CORPORATE ED REFORM
Newark soon to be overwhelmed by charter expansion: Welcome to New Orleans on the Passaic | Bob Braun's Ledger
Newark soon to be overwhelmed by charter expansion: Welcome to New Orleans on the Passaic | Bob Braun's Ledger: Newark soon to be overwhelmed by charter expansion: Welcome to New Orleans on the PassaicThe Newark public schools will soon be overwhelmed by a vast expansion of privately-run charter schools–the inevitable result of the deal that was supposed to bring local control to Newark’s schools.
Mastery gets $9.6 million federal grant to expand | Philadelphia Public School Notebook
Mastery gets $9.6 million federal grant to expand | Philadelphia Public School Notebook: Mastery gets $9.6 million federal grant to expandThe U.S. Department of Education (DOE) has awarded Mastery Charter Schools a $9.6 million federal grant with the goal of opening 12 new schools over the next five years as a part of the Department’s Replication and Expansion for High-Quality Charter Schools prog
My Dream About EDUCATION and the Democratic (or Republican) Debate
My Dream About EDUCATION and the Democratic (or Republican) Debate: My Dream About EDUCATION and the Democratic (or Republican) DebateI fell asleep last night during the democratic debate and I dreamt this is how it all unfolded. The scary part was there were no answers to the questions about education when I woke up.In my dream Anderson Cooper said:America’s democratic public schools, how we tre
What's at stake - Lily's Blackboard
What's at stake - Lily's Blackboard: What’s at stakeThe passion and activism educators display toward their students consistently amazes me. Every day, we wake up and think to ourselves, “What can we do to change the world, to make sure that all students have greater opportunity to learn and succeed?” That is our calling. Our efforts to answer those questions are the source of our energy.For the p
With A Brooklyn Accent: Who Are The "Disposables?"
With A Brooklyn Accent: Who Are The "Disposables?": Who Are The "Disposables?"My friend Joe Lieb just called for a "Revolution of the Disposables"Who are the Disposables?They are the more than 90 million Americans of working age who are not in the labor force and do not have regular jobsThey are the millions of teenagers who dropped out or were pushed out of school in
The Surprising Backers Behind Common Core in Massachusetts - baystateparent - September 2015
The Surprising Backers Behind Common Core in Massachusetts - baystateparent - September 2015: The Surprising Backers Behind Common Core in MassachusettsThe world’s richest man, Bill Gates, also funds the world’s richest, private philanthropic organization, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, an entity that over the past several years has heavily funded efforts to advance controversial Common Co
Union leaders, former LAUSD board president attack Broad charter plan - LA School Report
Union leaders, former LAUSD board president attack Broad charter plan - LA School Report: Union leaders, former LAUSD board president attack Broad charter planWhile teachers protested a proposed charter expansion plan outside the LA Unified school board meeting yesterday, union leaders involved with the district and a former board president, spoke out against it inside.On the street, about 100 tea
Advisory Commission on Special Education Agenda October 28, 2015
ACSE Agenda October 28, 2015 - Administration & Support (CA Dept of Education): Advisory Commission on Special Education Agenda October 28, 2015Advisory Commission on Special Education MembersGina Plate, ChairBarbara Schulman, Vice ChairFeda AlmalitiMildred BrowneMorena de GrimaldiKristi HagansSomer HardingSara JochamBetty KarnetteMatthew NavoLester PincuNancy PortilloMariano SanzSteven Winloc
The NW Teaching for Social Justice Conference is this Saturday | Seattle Education
The NW Teaching for Social Justice Conference is this Saturday | Seattle Education: The NW Teaching for Social Justice Conference is this SaturdayCome to learn, to teach, and to be inspiredSaturday, October 17thChief Sealth International High School in SeattleCost: $30; students and pre-service teachers: $5We are just a few days away from the 8th Annual NWTSJ Conference on Saturday, Oct. 17th. The
Florida Education Reform Under Jeb Bush: Miracle or Mirage? | Shanker Institute
Florida Education Reform Under Jeb Bush: Miracle or Mirage? | Shanker Institute: Florida Education Reform Under Jeb Bush: Miracle or Mirage?Wednesday, Oct 14, 2015 | 12:00pm555 New Jersey Avenue, NWWashington, DC 20001Lunch will be servedAs the 2016 presidential campaign begins to hit its stride, the Florida education reforms begun under former Gov. Jeb Bush have become the subject of considerable
4LAKids - Just in Time for Dia de los Muertos: THE RETURN OF VOTERIA! A Message to CA Latino Elected Officials
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: Just in Time for Dia de los Muertos: THE RETURN OF VOTERIA! A Message to CA Latino Elected Officials - Much Higher Local Election Turnout Guaranteed! READ ON...: Big Education Ape: What Voteria Taught Me http://bit.ly/1k5lIRCBig Education Ape: Whatever you call it, bribing voters is a bad idea - LA Times http://bit.ly/1HQdyScJust in Time for Dia de los
Fresno Unified board considers hiring attorney for Hanson, other leaders because of federal investigation | Fresno Bee
