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Last-minute challenger emerges to take on DPS board chair in November | Chalkbeat
Last-minute challenger emerges to take on DPS board chair in November | Chalkbeat: Last-minute challenger emerges to take on DPS board chair in NovemberSpeth For StudentsThe field for November’s Denver school board election is all set — and it includes a final-hour challenger for board chairwoman Happy Haynes’s at-large seat.Robert Speth, a northwest Denver parent critical of Denver Public Schools
Schools Matter: Offering Real Choices or Just Segregated Charter Schools: Let's Look at the Wait Lists
Schools Matter: Offering Real Choices or Just Segregated Charter Schools: Let's Look at the Wait Lists: Offering Real Choices or Just Segregated Charter Schools: Let's Look at the Wait ListsNashville is one of two cities in Tennessee that is on the billionaires' hit list for school privatizationHere are the corporate foundation whales that are funding efforts to put "harbormasters" in ev
Of New Orleans and Reform That's Done "To, Not With" :: Frederick M. Hess
Of New Orleans and Reform That's Done "To, Not With" :: Frederick M. Hess: Of New Orleans and Reform That's Done "To, Not With"On Saturday, New Orleans marked the tenth anniversary of the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina. The educational tale since then is both one of the remarkable progress and of valid complaint. Many in the community feel that reform has been done &q
LAUSD board sees 'significant exposure' from FBI's iPad probe - LA School Report
LAUSD board sees 'significant exposure' from FBI's iPad probe - LA School Report: LAUSD board sees ‘significant exposure’ from FBI’s iPad probeEver since the FBIseized documents in December related to LA Unified’s controversial iPad program, there have been no public updates on the case, but now it appears that the LA Unified school board and its legal department see trouble coming.It is just a si
This Week In Education: Thompson: Kristina Rizga Describes a Real Violation of Teacher Ethics
This Week In Education: Thompson: Kristina Rizga Describes a Real Violation of Teacher Ethics: Thompson: Kristina Rizga Describes a Real Violation of Teacher EthicsAs test-driven reformers face defeat at the hands of a grassroots Opt Out movement, they return to their tried and true tactic of challenging the integrity of their opponents. New York Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia exemplifies t
How everyone is getting it wrong on New Orleans school reform - The Washington Post
How everyone is getting it wrong on New Orleans school reform - The Washington Post: How everyone is getting it wrong on New Orleans school reformI studied the post-Katrina changes for more than a year. The lessons of school reform can't be summed up in a headline.Before Hurricane Katrina, one of New Orleans’ most systemic ills was its dysfunctional school system. After the storm, officials did so
Choosing Democracy: How the Ruling Class Remade New Orleans and Its Schools
Choosing Democracy: How the Ruling Class Remade New Orleans and Its Schools: How the Ruling Class Remade New Orleans and Its SchoolsMuch-touted education “reform” has proven unsuccessfulIt’s one of those ironies that New Orleanians tend to especially appreciate. Today, on the tenth anniversary of the failure of the federally maintained levees, the keynote speaker at the annual Rising Tide Conferen
ACLU and Americans United File Lawsuit to Block Voucher Program That Would Fund Religious Schools in Nevada | ACLU of Nevada
ACLU and Americans United File Lawsuit to Block Voucher Program That Would Fund Religious Schools in Nevada | ACLU of Nevada: ACLU and Americans United File Lawsuit to Block Voucher Program That Would Fund Religious Schools in NevadaCivil Liberties Groups say ‘Education Savings Accounts’ Plan Violates Nevada ConstitutionLAS VEGAS – Three civil liberties organizations filed suit today in Nevada Dis
Jersey Jazzman: Data Wars in New Orleans
Jersey Jazzman: Data Wars in New Orleans: Data Wars in New OrleansHas "reform" helped the students of New Orleans? Does the data show that school effectiveness has improved following Katrina? Is the conversion of the city's school district into a "portfolio" system a model for the rest of the nation?If you listen to the reformsters, the answer is an unequivocal "Of course!
