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Seattle Black Lives Matter Organizers: “We are in full support” of the Seattle educator strike! | I AM AN EDUCATOR
Seattle Black Lives Matter Organizers: “We are in full support” of the Seattle educator strike! | I AM AN EDUCATOR: Seattle Black Lives Matter Organizers: “We are in full support” of the Seattle educator strike!Students joined the picket line to make their voices heardThe 5,000 members of the Seattle Education Association led a five-day strike that was nothing short of transformative of our educat
Fourteen Year-Old School Children, Rosa Parks, Donald Trump, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz and Planned Parenthood | Reclaim Reform
Fourteen Year-Old School Children, Rosa Parks, Donald Trump, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz and Planned Parenthood | Reclaim Reform: Fourteen Year-Old School Children, Rosa Parks, Donald Trump, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz and Planned ParenthoodWhen presidential candidates train for debates, each of their teams does research for months; the candidates are then coached, rehearsed and prepared for weeks on end. Thi
Report from Chicago: Dyett Hunger Strike Ends Today - Living in Dialogue
Report from Chicago: Dyett Hunger Strike Ends Today - Living in Dialogue: Report from Chicago: Dyett Hunger Strike Ends TodayBy Michelle Gunderson.The hunger strike for Dyett High School ended this morning on day 34.Once again I headed to the south side to be with my friends and fellow education fighters known as the Dyett Twelve. Education activists had been told that the hunger strikers would ha
The Global Search for Education: Teaching in a Global World | C. M. Rubin
The Global Search for Education: Teaching in a Global World | C. M. Rubin: The Global Search for Education: Teaching in a Global World"In Finland, Singapore and Japan, the approach is much different than the top-down, my-way-or-the-highway sanction and blame approach to accountability we see in too many schools in the U.S. If we are going to achieve our goal of a high-quality public education
OMAHA, Neb.: Drones increasingly becoming common part of education | Technology | SanLuisObispo.com
OMAHA, Neb.: Drones increasingly becoming common part of education | Technology | SanLuisObispo.com: Drones increasingly becoming common part of educationOMAHA, NEB. — More than footballs were flying at a recent Westside Warriors practice.Jeff Ingraham pushed a lever on a radio controller, and a white DJI Phantom drone whined and lifted off the running track.A few more pushes and pulls, and the dr
Teacher: The ‘layers of absurdity’ in Florida’s education agenda - The Washington Post
Teacher: The ‘layers of absurdity’ in Florida’s education agenda - The Washington Post: Teacher: The ‘layers of absurdity’ in Florida’s education agendaOver the summer, the Florida Legislature agreed to spend $44 million to fund a scholarship program that will award big bonuses to teachers who got high SAT and ACT scores before entering college — even if they took the test decades ago and can some
Louisiana Educator: Breaking News! The PARCC Cut Scores Have Been Set but Still No Results Released by LDOE
Louisiana Educator: Breaking News! The PARCC Cut Scores Have Been Set but Still No Results Released by LDOE: Breaking News! The PARCC Cut Scores Have Been Set but Still No Results Released by LDOEThe PARCC cut scores for each level of performance have now been released by the PARCC consortium and other states are already starting the process of informing parents about how their children scored on
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Duncan's Former Chief of State Says States "Forced" to Take on Common Core
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Duncan's Former Chief of State Says States "Forced" to Take on Common Core: Duncan's Former Chief of State Says States "Forced" to Take on Common CoreMust be the month for "I knew it" moments (the first being the Washington State charter school law.)Common Core may be toast now. Except that states and districts, like ours, have invest
The Wall Street Journal consults experts on teacher quality | @ THE CHALKFACE
The Wall Street Journal consults experts on teacher quality | @ THE CHALKFACE: The Wall Street Journal consults experts on teacher qualityThe WSJ discusses improving teacher quality with three experts, one of whom is actually a teacher. It is with great interest that I read the comments of educators on their profession. The educator in this piece, Mr. Vilson, who is a frequent commentator, once ag
TEACHERS PROTEST BILLIONAIRE ELI BROAD - Schoolhouse Live
Schoolhouse Live: COMING SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, AT 9:00 AM PDT:TEACHERS PROTEST BILLIONAIRE ELI BROADOn September 20, join educators, parents, students, and community members to tell the billionaires: “Hands Off Our Schools!”Public education is facing an escalating attack led by billionaires like Eli Broad. Broad is willing to give millions to the arts but fights against more funding for schools. H
Schools Matter: Houston Chronicle Exemplifies Media Coverage of KIPP
Schools Matter: Houston Chronicle Exemplifies Media Coverage of KIPP: Houston Chronicle Exemplifies Media Coverage of KIPPPlease do go the Houston Chronicle for a clear example of how corporate media covers research on KIPP. Admittedly, the research firm, Mathematica (which collected millions from KIPP sponsors to conduct the study) had its part to play in emphasizing the sunny side for KIPP, Inc.
