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Revisiting the Hullabaloo about the Civil War, Slavery, and Racism in Textbooks and Standards | Cloaking Inequity
Revisiting the Hullabaloo about the Civil War, Slavery, and Racism in Textbooks and Standards | Cloaking Inequity: Revisiting the Hullabaloo about the Civil War, Slavery, and Racism in Textbooks and StandardsThere has been allot of hullabaloo about the Civl War recently. Just yesterday, South Carolina voted to take down the confederate flag. However, there are still a variety of folks in the South
House GOP Betrayed Parents Passing the Student Success Act | Truth in American Education
House GOP Betrayed Parents Passing the Student Success Act | Truth in American Education: House GOP Betrayed Parents Passing the Student Success ActThe Republican leadership in the US House of Representatives has worked a tremendous disservice on its members and the American children, parents, and taxpayers. Yesterday, after heavy wrangling by Republican leadership, the House of Representatives p
NEA Members Announce They Will Fight Institutional Racism. Do They Mean It?
NEA Members Announce They Will Fight Institutional Racism. Do They Mean It?: NEA Members Announce They Will Fight Institutional Racism. Do They Mean It?At the National Education Association’s recently concluded annual meeting—a gathering where the country’s largest labor union sets its policy priorities for the coming year—delegates passed several historic measures that committed the union to figh
This Week In Education: Thompson: What Explains the Remaining Support For NCLB Testing?
This Week In Education: Thompson: What Explains the Remaining Support For NCLB Testing?: Thompson: What Explains the Remaining Support For NCLB Testing?The Washington Post's Lyndsey Layton, in Even As Congress Moves to Strip His Power, Arne Duncan Holds His Ground, begins her portrait of the last days of Arne Duncan with an anecdote documenting the sincerity with which he approached his job as US
All Aboard the Opt Out Bus - UNITED OPT OUT: The Movement to End Corporate Education Reform
All Aboard the Opt Out Bus - UNITED OPT OUT: The Movement to End Corporate Education Reform: All Aboard the Opt Out BusThe #OptOutBus is currently traveling the country giving away free books to children! Follow their progress at their Facebook page and donate to their FREE Books for Kids fundraiser here. Join them on Twitter @optoutbus.Susan and Shawn DuFresne write: We are taking the #OptOutBus
Children are more than test scores: This 10 miles is for our young giants the Newark Students Union
Children are more than test scores: This 10 miles is for our young giants the Newark Students Union:This 10 miles is for our young giants the Newark Students UnionCatching up to my dedications and thanks you today from Delaware for my Walking to DC blog.Day 15 on July 1, 2015 I dedicated 10 miles to my heroes the Newark Students Union > http://newarkstudentsunion.tumblr.com/about
Superintendents and Legislators - Beware the SBAC Tsunami that is coming! - Wait What?
Superintendents and Legislators - Beware the SBAC Tsunami that is coming! - Wait What?: Superintendents and Legislators – Beware the SBAC Tsunami that is coming!An open letter to Superintendents and Legislators 7/10/2015;For more than a year and a half public education advocates in Connecticut have been delivering the message that the Common Core Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) test
Jersey Jazzman: Newark: Chris Cerf's Victory Lap
Jersey Jazzman: Newark: Chris Cerf's Victory Lap: Newark: Chris Cerf's Victory LapAnd so Chris Cerf, the architect of the transformation of Newark into a "portfolio" school district, is now officially in charge. I have to say I was a little surprised Cerf's confirmation was only one vote away from deadlock; then again, given his close ties to embattled former State Superintendent Cami An
The New GED: Making A Second Chance So Much Harder | janresseger
The New GED: Making A Second Chance So Much Harder | janresseger: The New GED: Making A Second Chance So Much HarderIn a book on expanding opportunity in higher education, Back to School: Why Everyone Deserves a Second Chance at Education, Mike Rose describes the GED exam and the students in adult education programs who have come back to school to try to improve their education and their credentia
Louisiana Educator: Your Guide to BESE Elections
Louisiana Educator: Your Guide to BESE Elections: Your Guide to BESE ElectionsWhy the John White Controlled BESE is Wrong for LouisianaAll elected seats for BESE will be up for election in the October 24, 2015 primary election. There are 8 elected members on BESE that run in districts similar to the old Louisiana Congressional Districts. Five of the present elected members have been closely aligne
As federal ed rewrite gains traction in Congress, here are some key changes schools may see - The Hechinger Report
As federal ed rewrite gains traction in Congress, here are some key changes schools may see - The Hechinger Report: As federal ed rewrite gains traction in Congress, here are some key changes schools may seeAs Congress considers bills to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), the most heated debate has been over how to hold schools accountable for student performance, and w
Education and the Export of Jobs: Will All that is Public Become Private? - Living in Dialogue
Education and the Export of Jobs: Will All that is Public Become Private? - Living in Dialogue: Education and the Export of Jobs: Will All that is Public Become Private?by Stephen Stollmack, Ph.D.My life now seems to be on Fast-Track – so much more to learn about what’s going on in the world each day and more and more suspicion that the government has been hiding important things from us for years
Schooling in the Ownership Society: Wall St. public school strategy: Loot, pillage, burn...
