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California's Teacher Supply in 15 Charts - Paul Bruno
California's Teacher Supply in 15 Charts - Paul Bruno: California’s Teacher Supply in 15 ChartsIf you follow me on Twitter you probably know that I’ve been sifting through many years of reports from the California Department of Education and the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to learn about California’s supply of teachers. Since I’ve been generating a number of charts, I thought I’d put them
CURMUDGUCATION: LA Charter Onslaught
CURMUDGUCATION: LA Charter Onslaught: LA Charter OnslaughtLast Friday, the LA Times brought the news that "a major charter expansion" is "in the works for LA Unified students." It might have also noted that the expansion was in the works for parents and taxpayers, but I suppose that's not as powerful as noting that this is For The Children.But the lede will give you an idea of
Remnants of bigotry remain in California Constitution - The Orange County Register
Remnants of bigotry remain in California Constitution - The Orange County Register: Remnants of bigotry remain in California ConstitutionGov. Jerry Brown rarely speaks about his religious faith. But, while at the Vatican recently, he expounded on how his religion influenced his outlook on life. Invited by Pope Francis – the first Jesuit pontiff – to address world leaders on climate change, Brown –
Schools Matter: Protest against Eli Broad's charter putsch by Voices Against Privatizing Public Education
Schools Matter: Protest against Eli Broad's charter putsch by Voices Against Privatizing Public Education: Protest against Eli Broad's charter putsch by Voices Against Privatizing Public EducationThe activists comprising Voices Against Privatizing Public Education, whose efforts were recently highlighted on ProfessorDiane Ravitch's blog, are holding a rally/protest in front of the Broad Foundation
Teachers. Back to school but not back to Staples. | Fred Klonsky
Teachers. Back to school but not back to Staples. | Fred Klonsky: Teachers. Back to school but not back to Staples.By Dennis O’Neil from the Stop Staples NYC crew.Teachers! We need your help and we need it now! As you may know, the US Postal Service—very like public education itself–is being attacked on many fronts, by privatizers, union-busters, those who would dismantle an essential public servi
Pew Survey Confirms Our Suspicions About Teens' Online Behaviors | EdSurge News
Pew Survey Confirms Our Suspicions About Teens' Online Behaviors | EdSurge News: Pew Survey Confirms Our Suspicions About Teens' Online BehaviorsA FRIEND ONLINE...is a friend indeed? A new Pew survey on “Teens, Technology and Friendships” found that 57 percent of teenagers made a new friend online, most often through social media and gaming. But, as we suspect, social media can be a double-edged s
Thompson: 2nd "This American Life" Report on School Integration Just As Great This Week In Education:
This Week In Education: Thompson: 2nd "This American Life" Report on School Integration Just As Great: Thompson: 2nd "This American Life" Report on School Integration Just As GreatIn the second This American Life report on segregation, The Problem We All Live With - Part Two, Chana Joffe-Walt reports that the Hartford, CT school system sought to convince white families it’s in
Initial leaders chosen to oversee breakup of Clark County School District - Las Vegas Sun News
Initial leaders chosen to oversee breakup of Clark County School District - Las Vegas Sun News: Initial leaders chosen to oversee breakup of Clark County School DistrictLawmakers have appointed the first round of community leaders charged with figuring out how to break up the Clark County School District.At a meeting of the Legislative Commission on Monday, state Sen. Joe Hardy of Boulder City bec
Former news anchor J.C. Hayward dismissed from Options charter lawsuit - The Washington Post
Former news anchor J.C. Hayward dismissed from Options charter lawsuit - The Washington Post: Former news anchor J.C. Hayward dismissed from Options charter lawsuitLongtime television news anchor J.C. Hayward was dismissed from a high-profile charter school lawsuit on Tuesday, releasing her from allegations that she was involved in financial mismanagement at a Washington, D.C. school for troubled
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: In this case, 'autonomy' is just a four-letter word
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: In this case, 'autonomy' is just a four-letter word: In this case, 'autonomy' is just a four-letter wordRahm and Jackson offering a few principals "autonomy".Blaine principal, Troy LaRaviere gets into it with Rahm's new CPS’ chief education officer, Janice Jackson after she dutifully defends Forrest Claypool's so-called "principal autonomy" plan,
Parents Outraged Over School Bus Fees « CBS Los Angeles
Parents Outraged Over School Bus Fees « CBS Los Angeles: Parents Outraged Over School Bus FeesTEMECULA (CBSLA.com) — Some parents are upset that school districts in Southern California are charging for students to ride the bus.Amber Hughes, who had recently moved to Temecula from Tennessee, suffered sticker shock. She just learned that she will have to pay $1,100 for her two kids to ride the schoo
Retaliation Against Charter School Teachers for Joining a Union? | janresseger
Retaliation Against Charter School Teachers for Joining a Union? | janresseger: Retaliation Against Charter School Teachers for Joining a Union?Urban Prep, the Chicago charter schools for boys, just fired 17 teachers who had been active leaders in an effort by teachers at Urban Prep’s charter schools to join a union—the Chicago Alliance of Charter Teachers and Staff, known as Chicago ACTS or ChiAC
This Week In Education: Media: EdWeek Acquires Nonprofit Supplying PBS NewsHour Segments - Who Will Replace Merrow On Air?
