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APS proposes ‘kit’ to opt out of testing | Albuquerque Journal News
APS proposes ‘kit’ to opt out of testing | Albuquerque Journal News: APS proposes ‘kit’ to opt out of testingAlbuquerque Public Schools is working to create a uniform process for parents who want to remove their children from standardized testing – an effort aimed at combating widespread confusion about “opting out.”During the APS Board of Education’s policy and instruction committee meeting Wedne
Caucus of Working Educators plans to challenge PFT leadership | Philadelphia Public School Notebook
Caucus of Working Educators plans to challenge PFT leadership | Philadelphia Public School Notebook: Caucus of Working Educators plans to challenge PFT leadershipThe caucus, which has been organizing since 2013, plans a "listening campaign" in advance of next year's vote.Photo: Caucus of Working EducatorsFrom Left: Amy Roat, Yaasiyn Muhammad, Ismael Jimenez, Kelley CollingsThe Caucus of
Flawed FSA shouldn’t be used for grading anyone | The Edvocate Blog
Flawed FSA shouldn’t be used for grading anyone | The Edvocate Blog: Flawed FSA shouldn’t be used for grading anyoneIllustration: Robert RendoNo one is surprised that the Florida Standards Assessment (FSA) was deemedvalid by the EdCount/Alpine study. What’s odd is that the equally important factor of reliability was not considered. Finding the FSA psychometrically valid does not address the terrib
A School I Believe In, a Movement I Don’t | EduShyster
A School I Believe In, a Movement I Don’t | EduShyster: A School I Believe In, a Movement I Don’tHow my charter network’s advocacy hurts more kids than it helps…Last year I made the agonizing decision to leave my urban public school and take a job at a charter school that is part of a highly-regarded network. I loved my students and the community at my former school, but after a tumultuous year sp
Peg with Pen: Understanding Teach Like a Champion
Peg with Pen: Understanding Teach Like a Champion: Understanding Teach Like a ChampionI'm currently in the process of reading Teach Like a Champion 2.0. I'm reading it because it is one of the "go to" books shared via Relay Graduate School NYC, and unfortunately, their work is being spread far and wide here in Colorado in many of our districts, including mine. We are at a very precario
MAJOR FACTORS FOR CONTINUED MINORITY FAILURE ON COMMON CORE TEST IGNORED- WHY IS THAT? - Perdaily.com
MAJOR FACTORS FOR CONTINUED MINORITY FAILURE ON COMMON CORE TEST IGNORED- WHY IS THAT? - Perdaily.com: MAJOR FACTORS FOR CONTINUED MINORITY FAILURE ON COMMON CORE TEST IGNORED- WHY IS THAT?(Mensaje se repite en Español)In analyzing the recent abysmal showing and further decline of Black and Latino students on recent state tests designed to measure their mastery of Common Core standards, major fact
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Things That Make You Go, Hmm...
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Things That Make You Go, Hmm...: Things That Make You Go, Hmm...(Strike update: nothing from SEA as of 10:15 am today, Sunday the 13th; SPS has a press conference today at 3 pm. Maybe they are hoping there will be something to say then.)1) In some of the biggest news for public education in Washington State - namely, that the Governor is assembling a "work gr
Creating A Culture Of Respect | Oklahoma Observer
Creating A Culture Of Respect | Oklahoma Observer: Creating A Culture Of RespectThe Washington Post’s Jay Mathews describes John Thompson’s A Teacher’s Tale: Learning, Loving and Listening to Our Kids as “riveting,” “deep,” and “revealing.”Mathews has watched the DC schools for more than a generation and has “seen what Thompson describes many times.” The veteran reporter writes, “Thompson witnesse
A Much Muted Return | @ THE CHALKFACE
A Much Muted Return | @ THE CHALKFACE: A Much Muted ReturnBY SHAUN JOHNSON ON SEPTEMBER 13, 2015I’m back. If you’re new to this, check the About page.There’s a history to @ the ChalkFace. It goes back to the beginning of 2010. Things became complicated, and with those complications much frustration. There was a break for over a year. It was very nice. I shed a lot of Internet weight.I have ideas.
Aristotle in Kindergarten—What Do Children Miss?
