I Met Jeb Bush, and Why He Earns an F in Education
The Day I Met Jeb Bush, and Why He Earns an F in Education: The Day I Met Jeb Bush, and Why He Earns an F in EducationAPRIL 20, 2015 BY NANCY BAILEY LEAVE A COMMENTYears ago I met Jeb Bush under rather unusual circumstances. It was before he was governor and during the time his father was running for President. When I met him I liked him. He struck me as a genuine person. Unfortunately, today, lik
City Council candidates' views on education: Helen Gym | Philadelphia Public School Notebook
City Council candidates' views on education: Helen Gym | Philadelphia Public School Notebook:City Council candidates' views on education: Helen GymOn May 19, Philadelphians will hit the polls to winnow the field of City Council at-large candidates. Out of 28 declared candidates, only seven will be elected in November (including at least two from a minority party). Each party can run five candidate
No opt out: Are schools forgetting it is parents who are in charge? | Wisconsin Daily Independent
No opt out: Are schools forgetting it is parents who are in charge? | Wisconsin Daily Independent: No opt out: Are schools forgetting it is parents who are in charge? Common Core has rightfully started becoming a hot topic of discussion around the water cooler among many parents across the state. For those who might not hang out at the water cooler, Common Core is a set of language arts (reading,
Garfield High School Teacher Heather Robison’s Conscientious Test Objector Declaration | I AM AN EDUCATOR
Garfield High School Teacher Heather Robison’s Conscientious Test Objector Declaration | I AM AN EDUCATOR: Garfield High School Teacher Heather Robison’s Conscientious Test Objector DeclarationBy I AM AN EDUCATOR on April 20, 2015Today marks the first day scheduled for Common Core testing, such as it is, at Seattle’s Garfield High School. As I reported last week, Garfield educators were debating a
What Hillary Clinton said about the Common Core State Standards - The Washington Post
What Hillary Clinton said about the Common Core State Standards - The Washington Post: What Hillary Clinton said about the Common Core State StandardsHillary Clinton arrives for a roundtable discussion with students and educators at the Kirkwood Community College Jones County Regional Center on April 14 in Monticello, Iowa. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)Hillary Clinton, the only declared Democrat
How is CCSA’s Ref Rodriguez hiding his billionaire and ideologue contributors?
How is CCSA’s Ref Rodriguez hiding his billionaire and ideologue contributors?:How is CCSA’s Ref Rodriguez hiding his billionaire and ideologue contributors?APRIL 20, 2015 BY ROBERT D. SKEELS * RDSATHENE LEAVE A COMMENT“In the long run, charter schools are being strategically used to pave the way for vouchers. The voucher advocates, who are very powerful and funded by right-wing foundations and fa
It's all about the tests to "It's All About The Bass" by Meghan Trainor - YouTube
It's all about the tests to "It's All About The Bass" by Meghan Trainor - YouTube: It's all about the tests to "It's All About The Bass" by Meghan Trainor What's a little civil disobedience without a protest song. I'm not anti-testing. I'm against poor assessments. Hope you enjoy!LyricsBecause it's all about the tests, bout the testsNot Students.It's all about the tests, bout t
Feds eye CPS records on education group backed by state's, city's elites - Chicago Tribune
Feds eye CPS records on education group backed by state's, city's elites - Chicago Tribune:Feds eye CPS records on education group backed by state's, city's elites Federal corruption investigators looking into a $20.5 million no-bid contract at Chicago Public Schools also have asked for any records related to an elite nonprofit education group that has long been at the center of city school reform
Louisiana Educator: Pink Unicorn Gimmick Backfiring
Louisiana Educator: Pink Unicorn Gimmick Backfiring: Pink Unicorn Gimmick BackfiringLast week a big business PAC, called Alliance for Better Classrooms, chaired by Dan Juneau, the former president of LABI and funded primarily by businessman Lane Grigsby and out of state donors delivered stuffed pink unicorns to the desks of all legislators. The message included a note to legislators that purported
NYC Educator: Standardized Testing Your Way to Equality
NYC Educator: Standardized Testing Your Way to Equality: Standardized Testing Your Way to EqualityStandardized testing is the Civil Rights issue of our time. How do I know? I heard it from Kati Haycock, president of the Education Trust and Wade Henderson, chief executive of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. Henderson conveniently lobbies for tests as he sits on the board of t
Some Dissection of the Latest Credo Study on Charter Schools | Educate All Students
Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students! | Educate All Students: Some Dissection of the Latest Credo Study on Charter SchoolsFiled under: Charter Schools — millerlf @ 5:13 pm The recent CREDO (Center for Research on Educational Outcomes) report comparing charter schools and traditional public schools has been described by charter proponents as deciding proof of charter superiority. Blogger Derek
New interactive game puts you in the shoes of today’s educators
New interactive game puts you in the shoes of today’s educators: New interactive game puts you in the shoes of today’s educatorsMONDAY, APRIL 20TH, 2015 AT 8:37 AMIn conjunction with the PBS film 180 Days: Hartsville, Black Public Media is sharing an interactive game in which players can become either a teacher, a parent or a principal, and assume responsibility for a class full of 5th graders (or
Schools Matter: Husband of John Deasy confidant, Jamie Alter Lynton, cashed in big on Pearson PLC's LAUSD iPad Deal
Schools Matter: Husband of John Deasy confidant, Jamie Alter Lynton, cashed in big on Pearson PLC's LAUSD iPad Deal: Husband of John Deasy confidant, Jamie Alter Lynton, cashed in big on Pearson PLC's LAUSD iPad DealFrom: "Robert D. Skeels" <***@ucla.edu>Subject: RepairsNOTiPad's alert: Husband of Deasy confidant, Jamie Alter Lynton, cashed in big on Pearson PLCDate: April 19, 2015 at
Teach students to care about others instead of measuring how they compare to each other | WagTheDog
Teach students to care about others instead of measuring how they compare to each other | WagTheDog: Teach students to care about others instead of measuring how they compare to each otherIf you just learn a single trick, Scout, you’ll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view…Until you climb inside of his
Way out of touch and also out of their minds - Times Union
Way out of touch and also out of their minds - Times Union: Way out of touch and also out of their minds New York politicians beware. A revolution is in progress.This past week angry and frustrated parents across the state kept their third- through eighth-graders in astounding numbers from taking required but despised standardized English tests. While the final count awaits a State Education Depa
Why the iPad Is Not Working for the School Classroom
Why the iPad Is Not Working for the School Classroom: Why the iPad Is Not Working for the School ClassroomThe Los Angeles Unified School District is looking to recoup millions of dollars that it spent on iPads and the curriculum provided with them, according to Howard Blume reporting for The Los Angeles Times. The Board of Education authorized its attorneys to explore possible litigation against A
Can Los Angeles Teachers Push Back the Corporate Education Reform Movement? - In These Times
Can Los Angeles Teachers Push Back the Corporate Education Reform Movement? - In These Times: Can Los Angeles Teachers Push Back the Corporate Education Reform Movement?LA teachers seem to be taking a page from the Chicago Teachers Union—including potentially building towards a strike.In July 2014, two weeks after Alex Caputo-Pearl took over the presidency of United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA), he
Mayoral control of schools worked for New York City, but other poor districts haven’t been so lucky - City & Region - The Buffalo News
Mayoral control of schools worked for New York City, but other poor districts haven’t been so lucky - City & Region - The Buffalo News: Mayoral control of schools worked for New York City, but other poor districts haven’t been so luckySince New York City’s mayor took control over public schools in 2002:On-time graduation rates have risen to the highest point in a decade.Dropout rates have fall
Atlanta teachers should have been cut some slack - The Ada News: Columns
Atlanta teachers should have been cut some slack - The Ada News: Columns: Atlanta teachers should have been cut some slackBy Loné Beasley, publisher, The Ada NewsEight teachers in Atlanta, Georgia’s school system were sentenced last week to one to seven years in prison. One got off easier with what amounts to a year of in-home detention and five years’ probation, according to National Public Radio
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New Orleans Recovery School District (RSD) Proponents Now Offer a Disclaimer | deutsch29
New Orleans Recovery School District (RSD) Proponents Now Offer a Disclaimer | deutsch29: New Orleans Recovery School District (RSD) Proponents Now Offer a DisclaimerCorporate-reform-supporting proponents of the state-run Recovery School District (RSD) in New Orleans are not known for delivering messages of “caution” regarding the success of the now-100-percent charter district.What they have mana
Big Education Ape: Special Nite Cap: Catch Up on Today's Post 4/19/15
Special Nite Cap - Catch Up on Today's Post 4/19/15Special Nite Cap CORPORATE ED REFORMIs it too late to shut Cami down and save Newark public schools? | Bob Braun's LedgerIs it too late to shut Cami down and save Newark public schools? | Bob Braun's Ledger: Is it too late to shut Cami down and save Newark public schools? The state-operated Newark public school system faces a deficit of from $50 m
