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Union-backed group calls for pause in federal money for charter schools - The Washington Post
Union-backed group calls for pause in federal money for charter schools - The Washington Post: Union-backed group calls for pause in federal money for charter schoolsA labor-backed group is objecting to an U.S. Education Department proposal to expand federal funding for public charter schools, after the agency’s inspector general issued a scathing report that found deficiencies in how the departme
Summit (Sierra) charter school: The skinny on the Gates-backed school set for Seattle, Brad Bernatek (remember him?) and a host of others | Seattle Education
Summit (Sierra) charter school: The skinny on the Gates-backed school set for Seattle, Brad Bernatek (remember him?) and a host of others | Seattle Education: Summit (Sierra) charter school: The skinny on the Gates-backed school set for Seattle, Brad Bernatek (remember him?) and a host of othersBill Gates will be bringing yet another grand experiment onto public school children in Seattle soon in
Governor Cuomo and Public Education: Wall Street, Conservatism, Milton Friedman, and the ‘Third Way’ of Governance | Public Schools Central
Governor Cuomo and Public Education: Wall Street, Conservatism, Milton Friedman, and the ‘Third Way’ of Governance | Public Schools Central: Governor Cuomo and Public Education: Wall Street, Conservatism, Milton Friedman, and the ‘Third Way’ of GovernanceBy Thomas J. FialaI think America, and in particular New Yorkers, need a more exact definition of New York Governor Cuomo when it comes to public
Troubled Ohio charter schools have become a joke — literally - The Washington Post
Troubled Ohio charter schools have become a joke — literally - The Washington Post: Troubled Ohio charter schools have become a joke — literallyYes, some charter schools are great, but others are a mess — especially in Ohio, where academic results across the sector are far worse than in traditional public schools and financial and ethical scandals are more than common. How bad is the problem? The
Editorial: Who should pay for charter schools? | The Salt Lake Tribune
Editorial: Who should pay for charter schools? | The Salt Lake Tribune: Editorial: Who should pay for charter schools?In public education, charter schools are the disrupters. Designed to be autonomous, charters are public schools overseen by their own boards and the State Office of Education, not local school boards. Free from the constraints of school districts, charters have blazed new trails.No
Happy Loving Day Or, Glad-Not-to-Get-Arrested Day
Happy Loving Day Or, Glad-Not-to-Get-Arrested Day: HAPPY LOVING DAY OR, GLAD-NOT-TO-GET-ARRESTED DAYJune 12 is the anniversary of the day in 1967 that the Supreme Court handed down it’s ruling in Loving vs. Virginia. The ruling declared Virginia’s law prohibiting living with or marrying someone of a different race to be unconstitutional.It’s a great day for my daughter and son-in-law. It’s a great
Kevin Johnson Promotes His Brand By Releasing Personal Logo
Kevin Johnson Promotes His Brand By Releasing Personal Logo: Kevin Johnson Promotes His Brand By Releasing Personal LogoDeadspin recently published a couple of stories alleging that Kevin Johnson’s actions show how eager he is to promote his brand. The latest one actually used the phrase “promote his brand” in the lede. We meant it figuratively. But yesterday, the Sacramento mayor and former NBA s
Class of 2015 Announcement « The National Teacher Hall of Fame
Current News « The National Teacher Hall of Fame: Class of 2015 AnnouncementPosted on March 27, 2015 by admin | Leave a replyCongratulations to the class of 2015 in the National Teachers Hall of Fame!!!!Dr. Patricia Jordan is a retired 9th-12th grade Math teacher with 29 years in Roslyn High School in Roslyn, New York. Click this link to watch a clip of Pat’s Announcement Ceremony!Richard T. Ognib
Q&A: Helen Gym on Vision Zero, Council politics, and how the school funding debate ties into planning | Philadelphia Public School Notebook
Q&A: Helen Gym on Vision Zero, Council politics, and how the school funding debate ties into planning | Philadelphia Public School Notebook: Q&A: Helen Gym on Vision Zero, Council politics, and how the school funding debate ties into planningContinuing the Agenda 2015 series, PlanPhilly will be publishing Q&A's with potential City Council newcomers talking about their views on a range
Arne Duncan’s False Promise To Forgive Debts At For-Profit Schools | PopularResistance.Org
Arne Duncan’s False Promise To Forgive Debts At For-Profit Schools | PopularResistance.Org: Arne Duncan’s False Promise To Forgive Debts At For-Profit Schools“Enforcers for loan sharks don’t give debt holidays to the masses of victims.”Nine state attorneys general urged Education Secretary Arne Duncan to forgive federal loans to students who attended schools currently or formerly owned by Corinthi
Data Smokescreen Covers Up Real Problems in Public Education
Data Smokescreen Covers Up Real Problems in Public Education: Data Smokescreen Covers Up Real Problems in Public EducationLast week, a very distinguished panel convened by the National Research Council published an Evaluation of the Public Schools of the District of Columbia. The report is 341 pages long and cost millions of dollars to produce. What’s most impressive about this evaluation is how v
Why a child poverty target is good education policy - First Focus
