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Mind Reading Data Sets Coming Soon to Classrooms? The Onion Glimpses the Future & it Might Not be Parody. » Missouri Education Watchdog
Mind Reading Data Sets Coming Soon to Classrooms? The Onion Glimpses the Future & it Might Not be Parody. » Missouri Education Watchdog: Mind Reading Data Sets Coming Soon to Classrooms? The Onion Glimpses the Future & it Might Not be Parody.Mind reading ability might be the next data gathered on school children. From Kids who ‘mind read’ tend to learn more effectively:Everyone mind reads
Washington State Charter School Ruling: Part Two - Ruling Itself Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Washington State Charter School Ruling: Part Two - Ruling Itself: Seattle Schools Community Forum: Washington State Charter School Ruling: Part Two - Ruling Itself(Editor's note: I am not a lawyer. I am a layperson who is interested in the law and I have sought to understand the Washington State Supreme Court ruling on the charter school law.) BackgroundFor your
Highlighting Websites, Blogs and Books!
Highlighting Websites, Blogs and Books!: Highlighting Websites, Blogs and Books!Back in August I passed the two year mark since I started this blog!Today I would like to draw your attention to many wonderful blogs, websites and books about education which I have been collecting like rare coins for the last year. I already listed many others when I first started this crusade. Check out my WEBSITE!E
Peg with Pen: So Here We Stand: Opt Out in Dangerous Times
Peg with Pen: So Here We Stand: Opt Out in Dangerous Times: So Here We Stand: Opt Out in Dangerous TimesFour years ago they called us "Opt Out" folks crazy. They laughed at us.Then, at the UOO conference, over a year ago in Denver, our website was hacked and maliciously destroyed. At that point we clearly had become a threat.Now, headed into year five we don't get hacked anymore, but ev
Unions and Friedrichs. | Fred Klonsky
Unions and Friedrichs. | Fred Klonsky: Unions and Friedrichs.NEA President Lily Eskelsen Garcia does a good job of explaining the dangersif the U.S. Supreme court rules against agency fees and Fair Share in theFriedrichs case.Over the last century, our nation’s commitment to collective bargaining—allowing employees to unite and have a voice in their workplace—has served this country well, creating
Families for Excellent Schools, Luke Bronin and the expansion of the Charter School and Corporate Education Reform Industry in Hartford Connecticut. - Wait What?
Families for Excellent Schools, Luke Bronin and the expansion of the Charter School and Corporate Education Reform Industry in Hartford Connecticut. - Wait What?: Families for Excellent Schools, Luke Bronin and the expansion of the Charter School and Corporate Education Reform Industry in Hartford Connecticut.JUST ANOTHER ASTROTRUF for PUBLIC SCHOOL PRIVATIZATION Families for Excellent Schools (FE
Florida superintendents revolt: We have ‘lost confidence’ in state’s school accountability system - The Washington Post
Florida superintendents revolt: We have ‘lost confidence’ in state’s school accountability system - The Washington Post: Florida superintendents revolt: We have ‘lost confidence’ in state’s school accountability systemFlorida’s school superintendents are revolting against the state’s accountability system that uses standardized test scores to measure students, teachers and schools. They just issue
Why do more than half of principals quit after five years? - The Hechinger Report
Why do more than half of principals quit after five years? - The Hechinger Report: Why do more than half of principals quit after five years?New principal struggles to find balance in ever-changing rolePrincipal Krystal Hardy talks to students during a ‘community meeting’ at Sylvanie Williams College Prep elementary school, on January 16, 2015 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Hardy spends most of her ti
Marie Corfield: Why I oppose @NEAToday early endorsement of @HillaryClinton
Marie Corfield: Why I oppose @NEAToday early endorsement of @HillaryClinton: Why I oppose @NEAToday early endorsement of @HillaryClintonWithout unions, workers will lose many of the protections against abusive employers. Wages for all will be depressed, even as corporate profits soar. The American Dream will be destroyed for millions. And we will have a government of the corporations, by the alrea
CURMUDGUCATION: An Open Letter to Lily Eskelsen-Garcia
CURMUDGUCATION: An Open Letter to Lily Eskelsen-Garcia: An Open Letter to Lily Eskelsen-GarciaDear Lily:I am a thirty-seven year classroom veteran, a former local EA president, and a lifelong NEA member. I am a member, and I have concerns.The internet has been buzzing with the news of an upcoming endorsement of Hillary Clinton as the Democratic Presidential nominee. In particular, there is talk of
Cartoons on Kids and Parents in School and at Home | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice
Cartoons on Kids and Parents in School and at Home | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: Cartoons on Kids and Parents in School and at HomeHere’s a selection of cartoons that amused me about the return to school this month in the U.S. I also included cartoons that picked up on the foibles of parents and kids in this high-tech society. Enjoy! More Cartoons on Kids and Parents in S
Transgender at school: As more teachers come out, districts struggle to put policy into practice | OregonLive.com
Transgender at school: As more teachers come out, districts struggle to put policy into practice | OregonLive.com: Transgender at school: As more teachers come out, districts struggle to put policy into practiceLeo Soell fought breast cancer last year, and took an extended leave from teaching fifth grade at Hall Elementary School in Gresham. After the experience, Soell chose to come out in the wor
Ed Notes Online: Ed Deform Erodes: Eva and Front Group Families for Excellent Schools Allies Resort to Race Baiting, Community Reacts
Ed Notes Online: Ed Deform Erodes: Eva and Front Group Families for Excellent Schools Allies Resort to Race Baiting, Community Reacts: Ed Deform Erodes: Eva and Front Group Families for Excellent Schools Allies Resort to Race Baiting, Community ReactsFES is resorting to naked racism to promote their September 30 rally attacking de Blasio. People are calling on them to take it down. But then where
Schools Matter: Charter Schools Crime Log
Schools Matter: Charter Schools Crime Log: Charter Schools Crime LogCould be any few days of the school year.from Ohio:State Auditor Dave Yost plans to have employees fan out across the state again this year in an attempt to verify that charter schools’ enrollment reports match up with the students sitting in their buildings.Yost also noted that although the Ohio Supreme Court recently ruled that
Test scores complicate the debate over expanding L.A. charter schools - LA Times
Test scores complicate the debate over expanding L.A. charter schools - LA Times: Test scores complicate the debate over expanding L.A. charter schoolsAs the battle to greatly expand charter schools in Los Angeles begins, both sides are touting statistics they claim make their case.Charter forces point to test scores showing that their students, on average, do better than those in L.A. Unified.---
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Schools Matter: NY Charter Movement Calls Mayor de Blasio Racist for Not Supporting Apartheid Charters
Schools Matter: NY Charter Movement Calls Mayor de Blasio Racist for Not Supporting Apartheid Charters: NY Charter Movement Calls Mayor de Blasio Racist for Not Supporting Apartheid Chartersfrom the Observer:“The rhetoric of this ad, and the people and money behind it, are part of the problem,” she said.Luis Garden Acosta, the founder of El Puente Academy for Peace and Justice and the father of a
Special Nite Cap: Catch Up on Today's Post 9/25/15
CORPORATE ED REFORMThompson: Jack Jennings & the Insider's View of School Reform - This Week In Education:This Week In Education: Thompson: Jack Jennings & the Insider's View of School Reform: Thompson: Jack Jennings & the Insider's View of School ReformOne reason why I loved Jack Jennings's Presidents, Congress, and the Public Schools is that it helped me grasp something that always p
