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System Failure: Charter Schools in Louisiana | Seattle Education
System Failure: Charter Schools in Louisiana | Seattle Education: System Failure: Charter Schools in LouisianaSince 2005, approximately $700 million in public tax dollars have been spent on charter schools that currently have not achieved a C or better on the state’s grading system.New Orleans was to show the success of the privatization of public schools after the takeover of the system following
solidaridad: Wayne Au: Mapping Corporate Education Reform in the Neoliberal State
solidaridad: Wayne Au: Mapping Corporate Education Reform in the Neoliberal State: Wayne Au: Mapping Corporate Education Reform in the Neoliberal StateWayne Au: ”Mapping Corporate Education Reform in the Neoliberal State" from Fairhaven College, WWU on Vimeo.Wayne Au, Associate Professor in the School of Educational Studies at the University of Washington Bothell; an editor for Rethinking Sch
What was missing — unfortunately — in the No Child Left Behind debate - The Washington Post
What was missing — unfortunately — in the No Child Left Behind debate - The Washington Post: What was missing — unfortunately — in the No Child Left Behind debateSteven Singer, a teacher and parent, says he feels like he has entered “a parallel universe.” A veteran Nationally Board Certified Teacher in Pennsylvania with a masters degree in education, Singer watched the House of Representatives and
New Parent Checklist Out Today Helps Empower Families to Support Children’s Success in School | U.S. Department of Education
New Parent Checklist Out Today Helps Empower Families to Support Children’s Success in School | U.S. Department of Education: New Parent Checklist Out Today Helps Empower Families to Support Children’s Success in SchoolU.S. Department of Education Joins Key Partners to Release Parent Checklist to Help Children Thrive at SchoolAs America’s 54 million students prepare to return to school this fall,
The Every Child Achieves Act and the Arts: Fal-De-Ral and Fiddle-Dee-Dee
The Every Child Achieves Act and the Arts: Fal-De-Ral and Fiddle-Dee-Dee: The Every Child Achieves Act and the Arts: Fal-De-Ral and Fiddle-Dee-DeeRogers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella songs are flipping through my head as I ponder the re-authorization of NCLB, or the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, and more specifically music and the arts.In my own little corner in my own little world I can
K.J.'s former adviser reveals email and elections wrongdoing inside mayor's office - Sacramento News & Review
Sacramento News & Review - K.J.'s former adviser reveals email and elections wrongdoing inside mayor's office - News - Local Stories - July 16, 2015: K.J.'s former adviser reveals email and elections wrongdoing inside mayor's office‘We were violating [state law]. It was just sloppy.’Former mayoral adviser R.E. Graswich was known for Hawaiian shirts. Now, he’s speaking out about mistakes and wr
Twin Rivers board president receives payments from charter school she helped form | The Sacramento Bee
Twin Rivers board president receives payments from charter school she helped form | The Sacramento Bee: Twin Rivers board president receives payments from charter school she helped formTwin Rivers Unified school board President Linda Fowler has received thousands of dollars in consulting fees from a new adult charter school that she was instrumental in establishing last year.Highlands Community Ch
CURMUDGUCATION: Public Ed Needs Allies
CURMUDGUCATION: Public Ed Needs Allies: Public Ed Needs AlliesWith the now-thankfully-defeated Murphy Amendment, Senate Democrats gave a giant middle finger to public education and a bathtub full of cold water in the face to those who keep thinking that maybe the Democrats in general and Progressives in particular are going to be our allies in our struggle to preserve the promise of public educati
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: On the mess at CPS and Rahm's shake up on Clark St.
