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Two Sides of Hillary Clinton: The American Federation of Teachers’ Big Blunder
Two Sides of Hillary Clinton: The American Federation of Teachers’ Big Blunder: Two Sides of Hillary Clinton: The American Federation of Teachers’ Big BlunderWhere was the debate? Did we miss it? Why was the AFT rapid endorsement of Hillary Clinton such a rash mistake?Hillary Clinton has two sides when it comes to education, and the AFT should have taken more time to haggle with her—nudge her into
With A Brooklyn Accent: Cognitive Dissonance, Testing and the Need to Face Our History: Guest Post by Aixa Rodriguez
With A Brooklyn Accent: Cognitive Dissonance, Testing and the Need to Face Our History: Guest Post by Aixa Rodriguez: Cognitive Dissonance, Testing and the Need to Face Our History: Guest Post by Aixa Rodriguez"In psychology, cognitive dissonance is the mental stress or discomfort experienced by an individual who holds two or more contradictory beliefs, ideas, or values at the same time, or i
Why Clinton needs to craft a broad national education vision - The Hechinger Report
Why Clinton needs to craft a broad national education vision - The Hechinger Report: Why Clinton needs to craft a broad national education visionHaving just secured American Federation of Teachersendorsement and with Republican presidential candidates torn between big donors favoring test-driven accountability and a base strongly opposed, Hillary Clinton has a broad avenue for crafting a coherent
Here are the Amendments to the Every Child Achieves Act | Truth in American Education
Here are the Amendments to the Every Child Achieves Act | Truth in American Education: Here are the Amendments to the Every Child Achieves ActThere isn’t any shortage of amendments to S.1177, the Every Child Achieves Act, a bill introduced by Help Committee Chair U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and the ranking member for the HELP committee, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), that would reauthor
Title I portability: A flawed House proposal would change education funding. Here's how Beverly Hills, 90210 explains it.
Title I portability: A flawed House proposal would change education funding. Here's how Beverly Hills, 90210 explains it.: The Beverly Hills, 90210 Guide to Title I PortabilityThis week marks the closest Congress has come to replacing the widely reviled No Child Left Behind Act since it officially expired in 2007. Democrats and Republicansare squabbling over the usual issues: high-stakes testing a
State Board Sets Principles and Timeline for Developing State Accountability System
SBE News Release for July 9, 2015 - State Board of Education (CA Dept of Education): State Board Sets Principles and Timeline for DevelopingState Accountability SystemThe California State Board of Education (SBE) has set guiding principles and an initial timeline for establishing California’s new state accountability system. The new system will center around the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF
Will Hillary Clinton Continue Education Reform? -- NYMag
Will Hillary Clinton Continue Education Reform? -- NYMag: Will Hillary Clinton Continue Education Reform?In her economic speech today, Hillary Clinton spoke extensively about policies where her party agrees: inequality, social opportunity, public investment, and family-friendly workplace policy. Clinton’s remarks about primary education were almost literally a placeholder. (Those comments, in thei
Teachers' Union Girds For Supreme Court Setback, Pledges To Grow Membership
Teachers' Union Girds For Supreme Court Setback, Pledges To Grow Membership: Teachers' Union Girds For Supreme Court Setback, Pledges To Grow MembershipWASHINGTON -- Faced with its gravest threat in years from the Supreme Court, one of the country's largest labor unions is preparing for a ruling that could make it much more difficult to collect fees from the workers it represents.This weekend, the
Can Early AFT Endorsement of Clinton Save Her From Sanders and Benghazi? | deutsch29
Can Early AFT Endorsement of Clinton Save Her From Sanders and Benghazi? | deutsch29: Can Early AFT Endorsement of Clinton Save Her From Sanders and Benghazi?On Saturday, July 11, 2015, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) endorsed Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination for president.This news is no surprise, and the AFT’s “long, deliberative process” is pretty much window dressing. It
Want to read some of Mayor Kevin Johnson's emails? Here you go! - Sacramento News & Review
Want to read some of Mayor Kevin Johnson's emails? Here you go! - Page Burner - July 13, 2015 - Blogs - Sacramento News & Review: Want to read some of Mayor Kevin Johnson's emails? Here you go!You’re not supposed to spy on people’s email. But when you’re a public servant, your emails are public record. It’s part of that whole transparency thing. I know, what an inconvenience. Or at least that’
Thompson: Will President Obama's Trip to the Choctaw Nation (& a Federal Prison) Help This Week In Education:
This Week In Education: Thompson: Will President Obama's Trip to the Choctaw Nation (& a Federal Prison) Help Move the Administration Toward Comprehensive Solutions?: Thompson: Will President Obama's Trip to the Choctaw Nation (& a Federal Prison) Help Move the Administration Toward Comprehensive Solutions?The President who I still love will visit the Choctaw Nation this week and look into
Is AFT's Randi Weingarten Living UAW's Doug Fraser's Nightmare?