Schooling in the Ownership Society: Wall St. public school strategy: Loot, pillage, burn...: Wall St. public school strategy: Loot, pillage, burn...Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va). - ReutersThe Senate has passed an amendment to new proposed federal legislation, which would steer hundreds of millions of dollars intended for impoverished school districts and classrooms, into the pockets of Wall Street consu
‘Good Intentions Gone Bad’ — excerpt from new book about Teach For America - The Washington Post
‘Good Intentions Gone Bad’ — excerpt from new book about Teach For America - The Washington Post: ‘Good Intentions Gone Bad’ — excerpt from new book about Teach For AmericaTeach for American founder Wendy Kopp (The Washington Post)A new book about the 25-year-old Teach For America tells the story of the controversial organization through the eyes of alumni who share their experiences and insight
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Duncan's legacy
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Duncan's legacy: Duncan's legacy"It will take years to recover from the damage that Arne Duncan’s policies have inflicted on public education." -- Diane RavitchArne Duncan says he will remain at the D.O.E. "until the final bell". At this point, no one really cares. The damage is already done and with billions of Race To The Top money no longer in
Sen. Sherrod Brown seeks to stop waste, mismanagement of charter schools | cleveland.com
Sen. Sherrod Brown seeks to stop waste, mismanagement of charter schools | cleveland.com: Sen. Sherrod Brown seeks to stop waste, mismanagement of charter schoolsWASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown blasted Ohio's charter school system for having rampant waste and fraud Thursday as he spelled out the main goals of a national charter school accountability bill he proposed this week."We w
Some states would lose big money with proposed education funding changes - The Washington Post
Some states would lose big money with proposed education funding changes - The Washington Post: Some states would lose big money with proposed education funding changesCongress’s debate about rewriting the nation’s main education law has featured high-profile disagreements over testing, vouchers andschool accountability, but there is another issue that has just as much potential to derail the legi
Why America Demonizes its Teachers -- Part 4: The Role of the Home in Student Learning | Frank Breslin
Why America Demonizes its Teachers -- Part 4: The Role of the Home in Student Learning | Frank Breslin: Why America Demonizes its Teachers -- Part 4: The Role of the Home in Student LearningOne powerful influence on student learning, which federal and state governments refuse to acknowledge, is a student's home life, over which teachers have no control. Students who come from homes conducive to le
About the Warner Amendment to the Senate ESEA Bill | deutsch29
About the Warner Amendment to the Senate ESEA Bill | deutsch29: About the Warner Amendment to the Senate ESEA BillOn July 08, 2015, the Senate approved by voice vote an amendment to the Senate version of the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965, the Every Child Achieves Act of 2015. The amendment in question,Senate Amendment 2086, sponsored by Senator Mark W
Congress Considers Expanding Charter Program Despite Millions Wasted on Closed Schools
Congress Considers Expanding Charter Program Despite Millions Wasted on Closed Schools: Congress Considers Expanding Charter Program Despite Millions Wasted on Closed SchoolsAs both the House and the Senate consider separate bills that would reauthorize and expand the quarter-billion-dollar-a-year Charter Schools Program (CSP), the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) has examined more than a deca
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Scandal-Plagued Kevin Johnson's Fixers Are Just Making Things Worse
Scandal-Plagued Kevin Johnson's Fixers Are Just Making Things Worse: Scandal-Plagued Kevin Johnson's Fixers Are Just Making Things WorseKevin Johnson’s bizarre campaign to carry out a “coup” against the National Conference of Black Mayors, or NCBM, is looking more and more like his Waterloo.The former NBA All-Star and perpetually scandal-plagued Sacramento mayor, whose enthusiasms include charter
Special Nite Cap: Catch Up on Today's Post 7/9/15
SPECIAL NITE CAP CORPORATE ED REFORMDiane Ravitch’s devastating Arne Duncan critique: The education secretary earned his F - Salon.comDiane Ravitch’s devastating Arne Duncan critique: The education secretary earned his F - Salon.com: Diane Ravitch’s devastating Arne Duncan critique: The education secretary earned his FIt will take years to recover from the damage that Arne Duncan's policies have i
