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#WhyTeach: Our Chance to Push Back | Young Teachers Collective
#WhyTeach: Our Chance to Push Back | Young Teachers Collective: #WhyTeach: Our Chance to Push Backstephrrivera / 21 hours agoOver the past several years the narrative around public education has grown increasingly negative, and young people are often discouraged from going into the profession at all. One of the main goals of the Young Teachers Collective is to amplify the voices of new and future
Debate over 'backfilling' at charters raises questions of fairness | Philadelphia Public School Notebook
Debate over 'backfilling' at charters raises questions of fairness | Philadelphia Public School Notebook: Debate over 'backfilling' at charters raises questions of fairness File this story under "wonky but important."In an era where standardized test scores often determine a school's reputation and, ultimately, its survival, comparing and judging schools based on results has become a com
Schools Matter: Felony Convictions and Up to 20 Years for Teachers: No Convictions and $20 Million Bonuses for Banksters
Schools Matter: Felony Convictions and Up to 20 Years for Teachers: No Convictions and $20 Million Bonuses for Banksters: Felony Convictions and Up to 20 Years for Teachers: No Convictions and $20 Million Bonuses for BankstersOtherwise faced with sure failure for their schools, these Atlanta teachers made the wrong choice: They coached children and changed answers, rather than doing the morally r
Teacher Turnover At Success Academy Charter Schools | Shanker Institute
Teacher Turnover At Success Academy Charter Schools | Shanker Institute: Teacher Turnover At Success Academy Charter Schools A recent New York Times article about the Success Academies, a large chain of New York City charter schools, focuses a great deal on the long working hours and heavy stress faced by teachers at these schools. The article reports that three Success Academy (SA) schools had te
NEA - “Opportunity for All: ESEA Week of Action” Twitter Storm
NEA - “Opportunity for All: ESEA Week of Action” Twitter Storm: #GetESEARight TWITTER STORM INSTRUCTIONSGoal: to generate as many tweets possible from NEA members, leaders, partners, parents and activists onThursday, April 9 between 7 -- 8 PM EST.The hope is that such a flurry of activity will help push our hashtag -- #GetESEARight -- to generate online attention from members of Congress and media
Governor Cuomo Started This War: Teachers and Parents, Let's Prepare For Battle | M. Shannon Hernandez
Governor Cuomo Started This War: Teachers and Parents, Let's Prepare For Battle | M. Shannon Hernandez: Governor Cuomo Started This War: Teachers and Parents, Let's Prepare For BattleAs a public education activist, who focuses most of my efforts on local school-based, student-centered reform, I have literally been sick to my stomach since the New York State Legislature approved a budget, complete
Change the Stakes | Because a Good Education Can’t Be Measured By a Test Score
Change the Stakes | Because a Good Education Can’t Be Measured By a Test Score: WHAT’S NEW FROM CTSNY State tests begin on April 14th! Find everything you need to refuse the tests in NYC here.Also see Opting Out of the State ELA & Math Tests in NYC: Frequently Asked QuestionsSpring 2015 Testing ScheduleGrades 3-8 English Language Arts (ELA): April 14-16Grades 3-8 math: April 22-24Grades 4 &
Privacy Laws Inadequate to Protect Student Data from Advertisers and Others | National Education Policy Center
Privacy Laws Inadequate to Protect Student Data from Advertisers and Others | National Education Policy Center: Privacy Laws Inadequate to Protect Student Data from Advertisers and Others NEPC releases 17th annual reporton Schoolhouse Commercialism Trends Contact: William J. Mathis, (802) 383-0058, wmathis@sover.netFaith Boninger, (480) 390-6736, fboninger@gmail.comAlex Molnar, (480) 797-7261, nep
What Happens When Students Boycott a Standardized Test? — The Atlantic
What Happens When Students Boycott a Standardized Test? — The Atlantic: What Happens When Students Boycott a Standardized Test?The movement to opt-out of nationwide exams is gaining traction—and forcing policymakers to rethink the role of such assessments in public education. Standardized tests have been an integral part of the American school routine since the 1970s, the protocol changing very li
What Can We Agree On, After Atlanta? | Taking Note
What Can We Agree On, After Atlanta? | Taking Note: What Can We Agree On, After Atlanta? “Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold,” William Butler Yeats wrote in 1919 in ‘The Second Coming.’ Yeats was describing the world after the Great War, but it aptly describes American education today[1]: polarized, shouting at, but rarely listening to, each other. We disagree about dozens of issues: the Co
School District projects 22 percent graduation rate in 2017 | Philadelphia Public School Notebook
School District projects 22 percent graduation rate in 2017 | Philadelphia Public School Notebook: School District projects 22 percent graduation rate in 2017 Photo: Rachel FeiermanProjected impact of Keystone exams on Philadelphia graduation rates.In two years, Pennsylvania students will have to pass three standardized tests -- the Keystone Exams -- to graduate high school.Right now, 65 percent o
Federal funding is crucial for our charter schools : News
Federal funding is crucial for our charter schools : News: Federal funding is crucial for our charter schools Thousands more of St. Louis’ children could soon get their shot at achieving the American dream and be on the path toward getting prepared for a career of their choice. Or not, depending on what happens in Washington over the coming months as Congress determines funding for charter schools
Mapping the Growth of Statewide Voucher Programs in the United States CEEP: Indiana University Bloomington
CEEP: Indiana University Bloomington: New CEEP Policy BriefMapping the Growth of Statewide Voucher Programs in the United StatesA new brief comparing statewide voucher programs finds all are growing as never before in the last five years. The brief, “Mapping the Growth of Statewide Voucher Programs in the United States,” examines four statewide voucher systems for students in general education pro