This Week In Education: Media: EdWeek Acquires Nonprofit Supplying PBS NewsHour Segments - Who Will Replace Merrow On Air?: Media: EdWeek Acquires Nonprofit Supplying PBS NewsHour Segments - Who Will Replace Merrow On Air?There are lots of exciting angles to the news that Editorial Projects in Education (the nonprofit outfit that runs EdWeek) is acquiring Learning Matters (which is John Merrow's l
Charlotte, N.C. Gave Principals Power Over Teacher Layoffs. What Happened? - Teacher Beat - Education Week
Charlotte, N.C. Gave Principals Power Over Teacher Layoffs. What Happened? - Teacher Beat - Education Week: Charlotte, N.C. Gave Principals Power Over Teacher Layoffs. What Happened?Following the Great Recession, the wave of teacher layoffs gave birth to a seething debate: Should teacher layoffs be based on inverse seniority (as is usually the case in state law and/or contracts), or based more hea
With A Brooklyn Accent: Some Tough Questions for Teach for America and the Charters
With A Brooklyn Accent: Some Tough Questions for Teach for America and the Charters: Some Tough Questions for Teach for America and the ChartersThe dominant woldview of Teach for America, along with the most popular charter school chains - Success Academices, K.I.P.P., Uncommon Schools etc- implies that low income communities are "toxic" and that for young people in them to succeed, they
Jersey Jazzman: Embarrassingly Bad Reformy Metaphors: Charter Schools & Uber
Jersey Jazzman: Embarrassingly Bad Reformy Metaphors: Charter Schools & Uber: Embarrassingly Bad Reformy Metaphors: Charter Schools & Uber Derrell Bradford, a professional reformster whose incoherence I have long chronicled on this blog, has an uncanny gift: every time he makes an argument for a reformy policy, he seems to wind up undermining the very ideas he's trying to promote:I am a fa
New committee calls for Fresno Unified trustees, Hanson to resign | Fresno Bee
New committee calls for Fresno Unified trustees, Hanson to resign | Fresno Bee: New committee calls for Fresno Unified trustees, Hanson to resignA new political action committee is demanding answers from Fresno Unified School District officials about a controversial no-bid contract, and is calling for Superintendent Michael Hanson and the trustees who support him to resign.Fresnans for Responsibil
Principals decry loss of funding, local control under Scott Walker
Principals decry loss of funding, local control under Scott Walker: Principals decry loss of funding, local control under Scott WalkerIn a letter addressed to Gov. Scott Walker and state legislators, 35 principals from southern Wisconsin have decried state budget measures they say underfund education and wrest local control from districts.Some area superintendents had been outspoken about the need
Education reform is working in New Orleans – just like white privilege - The Hechinger Report
Education reform is working in New Orleans – just like white privilege - The Hechinger Report: Education reform is working in New Orleans – just like white privilegeEducation reformers are not some monolithic group of privatizers, aiming to purchase the voices of black folk.Overwrought critiques of New Orleans education after Katrina actually do more to erase the positive contributions of black ed
Digital privacy laws raise concern over security of kids' information at school - CBS News
Digital privacy laws raise concern over security of kids' information at school - CBS News: How safe is your kids' digital data at school?As summer vacation winds down, new legislation is raising concern over digital privacy at school. Nationwide, only four states prohibit kids' personal information from being shared by schools with third party vendors, like marketers.Common Sense Media founder an
Fixing the No Child Left Behind law: How the House and Senate plans differ - LA Times
Fixing the No Child Left Behind law: How the House and Senate plans differ - LA Times: Fixing the No Child Left Behind law: How the House and Senate plans differBoth the House and Senate have passed fixes to the No Child Left Behind law, the signature educational achievement of the George W. Bush administration, which requires schools to meet strict testing requirements.But as the chambers try to
Two teachers explain why they want to take down their union - The Washington Post
Two teachers explain why they want to take down their union - The Washington Post: Two teachers explain why they want to take down their unionTen California teachers and the Christian Educators Association have sued the California Teachers Association in a case that could eliminate public employee unions’ right to collect fees from all workers. Many observersbelieve that the case, to be argued bef
Research on charter schools needs to go beyond test scores // University of Notre Dame
