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With A Brooklyn Accent: Do Teachers Unions Need to Fight Harder for Their Members? Labor Day Reflections by Dr Patricia Robinson-Linder
With A Brooklyn Accent: Do Teachers Unions Need to Fight Harder for Their Members? Labor Day Reflections by Dr Patricia Robinson-Linder: Do Teachers Unions Need to Fight Harder for Their Members? Labor Day Reflections by Dr Patricia Robinson-LinderOn this Labor Day – and I am extremely grateful for it – I am collecting my thoughts with regard to my membership in labor unions. For the record, I hav
Wayne Au: Washington’s charter ruling. | Fred Klonsky
Wayne Au: Washington’s charter ruling. | Fred Klonsky: Wayne Au: Washington’s charter ruling.-By Wayne Au. Wayne Au is an Associate Professor of education at the University of Washington, Bothell and an editor for the social justice education magazine, Rethinking Schools. This originally appeared in the 2013 Washington State Kappan. Au was one of the named appellants in the suit overturning the Wa
Peg with Pen: Relay Graduate School Indoctrination
Peg with Pen: Relay Graduate School Indoctrination: Relay Graduate School IndoctrinationThis blog, and many future blogs, are going to be focused on the Relay Graduate School indoctrination occurring in my school and many schools across the country this year, due to the Relay principal academy which occurred this past summer. Colorado folks should also know that Relay intends to set up a permanent
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Latest Teacher Contract Updates
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Latest Teacher Contract Updates: Latest Teacher Contract UpdatesFrom the Times:Also according to Seattle union officials, agreement was reached Sunday toincrease pay for certificated and classified substitutes, an attempt to address a general shortage of substitutes.As well, a group of parents have started a support group for teachers, Soup for Teachers:Soup for Te
The ax falls in Newark–Cerf is no longer Mr. Nice Guy. Charters spared. | Bob Braun's Ledger
The ax falls in Newark–Cerf is no longer Mr. Nice Guy. Charters spared. | Bob Braun's Ledger: The ax falls in Newark–Cerf is no longer Mr. Nice Guy. Charters spared.A budget ax costing Newark’s children $15 million has fallen on the city’s public schools–but not its pampered charter schools. Christopher Cerf, the new state-imposed schools superintendent, had his underlings tell public school princ
#FightForDyett Hunger strikers protest school closing | MSNBC
Hunger strikers protest school closing | MSNBC: #FightForDyett Hunger strikers protest school closingHunger strikers protest school closingA school in Chicago was forced to close due to low enrollment. Now parents and students are on a hunger strike. Protesters Jitu Brown and Jeanette Taylor Ramann talk to Melissa Harris-Perry about the strike.
BustED Pencils Trending News: UNCONSTITUTIONAL; Day 20; 100 Day Loophole | BustED Pencils
BustED Pencils Trending News: UNCONSTITUTIONAL; Day 20; 100 Day Loophole | BustED Pencils: BustED Pencils Trending News: UNCONSTITUTIONAL; Day 20; 100 Day LoopholeAre we finally at the point where people realize “charter schools” are NOT public schools.State Supreme Court: Charter schools are unconstitutionalhttp://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/education/state-supreme-court-charter-schools-are
2nd NPE Interview with #FightForDyett Hunger Striker Jitu Brown – The Network For Public Education
2nd NPE Interview with #FightForDyett Hunger Striker Jitu Brown – The Network For Public Education: 2nd NPE Interview with #FightForDyett Hunger Striker Jitu BrownAudio Player00:0000:00Use Up/Down Arrow keys to increase or decrease volume.Partial Transcript:“This privatization of Dyett calls into question the intention of the privatization movement. It’s really colonialism. It is removing the righ
Where the US spends its money…and it’s not on education | Seattle Education
Where the US spends its money…and it’s not on education | Seattle Education: Where the US spends its money…and it’s not on educationWe have neglected our schools financially to the point where they have become easily privatized.Republican legislators in Washington State have continually fought against funding public schools adequately, particularly Ross Hunter, who recently moved over to the state
CURMUDGUCATION: River To Classroom
CURMUDGUCATION: River To Classroom: River To ClassroomI've finished off my first two weeks with students, and as usual I'm pushing back against a combination of general chaos, the inertia that has to be overcome to get students moving again, and my own sense of urgency about What Must Be Done (in the time I don't have to do it).So it's this time of year that I particularly appreciate my kayak.I li
Schools Matter: FIRE fascists save campus kooks' Howard Roark devotional cult
