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Schools Matter: With Friends Like These...redux
Schools Matter: With Friends Like These...redux: With Friends Like These...reduxBy Ken Derstine @ Defend Public Education!August 4, 2015Leaders of the U. S. Congress are beginning meetings of a Conference Committee to reconcile differences in the Senate and House versions of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. They are hoping to revise the 1965 ESEA that was reauthorized as No Child Left B
Dorn and Duncan Jeopardize the Careers of 181 Teachers Over a Clerical Error - Living in Dialogue
Dorn and Duncan Jeopardize the Careers of 181 Teachers Over a Clerical Error - Living in Dialogue: Dorn and Duncan Jeopardize the Careers of 181 Teachers Over a Clerical Error By David Spring.On Saturday, August 1, 2015, KIRO News in Seattle Washington reported that the careers of nearly 200 highly qualified and highly experienced teachers in the Kent School District were being placed at risk due
Landmark UN Resolution Urges States to Monitor and Regulate Private Education Providers | Right to Education Project
Landmark UN Resolution Urges States to Monitor and Regulate Private Education Providers | Right to Education Project: Landmark UN Resolution Urges States to Monitor and Regulate Private Education Providers (Geneva, 2 July 2015) Eight international civil society organisations today welcomed a landmark resolution of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) urging States to regulate and monitor
Important Survey from SCUSD Board of Education
Important Survey from SCUSD Board of Education: Important Survey for SCUSD FamiliesDear SCUSD Families:The Board of Education is seeking feedback from our community about the service our schools and central office provide to students and families. Please take a moment to participate in this brief survey (click here) – this is your opportunity to let your voice be heard. Survey results will be shar
Marie Corfield: .@GovChristie He-Man Woman Haters Club Part 2
Marie Corfield: .@GovChristie He-Man Woman Haters Club Part 2: .@GovChristie He-Man Woman Haters Club Part 2While attending the NEA Representative Assembly (RA) in Orlando last month, I posted Part 1 of this series after the Essex County Education Association staged a very successful protest rally outside Gov. Christie's campaign kick-off event at his alma mater, Livingston HS. The social media me
Teachers are spending thousands of dollars of their own money to stock classrooms with basic supplies
Teachers are spending thousands of dollars of their own money to stock classrooms with basic supplies: Teachers are spending thousands of dollars of their own money to stock classrooms with basic suppliesSchool may be out for summer, but I guarantee you there’s one thing teachers are already worried about as they plan for the coming school year: how they’ll offset the inevitable out-of-pocket cost
Big Easy, Hot Mess | EduShyster
Big Easy, Hot Mess | EduShyster:Big Easy, Hot MessWhy New Orleanians are turning against the city’s education reform experiment…Here is all you need to know about the New Orleans schools before Hurricane Katrina hit, ten years ago this summer: they were awful. The schools were awful, the school board was awful, the central office was awful—all of them were awful. At a recent conference held to tou
Online Education News: Boring Glut — Or Golden Age? | The Grade | The Washington Monthly
Online Education News: Boring Glut — Or Golden Age? | The Grade | The Washington Monthly: Online Education News: Boring Glut — Or Golden Age?By Alexander RussoMark Walsh’s new package of stories about the growth of online education outlets is worth a read for any education journalist or coverage-watcher.While there’s nothing particularly new or different from what you may already know about the cu
What’s Wrong with Education in Louisiana and Some Ideas On How to Fix it | Crazy Crawfish's Blog
What’s Wrong with Education in Louisiana and Some Ideas On How to Fix it | Crazy Crawfish's Blog: What’s Wrong with Education in Louisiana and Some Ideas On How to Fix it FLIP THE LOUISIANA BOARD OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ( BESE)Click Here to Follow Flip BESE on Facebook Click Here to Follow Flip BESE on Facebook Louisiana Voters,A few months ago I had a meeting with Lane Grigsby about
National teacher union: Christie ‘a bully and has anger management problems’
National teacher union: Christie ‘a bully and has anger management problems’: National teacher union: Christie ‘a bully and has anger management problems’MANCHESTER, N.H. -- A national teachers union leader lashed out at Gov. Chris Christie Monday, calling the presidential hopeful a "bully" with "anger management problems."American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weinga
EVAAS, Value-Added, and Teacher Branding | VAMboozled!
