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Parents risk dying for Dyett and neighborhood public schools #FightforDyett #WeSupportDyett12 | Cloaking Inequity
Parents risk dying for Dyett and neighborhood public schools #FightforDyett #WeSupportDyett12 | Cloaking Inequity: Parents risk dying for Dyett and neighborhood public schools #FightforDyett #WeSupportDyett12Parents and community members are entering the 4th week of a hunger strike in Chicago. While the issues may seem at first glance specific to Dyett High School, the protest is really about the
How an Area’s Union Membership Can Predict Children’s Advancement - The New York Times
How an Area’s Union Membership Can Predict Children’s Advancement - The New York Times: How an Area’s Union Membership Can Predict Children’s AdvancementIt is well established that unions provide benefits to workers — that they raise wages for their members (and even for nonmembers). They can help reduce inequality.A new study suggests that unions may also help children move up the economic ladder
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Dorn Calls for Special Session
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Dorn Calls for Special Session: Dorn Calls for Special SessionThis is one of the funnier press announcements I have read in a long time.In a ruling Sept. 4, the Washington State Supreme Court declared the initiative that established our state’s charter schools to be unconstitutional.This ruling potentially affects more than 1,000 students who have already started t
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Charter School Strikedown Gets National Attention
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Charter School Strikedown Gets National Attention: Charter School Strikedown Gets National AttentionTwo stories from two noted national newspapers.One is from the New York Times and is one of the most objectively written stories on public education that I have read in a long time. Its overview is the turmoil in public education in Washington State, including the S
Blame the Billionaires, Not the Teachers - Slog - The Stranger
Blame the Billionaires, Not the Teachers - Slog - The Stranger: Blame the Billionaires, Not the TeachersLet's briefly take note of the fact that back in May, when school was suspended and Seattle teachers walked off the job for a single day, the Seattle School District and the local teachers union were singing a different tune. Superintendent Larry Nyland sent a note to parents reminding them that
Charter School Commission preparing to close down | The Columbian
Charter School Commission preparing to close down | The Columbian: Charter School Commission preparing to close downOLYMPIA — The state commission overseeing Washington’s fledgling charter schools began shutting itself down Wednesday in response to a Supreme Court ruling that the schools are unconstitutional.In a telephone conference call, the Washington State Charter School Commission directed th
Malloy playing key role in the effort to unseat Pedro Segarra and install Luke Bronin as Hartford’s Mayor - Wait What?
Malloy playing key role in the effort to unseat Pedro Segarra and install Luke Bronin as Hartford’s Mayor - Wait What?: Malloy playing key role in the effort to unseat Pedro Segarra and install Luke Bronin as Hartford’s MayorWith “challenger” Luke Bronin’s campaign on track to become the most expensive mayoral campaign in Connecticut history, the Hartford Democratic primary has become much more th
First Year of CAASP Results - Year 2015 (CA Dept of Education)
First Year of CAASP Results - Year 2015 (CA Dept of Education): First Year of CAASP ResultsSACRAMENTO—State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson today unveiled the results of new online assessments administered to about 3.2 million students last spring to gauge their progress in learning new, more rigorous academic standards designed to prepare them for college and careers in the 21s
You are invited to a Community Meeting to support the Seattle educators’ strike | Seattle Education
You are invited to a Community Meeting to support the Seattle educators’ strike | Seattle Education:You are invited to a Community Meeting to support the Seattle educators’ strikeCity Councilmember Kshama Sawant invites you to:Community Meeting to Support the Seattle Educators StrikeThursday, Sept. 10, 6:00 PM City Hall Council Chamber, 2nd floor600 4th Ave (between Columbia & Cherry)Downtown
Alfie Kohn: Why those annoying ‘helicopter parents’ aren’t so bad after all - The Washington Post
Why those annoying ‘helicopter parents’ aren’t so bad after all - The Washington Post: Why those annoying ‘helicopter parents’ aren’t so bad after allYou’ve heard about them for years (and may have been accused of being one): a helicopter parent who hovers over his/her children to such an extent that the kids never learn to be independent, to think for themselves, or to clean up their own messes.
