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Holding Charter Schools Accountable | Center for Popular Democracy
Holding Charter Schools Accountable | Center for Popular Democracy: HOLDING CHARTER SCHOOLS ACCOUNTABLEAs the charter sector grows far faster than originally envisioned, the risks are high and growing, while the benefits are less clear.Why Are Charters Exempt from Meaningful Oversight?Charter enrollment has doubled three times since 2000. Today, there are an estimated 6,400 charter schools in the
Art Show Captures the Wrenching Effects of Closing a School - The New York Times
Art Show Captures the Wrenching Effects of Closing a School - The New York Times: Art Show Captures the Wrenching Effects of Closing a SchoolThe show “reForm” commemorates the Fairhill School in North Philadelphia and represents the pain of losing 31 schools. Credit Jessica Kourkounis for The New York TimesPHILADELPHIA — A school may be made of bricks and mortar, but when one closes, the loss can
In a bankrupt Pa. school district, teachers plan to work for free - The Washington Post
In a bankrupt Pa. school district, teachers plan to work for free - The Washington Post: In a bankrupt Pa. school district, teachers plan to work for freeEmployees of the Chester Upland School District in Pennsylvania will show up for work on the first day of school next Wednesday, but they don’t expect to get paid.The district, which has been struggling with financial and academic problems for de
Buyer’s remorse. NEA and edTPA. | Fred Klonsky
Buyer’s remorse. NEA and edTPA. | Fred Klonsky: Buyer’s remorse. NEA and edTPAIn our continuing discussion of the expansion of edTPA as a licensure process for teachers entering the profession, I reprinted the original supporting position of the National Education Association.The American Federation of Teachers position of opposition was also posted on this site.I then was blasted by a series of t
10 Years After Katrina, New Orleans’ All-Charter School System Has Proven a Failure - In These Times
10 Years After Katrina, New Orleans’ All-Charter School System Has Proven a Failure - In These Times: 10 Years After Katrina, New Orleans’ All-Charter School System Has Proven a FailureTest scores tell one story, and residents tell another. A three-month investigation by In These Times reveals the cracks in the education reform narrative.On Sept. 24, 2005, in New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward, a schoo
Poll: California voters back Prop. 30 extension in support of public schools | USC News
Poll: California voters back Prop. 30 extension in support of public schools | USC News: Poll: California voters back Prop. 30 extension in support of public schools As optimism about the state of California’s public schools continues to rise, a strong majority of California voters would back the reauthorization of Proposition 30 to channel additional money to public campuses, according to a new p
Katrina’s ‘Golden Opportunity’: 10 Years of Corporate Media Celebrating Disaster — FAIR
Katrina’s ‘Golden Opportunity’: 10 Years of Corporate Media Celebrating Disaster — FAIR: Katrina’s ‘Golden Opportunity’: 10 Years of Corporate Media Celebrating DisasterFinding the upside of Katrina are clockwise from top left: Arne Duncan, Katherine McQueary, David Brooks, Milton Friedman, Malcolm Gladwell, and Charles and David KochAmericans love, above all, a narrative. Preferably a moral one,
Louisiana Educator: Another Example of John White Withholding Vital Data: No Common Core Test Results Available for a Long Time
Louisiana Educator: Another Example of John White Withholding Vital Data: No Common Core Test Results Available for a Long Time: Another Example of John White Withholding Vital Data: No Common Core Test Results Available for a Long TimeThis relates to data needed by the members of the Curriculum Standards Review Committee to enable them to properly do their job of revising curriculum standards as
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Revised AP curriculum is racist to the core
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Revised AP curriculum is racist to the core: Revised AP curriculum is racist to the coreAccording to the revisions, "there was a debate among European leaders about how non-Europeans should be treated." Wow! What an interesting debate. I wonder who won?I just finished reading the "revised" AP U.S. History framework which is supposed to offer top h
NYC Public School Parents: Ghosts of NYC past return to haunt the news: the Rise and Fall of Amplify