EVAAS, Value-Added, and Teacher Branding | VAMboozled!: EVAAS, Value-Added, and Teacher BrandingI do not think I ever shared this video out, and now following up on another post, about the potential impact these videos should really have, I thought now is an appropriate time to share. “We can be the change,” and social media can help.My former doctoral student and I put together this video, after
Paraeducator Applauded for Her Local's Fight Against Outsourcing - NEA Today
Paraeducator Applauded for Her Local's Fight Against Outsourcing - NEA Today: Paraeducator Applauded for Her Local’s Fight Against OutsourcingThousands of social justice advocates, grassroots organizers, bloggers, and other activists gathered for three days recently in Phoenix, Ariz., for Netroots Nation, an annual conference widely considered to be the nation’s largest gathering of progressives.I
Detroit school board alleges Gov. Snyder and EMs discriminate against black children | MLive.com
Detroit school board alleges Gov. Snyder and EMs discriminate against black children | MLive.com: Detroit school board alleges Gov. Snyder and EMs discriminate against black childrenDETROIT, MI — Creating a separate and unequal minority school system. Destroying neighborhood life in Detroit. Potentially allowing former Detroit City Council President Charles Pugh access to students after he was kno
Union Access To New Teachers Treated Differently In Denver, Aurora | CPR
Union Access To New Teachers Treated Differently In Denver, Aurora | CPR: Union Access To New Teachers Treated Differently In Denver, AuroraMembers of the Denver teachers union Monday said they are being shut out of the district’s new teacher orientation this week, hurting the association’s membership drive. Meanwhile, several miles east at the Aurora Public Schools new teacher orientation, that d
Visualizing the Common Core Curriculum - The New York Times
Visualizing the Common Core Curriculum - The New York Times: Visualizing the Common Core CurriculumRian Dundon had to go back to high school for nine months last year. Mind you, he was already a working photojournalist. His assignment was to create a visual narrative for the Common Core, the educational initiative that has generated as much controversy as it has expectations.There are so many buzz
Teachers object as LAUSD expands plan to cut arts instruction time | 89.3 KPCC
Teachers object as LAUSD expands plan to cut arts instruction time | 89.3 KPCC: Teachers object as LAUSD expands plan to cut arts instruction timeSome art teachers are protesting as Los Angeles Unified expands a plan to provide arts education to more students by shortening the time spent on each subject.Under the plan, elementary students would receive nine weeks of instruction in each of four art
Pearson Goes Back to School to Suck the Life Out of Education- Yahoo Finance
With $1.3 Billion and No Pink Paper, Pearson Goes Back to School - Yahoo Finance: With $1.3 Billion and No Pink Paper, Pearson Goes Back to School Like other textbook publishers, London-based Pearson is moving away from print and toward digital materials for schools. Some 62 percent of revenue at Pearson is now from digital formats, up from 44 percent in 2009, the company says.‘Bruising’ ChangesAs
This American Life explains why school segregation still exists — and is so hard to change - Vox
This American Life explains why school segregation still exists — and is so hard to change - Vox: This American Life explains why school segregation still exists — and is so hard to changeSchool integration has shrunk steadily for nearly three decades: ever since 1988, the number of black students and white students who attend school together has decreased. And the achievement gap between black an
A teacher’s unusual evaluation of Arne Duncan — through the prism of Harvard basketball - The Washington Post
A teacher’s unusual evaluation of Arne Duncan — through the prism of Harvard basketball - The Washington Post: A teacher’s unusual evaluation of Arne Duncan — through the prism of Harvard basketballGary Rubinstein is a math teacher at Stuyvesant High School in New York. He was a Teach For America corps member early in the organization’s existence but has become a serious critic of the organizatio
NY school problems highlight debate over outside 'receivers' - Yahoo Finance
NY school problems highlight debate over outside 'receivers' - Yahoo Finance: NY school problems highlight debate over outside 'receivers' BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -- The clock is ticking for leaders of New York's most chronically underperforming public schools, who under a new state law must quickly begin to turn things around or lose control to an outsider — a tactic that has produced mixed results el
KJ: SACRAMENTO CAN"T AFFORD WORLD CLASS | The Sacramento Bee
Foon Rhee: ‘Clear eyes’ on big projects | The Sacramento Bee: KJ: SACRAMENTO CAN"T AFFORD WORLD CLASSIt’s far less contentious than another idea to boost working families – raising the city’s minimum wage. A task force launched last week by Mayor Kevin Johnson is studying the pros and cons, but business groups are warning of disaster if Sacramento follows the lead of Los Angeles and San Franc
Crowded Field of Online News Sites Focuses on Education Issues - Education Week
Crowded Field of Online News Sites Focuses on Education Issues - Education Week: Crowded Field of Online News Sites Focuses on Education IssuesNational and Local Outlets Providing a Wealth of Specialized ContentJoshua P. Starr considers himself a big consumer of news about education. The veteran educator and former superintendent has had a lot more content available to peruse lately.The past two y
Study Questions Value of Teacher Development - WSJ
Study Questions Value of Teacher Development - WSJ: Study Questions Value of Teacher DevelopmentReport from nonprofit group suggests rethinking ways to boost skills of teachersInvestments in ongoing training for teachers usually didn’t improve their performance, and schools should rethink how they try to bolster their teachers’ skills, according to a study released Tuesday by a national nonprofit
Great Embarrassments of an Unequal Society | Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community
Great Embarrassments of an Unequal Society | Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community: Great Embarrassments of an Unequal SocietyFormer Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, center, speaks during a news conference to announce the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's donation of $51.2 million dollars to the New York City school system at Morris High School in the Bronx, New
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Steve Zimmer Beats the Billionaire Boys Club
Steve Zimmer Beats the Billionaire Boys ClubLos Angeles school board president beat and unprecedented effort to unseat him by corporate education reformers. He relays how Michael Bloomberg, who gave $1 million to defeat him, didn't even know who he was.
Education’s Erin Brockovich | Long Island Business News
Education’s Erin Brockovich | Long Island Business News: Education’s Erin BrockovichJeanette Deutermann’s family has long been involved in education. Her sister is a teacher. Her father taught physics; his students include a man who became one of the state’s top education officials. And she and her family moved back to Long Island from North Carolina, in part because of the quality of its public e
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SPECIAL NITE CAP CORPORATE ED REFORMHow far apart are Democrats and Republicans on school reform? | Brookings InstitutionHow far apart are Democrats and Republicans on school reform? | Brookings Institution: How far apart are Democrats and Republicans on school reform?Americans are more polarized than at any point in recent history. On issue after issue—abortion, the Affordable Care Act, or just