Washington State Charters Vow to Remain Open Via Private Funding | deutsch29
Washington State Charters Vow to Remain Open Via Private Funding | deutsch29: Washington State Charters Vow to Remain Open Via Private FundingOn September 04, 2015, the Washington State Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in League of Women Voters vs. State of Washington that charter schools are unconstitutional in Washington State.The majority opinion centered upon the fact that the voter-approved Charter Sc
Teachers Work For Free In A School District Bled By Charter Schools
Teachers Work For Free In A School District Bled By Charter Schools: Teachers Work For Free In A School District Bled By Charter SchoolsAs schools across Pennsylvania open their doors for the new school year, there’s one district in the state where teachers will be hard at work even though they’re not likely to get paid.The teachers are actually already on the job, having reported for work a week
Ensuring teachers have resources on LGBT issues :: SI&A Cabinet Report :: The Essential Resource for Superintendents and the Cabinet
Ensuring teachers have resources on LGBT issues :: SI&A Cabinet Report :: The Essential Resource for Superintendents and the Cabinet: Ensuring teachers have resources on LGBT issues(Calif.) California’s Department of Education would be required, under a bill awaiting Gov. Jerry Brown’s signature, to monitor whether schools are providing teachers with information about local resources for stude
How you can support teachers during the Seattle teachers’ strike and other pertinent information #4MyTeacher | Seattle Education
How you can support teachers during the Seattle teachers’ strike and other pertinent information #4MyTeacher | Seattle Education: How you can support teachers during the Seattle teachers’ strike and other pertinent information #4MyTeacherThe Seattle Education Association strike is on as of 7:00 PM this evening.I attended a meeting as the strike was being called that included teachers who have been
Why do teachers burn out? Let me count the ways. | Dallas Morning News
Jan Sidebotham: Why do teachers burn out? Let me count the ways. | Dallas Morning News: Why do teachers burn out? Let me count the ways.I was a teacher for 30 years, except for one five-year hiatus. This year I left the profession. The short explanation is that I was burned out. I arrived at school at 7:45 every morning, I rarely left before 5:30 p.m. and I was often there later. As a new school y
Data: The Governors Running for President and Their K-12 Records - Education Week
Data: The Governors Running for President and Their K-12 Records - Education Week: Data: The Governors Running for President and Their K-12 RecordsDid any states see major improvements in K-12 education during the terms of the nine governors and former governors now running for president?An apples-to-apples comparison of selected indicators doesn’t show any big standouts, according to an analysis
Becoming a Money Magnet: Lessons of the D.C. Ed Philanthropy Boom - Inside Philanthropy
Becoming a Money Magnet: Lessons of the D.C. Ed Philanthropy Boom - Inside Philanthropy: Fundraising Intelligence - Inside Philanthropy: Becoming a Money Magnet: Lessons of the D.C. Ed Philanthropy BoomReform-oriented approaches to K-12 education, such as charter schools and alternatives to the traditional teacher pipeline, are the key to attracting large gifts from funders, according to an analys
What makes a public school public? Washington state court finds charter schools unconstitutional - The Washington Post
What makes a public school public? Washington state court finds charter schools unconstitutional - The Washington Post: What makes a public school public? Washington state court finds charter schools unconstitutionalWashington State’s Supreme Court has become the first in the nation to decide that taxpayer-funded charter schools are unconstitutional, reasoning that charters are not truly public sc
IEPs for All—Or Something Else?
IEPs for All—Or Something Else?: IEPs for All—Or Something Else?Some of us imagined a public school system that would drop special education labels and look at all children individually and collectively for their strengths and what they need to learn. We thought of it as Individual Educational Plans (IEPs) for everyone.You will likely hear about “IEPs for All” in the future, if you haven’t already
Council Member Sawant » Letter to the Seattle School Board Supporting the Right of Educators to Strike
CouncilMember Sawant » Blog Archive » Letter to the Seattle School Board Supporting the Right of Educators to Strike: Letter to the Seattle School Board Supporting the Right of Educators to StrikeSee below for the letter that I and two other Councilmembers sent to the Seattle School Board, urging them not to take legal action against the Seattle Education Association (the union representing teache
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SPECIAL NITE CAP CORPORATE ED REFORMUTLA's Caputo-Pearl throws down debate challenge to Eli Broad - LA School ReportUTLA's Caputo-Pearl throws down debate challenge to Eli Broad - LA School Report:UTLA’s Caputo-Pearl throws down debate challenge to Eli BroadEver since billionaire Eli Broad and a few other powerful figures in the school reform movement announced plans of a massive investment in new