In one chart, the rules in all 50 states about opting kids out of standardized tests - The Washington Post
In one chart, the rules in all 50 states about opting kids out of standardized tests - The Washington Post: In one chart, the rules in all 50 states about opting kids out of standardized testsThe growing “opt-out movement” — when parents don’t allow their children to take state standardized tests — has grown significantly in various states around the country this past year, leading education offic
The Art of Machiavellian Education Reform | Creative by Nature
The Art of Machiavellian Education Reform | Creative by Nature: The Art of Machiavellian Education Reform“Machiavellianism is “the employment of cunning and duplicity in statecraft or in general conduct”. The word comes from the Italian Renaissance diplomat and writer Niccolò Machiavelli, who wrote Il Principe (The Prince), among other works.” ~ WikipediaWhat so called “education reformers” have d
You Can’t Win a Rigged Game – Standardized Tests as “Proof” of Failure | gadflyonthewallblog
You Can’t Win a Rigged Game – Standardized Tests as “Proof” of Failure | gadflyonthewallblog: You Can’t Win a Rigged Game – Standardized Tests as “Proof” of FailureOne of my dearest high school friends was a bit of a doofus.Who am I kidding? So was I!One of our favorite things to do after school was plop on the coach and play shoot ‘em up video games. “Smash TV” was a particular favorite.We’d bob
CURMUDGUCATION: Dyett: How the Hell Can This Still Be Happening #FightForDyett
CURMUDGUCATION: Dyett: How the Hell Can This Still Be Happening: Dyett: How the Hell Can This Still Be HappeningYou know, I don't really have anything new to add to a discussion of the Dyett High School hunger strike, because after thirty four days, very little has changed.It has been almost two weeks since CPS tried to shut the strikers up by announcing a bogus "compromise" in which the
Homework: A New User's Guide : NPR Ed : NPR
Homework: A New User's Guide : NPR Ed : NPR: Homework: A New User's GuideIf you made it past the headline, you're likely a student, concerned parent, teacher or, like me, a nerd nostalgist who enjoys basking in the distant glow of Homework Triumphs Past (second-grade report on Custer's Last Stand, nailed it!).Whoever you are, you're surely hoping for some clarity in the loud, perennial debate over
Why black teachers are leaving urban schools - Yahoo News
Why black teachers are leaving urban schools - Yahoo News: Why black teachers are leaving urban schoolsWhat's behind the drop off in African American teachers? The answer is more complicated than you may think.While the percentage of minority teachers has risen in the US, the number of black teachers has declined between 2002 and 20012 in nine cities, according to a recent study by the Albert Shan
These Chicago Protesters Have Been Starving Themselves For 34 Days #FightForDyett
These Chicago Protesters Have Been Starving Themselves For 34 Days: These Chicago Protesters Have Been Starving Themselves For 34 DaysThe group wants a local high school reopened as a green technology school.For the past month, the same eight Chicago protesters have spent their days in front of Walter H. Dyett High School, a once-bustling but now vacant institution located on the city’s south side
Native American boy pulled from class over Mohawk haircut - The Washington Post
Native American boy pulled from class over Mohawk haircut - The Washington Post: Native American boy pulled from class over Mohawk haircutJakobe Sanden walked into his second-grade classroom with his backpack and a brand new Mohawk — a hairstyle, his father says, that represents Jakobe’s Native American roots. But it’s a symbol his school called a distraction — one that got him pulled from class.E
KJ's OUTSIDE MONEY California watchdog agency urges veto of behesting bill | The Sacramento Bee
California watchdog agency urges veto of behesting bill | The Sacramento Bee: California watchdog agency urges veto of behesting billCalifornia's political money watchdog is pressing Gov. Jerry Brown to veto legislation that would limit when elected officials need to disclose influencing so-called "behested" payments.Officials must disclose when they successfully encourage an organizatio
ESEA, Disability and the Lessons of the Past | Curtis L. Decker, JD
ESEA, Disability and the Lessons of the Past | Curtis L. Decker, JD: ESEA, Disability and the Lessons of the PastAs Congress and President Obama once again consider a reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), it is critical that we reflect on the lessons of the past in order to better plan for our future.On April 11, 1965 at the signing of the ESEA, President Lyndon B.
Charter schools are not an education cure-all - LA Times
Charter schools are not an education cure-all - LA Times: Charter schools are not an education cure-all To the editor: The Times' support for a large expansion of charter schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District is misguided. (“A charter school expansion,” Editorial, Sept. 13)I spent four years with the district and three years working for many charter schools. What I saw as a charter sc
Opportunity and Hope in America's Public Schools | Bruce Lesley
Opportunity and Hope in America's Public Schools | Bruce Lesley: Opportunity and Hope in America's Public Schools"What the best and wisest parent wants for his own child, that must the community want for all of its children. Any other ideal for our schools is narrow and unlovely; acted upon, it destroys our democracy." - John Dewey, The School and Society, 1907In America, our commitment
A Molly Horstman Update | deutsch29
A Molly Horstman Update | deutsch29: "A Molly Horstman Update"A Molly Horstman UpdateMolly HorstmanMolly Horstman was the Teach for America (TFA) hire in the Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE) who was labeled “director” of the high-stakes, ever-changing, waste-of-time ersatz “teacher evaluation system,” COMPASS, in 2012.She left the Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE) in 2013,
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CORPORATE ED REFORMSeattle Schools Community Forum: As School Year Starts, Think about Student Data PrivacySeattle Schools Community Forum: As School Year Starts, Think about Student Data Privacy: As School Year Starts, Think about Student Data PrivacyFrom a group I belong to (and you should, too), Student Privacy Matters:Five principles to protect student data privacyThe Parent Coalition for Stud