New Report: School Takeovers Disenfranchise Communities of Color | National Opportunity to Learn Campaign
New Report: School Takeovers Disenfranchise Communities of Color | National Opportunity to Learn Campaign | Education Reform for Equity and Opportunity: New Report: School Takeovers Disenfranchise Communities of ColorThe Alliance to Reclaim our Schools' (AROS) new report, called Out of Control: the Systematic Disenfranchisement of African American and Latino Communities through School Takeovers, i
Over Testing Students
Over Testing Students: Let’s Stop Over Testing Our ChildrenBY JOSE LARAAn Open Letter to Parents on Common Core Testing ResultsSoon California will release the results of your child’s Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, or SBAC tests. These tests are also known as the new Common Core test that California and states across the country implemented last year.Please know that as you review your ch
Tim Slekar: Opt-out movement isn’t about testing | Commentary | host.madison.com
Tim Slekar: Opt-out movement isn’t about testing | Commentary | host.madison.com: Tim Slekar: Opt-out movement isn’t about testingThe school testing opt-out movement is not an anti-testing phenomenon.It has nothing to do with being for or against testing. Opting out is simply an act of civil disobedience that targets test-and-punish “accountability” scams that have 1) siphoned off billions of doll
New Year, New Goals for Sac City Unified School District | FOX40
New Year, New Goals for Sac City Unified School District | FOX40: New Year, New Goals for Sac City Unified School DistrictSacramento City Unified Schools will officially start, Sept. 3., so before the kids head back we’ll sit down with superintendent Jose Banda to find out what this new school year has in store. Banda spent the first 100-days on the job visiting schools, meeting with parents and c
21,000 children head off to the 1st day of public school in Hartford, but not Luke Bronin’s - Wait What?
21,000 children head off to the 1st day of public school in Hartford, but not Luke Bronin’s - Wait What?: 21,000 children head off to the 1st day of public school in Hartford, but not Luke Bronin’sLast week Hartford, Connecticut parents got their public school children packed up, ready to go and sent them off to the first day of school.But the man who aspires to be Hartford’s next mayor, and would
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Before School Starts, Think About Student Data Privacy
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Before School Starts, Think About Student Data Privacy: Before School Starts, Think About Student Data PrivacyUpdate: here's a very good opt-out form from World Privacy Forum to use to opt your child out of some or all directory information in SPS. Look for that FERPA form in your first-day packet and include this one as well. (I am checking on the issue of if n
Diane Ravitch - Opt Out Movement: Tests Designed To Fail Most Students | PopularResistance.Org
Opt Out Movement: Tests Designed To Fail Most Students | PopularResistance.Org: Opt Out Movement: Tests Designed To Fail Most StudentsPHOTO: Geoff Decker A protest in 2014 at P.S. 321 in Park Slope against the state English exams. The number of families at P.S. 321 who opted out of the tests increased dramatically this year.It is important to remember a few key facts about the Opt Out Movement.Num
What Every Parent Needs To Know About An IEP And A 504 Plan | Rosemont, CA Patch
What Every Parent Needs To Know About An IEP And A 504 Plan | Rosemont, CA Patch: What Every Parent Needs To Know About An IEP And A 504 PlanArea therapist explains the difference, and warns parents not to get talked into one when your child needs the other.By MICHAEL RUBINO, PH.D, MFT (Open Post)This is an update with new information to an article I published last year.Seems like the school year
CURMUDGUCATION: AP Notices Common Core Failure
CURMUDGUCATION: AP Notices Common Core Failure: AP Notices Common Core FailureIn the midst of arguing about whose poll data supports which side in the debate about public education, AP writer Christine Amario Saturday noted that "As Common Core results trickle in, initial goals unfulfilled."What began as an effort to increase transparency and allow parents and school leaders to assess pe
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: #FightForDyett CLERGY CALL FOR EMERGENCY HEARING ON DYETT
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: CTU PRESS RELEASE: CLERGY CALL FOR EMERGENCY HEARING ON DYETT: CTU PRESS RELEASE: CLERGY CALL FOR EMERGENCY HEARING ON DYETTCLERGY TO APPEAL TO MAYOR EMANUEL TO END TO THE DYETT HUNGER STRIKE NOW IN 14th DAYParents, educators, activists continue to refuse food until Bronzeville receives a neighborhood high schoolCHICAGO—As activists enter the 14th day of a dangerous
On the 14th day, religious leaders make their appeal and Claypool does what we predicted he would do. | Fred Klonsky
On the 14th day, religious leaders make their appeal and Claypool does what we predicted he would do. | Fred Klonsky: On the 14th day, religious leaders make their appeal and Claypool does what we predicted he would do.This morning many of Chicago’s religious leaders will make an appeal to the Mayor on behalf the #FightForDyett hunger strikers.Mayor Rahm, who often tries to portray himself as God,