NYC Public School Parents: Ghosts of NYC past return to haunt the news: the Rise and Fall of Amplify: Ghosts of NYC past return to haunt the news: the Rise and Fall of AmplifyMany ghosts from Tweed and NYC’s education past have re-appeared in the news the past few weeks, some of them popping up in unusual places. Former Chancellor Dennis Walcott, who succeeded Joel Klein and Cathy Black, was recen
Principal known as Emanuel critic reprimanded by mayor's school board - Chicago Tribune
Principal known as Emanuel critic reprimanded by mayor's school board - Chicago Tribune: Principal known as Emanuel critic reprimanded by mayor's school boardBlaine Elementary School Principal Troy LaRaviere, who this week excoriated Chicago Public Schools during a panel discussion on the district’s finances, was the target of a “warning resolution” that board members quietly approved Aug. 26, 201
I can certainly understand the desire to say I told you so. — Schoolhouse Voices — Medium
I can certainly understand the desire to say I told you so. — Schoolhouse Voices — Medium: I can certainly understand the desire to say I told you so.I’ve said many of the same things Randi has before, too.There’s no doubt that we could have avoided our current situation regarding standardized tests with a different stance by the USDOE. Yet, as I tell my own children, and used to say when I was su
Two sides to the Katrina recovery: one black, one white — separate and unequal | The Lens
Two sides to the Katrina recovery: one black, one white — separate and unequal | The Lens: Two sides to the Katrina recovery: one black, one white — separate and unequalNew Orleans and the regional economy are “embarking on a new path, benefitting from new infrastructure, investments, a more diverse set of [employment] clusters, and an entrepreneurship boom,” says a 10th anniversary report by The
Teacher wellness center at city school has goal to promote fitness, ease stress - Baltimore Sun
Teacher wellness center at city school has goal to promote fitness, ease stress - Baltimore Sun: Teacher wellness center at city school has goal to promote fitness, ease stresshttp://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bal-teacher-wellness-center-opened-20150827-premiumvideo.htmlLeft, Heather Hatfield, a FX Well personal trainer, watches as Matt Mutolo of Francis Scott Key Elementary/Middle School, demonstr
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Ask About Videotaping in the Classroom
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Ask About Videotaping in the Classroom: Ask About Videotaping in the ClassroomVia my student data privacy network of colleagues (via Student Privacy Matters), I have learned that there are teachers doing edTPA teacher certification training who are videotaping their work with students. Some of the issues noted from my colleagues like Leonie Haimson:Molly, a NYC pa
A Perfect Storm: The Takeover of New Orleans Public Schools
New Orleans Education Equity Roundtable | Issues around equity in education in New Orleans: A Perfect Storm Part 1: 17 Days in NovemberA Perfect Storm: The Takeover of New Orleans Public Schools is the first in a series of short videos, that reveals the real story behind the creation of the nation’s first all charter school district. These videos are made possible with the support of The Schott F
NEWS FLASH on SBAC: Beware the cozy relationship between Malloy and the Education Reform Industry. - Wait What?
NEWS FLASH on SBAC: Beware the cozy relationship between Malloy and the Education Reform Industry. - Wait What?: NEWS FLASH on SBAC: Beware the cozy relationship between Malloy and the Education Reform Industry.Prior to the Malloy administration even announcing that they would be releasing the 2015 SBAC results today, the state’s two major corporate funded education reform lobby groups, ConnCAN
Students in New Orleans Speak Out | EduShyster
Students in New Orleans Speak Out | EduShyster: Students in New Orleans Speak OutStudents in New Orleans speak out, and ask some hard questions…Early Friday morning students arrived at their schools only to find that it was no regular morning. Pasted on the walls all around the schools were large black & white posters. But these were not your typical posters. These posters had facts, questions
CURMUDGUCATION: No, NYT, Common Core Is Not About Knowledge
CURMUDGUCATION: No, NYT, Common Core Is Not About Knowledge: No, NYT, Common Core Is Not About KnowledgeIn today's New York Times, Natalie Wexler offers an op-ed from some parallel universe in which Common Core and reformsterism are-- well, maybe Opposites Day is today and I missed the memo.She opens by arguing that the Big Standardized Test is not narrowing the curriculum, claiming that it's narr
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Rahm to both Dyett hunger strikers and Little Black Pearl: "We don't need no stink'n public school in Bronzeville."