Randi Weingarten is under fire from some members of her AFT union for the endorsement of Hillary Clinton for President in 2016. She also takes heat for for trying to find common ground with people who seem to be hell bent on destroying Public Education. Weingarten became president of UFT in 1998 and president of AFT in 2008. Her role as leader of both unions organizations has been at a time of ext
American education system completely misunderstands how to discipline children, says groundbreaking psychologist - Business Insider
American education system completely misunderstands how to discipline children, says groundbreaking psychologist - Business Insider: The American education system completely misunderstands how to discipline children, says groundbreaking psychologistDr. Ross Greene would rather parents and teachers try to understand their misbehaving children than punish them.Greene, a clinical child psychologist a
Save Our Schools March – Join “Walking Man” Jesse Turner for his Arrival in DC!
Save Our Schools March – Join “Walking Man” Jesse Turner for his Arrival in DC!: Join “Walking Man” Jesse Turner for his Arrival in DC!“Walking Man” Jesse Turner, the BATS, UOO, and Save Our Schools invite you to join in on the last mile of his 400 mile walk in Washington DC!If you want to participate here is what you can do:On July 24th, 20152:00 p.m. – Meet in the Courtyard at the Holiday Inn Ca
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: AFT's early Clinton endorsement is creating a rank-and-file backlash
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: AFT's early Clinton endorsement is creating a rank-and-file backlash: AFT's early Clinton endorsement is creating a rank-and-file backlashThe AFT's early endorsement of Hillary Clinton comes as no surprise, at least to me. Randi Weingarten and the current AFT leadership has long been tied to the Clinton's political organization by a thousand threads.After all, the 1.
CURMUDGUCATION: Who Is Served by the Unions?
CURMUDGUCATION: Who Is Served by the Unions?: Who Is Served by the Unions?We're going to have this argument again because folks are pissed about the early endorsement of Hillary Clinton by the AFT. But there's another issue quietly simmering on the union back burner that is far more significant in dealing with the question of which interests, exactly, are served by the big teachers unions.Who am I
CA looks for options to ‘highly qualified’ teachers for all :: SI&A Cabinet Report :: The Essential Resource for Superintendents and the Cabinet
CA looks for options to ‘highly qualified’ teachers for all :: SI&A Cabinet Report :: The Essential Resource for Superintendents and the Cabinet: CA looks for options to ‘highly qualified’ teachers for all(Calif.) Even as state officials signed off on a federally-mandated plan designed to ensure experienced, quality teachers for all students, they also raised the specter of seeking a waiver fr
We Definitely Don't Need a "National Education Plan" :: Frederick M. Hess
We Definitely Don't Need a "National Education Plan" :: Frederick M. Hess: We Definitely Don't Need a "National Education Plan"Last week, my friend Chris Cross penned a provocative column for Teachers College Record, in which he argued that the U.S. desperately needs a "national education plan." He laments that we don't have an "understanding of our national, as
Will Campbell Brown’s “The 74″ Investigate Charter Scandals? | EduShyster
Will Campbell Brown’s “The 74″ Investigate Charter Scandals? | EduShyster: Will Campbell Brown’s “The 74″ Investigate Charter Scandals?My source says no…Reader: I j’adore investigative journalism. Which is why I was beyond excited to learn that Campbell Brown’s new edu-venture, The 74, will include an investigative component. After all, at a moment characterized by the movement of massive sums fro
Jersey Jazzman: Why U-Ark's Charter School Philanthropy Study Is Just Wrong
