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4LAKids - ELI’S COMIN’ …better hide your heart girl
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: ELI’S COMIN’ …better hide your heart girl:ELI’S COMIN’ …better hide your heart girlMESSAGE DATED JULY 8 RECEIVED BY CORTINES VAPA HIGH SCHOOL/CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL #9 PARENTS ON JULY 31ST…and where’s Dr. Vladovic on the letterhead?Eli’s Comin’ meanings: from Urban DictionaryEli's Coming: a 1967 song by singer/songwriter Laura Nyro from her album Eli and
Schooling in the Ownership Society: McGraw-Hill folds it cards. Can't compete in current high-stakes testing market.
Schooling in the Ownership Society: McGraw-Hill folds it cards. Can't compete in current high-stakes testing market.: McGraw-Hill folds it cards. Can't compete in current high-stakes testing market.McGraw-Hill/CBT is pulling out of the $1.1 billion high-stakes testing market. The reason? Too much volatility. It seems that the wave of political protests and the parent opt-out movement have forced M
World Bank Peddling Private, For-Profit Schools In Africa, Disguised As Aid | Firedoglake
World Bank Peddling Private, For-Profit Schools In Africa, Disguised As Aid | Firedoglake: World Bank Peddling Private, For-Profit Schools In Africa, Disguised As AidEDINBURGH — Private, for-profit schools in Africa funded by the World Bank and U.S. venture capitalists have been criticized by more than 100 organizations who’ve signed a petition opposing the controversial educational venture.A May
College Board bows to critics, revises AP U.S. History course - The Washington Post
College Board bows to critics, revises AP U.S. History course - The Washington Post: College Board bows to critics, revises AP U.S. History courseAfter a year of defending its 2014 framework for the AP U.S. History course against conservative criticism that it was presenting a negatively biased view of American history, the College Board just released a new “clearer and more balanced” course guide
Smarter Balanced (SBAC) Race to the Top Application and 15 of Its State MOUs | deutsch29
Smarter Balanced (SBAC) Race to the Top Application and 15 of Its State MOUs | deutsch29: Smarter Balanced (SBAC) Race to the Top Application and 15 of Its State MOUsOn July 29, 2015, I posted the 1,609-page Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Career (PARCC) Race to the Top (RTTT) application.In this post, I offer the 1,294-page Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) RTT
Please Support Aggie Kurzyna for New Britain Board of Education – the Best Choice for the Children | Poetic Justice
Please Support Aggie Kurzyna for New Britain Board of Education – the Best Choice for the Children | Poetic Justice: Please Support Aggie Kurzyna for New Britain Board of Education – the Best Choice for the ChildrenMy friend and fellow CT activist Aggie Kurzyna needs two things from the people of New Britain CT.First, she needs your signatures on her petition to run for the Board of Education. She
Bill Gates rewrites history for Seattle students: Testimony on the Ida B. Wells School for Social Justice | Seattle Education
Bill Gates rewrites history for Seattle students: Testimony on the Ida B. Wells School for Social Justice | Seattle Education: Bill Gates rewrites history for Seattle students: Testimony on the Ida B. Wells School for Social JusticeThis public testimony was given at the The School-to-Prison Pipeline: Education, not Criminalization! Town Hall. If you spoke at this event or have video you would like
Open Letter to NYC Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña | Arthur Goldstein
Open Letter to NYC Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña | Arthur Goldstein: Open Letter to NYC Schools Chancellor Carmen FariñaDear Chancellor Fariña:First of all, I applaud you for acknowledging that a highly-effective rated teacher entering a troubled school may suffer a reduced rating as a result of changing schools. I very much appreciate that you've taken a personal interest in this teacher and p
Kline to chair No Child Left Behind conference committee - TwinCities.com
Kline to chair No Child Left Behind conference committee - TwinCities.com: Kline to chair No Child Left Behind conference committeeAt least one Minnesota congressman will be at the center of the coming rewrite of the federal No Child Left Behind law.Rep. John Kline, R-Burnsville, was named Thursday to chair a House-Senate conference committee to draft compromise legislation replacing the public sc
Secretary of Education says “No Child Left Behind” failed | The Miami Times
Secretary of Education says “No Child Left Behind” failed | The Miami Times | Serving South Florida's African American Community since 1923: Secretary of Education says “No Child Left Behind” failedSpeaking at the National Urban League Conference on Thursday, Arne Duncan said education isn’t a partisan issue and that it was barely mentioned in previous presidential debatesArne Duncan, United State
Oregon Save Our Schools: Get the Scoop! What You Need to Know About Kindergarten Testing and Opting Out
Oregon Save Our Schools: Get the Scoop! What You Need to Know About Kindergarten Testing and Opting Out: Get the Scoop! What You Need to Know About Kindergarten Testing and Opting OutPlease join Oregon Save Our Schools for an important parent information session particularly designed for parents of incoming kindergarteners. While geared toward this specific audience, all parents and community mem
Criticize Common Core in AZ, and Dept of Ed Official Might Call You a “F***tard” | deutsch29
Criticize Common Core in AZ, and Dept of Ed Official Might Call You a “F***tard” | deutsch29: Criticize Common Core in AZ, and Dept of Ed Official Might Call You a “F***tard”In September 2013, the Arizona Daily Star noted that then-Governor Jan Brewer “ordered state agencies to stop using the term ‘Common Core’ when referring to the new education standards, in response to hostility from critics ov
Kansas Underfunded Education And Cut Tenure. Now It Can't Find Enough Teachers To Fill Classrooms.