Teachers unions: wanting the perks of membership without the politics - LA Times
Teachers unions: wanting the perks of membership without the politics - LA Times: Teachers unions: wanting the perks of membership without the politicsIf you're a public school teacher and you pay your union dues, you get to enjoy whatever salary deal the union negotiates for you.But the union spends part of your dues on political lobbying and campaigning, perhaps for causes and candidates you ca
Two Pro-Common Core Groups Urge Against Overhaul of No Child Left Behind | TheBlaze.com
Two Pro-Common Core Groups Urge Against Overhaul of No Child Left Behind | TheBlaze.com: Two Pro-Common Core Groups Urge Against Overhaul of No Child Left Behind Two pro-Common Core advocacy groups are now urging against a dramatic overhaul to another education reform effort – No Child Left Behind.After a bipartisan Senate bill was introduced Tuesday with backing from the White House to replace th
D.C.'s lessons for New York on teacher evaluations | Capital New York
D.C.'s lessons for New York on teacher evaluations | Capital New York: D.C.'s lessons for New York on teacher evaluationsWhen Governor Andrew Cuomo proposed a new teacher evaluation system in January that would rely heavily on the judgment of outside consultants, rank-and-file teachers and principals across the city exploded in outrage.Similar consultants have already evaluated teachers in a handf
Guiding principles for a more enlightened U.S. education policy - The Washington Post
Guiding principles for a more enlightened U.S. education policy - The Washington Post: Guiding principles for a more enlightened U.S. education policyMichael V. McGill is the long-time superintendent of the Scarsdale school district in New York, one of o the most successful in the country. Now a professor of school leadership at Bank Street College of Education, McGill challenges the dominant visi
What's next for Atlanta Public Schools? | Cover Story | Creative Loafing Atlanta
What's next for Atlanta Public Schools? | Cover Story | Creative Loafing Atlanta:What's next for Atlanta Public Schools? The school system’s historic cheating trial verdict has closed the books on one of the city’s darkest moments.CASE CLOSED: On April 1, Fulton County Superior Court jurors found 11 former Atlanta Public Schools educators guilty of racketeering and other lesser charges such as the
LDOE Lays an Egg: Violates FERPA and Their Own MOU Providing Data to CREDO | Crazy Crawfish's Blog
LDOE Lays an Egg: Violates FERPA and Their Own MOU Providing Data to CREDO | Crazy Crawfish's Blog: LDOE Lays an Egg: Violates FERPA and Their Own MOU Providing Data to CREDO I know its reaching, but I thought I’d give everyone a little Easter reference with this surprise post. Before I left LDOE 3 years ago I was asked to help assemble some de-identified data for a research outfit named CREDO.
All That Glitters: Top Down Change in Minneapolis | Bright Light Small City
All That Glitters: Top Down Change in Minneapolis | Bright Light Small City: All That Glitters: Top Down Change in MinneapolisLeave a replyTop down reform is all the rage in education these days, from Arne Duncan on down to individual districts, like Memphis (taken over by the state), Little Rock, AK (wrestling with an attempted takeover by the Walton family and their Wal-Mart money), and New Orle
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California high schools violating graduation cap and gown fee law | 89.3 KPCC
California high schools violating graduation cap and gown fee law | 89.3 KPCC: California high schools violating graduation cap and gown fee lawHundreds of thousands of California seniors are getting ready for their much-anticipated public high school graduation ceremony, though many don’t know it's against the law for their schools to require them to buy a cap and gown without offering a set to u
Opinion: PARCC Is Part of the Problem, Not Part of the Answer for NJ Schools - NJ Spotlight
Opinion: PARCC Is Part of the Problem, Not Part of the Answer for NJ Schools - NJ Spotlight: OPINION: PARCC IS PART OF THE PROBLEM, NOT PART OF THE ANSWER FOR NJ SCHOOLSMARK WEBER | APRIL 8, 2015Complex online tests can’t address chronic school underfunding, segregation, and povertyMark WeberIs it just me, or are the cheerleaders for PARCC coming across as increasingly desperate?PARCC -- Partnersh
Failing as a starter jump-started Reynolds' career - The Orange County Register
Failing as a starter jump-started Reynolds' career - The Orange County Register: Failing as a starter jump-started Reynolds' careerOne of the top relief prospects in the Angels' farm system, Danny Reynolds will start the season at Double-A Arkansas.MORRY GASH, THE ASSOCIATED PRESSTEMPE, Ariz. – It is probably not a stretch to say that almost every reliever in the majors was a starter who just need
Have you gotten a call from Ready Washington about the wonders of Common Core Standards and the SBAC? If so, this is why | Seattle Education
Have you gotten a call from Ready Washington about the wonders of Common Core Standards and the SBAC? If so, this is why | Seattle Education: Have you gotten a call from Ready Washington about the wonders of Common Core Standards and the SBAC? If so, this is whyReady Washington Coalition… of the boughtOffice of Superintendent of Public InstructionPartnership for Learning, the education arm of the
The Silencing of the Educators: A Shocking Idea, and Trending |
The Silencing of the Educators: A Shocking Idea, and Trending |: The Silencing of the Educators: A Shocking Idea, and Trending In a recent post I published titled, “New Mexico UnEnchanted,” I described a great visit I recently made to Las Cruces to meet with students, parents, teachers, school board members, state leaders, and the like. In this post, I also described something I found shocking as
Special Nite Cap: Catch Up on Today's Post 4/8/15
Special Nite Cap - Catch Up on Today's Post 4/8/15Special Nite Cap CORPORATE ED REFORMTisch: 'Opt out' movement could lead to national test | Capital New YorkTisch: 'Opt out' movement could lead to national test | Capital New York: Tisch: ‘Opt out’ movement could lead to national test ALBANY—If too many students "opt out" of Common Core-aligned state exams later this month, New York migh