Aristotle in Kindergarten—What Do Children Miss?: Aristotle in Kindergarten—What Do Children Miss?When I read in The New York Times about Matthew Levey, a Columbia alum and former McKinsey consultant, who is setting up the International Charter School of New York, I was stunned! The school is starting out with 70 kindergartners and first graders and will eventually go up to fifth grade.Mr. Levey s
Washington Supreme Court Finds Charter School Law Unconstitutional - Education Justice
Education Justice | September 11, 2015 - Washington Supreme Court Finds Charter School Law Unconstitutional: September 11, 2015HELP SUPPORT ELC ELC relies on the generous contributions of individuals, corporations and foundations to support our work.WASHINGTON SUPREME COURT FINDS CHARTER SCHOOL LAW UNCONSTITUTIONALOlympia, WA --- On September 4, 2015, in League of Women Voters of Washington v. Sta
CURMUDGUCATION: David Coleman's Master Plan
CURMUDGUCATION: David Coleman's Master Plan: David Coleman's Master PlanDavid Coleman, the architect of the Common Core and current head of the College Board, has spoken many times about what the long view of education reform would be. One frequently quoted speech was his keynote address at the Institute for Leadership Senior Leadership Meeting in December of 2011.The seventy-minute presentation i
How Much Reform Can $100 Million Buy Without Addressing Poverty? - NEA Today
How Much Reform Can $100 Million Buy Without Addressing Poverty? - NEA Today: How Much Reform Can $100 Million Buy Without Addressing Poverty?(l-r) New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and Newark Mayor Cory Booker on NBC’s Education Nation.In September 2010, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, flanked by then-Newark mayor Cory Booker and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, a
Why Were So Many Education Reformers Bad Students? | gadflyonthewallblog
Why Were So Many Education Reformers Bad Students? | gadflyonthewallblog: Why Were So Many Education Reformers Bad Students?
Bad students often hate school.Not exactly shocking, I know.But perhaps more surprising is the pattern of low, sloppy or inconsistent academic achievement by so many of those adults who consider themselves education reformers, particularly corporate school reformers.Our idea
Russ on Reading: New Teachers are Educated, Not Trained
Russ on Reading: New Teachers are Educated, Not Trained: New Teachers are Educated, Not TrainedIt was gratifying the other morning to pick up the New York Times and see this headline on the Opinion Page: "Teachers Aren't Dumb." Gee thanks. The author of the piece, Daniel T. Willingham, a professor of psychology at The University of Virginia, says that Arne Duncan is wrong about prospecti
Teaching In America: 'Only The Strong Will Survive' : NPR
Teaching In America: 'Only The Strong Will Survive' : NPR: Teaching In America: 'Only The Strong Will Survive'Last week was supposed to be the first week of school for students in Seattle, Washington. Instead it was the beginning of a teachers' strike. Negotiators are at a standoff over wages and performance evaluations.In 2012, Chicago's public school teachers went on strike, leaving the city's 3
Florida's Charter Schools: Unsupervised Map — SunSentinel.com
Florida's Charter Schools: Unsupervised Map — SunSentinel.com:FLORIDA'S CHARTER SCHOOLSUNSUPERVISEDTaxpayers, students lose when school operators exploit weak lawsSCHOOL'S OUT FOREVERIn the past five years, 56 South Florida charter schools have closed, expelling thousands of students. Five charter schools in Broward and Palm Beach counties didn't survive three months. Read the investigation.Source
Educator pay lag likely aggravating teacher shortage : Politics
Educator pay lag likely aggravating teacher shortage : Politics: Educator pay lag likely aggravating teacher shortageINDIANAPOLIS | The teacher shortage affecting hiring at Indiana schools — and districts across the country — has been attributed to everything from increased student testing and partisan politics, to higher standards required for new teachers and excessive retirements.But region tea
LA Times: Charter Propaganda From Eli Broad: A charter school expansion could be great for L.A.
A charter school expansion could be great for L.A. - LA Times: A charter school expansion could be great for L.A.Slightly more than a fifth of all students in the Los Angeles Unified School District are currently enrolled in charter schools. That number would rise to nearly half of the district's students if the early ambitions of a group of charter organizations and their benefactors come to frui
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SPECIAL NITE CAP CORPORATE ED REFORMSchool choice complicates Promise Neighborhood’s efforts to help kids - The Washington PostSchool choice complicates Promise Neighborhood’s efforts to help kids - The Washington Post: School choice complicates Promise Neighborhood’s efforts to help kidsAn impoverished pocket of Northeast Washington has been receiving $25 million in federal grants to fund tutors,