Kansas Underfunded Education And Cut Tenure. Now It Can't Find Enough Teachers To Fill Classrooms.: Kansas Underfunded Education And Cut Tenure. Now It Can't Find Enough Teachers To Fill Classrooms.“In the next three years I think we’ll have maybe the worst teacher shortage in the country -- I think most of that is self-inflicted.”Kansas school superintendent Alan Cunningham has been involved with
BustED Pencils Trending News: 400 miles achieved; 12 year old gets it right; Live at Michelangelo's; | BustED Pencils
BustED Pencils Trending News: 400 miles achieved; 12 year old gets it right; Live at Michelangelo's; | BustED Pencils: BustED Pencils Trending News: 400 miles achieved; 12 year old gets it right; Live at Michelangelo’s;400 Miles Achieved all in the name of children! Congratulations Jesse! Find Jesse Turner in satirical mock trial as Arne Duncan. (44.01 minutes into the trial)Mock Trial LIVE STR
I am Retiring | Taking Note
I am Retiring | Taking Note: I am RetiringI have some news: I am retiring from the PBS NewsHour and Learning Matters.For the past 41 years I have been covering public education mostly here in the USA but also in China, Hong Kong, France and Spain. I began at NPR in 1974 (when it was still known as National Public Radio), and I’ve reported for the MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour, the NewsHour with Jim Lehr
What Did the Senate Just Give Us? Looking at Every Child Achieves (Part II) | Truth in American Education
What Did the Senate Just Give Us? Looking at Every Child Achieves (Part II) | Truth in American Education: What Did the Senate Just Give Us? Looking at Every Child Achieves (Part II) Here is a recap of some of the other important amendments proposed for S.1177, the Every Child Achieves Act, and votes that were largely disappointing for those wanting educational freedom in this now approximately 10
For-Profit Colleges: Marketing to the Desperate, Supported by Our Taxes | janresseger
For-Profit Colleges: Marketing to the Desperate, Supported by Our Taxes | janresseger: For-Profit Colleges: Marketing to the Desperate, Supported by Our TaxesIn the summer issue of The American Prospect, Mark Huelsman profiles the for-profit colleges he calls Betrayers of the Dream. “The students targeted and affected most by fraudulent operators are disproportionately black, “explains Huelsman.
Next Move? Parsing What Bill and Melinda Said About Education Funding
Next Move? Parsing What Bill and Melinda Said About Education Funding - Inside Philanthropy: Fundraising Intelligence - Inside Philanthropy: Next Move? Parsing What Bill and Melinda Said About Education FundingBill and Melinda Gates are obsessed with impactful grantmaking and evaluating the outcomes of their foundation's giving. Recently, the heads of the world's largest foundation discussed the i
Chicago Public Schools budget cuts hit special education students | WBEZ 91.5 Chicago
Chicago Public Schools budget cuts hit special education students | WBEZ 91.5 Chicago: WBEZ/Becky VeveaParents, teachers and students gather in Logan Square to protest the latest round of budget cuts at Chicago Public SchoolsPhillip Cantor got called into an emergency meeting last week at the school where he teaches—North-Grand High School on Chicago’s West Side. The district’s central office had
Why I Kept Firing Teachers in No Pineapple Left Behind - Yahoo Games
Why I Kept Firing Teachers in No Pineapple Left Behind - Yahoo Games: Why I Kept Firing Teachers in No Pineapple Left BehindI was starting my second semester of first grade when the No Child Left Behind Act went into effect. Passed in 2002, the act required states to develop standardized tests for its schools. To receive federal funding, a school had to administer the assessment to its students--a
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Greedy Corporate Education Reformer's Newest Media Blitz: Pre-K and Charter Schools
Greedy Corporate Education Reformer's Newest Media BlitzThe push for Universal Pre-K has excited the Greedy Corporate Education Profit Mongers. So not to be denied the opportunity to profit from Pre-K, they have begun a nationwide media blitz to assure that they can profit from toddlers as they have from other kids. Of course we will never know how this media blitz really came about due to the se
Special Nite Cap: Catch Up on Today's Post 7/30/15
SPECIAL NITE CAP CORPORATE ED REFORMReality Check - The Crucial VoiceThe Crucial VoiceReality Check - The Crucial VoiceThe Crucial Voice: Reality CheckHow many Americans care about preserving the institution of public education?REALITY: Not enough!******Reality******Proof? No Child Left Behind(NCLB) was Introduced in the House by John Boehner on March 22, 2001 and its destruction of public schools
