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CURMUDGUCATION: Newark: The Civil Rights Lie
CURMUDGUCATION: Newark: The Civil Rights Lie: Newark: The Civil Rights LieFriday, the students of Newark took to the streets. Thousands of students. Students from many different schools within the city. They took to the steps of City Hall, and then they moved to shut down the main drag. And unlike a previous protest in Newark, this one resulted in actual press coverage. In addition to coverage fro
A Costly Tax Break for Nonpublic Schools - NYTimes.com
A Costly Tax Break for Nonpublic Schools - NYTimes.com: A Costly Tax Break for Nonpublic SchoolsGov. Andrew Cuomo can talk passionately about improving New York’s “failing public schools,” but when he made that point at churches and a yeshiva last Sunday it was, at best, disingenuous. He was there to sell his bill that would help private and parochial schools, by offering big tax credits to their
With A Brooklyn Accent: Should Business Leaders Be Put in Charge of Education?
With A Brooklyn Accent: Should Business Leaders Be Put in Charge of Education?: Should Business Leaders Be Put in Charge of Education?During the last 15 years, elected officials of both parties decided that business leaders would be better equipped to transform our public education system and make it "globally competitive" than teachers and school administrators. Their reasoning: why not
Flip The Louisiana Board Of Elementary And Secondary Education ( Bese)
Flip BESE: FLIP THE LOUISIANA BOARD OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ( BESE)Click Here to Follow Flip BESE on Facebook Click Here to Follow Flip BESE on Facebook Click Here to Follow Flip BESE on Facebook LEE P.BARRIOS FOR BESE 1 Web SiteClick Here to Follow Flip BESE on Facebook MIKE KREAMER FOR BESE 7 Web SiteClick Here to Follow Flip BESE on Facebook JASON FRANCE FOR BESE 6 Web SiteClick H
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: An entire Chicago community resists charter expansion
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: An entire Chicago community resists charter expansion: An entire Chicago community resists charter expansion“Because CPS funds on a per pupil basis, every kids who’s not sitting at Lakeview or Senn or Amundsen is $5,200 that school doesn’t get.” --Northside parent, Wendy Vasquez "As governor, I'm all in for you. I want to expand your charter network and get hig
Eloquent testimony from Karen Zaccor on Noble Street. | Fred Klonsky
Eloquent testimony from Karen Zaccor on Noble Street. | Fred Klonsky: Eloquent testimony from Karen Zaccor on Noble Street.– From Tim Furman’s blog.This is Karen Zaccor’s testimony at the recent almost-under-the-radar hearing for the Noble Street insertion into Buena Park.Testimony in opposition to the relocation of a Noble St. high school to the 46th WardChildren learn what they live. At my schoo
*If Any Charter School Needs a Union, It’s Urban Prep* | EduShyster
*If Any Charter School Needs a Union, It’s Urban Prep* | EduShyster: *If Any Charter School Needs a Union, It’s Urban Prep*A former teacher weighs in on teaching and learning conditions at a Chicago charter school…Editor’s note: A few weeks ago, I ran a post by Urban Prep teacher Dave Woo about why he and his colleagues at a Chicago charter school are organizing a union. Teachers at the school wil
New Mexico Teachers Burn Their State-Based Teacher Evaluations |
New Mexico Teachers Burn Their State-Based Teacher Evaluations |: New Mexico Teachers Burn Their State-Based Teacher EvaluationsMore than three dozen teachers,”including many who [had] just been rated “highly effective” by the New Mexico Public Education Department, working in the Albuquerque Public School District – the largest public school district in the state of New Mexico – turned to a burni
How Grades 6-12 get robbed in federal education funding - The Washington Post
How Grades 6-12 get robbed in federal education funding - The Washington Post: How Grades 6-12 get robbed in federal education fundingThis graphic comes from a new report by the Alliance for Excellent Education called “Why ESEA Must Fill the Missing Middle,” a reference to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, which, in its current version is known as No Child Left Behind, and is now being r
Alberta Darling’s False Claims About New Orleans Exposed , But Truth Does Not Matter
Alberta Darling’s False Claims About New Orleans Exposed Once Again, But Truth Does Not Matter To Those Intent On Destroying The Public Good | Educate All Students: Larry Miller's Blog: Alberta Darling’s False Claims About New Orleans Exposed Once Again, But Truth Does Not Matter To Those Intent On Destroying The Public GoodLouisianna Educator Blog: by Michael Deshotels May 21, 2015http://louisian
Top Educators Say Teacher Quality Isn’t the Key to Student Achievement - Yahoo News
Top Educators Say Teacher Quality Isn’t the Key to Student Achievement - Yahoo News: Top Educators Say Teacher Quality Isn’t the Key to Student Achievement Ask 1,000 education policy analysts why American students lag behind their global peers, and you’ll get at least 500 different answers—too much testing or not enough. Out-of-control homework levels or too little time hitting the books. Teachers
Poor Children Are Just Nails to Pound | Steve Nelson
Poor Children Are Just Nails to Pound | Steve Nelson: Poor Children Are Just Nails to PoundI spend at least several hours every week reading about conflict over education reform. It is as fascinating as it is important. The forces amassed on each side are growing in size and ferocity, and much of the rhetoric is heated. I admit that my own rhetoric is pretty warm.Despite my and others' criticism,
Elon Musk didn't like his kids' school, so he made his own small, secretive school without grade levels - Yahoo Finance
Elon Musk didn't like his kids' school, so he made his own small, secretive school without grade levels - Yahoo Finance: Elon Musk didn't like his kids' school, so he made his own small, secretive school without grade levelsElon Musk didn't like his kids' school, so he started his own, the inventor and entrepreneur said in an interview on Beijing Television.The school is called Ad Astra — which me
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Who Will Be the Next Secretary of Education in 2016? - Badass Teachers Association
Badass Teachers Association: Who Will Be the Next Secretary of Education in 2016?As we approach the beginning stages of the 2016 presidential elections, the stakes for the future of public education in this country could not be higher. Moreover, it is time for teachers, administrators and parents to consider whether the next president of the United States will be a true education president. Needle
Special Nite Cap: Catch Up on Today's Post 5/22/15
Special Nite Cap CORPORATE ED REFORMUSDOE Advertises Charter School “Competition” Reviewer Positions for Only One Day | deutsch29USDOE Advertises Charter School “Competition” Reviewer Positions for Only One Day | deutsch29: USDOE Advertises Charter School “Competition” Reviewer Positions for Only One DayThe US Department of Education Office of Innovation and Improvement (OII), an office that Fordh
