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Newark school leaders seeking indictment of teacher union leader | Bob Braun's Ledger
Newark school leaders seeking indictment of teacher union leader | Bob Braun's Ledger: Newark school leaders seeking indictment of teacher union leaderNewark public school officials are seeking the indictment of a top officer of the Newark Teachers Union. They are charging John Abeigon, the NTU’s director of organization, with “defiant trespass,” a fourth degree crime that carries with it possible
Teachers' union leaders talk of changes to mayoral control | Capital New York
Teachers' union leaders talk of changes to mayoral control | Capital New York: Teachers' union leaders talk of changes to mayoral controlTeachers' union leaders Michael Mulgrew and Randi Weingarten offered only partial support for mayoral control of public schools on Thursday, saying that they want to see changes to one of Mayor Bill de Blasio's key initiatives in Albany. Mayoral control, passed d
ESEA Reauthorization Needs Stronger Family Engagement Provisions | Otha Thornton
ESEA Reauthorization Needs Stronger Family Engagement Provisions | Otha Thornton: ESEA Reauthorization Needs Stronger Family Engagement ProvisionsMore than 40 years of research shows - no matter a family's income or socioeconomic background - family engagement in education is essential for student success. Students whose families are involved attend school more regularly, earn better grades, enrol
'Mindless misogyny' and flawed standardized tests (OPINION) | OregonLive.com
'Mindless misogyny' and flawed standardized tests (OPINION) | OregonLive.com: 'Mindless misogyny' and flawed standardized tests Reynolds teacher Emily Crum, center, talks during an opt out committee meeting in April. About 5 percent of Portland Public Schools students have opted out of taking new Smarter Balanced assessments. (Laura Frazier/Staff)By Kathleen JeskeyIn response to Bill Porter's rece
Arne Duncan on Fraud, Waste and Corruption in The Charter School Industry
Arne Duncan on Fraud, Waste and Corruption in The Charter School Industry
CURMUDGUCATION: Which Choosey Choosers Choose the Choices?
CURMUDGUCATION: Which Choosey Choosers Choose the Choices?: Which Choosey Choosers Choose the Choices?I respect reform advocate Andy Smarick for his willingness to consider some of the problems that come with the reformster movement in education. Yes, he steadfastly advocates for choice and charters, and yes, I think he's wrong about many things. But he wrote a long series of posts about the inher
Gov. Christie Favors Charter Schools, Ignores Waiver Agreement with U.S. Dept. of Ed. | janresseger
Gov. Christie Favors Charter Schools, Ignores Waiver Agreement with U.S. Dept. of Ed. | janresseger: Gov. Christie Favors Charter Schools, Ignores Waiver Agreement with U.S. Dept. of Ed.New Jersey’s governor Chris Christie’s disdain for democracy is notorious. The state of New Jersey has been running the public schools of Newark for 20 years, and referring to the citizens—parents and students—of
A VAM Sham(e): Bill Sanders to Receive Distinguished Award for VAM/EVAAS Efforts | VAMboozled!
A VAM Sham(e): Bill Sanders to Receive Distinguished Award for VAM/EVAAS Efforts | VAMboozled!: A VAM Sham(e): Bill Sanders to Receive Distinguished Award for VAM/EVAAS EffortsVAMs were first adopted in education in the late 1980s, when an agricultural statistician/adjunct professor [emphasis added, as an adjunct professor is substantively different than a tenured/tenure-track professor] at the Un
New Fact Sheets on Raising State Revenues to Fund Schools
New Fact Sheets on Raising State Revenues to Fund Schools | National Opportunity to Learn Campaign | Education Reform for Equity and Opportunity: New Fact Sheets on Raising State Revenues to Fund SchoolsHow States Can Raise the Revenue to Fundthe Schools Our Students DeserveNew fact sheets for advocates and policymakers!Click here to downloadthe new fact sheets!Over a year ago, the OTL Campaign jo
Stealing Schools and Ending Democratic Public Education in America | The Thomas B. Fordham Institute
Redefining the School District in America | The Thomas B. Fordham Institute: Redefining the School District in AmericaJune 10, 2015By: Nelson SmithIn Redefining the School District in America, Nelson Smith reexamines existing recovery school districts (RSDs)—entities in Louisiana, Tennessee, and Michigan charged with running and turning around their state’s worst schools—and assembles the most com
Lawmakers Desire to Destroy MPS | Educate All Students: Larry Miller's Blog
Lawmakers Desire to Destroy MPS | Educate All Students: Larry Miller's Blog: Lawmakers Desire to Destroy MPSFiled under: MPS Takeover,Wisc Budget Bill — millerlf @ 12:21 pm HALL MONITOR — Lawmakers deal MPS deathblowBy Jay Bullock June 1, 2015 Bayview CompassSee blog at: http://bayviewcompass.com/category/hall-monitor/After Wisconsin’s Joint Finance Committee finished its late-night work on educat
This Week In Education: Thompson: The Perils -- And Potential -- Of "Right-Click" Credit Programs
This Week In Education: Thompson: The Perils -- And Potential -- Of "Right-Click" Credit Programs: Thompson: The Perils -- And Potential -- Of "Right-Click" Credit ProgramsRate, which identifies three major ways that school systems try to improve their graduation rates.NPR finds that some districts did it in the proper way, by "stepping in early to keep kids on track."
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Here's the problem with 'data-driven" school reform. You need good data.