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: On the mess at CPS and Rahm's shake up on Clark St.: On the mess at CPS and Rahm's shake up on Clark St."We did everything we were supposed to do, but we did not spend enormous amounts of time on every single contract that came through. We had a lot going on. We were closing 50 schools and we were making sure 12,000 kids ended up in the right place."Then Vi
Senate ESEA Reauthorization Bill Passes: Congress Fails to Replace Test & Punish with Support & Improve | janresseger
Senate ESEA Reauthorization Bill Passes: Congress Fails to Replace Test & Punish with Support & Improve | janresseger: Senate ESEA Reauthorization Bill Passes: Congress Fails to Replace Test & Punish with Support & ImproveYesterday, by a margin of 81-17, the U.S. Senate passed a bill to reauthorize the federal education law, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), whose
Half of new teachers quit profession in 5 years? Not true, new study says | EdSource
Half of new teachers quit profession in 5 years? Not true, new study says | EdSource: Half of new teachers quit profession in 5 years? Not true, new study saysA recent federal study found that a much smaller percentage of beginning teachers leave the field in their first five years on the job than the widely quoted figure of 50 percent. It’s 17 percent, according to the new research.The U.S. Depar
KIPP charter chain and torture adviser Marty Seligman: A match made in hell? | Seattle Education
KIPP charter chain and torture adviser Marty Seligman: A match made in hell? | Seattle Education: KIPP charter chain and torture adviser Marty Seligman: A match made in hell?Psychologist Marty Seligman “whose work formed the psychological underpinnings of the Bush administration’s torture program”.From KIPP’s own website:(And not to fret, I took a screen shot.) KIPP’s innovative approach is ground
WATCH: Education in the 2016 Presidential Campaign Panel featuring Lily Eskelsen García - Lily's Blackboard
WATCH: Education in the 2016 Presidential Campaign Panel featuring Lily Eskelsen García - Lily's Blackboard: WATCH: Education in the 2016 Presidential Campaign Panel featuring Lily Eskelsen GarcíaThe next President will have a huge responsibility in shaping the future of public education in America. Common Core, access to higher education, college affordability, civil rights and equal opportunity
When a top NOLA charter won’t reveal its admission test - for kindergarten - The Hechinger Report
When a top NOLA charter won’t reveal its admission test - for kindergarten - The Hechinger Report: When a top NOLA charter won’t reveal its admission test — for kindergarten“In a city where private-school tuition rivals college costs, gaining admission to these free public schools is like finding the golden ticket.”In addition to being one of the focuses of nationwide charter school efforts, New O
Winners and losers in the Senate's fix to No Child Left Behind | Washington Examiner
Winners and losers in the Senate's fix to No Child Left Behind | Washington Examiner: Winners and losers in the Senate's fix to No Child Left Behind The federal government's role in education is one step closer to getting its first major overhaul in 13 years.The Senate passed a bill Thursday that would reform No Child Left Behind, a law that is widely viewed as broken. No Child Left Behind was ori
Why big civil rights groups think standardized testing is good for kids - Vox
Why big civil rights groups think standardized testing is good for kids - Vox: Why big civil rights groups think standardized testing is good for kidsCivil rights groups are starting to split on one of the most controversial policies in education: standardized testing.National civil rights groups have stood by standardized testing in recent years, arguing it is a way to ensure that disadvantaged s
5 Things to know about the House-Senate No Child rewrites - Yahoo News
5 Things to know about the House-Senate No Child rewrites - Yahoo News: 5 Things to know about the House-Senate No Child rewritesWASHINGTON (AP) — No one thinks it'll be easy, but the House and Senate are embarking on negotiations to merge two differing education bills that would rewrite the nation's much-criticized No Child Left Behind education law.Related StoriesSenate OKs revised No Child educ
Are some charter schools putting profits before students education? | The Opinion Zone
Are some charter schools putting profits before students education? | The Opinion Zone: Are some charter schools putting profits before students education?For the better part of a decade now, pleas to Florida legislators and education officials to take a more cautious approach to charter school growth has largely fallen on deaf ears. Such pleas have mostly been written off as sour grapes from trad
The Principle That United GOP, Teachers Unions -- NYMag
The Principle That United GOP, Teachers Unions -- NYMag: What Is Bringing Together Republicans and Teachers UnionsIn 2010, Diane Ravitch, an activist for the most militantly anti-reform wing of the teachers-union movement, wrote a Wall Street Journal op-edproposing that Republicans use their newfound control of the House of Representatives to roll back the Obama administration’s education reforms.
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SPECIAL NITE CAP CORPORATE ED REFORMFront Group sues 13 school districts for not using test scores in teacher evaluations - LA TimesGroup sues 13 school districts for not using test scores in teacher evaluations - LA Times: Group sues 13 school districts for not using test scores in teacher evaluationsAn education advocacy group sued 13 California school districts Thursday, claiming that they have