Jersey Jazzman: Why U-Ark's Charter School Philanthropy Study Is Just Wrong: Why U-Ark's Charter School Philanthropy Study Is Just Wrong One of the more annoying things about discussing and debating education policy is seeing how misconceptions are born. You can often trace an incorrect notion from a think tank's brief to a reformy "analyst" who only read the press release and wouldn't u
What The Senate Is Sellin’, Informed Parents Aren’t Buyin’ » Missouri Education Watchdog
What The Senate Is Sellin’, Informed Parents Aren’t Buyin’ » Missouri Education Watchdog: What The Senate Is Sellin’, Informed Parents Aren’t Buyin’Thanks to a buy off, I mean buy-in, by the teachers’ unions, the Senate now feels ready to push ahead with their Every Child Achieves Act. They have dressed it up pretty with superficial changes meant to make parents happy, but cross dressing this bad
JEB BUSH: Why Some State Test Results Are Less Profitable Than Others | StateImpact Florida
Why Some State Test Results Are Less Honest Than Others | StateImpact Florida: Why Some State Test Results Are Less Honest Than OthersSome states are telling students and parents they are better at reading, writing, math and other subjects than they really are, according to a new website from theFoundation for Excellence in Education.The website,WhyProficiencyMatters.com, tracks the percentage of
Pennsylvania Manufactures Massive Test Failure | Peter Greene
Pennsylvania Manufactures Massive Test Failure | Peter Greene: Pennsylvania Manufactures Massive Test FailureBrace yourself, Pennsylvanians. The new cut scores for last years Big Standardized Tests have been set, and they are not pretty.It was only this week the State Board of Education met to accept the recommendations of their Council of Basic Education. Because, yes -- cut scores are set after
Evaluating teachers in special subjects: Is it fair to grade music and art teachers on math and reading scores?
Evaluating teachers in special subjects: Is it fair to grade music and art teachers on math and reading scores?: Why Are Some Teachers Being Evaluated Using the Test Scores of Kids They Didn’t Teach?By almost all accounts, Albuquerque, New Mexico, music instructor Nick Prior is an all-star teacher. He runs six choirs, which serve nearly 200 students at the city’s Eisenhower Middle School. His choi
Site Devoted to Education Overhaul Is to Hold Presidential Forums - First Draft. Political News, Now. - The New York Times
Site Devoted to Education Overhaul Is to Hold Presidential Forums - First Draft. Political News, Now. - The New York Times: Site Devoted to Education Overhaul Is to Hold Presidential ForumsAn education-focused news outlet run by the journalist-turned-advocate Campbell Brown plans to host presidential forums for both parties, with the first one held in New Hampshire.The Seventy Four, a site recentl
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FORBES AND WALL STREET JOURNAl Take on AFT's union Endorsement of Hillary Clinton
Teachers' union endorses Hillary Clinton, but her positions on education issues remain murky: Teachers' union endorses Hillary Clinton, but her positions on education issues remain murkyPresidential candidate Hillary Clinton snagged the Democratic primary endorsement of the American Federation of Teachers on Saturday, but the question remains: Where does she stand on the seismic education issues o
Election 2016 | American Federation of Teachers
Election 2016 | American Federation of Teachers: The AFT executive council voted overwhelmingly on July 11 to endorse Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination for president.This is a crucial election. Who we elect can make the difference in reshaping our economy and reclaiming the promise of public education.We've seen what happens when we get involved early—like in Pennsylvania, where early
Special Nite Cap: Catch Up on Today's Post 7/12/15
SPECIAL NITE CAP CORPORATE ED REFORMSeattle Schools Community Forum: Who Will Run Public Education?Seattle Schools Community Forum: Who Will Run Public Education?: Who Will Run Public Education?Some older articles I had on the back burner for far too long. Compiled, they are a good picture of what is happening in our country today. It's a two-fold problem.1) Billionaires who decide they (and the