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Here's the problem with 'data-driven" school reform. You need good data.: Here's the problem with 'data-driven" school reform. You need good data. Rahm projected an 82% graduation rate when he ran for office.“No one questions the facts: more CPS students are graduating than ever before, those students are more prepared for their futures and we’re making hug
The Arne Duncan Shuffle: Some For-Profit Colleges Have "the Ethics of Payday Lending" | David Halperin
Arne Duncan Transcript: Some For-Profit Colleges Have "the Ethics of Payday Lending" | David Halperin: For-Profit Colleges Have "the Ethics of Payday Lending"Arne Duncan: Well I think we've been very clear and have a, you know, five or six year track record of - and to be very clear, we're supportive of for profits that are helping real people gain real skills that lead
For Asian Americans, standardized testing is its own costly, hyper-competitive culture - Quartz
For Asian Americans, standardized testing is its own costly, hyper-competitive culture - Quartz: For Asian Americans, standardized testing is its own costly, hyper-competitive cultureOver the weekend, 16-year-old Mira Hu went missing in San Marino, California. Hu—a student at San Marino High School—had been dropped off at nearby Arcadia High School on Saturday to take the SAT college entrance exam
Unrest at Ann Arbor school board meeting over teachers union, testing policies | MLive.com
Unrest at Ann Arbor school board meeting over teachers union, testing policies | MLive.com: Unrest at Ann Arbor school board meeting over teachers union, testing policiesA dozen audience members at Wednesday's Ann Arbor Public Schools Board of Education meeting stood up and turned their back to the board members sitting on on the Skyline High School stage.The action was representative of the growi
With Thousands Marching in the Streets, Chicago Teachers Union Declares ‘This Means War!’ - Working In These Times
With Thousands Marching in the Streets, Chicago Teachers Union Declares ‘This Means War!’ - Working In These Times: With Thousands Marching in the Streets, Chicago Teachers Union Declares ‘This Means War!’Teachers, Students and Community Members demonstrate in front of the Chicago Board of Trade (Martin de Bourmont)Cries of “this means war!” echoed throughout Chicago’s financial district this Tu
I Believe in Freedom of Choice | Diane Ravitch's blog
I Believe in Freedom of Choice | Diane Ravitch's blog: I Believe in Freedom of ChoiceParents should be able to send their children to the school of their choice. And they do, but the public should not be expected to pay for their private choices.The public has a civic obligation to support public education. Even if you don’t have children, you pay taxes to educate the children of the community. Ev
BustED Pencils: Fully Leaded Education Talk
BustED Pencils: Fully Leaded Education Talk: BustED Pencils Trending News: Apologize to the students; Brian did what??; HauntingPosted June 11, 2015 by Tim Slekar These tasks are not really related to your usual job. If you don’t care, is it working?? Apologies are in order. The First Hurdle http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-greene/the-first-hurdle_b_7517602.html?utm_hp_ref=tw Nevada governor
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Charter Schools' Katrina Memory Hole
Charter Schools' Katrina Memory Hole: CHARTER SCHOOLS' KATRINA MEMORY HOLEPre-Katrina New Orleans graduation numbers are charter school advocates' exhibit A for reform. One problem: the U.S. and Louisiana Departments of Education say they don't exist.We’ve heard the narrative so many times we know it by heart. "Results-based" charter schools "turned around" a "broken educa
Tweetable: Friedman on Think Tanks | deutsch29
Tweetable: Friedman on Think Tanks | deutsch29: Tweetable: Friedman on Think TanksI am not on Twitter. I don’t have the time for it. But if I were on Twitter, I would tweet the excerpt below from a 1995 interview with “father of school choice,” economist Milton Friedman.I would tweet it not because I endorse Friedman’s ideas on school choice and what translates into the reckless bankrupting of Ame
The tough tests facing New York’s new state education commissioner - The Washington Post
The tough tests facing New York’s new state education commissioner - The Washington Post: The tough tests facing New York’s new state education commissionerLast month, New York tapped a new state education commissioner, MaryEllen Elia. She is the 2015 Florida Superintendent of the Year who led the public schools in Hillsborough County for a decade before she was fired by the school board this pas
LAUSD RELAXES GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS- FAIRNESS OR MORE PREMEDITATED FRAUD? - Perdaily.com
LAUSD RELAXES GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS- FAIRNESS OR MORE PREMEDITATED FRAUD? - Perdaily.com: LAUSD RELAXES GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS- FAIRNESS OR MORE PREMEDITATED FRAUD?(Mensaje se repite en Español)Rather than address its longstanding failure to educate students in a timely age-sensitive manner, the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) has now voted to further degrade the value of a high sch
“Sociopath” was too small a word for a Feudal Lord | Reclaim Reform
“Sociopath” was too small a word for a Feudal Lord | Reclaim Reform: “Sociopath” was too small a word for a Feudal LordPosted on June 10, 2015by Ken PrevitiIncredibly, some people felt that “sociopath” was a mere prejudicial term to describe the billionaire (a-few-dollars-short-of-being-a-billionare) governor who is now attempting to purchase an entire new legislature of his own, thus combining pe
NYC Educator: UFT DA Not Ready to Vote No Confidence in Reformy MaryEllen Elia
NYC Educator: UFT DA Not Ready to Vote No Confidence in Reformy MaryEllen Elia: UFT DA Not Ready to Vote No Confidence in Reformy MaryEllen EliaPresident’s reportMulgrew thanks DA for our work (but notably, does not offer us cake). Says we have implemented contract but not far enough. Says we had no idea Cuomo would become nemesis. Makes me wonder why he chooses to disregard those of us who recogn
Special Nite Cap: Catch Up on Today's Post 6/10/15
SPECIAL NITE CAP CORPORATE ED REFORMA Celebration of Civil Disobedience | Vicki CobbA Celebration of Civil Disobedience | Vicki Cobb: A Celebration of Civil DisobedienceRecently, I went to a dinner that celebrated a small but growing movement of civil disobedience. Its purpose was to bestow the annual "Skinny" Awards, by Class Size Matters , an organization founded by Leonie Haimson, to