Why a child poverty target is good education policy - First Focus: Why a child poverty target is good education policyWhile both the House and Senate continue work on the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA, the primary federal education legislation), Congressman Danny Davis (D-IL), Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA), and Congressman Elijah Cummings (D-MD)
Common Core Dilemma - Who Owns Our Schools?: Mercedes K. Schneider: 9780807756492: Amazon.com: Books
Common Core Dilemma - Who Owns Our Schools?: Mercedes K. Schneider: 9780807756492: Amazon.com: Books: Common Core Dilemma - Who Owns Our Schools? In her new book, bestselling author Mercedes Schneider provides little-known details about the history of the Common Core State Standards. She lifts the veil on how the Common Core was developed, who was present in the back room, the push to copyright it
Robert Reich Sounds Off On How America Has Failed Its Students
Robert Reich Sounds Off On How America Has Failed Its Students: Robert Reich Sounds Off On How America Has Failed Its StudentsThis story originally appeared on Capital & Main.It’s no secret that former U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich has some misgivings about the direction of the American economy. But the prolific writer, radio commentator and longtime University of California, Berkeley prof
Chris Christie Suggests College Students Should Sell Themselves To Investors To Pay Tuition
Chris Christie Suggests College Students Should Sell Themselves To Investors To Pay Tuition: Chris Christie Suggests College Students Should Sell Themselves To Investors To Pay TuitionNew Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) spoke about student debt, school choice and teacher accountability at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa, on Thursday. Christie is expected to announce a presidential run soon.Read
Aiming to set the record straight about 'the Common Core lie' : News
Aiming to set the record straight about 'the Common Core lie' : News: Aiming to set the record straight about 'the Common Core lie'Editorial: Republicans continue to peddle the Common Core lieA conservative Republican might understandably have been confused in reading Post-Dispatch reporter Elisa Crouch’s Thursday story about how Mi… Read moreIn “Republicans continue to peddle the Common Core lie”
The Story Behind The Record-High Graduation Rate : NPR Ed : NPR
The Story Behind The Record-High Graduation Rate : NPR Ed : NPR: The Story Behind The Record-High Graduation RateThe U.S. high school graduation rate was 81 percent in 2013, the most recent year in which federal data are available.In his State of the Union address in January, President Obama had some sure-fire applause lines: "More of our kids are graduating than ever before" and "O
Three wrong-headed ideas driving reform of U.S. teaching force - The Washington Post
Three wrong-headed ideas driving reform of U.S. teaching force - The Washington Post: Three wrong-headed ideas driving reform of U.S. teaching forcePresident Obama and Education Secretary Arne Duncan in 2012. (REUTERS/Yuri Gripas)“When the going gets tough in our wealthy societies, the powers-that-be often choose quick fixes. In search of a silver bullet instead of sustained systemic improvement,
Mayor Bill de Blasio and the American Federation of Teachers hatch new initiative for tech education | Crain's New York Business
Mayor Bill de Blasio and the American Federation of Teachers hatch new initiative for tech education | Crain's New York Business: De Blasio and teachers' union launch tech education initiativeFunded by the American Federation of Teachers' Innovation Fund, the program will support career and technical education in New York and four cities.The American Federation of Teachers is announcing an initiat
Jesse Turner: Still Walking, Five Years Later - Living in Dialogue
Jesse Turner: Still Walking, Five Years Later - Living in Dialogue: Jesse Turner: Still Walking, Five Years LaterBy Anthony Cody.It is a bit hard to recall where we were five years ago, but this re-post might help jog your memory, as it did mine. At the time, my blog had been running for a little less than two years at Education Week, and I had started a project called “Teachers Letters to Obama.”
Accountability of Administration - The Crucial VoiceThe Crucial Voice
Accountability of Administration - The Crucial VoiceThe Crucial Voice: Accountability of AdministrationEach layer of administration in our education system — in schools, on school boards, at the district level, in state’s departments of education and the United States Department of Education — exists for a reason and to serve a purpose. As institutions designed to serve the public need, how are th
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NEWS: Info on New Orleans Graduation Rates Pre-Katrina | deutsch29
NEWS: Info on New Orleans Graduation Rates Pre-Katrina | deutsch29: NEWS: Info on New Orleans Graduation Rates Pre-KatrinaToday I read a May 2014 post, Charter Schools’ Memory Hole, written by Adam Hubbard Johnson.His piece opens as follows:Pre-Katrina New Orleans graduation numbers are charter school advocates’ exhibit A for reform. One problem: The U.S. and Louisiana Departments of Education say
Special Nite Cap: Catch Up on Today's Post 6/11/15
SPECIAL NITE CAP CORPORATE ED REFORMNewark school leaders seeking indictment of teacher union leader | Bob Braun's LedgerNewark 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