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Rahm to both Dyett hunger strikers and Little Black Pearl: "We don't need no stink'n public school in Bronzeville.": Rahm to both Dyett hunger strikers and Little Black Pearl: "We don't need no stink'n public school in Bronzeville."Rahm, Clark, Claypool & JacksonRahm Emanuel, cynical bastard that he is, never intended to put a school back in D
Christopher Cerf is a liar and a con-man who wants to divide Newark | Bob Braun's Ledger
Christopher Cerf is a liar and a con-man who wants to divide Newark | Bob Braun's Ledger: Christopher Cerf is a liar and a con-man who wants to divide NewarkOf all the lies, half-truths, canards and other deceptions the new state boss of Newark schools dumped on the people of Newark at his first public appearance Tuesday, to me, this was the most repugnant: He said that, to comply with seniority r
Jersey Jazzman: Karen Lewis on Carly Fiorina: "That's a Lie"
Jersey Jazzman: Karen Lewis on Carly Fiorina: "That's a Lie": Karen Lewis on Carly Fiorina: "That's a Lie"Carly Fiorina was one of the six Republicans to participate in Campbell Brown's education summit (which was really nothing more than a teachers union-bashing fest). As I pointed out, Fiorina was stunningly ill-informed and incoherent on education policy.But that flies in th
Stay Positive and Pace Yourself: A Survival Guide for First-Year Teachers - NEA Today
Stay Positive and Pace Yourself: A Survival Guide for First-Year Teachers - NEA Today: Stay Positive and Pace Yourself: A Survival Guide for First-Year TeachersThe 2015-16 school year will be my second year in the classroom. I am looking forward to the start of school with far less trepidation than I did a year ago. My first year in the classroom was hard – there’s no way around it. But I survived
Watch Poverty in School Districts Escalate Before Your Very Eyes - CityLab
This Map From EdBuild Shows Increasing Rates of School District Poverty Since the Recession - CityLab: Watch Poverty in School Districts Escalate Before Your Very EyesSince the recession, more children than ever are living in impoverished school districts.For parents with multiple kids under one roof, being poor has a compounding effect. That’s why in America, children make up 23 percent of the po
#FightForDyett -- What Real Organizing Looks Like: Parents Stage Hunger Strike at Dyett High School | Black Agenda Report
#FightForDyett -- What Real Organizing Looks Like: South Side Chicago Parents Stage Hunger Strike at Dyett High School | Black Agenda Report: #FightForDyett -- What Real Organizing Looks Like: South Side Chicago Parents Stage Hunger Strike at Dyett High Schoolby the Real News NetworkCall Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel's office at 312-744-3300. Tell him the whole world is watching, he can give the pare
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#FightForDyett A Group Of Chicago Residents Are Starving Themselves To Save A School
A Group Of Chicago Residents Are Starving Themselves To Save A School: A Group Of Chicago Residents Are Starving Themselves To Save A SchoolA dozen protestors have been on a hunger strike since August 17A group of Chicago residents finished the 11th day of a hunger strike Thursday in an attempt to move the Chicago School Board to make a decision over the fate of a local school, Dyett High School.
New Orleans Recovery School District, ACT Outcomes, and Falling Through the Cracks | deutsch29
New Orleans Recovery School District, ACT Outcomes, and Falling Through the Cracks | deutsch29: New Orleans Recovery School District, ACT Outcomes, and Falling Through the CracksThis post includes information on Louisiana’s Class of 2015 ACT scoring outcomes and is chiefly focused upon the Recovery School District (RSD) in New Orleans. It is as much a post about who in RSD is taking as it is about
Controversial psychologist found working at special ed schools | EdSource
Controversial psychologist found working at special ed schools | EdSource: CONTROVERSIAL PSYCHOLOGIST FOUND WORKING AT SPECIAL ED SCHOOLSHe is among the nation’s leading believers in “aversive therapy,” in which students with behavior disorders are pinched, deprived of food and shocked with electricity to control their behavior. For more than 30 years, state attorneys general, U.S. congressmenand
'Every Kid Is Money' New Orleans Post-Katrina Charter Schools Foster Unhelpful Competition - US News
New Orleans Post-Katrina Charter Schools Foster Unhelpful Competition - US News: 'Every Kid Is Money'Principals see dollar signs instead of students in New Orleans' post-Katrina charter schools.This week commemorates a grim anniversary. Ten years ago, Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans. It wiped out the entire public school system and cleared the way for what has become the nation's first fu
Special Nite Cap: Catch Up on Today's Post 8/27/15 #SaveDyett
SPECIAL NITE CAP CORPORATE ED REFORMWith Market Rates Unaffordable, Oakland Turns To Building Teacher-Only Affordable Housing | ThinkProgressWith Market Rates Unaffordable, Oakland Turns To Building Teacher-Only Affordable Housing | ThinkProgress: With Market Rates Unaffordable, Oakland Turns To Building Teacher-Only Affordable HousingWhen the Oakland school year began Monday, the city’s public sc