Schools Matter: FIRE fascists save campus kooks' Howard Roark devotional cult: FIRE fascists save campus kooks' Howard Roark devotional cult“There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially cr
Late Friday surprise: Supreme Court says charter schools initiative is unconstitutional - Strange Bedfellows
Late Friday surprise: Supreme Court says charter schools initiative is unconstitutional - Strange Bedfellows — Politics News: Supreme Court says charter schools initiative is unconstitutionalThe Washington State Supreme Court, in a late Friday surprise, delivered a ruling that the state’s voter-passed, billionaire-backed charter school initiative is unconstitutional.The high court’s 6-3 ruling fou
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Back To School (Web Exclusive)
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Back To School (Web Exclusive)John Oliver gives students a crash course in everything they will learn — or not learn — in school this year.Connect with Last Week Tonight online...Subscribe to the Last Week Tonight YouTube channel for more almost news as it almost happens: www.youtube.com/user/LastWeekTonightFind Last Week Tonight on Facebook like your mom would:
Dyett Hunger Strike - Living in Dialogue
Dyett Hunger Strike - Living in Dialogue: Dyett Hunger StrikeFilmmaker Bill Baykan documents the Dyett hunger strike in Chicago.
School choice that goes too far - The Washington Post
School choice that goes too far - The Washington Post: School choice that goes too farBy Editorial Board September 6 at 7:40 PMSOME PARENTS of students who attend private and parochial schools in Nevada are debating whether to pull their children out of their current schools and have them attend public schools for 100 days. It is not that they are dissatisfied; instead, the temporary switch would
New institute in Palo Alto aims to help shape state, national K-12 policy | EdSource
New institute in Palo Alto aims to help shape state, national K-12 policy | EdSource: New institute in Palo Alto aims to help shape state, national K-12 policySOURCE: CALIFORNIA COMMISSION ON TEACHER CREDENTIALING WEBCASTLinda Darling-Hammond shares a light moment during a meeting of the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing.A prominent scholar from Stanford University will direct a new e
Elect Lee Barrios
ELECT LEE BARRIOS: My 2011 Campaign Video My dedication, determination and direction have not changed! Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to PinterestPress ReleaseLee Barrios, a retired middle school teacher from Abita Springs and an outspoken critic of state education reforms, is announcing her candidacy for the Louisiana Board of Elementary and S
What's next after No Child Left Behind? Melissa Cropper, Ohio Federation of Teachers | cleveland.com
What's next after No Child Left Behind? Melissa Cropper, Ohio Federation of Teachers | cleveland.com: What's next after No Child Left Behind? Melissa Cropper, Ohio Federation of TeachersGuest columnist Melissa Cropper is President of the Ohio Federation of Teachers, a labor union representing 20,000 members who provide quality public education and public services to Ohio children, their families a
Ohio Governor Kasich's Corrupt Corporate Charter Schools Are A National Joke
Ohio Governor Kasich's Corrupt Corporate Charter Schools Are A National Joke: Ohio Governor Kasich’s Corrupt Corporate Charter Schools Are A National JokeIt surprises no-one, not even the racist and religious Republican base that the GOP exists first and foremost to advance the interests of the rich and corporations at the expense of the American people; including the Republican racist and religio
After John Deasy, LAUSD faces a tough choice: Play it safe or take another risk? - LA Times
After John Deasy, LAUSD faces a tough choice: Play it safe or take another risk? - LA Times: After John Deasy, LAUSD faces a tough choice: Play it safe or take another risk?When the school board chose John Deasy as superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District in 2011, it knew what it was getting: an outsized personality with a national reputation as an advocate for school reform.And i
Labor Day 2014 Quotes, History, sayings and solidarity - Happy Labor Day!
Labor Day 2014 Quotes, History, sayings and solidarity - Happy Labor Day!http://www.dol.gov/laborday/history.htmLABOR DAY: WHAT IT MEANSLabor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity,
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Student Socialization in Public Schools
Student Socialization in Public Schools: Student Socialization in Public SchoolsSocialization you could say is how a child interacts with their peers. There are many definitions, but in school, socialization mostly involves how children play and get along with each other. We think of recess when considering socialization. We wonder how much socialization children miss when they don’t get recess.Pu
Big Education Ape Will Be Off Until Labor Day Have Fun And Read EDUBLOGS!!!