Research on charter schools needs to go beyond test scores // News // Notre Dame News // University of Notre Dame: Research on charter schools needs to go beyond test scoresA comprehensive review of the research assessing charter schools as the fastest growing area of school choice reforms has uncovered a need for studies that take a different tack, according to University of Notre Dame sociologis
Pa. standardized test opt-outs tripled in 2015 - LancasterOnline: Local News
Pa. standardized test opt-outs tripled in 2015 - LancasterOnline: Local News: Pa. standardized test opt-outs tripled in 2015The number of students opted out of state tests in math and English language arts tripled in 2015, according to data from the Pennsylvania Department of Education.PSSA math opt-outs rose to 3,270 students from 1,064 in 2014. PSSA English language arts opt-outs rose to 3,245 f
GoLocalPDX | Two 1sts for Kindergarteners: Standardized Test & the 1st Day of School
GoLocalPDX | Two 1sts for Kindergarteners: Standardized Test & the 1st Day of School: Two 1sts for Kindergarteners: Standardized Test & the 1st Day of SchoolKindergarten is not what it used to be. For the last two years, Oregon’s kindergarteners have been taking a kindergarten assessment during the first week—sometimes the first day—of school. Education advocates from Oregon Save Our Schoo
Pick up the pace on Sacramento’s ethics reform | The Sacramento Bee
Pick up the pace on Sacramento’s ethics reform | The Sacramento Bee: Pick up the pace on Sacramento’s ethics reformIf good-government reforms get moving at Sacramento City Hall because of the sordid allegations of sexual harassment against two elected officials, one good thing will have emerged from that regrettable episode.Mayor Kevin Johnson, the subject of one of those claims, declared Thursday
Dreams of a Hip, High-Tech Sacramento Hinge on Kings’ New Home Court - The New York Times
Dreams of a Hip, High-Tech Sacramento Hinge on Kings’ New Home Court - The New York Times: Dreams of a Hip, High-Tech Sacramento Hinge on Kings’ New Home CourtSACRAMENTO — When it opens for the Sacramento Kings’ first home basketball game, the $477 million Golden 1 Center — which will have the capacity to hold 17,500 fans and is designed with online graphic and social media interfaces — will be mo
Years Of Teacher Layoffs Create Shortages In Classrooms « CBS Sacramento
Years Of Teacher Layoffs Create Shortages In Classrooms « CBS Sacramento: Years Of Teacher Layoffs Create Shortages In ClassroomsBy Kelly RyanSACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Schools across California are struggling to fill their open positions, mostly in math, science and special education.After years of layoffs, schools are now trying to fill empty slots, but there aren’t enough teachers to go around.Mrs. M
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An Open Letter to the Louisiana Standards Review Committee | deutsch29
An Open Letter to the Louisiana Standards Review Committee | deutsch29: An Open Letter to the Louisiana Standards Review CommitteeDear Louisiana Standards Review Committee Members:One of my principal concerns with the Common Core State Standards in English language arts (CCSS ELA) is its divorcing of textual understanding from context. (For an excellent explanation of this CCSS quality of isolatin
There's a Teacher Shortage Looming—Is Real Estate to Blame? - Real Estate News and Advice - realtor.com
There's a Teacher Shortage Looming—Is Real Estate to Blame? - Real Estate News and Advice - realtor.com: There’s a Teacher Shortage Looming—Is Real Estate to Blame?We’ve heard about police officers and firefighters priced out of the neighborhoods in which they work. Now a new class of civil servant is facing the same problem:Teachers are having their own housing crisis.The housing market “hit low-
Pop Quiz | Will the burgeoning opt-out movement save Colorado schools—or endanger them?
Pop Quiz | 5280: Many parents and students are fed up with what they view as excessive standardized testing. Will the burgeoning opt-out movement save Colorado schools—or endanger them?Hollywood agents would never cast Zach Cheikho in the stereotypical rebel role. The 16-year-old maintains a 3.5 GPA at Denver’s South High School and speaks in a measured manner that brings to mind airport public se
Special Nite Cap: Catch Up on Today's Post 8/10/15
SPECIAL NITE CAP CORPORATE ED REFORMSchools Matter: Why Have Some Civil Rights Groups Flipped on Standardized Testing?Schools Matter: Why Have Some Civil Rights Groups Flipped on Standardized Testing?: Why Have Some Civil Rights Groups Flipped on Standardized Testing?By Ken Derstine @ Defend Public Education!In 1947, as a student at Morehouse College, an eighteen-year old Martin Luther King, Jr. w