Recognizing Progress on Student Data Privacy - Data Quality Campaign
Credit where It’s Due: Recognizing Progress on Student Data Privacy - Data Quality Campaign: Credit where It’s Due: Recognizing Progress on Student Data PrivacyMy oldest son turns eleven this month and he is getting his first smartphone. I know that this means grappling with the intimidating responsibilities that come with parenting through these advances in technology. I don’t understand all that
Is this any way to run a school district? - The Washington Post
Is this any way to run a school district? - The Washington Post: Is this any way to run a school district?Back in 2012, the long-beleaguered Chester Upland School District in Pennsylvania ran out of money — literally — and the unionized teachers and staff agreed to work without pay. (When it made national news, first lady Michelle Obama invited a Chester Upland teacher to sit with her at the State
Broad Foundation spearheads expansion of Los Angeles charter schools - World Socialist Web Site
Broad Foundation spearheads expansion of Los Angeles charter schools - World Socialist Web Site: Broad Foundation spearheads expansion of Los Angeles charter schoolsThe Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation has announced plans for a major expansion of charter schools in Los Angeles. The foundation is the brainchild of investment billionaire Eli Broad, a Los Angeles resident with a net worth of $7.1 bill
Initial Common Core goals unfulfilled as results trickle in - US News
Initial Common Core goals unfulfilled as results trickle in - US News: Goal of comparing student performance among states unfulfilled as Common Core results come inLOS ANGELES (AP) — Results for some of the states that participated in Common Core-aligned testing for the first time this spring are out, with overall scores higher than expected. But they are still below what many parents may be accus
Waltons and Education Privatizers Thwarted in Little Rock | Alternet
Waltons and Education Privatizers Thwarted in Little Rock | Alternet: Waltons and Education Privatizers Thwarted in Little RockA unique coalition pushes back hard on attempted charter takeover.The debate over public schools in Arkansas has been, for decades, ongoing and often fraught. In 1957, the Arkansas school year began with white mobs viciously attacking nine black teenagers as they attempted
The LAUSD Superintendent Search Continues Behind Closed Doors - Change The LAUSD
The LAUSD Superintendent Search Continues Behind Closed Doors - Change The LAUSD: The LAUSD Superintendent Search Continues Behind Closed Doors“Staff proposes that the Board of Education authorize staff to negotiate and enter into a professional service agreement or agreements to provide executive search services...for a maximum amount of $250,000."-LAUSDWhen I ran for the LAUSD District 3 se
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Two Questions Every Presidential Candidate Needs to Answer about Education | VAMboozled!
Two Questions Every Presidential Candidate Needs to Answer about Education | VAMboozled!: Two Questions Every Presidential Candidate Needs to Answer about EducationIn an article released by Truthout, author Paul Thomas recently released an article titled “Five Questions Every Presidential Candidate Needs to Answer About Education.” You can read all five questions framed by Thomas here, but I want
#FightForDyett In Chicago: Dyett Hunger Strike Day 14 – Supporting and Defending - Living in Dialogue
In Chicago: Dyett Hunger Strike Day 14 – Supporting and Defending - Living in Dialogue: In Chicago: Dyett Hunger Strike Day 14 – Supporting and Defending By Michelle Gunderson.A circle of ten people sit outside Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s office demanding a meeting with the mayor. They have not taken solid food for 12 days. The Dyett hunger strikers ask that a decision be made regarding their proposal to
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Public Education in 2015-2016 - What Will Happen?
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Public Education in 2015-2016 - What Will Happen?: Public Education in 2015-2016 - What Will Happen?I believe that this year is to be a pivotal one in public education - for our district, our state and nationally.I'll go in reverse order. Nationally, that issue of opting out over Common Core testing/overtesting is not going away. No amount about saber-rattling, sh
Tools for Tailored Learning May Expose Students’ Personal Details - The New York Times
Tools for Tailored Learning May Expose Students’ Personal Details - The New York Times: Tools for Tailored Learning May Expose Students’ Personal DetailsIf the efforts by state legislators to restrict the use of student data are any guide, the email addresses and search queries of the nation’s schoolchildren are a hot commodity.In May, Georgia adopted a law barring online services designed for ele
Special Nite Cap: Catch Up on Today's Post 8/30/15 #SaveDyett
SPECIAL NITE CAP CORPORATE ED REFORMSchools Matter: The Siege of Philadelphia Public SchoolsSchools Matter: The Siege of Philadelphia Public Schools: The Siege of Philadelphia Public Schoolsby Ken Derstine @ Defend Public Education!“Whenever I see the school and the ruins, I wanna break into tears,” wrote Jacob Rodriguez, 17, who attended Fairhill from kindergarten through eighth grade.Kiara Ville