Big Education Ape Will Be Off Until Labor Day Have Fun And Read EDUBLOGS!!!
Save Our Schools March – Dyett High School Hunger Strike
Save Our Schools March – Dyett High School Hunger Strike: Dyett High School Hunger StrikeBlack Parents, Grandparents, Clergy and Activists Enter Hunger Strike to Save High SchoolNational civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson joins strike – Learn more here!CHICAGO, AUGUST 20, 2015 – More than 12 parents, educators and other activists in the city’s Bronzeville neighborhood are entering day four of
The misuse of research to support deregulation and privatization of teacher education - The Washington Post
The misuse of research to support deregulation and privatization of teacher education - The Washington Post: The misuse of research to support deregulation and privatization of teacher educationFor years now we’ve been hearing from school reformers that traditional teacher preparation programs at colleges and universities are awful and that what we need is deregulation and market competition. In t
Old tensions complicate charter partnership trial :: SI&A Cabinet Report :: The Essential Resource for Superintendents and the Cabinet
Old tensions complicate charter partnership trial :: SI&A Cabinet Report :: The Essential Resource for Superintendents and the Cabinet: Old tensions complicate charter partnership trial(District of Columbia) An innovative grant program initiated by the Gates Foundation aimed at cultivating partnerships between charters and traditional schools has produced only mixed results.Longstanding tensio
Jersey Jazzman: Chris Christie Disses His Own Teacher Tenure Law
Jersey Jazzman: Chris Christie Disses His Own Teacher Tenure Law: Chris Christie Disses His Own Teacher Tenure LawWhat would the crusaders against teachers unions do without their little anecdotes?An arbitrator has ruled that Arnold Anderson can keep his tenured, $90,000-a-year job — for now. Anderson, who teaches at Roosevelt Elementary School in New Brunswick, needed to be at work by 8:40 a.m. T
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Today's a good day to give bully Rauner a kick in the ass
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Today's a good day to give bully Rauner a kick in the ass: Today's a good day to give bully Rauner a kick in the assIL House members will vote today on overriding Rauner's veto of Senate Bill 1229. The bill was supported by AFSCME and passed by the General Assembly in May. It would put a potential labor-contract impasse in the hands of an outside arbitrator, rather t
CURMUDGUCATION: Administrators Must Choose
CURMUDGUCATION: Administrators Must Choose: Administrators Must ChooseClassroom teachers are experiencing the effects of reformsterism to widely varying degrees. In some classrooms, data fetishism, aligning to the standards, and chasing test scores create a powerful cacophony that drowns out actual attempts to educate students. In other classrooms, education remains the main focus and the sturm an
Test prep for 5-year-olds is a real thing. Here’s what it looks like. - The Washington Post
Test prep for 5-year-olds is a real thing. Here’s what it looks like. - The Washington Post: Test prep for 5-year-olds is a real thing. Here’s what it looks like.It’s no secret that for some years now, kindergarten, once a time when youngsters spent the day learning through structured play, has become focused on academics, forcing young kids to sit in their chairs working for far longer than many
Challenged by charters, private and parochial school enrollments fall - The Hechinger Report
Challenged by charters, private and parochial school enrollments fall - The Hechinger Report: Challenged by charters, private and parochial school enrollments fallOld-line independent schools scramble for new ways to fill seats, make moneyNEW ORLEANS—A more or less orderly line of four-year-olds, the boys in uniform blue polo shorts and the girls in plaid-checked jumpers, line up in the corridor o
Study sparks more debate over Florida tests for students | Miami Herald
Study sparks more debate over Florida tests for students | Miami Herald: Study sparks more debate over Florida tests for studentsFlorida’s new standardized tests for students administered last year were fair.Or were they?An independent review of the Florida Standards Assessment, released Tuesday, has done little to quiet questions about whether the exams are valid.The answers to those questions ar
New analysis argues that better teachers are flocking to better schools - The Washington Post
New analysis argues that better teachers are flocking to better schools - The Washington Post: New analysis argues that better teachers are flocking to better schoolsA new analysis of New York City school data shows that teachers who scored low in the city’s evaluation system are concentrated in struggling schools that tend to serve poor and minority students, while teachers with strong ratings ar
