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The Senate Debate on Lee’s Opt Out Amendment | deutsch29
The Senate Debate on Lee’s Opt Out Amendment | deutsch29: The Senate Debate on Lee’s Opt Out AmendmentIn the House version of the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965, the Student Success Act (SSA), parental opt-out is written into the legislation, bypassing any state positions on the issue:(2) ACADEMIC ASSESSMENTS.—(B) REQUIREMENTS.—Such assessments shall—‘
What will local control in Newark look like? | Bob Braun's Ledger
What will local control in Newark look like? | Bob Braun's Ledger: What will local control in Newark look like?A veteran Newark teacher who knows she will be brought up on tenure charges when she returns to school in the fall writes she was “heartbroken” by events in Newark because it appears nothing much will change for teachers who spent their careers in the city and face dismissal or “rubber ro
We Shall Overcome…Our Lack of Standardized Tests!?
Fight for Standarded Testing: We Shall Overcome…Our Lack of Standardized Tests!?Civil Rights groups have long championed the needs of people of color, women and minorities.Segregated schools, voting rights, police brutality – all of these have been the subject of long and brutal fights for equality.Perhaps the strangest turn in 2015 has been the fight for standardized testing.Organizations that yo
How Clinton, Sanders, O’Malley answer union’s questions about education - The Washington Post
How Clinton, Sanders, O’Malley answer union’s questions about education - The Washington Post: How Clinton, Sanders, O’Malley answer union’s questions about education Sen. Bernie Sanders of VermontToday, almost 50 million students attend our nation’s public schools. Along with their parents, communities, teachers, paraprofessionals and other school employees, these students have been forced to liv
Support for Sanders Grows in Unions | Labor Notes
Support for Sanders Grows in Unions | Labor Notes: Support for Sanders Grows in UnionsBernie Sanders’ campaign for president is drawing impressive crowds to rallies across the country—from 7,500 in Burlington, Vermont, to 300 in Birmingham, Alabama.And it’s no wonder that many union members are part of this groundswell of support, or that he’s already won endorsements from a number of locals and s
CURMUDGUCATION: The L Word
CURMUDGUCATION: The L Word: The L WordWe talk about teaching as an act of pedagogy or inquiry or coaching or guidance. We talk about data and programs and techniques and the words of experts to the point that we can, at times, sound like mechanics talking about how to work on cars. And there are plenty of people who want to talk about teaching as if it's a science, a series of data-driven stimuli
Bill and Melinda Gates’s Pillow Talk - The New York Times
Bill and Melinda Gates’s Pillow Talk - The New York Times: Bill and Melinda Gates’s Pillow TalkWHAT do Bill and Melinda Gates argue about?Not whose turn it is to wash the dishes or take out the garbage, it seems, but headier stuff. The prospects for eradicating polio. The utility of empowering women. The best ways to save lives.Oh, and maybe how much to acknowledge to a prying columnist that they
Common Core in place regardless of rhetoric - Opinion - The Times-Tribune
Common Core in place regardless of rhetoric - Opinion - The Times-Tribune: Common Core in place regardless of rhetoricAs we prepare to start a new academic year, the specter of a new presidential campaign season looms. Its issues are numerous, but one that just about all candidates have addressed is the future of Common Core.Common Core identifies what students should learn about reading and mathe
Diverse Challenges: Charter Schools Look at How They Reflect Community's Population | TheLedger.com
Diverse Challenges: Charter Schools Look at How They Reflect Community's Population | TheLedger.com: Diverse Challenges: Charter Schools Look at How They Reflect Community's PopulationThis graphic shows the ethnic diversity in Polk County's population as a whole. the circular pies are the population diversity breakdown of selected cities. The most recent population figures are from the AMERICAN CO
Time for a stronger No Child Left Behind - LA Times
Time for a stronger No Child Left Behind - LA Times: Time for a stronger No Child Left BehindHere are two things that should seem obvious about the federal No Child Left Behind Act, the George W. Bush-era law that for the last 14 years has, for both better and worse, been pushing schools to improve education for disadvantaged students:One is that the nation's schools have waited far too long for a
Education commissioner to Buffalo: Fix your schools, or I will - City & Region - The Buffalo News
Education commissioner to Buffalo: Fix your schools, or I will - City & Region - The Buffalo News: Education commissioner to Buffalo: Fix your schools, or I willState Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia isn’t buying excuses for a lack of solutions inactionIf there was any question how serious the state is about taking control of Buffalo’s schools, new Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia ma
The Power of Collective Voice | Randi Weingarten
The Power of Collective Voice | Randi Weingarten: The Power of Collective VoiceTeaching is our heart. Our students are our soul. And the union is our spine.I heard that sentiment over and over again this past week during the American Federation of Teachers' biennial TEACH conference, one of the largest professional development conferences for educators in the nation. That's right, a conference on
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What I Learned at My First NEA RA Assembly!-July 2015 DIARY OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER!:
DIARY OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER!: What I Learned at My First NEA RA Assembly!-July 2015: What I Learned at My First NEA RA Assembly!-July 2015NEA stands for the National Education Association.RA stands for Representative Assembly.I attended my 1st NEA Representative Assembly as a delegate. What an amazing experience!My observations:One of the delegates spoke about using the words of the oppressor
Special Nite Cap: Catch Up on Today's Post 7/18/15
SPECIAL NITE CAP CORPORATE ED REFORMLAUSD OR TARGETED TEACHERS- A SIMPLE WAY TO KNOW WHO'S TELLING THE TRUTH - Perdaily.comLAUSD OR TARGETED TEACHERS- A SIMPLE WAY TO KNOW WHO'S TELLING THE TRUTH - Perdaily.com: LAUSD OR TARGETED TEACHERS- A SIMPLE WAY TO KNOW WHO'S TELLING THE TRUTH(Mensaje se repite en Español)While poligraph or lie detector tests remain inadmissible in most court and other proc