Fresno Unified board considers hiring attorney for Hanson, other leaders because of federal investigation | Fresno Bee: Fresno Unified board considers hiring attorney for Hanson, other leaders because of federal investigationThe Fresno Unified school board held an abrupt, closed-session meeting Tuesday to consider hiring an attorney to represent top officials in the face of a federal investigation
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Kids Not Cuts Updates
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Kids Not Cuts Updates: Kids Not Cuts UpdatesThe Board has now smushed today's Executive Committee of the Whole together with the Work Session. Agenda here. Kids Not Cuts is planning to listen in, hoping the Board may talk about the current staffing issues. The meeting starts at 4:30 pm so be there by 4:15 pm if you want to sit with the group. To the meeting topi
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Dems and CNN avoided hot-button ed issues
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Dems and CNN avoided hot-button ed issues: Dems and CNN avoided hot-button ed issuesFrom her tweet this morning, one might surmise that Randi doesn't think education is one of those issues. CNN anchors didn't ask the candidates a single question about education.Blogger Steven Singer wonders if CNN would have felt more pressure to ask even a single token education que
LAUSD Board rejects public forums with superintendent finalists | 89.3 KPCC
LAUSD Board rejects public forums with superintendent finalists | 89.3 KPCC: LAUSD Board rejects public forums with superintendent finalists The Los Angeles Unified school board on Tuesday voted against allowing the finalists for the district superintendent post to attend public forums.In a 4 to 3 vote, the board rejected a motion by member Monica Ratliff calling for the finalists to be introduced
More on Arne Duncan’s Legacy | janresseger
More on Arne Duncan’s Legacy | janresseger: More on Arne Duncan’s LegacyIn her new book about Newark, New Jersey and the school reform paid for by Facebook CEO-philanthropist Mark Zuckerberg, Dale Russakoff captures the language of what we can call “corporatized” school reform. Newark school reform was paid for by Zuckerberg’s $100 million grant, but the style couldn’t have happened without the m
CURMUDGUCATION: Not Even a Bridesmaid
CURMUDGUCATION: Not Even a Bridesmaid: Not Even a BridesmaidI have nothing to say about the Democratic debate, really. Neither does any other education blogger, though Steven Singer covers it as well as it needs to be covered. "Near silence" indeed.So this is how it's going to be. The GOP is going to have a cartoon discussion about education, focusing on how to use charters to dismantle
Is Eli Broad's hostile takeover of LAUSD coming from the outside or in? — PS connect
Is Eli Broad's hostile takeover of LAUSD coming from the outside or in? — PS connect: Is Eli Broad's hostile takeover of LAUSD coming from the outside or in?LAUSD was making a clean break from a past that included the iPad scandal (still under federal investigation) and the “don’t let the door hit you on the way out” resignation of John Deasy. Board President Steve Zimmer launched LAUSD’s communi
Rejected cyber charter tries a workaround
Rejected cyber charter tries a workaround: Rejected cyber charter tries a workaroundA proposed cyber charter school that was rejected three times by the state Department of Education has turned to the courts in its bid to open.Insight PA Cyber Charter School, which has partnered with for-profit K12 Inc., has filed a petition in Commonwealth Court challenging the Charter Appeal Board's decision to
‘Half-baked sale’ protest over Seattle teacher reassignments | The Seattle Times
‘Half-baked sale’ protest over Seattle teacher reassignments | The Seattle Times: ‘Half-baked sale’ protest over Seattle teacher reassignmentsSeattle students, teachers and parents held events to protest the district’s plan to reassign two dozen teachers.Though the official list of Seattle schools who may lose — or gain — teachers in a budget-related shuffle hasn’t been released, parents and lawma
Where kindergartners can be suspended for calling out an answer in class - The Washington Post
Where kindergartners can be suspended for calling out an answer in class - The Washington Post: Where kindergartners can be suspended for calling out an answer in classMost of the 3 million or so students who get out-of-school suspensions are in high school. But increasingly kids in preschool and kindergarten are getting sent home as punishment, and for reasons that you might not expect.In this PB
North Carolina's "Education Exodus" Worsens as More Teachers Leave for Better Pay | Logan Smith
North Carolina's "Education Exodus" Worsens as More Teachers Leave for Better Pay | Logan Smith: North Carolina's "Education Exodus" Worsens as More Teachers Leave for Better PayWhat's a young couple to do when they are expecting a baby, and both husband and wife are public school teachers in a state ranked one of the worst places to be a teacher?For Dan and Katie Mangum in Ash
Charter-School Movement Grows—for Real-Estate Investors - WSJ
Charter-School Movement Grows—for Real-Estate Investors - WSJ: Charter-School Movement Grows—for Real-Estate InvestorsNew niche develops as more charters open doors; some states help with financingBy PETER GRANTOct. 13, 2015 11:33 a.m. ETReal-estate investors are showing an increasing interest in charter school development as the demand grows for classroom seats and some state and local government
Why American Schools Are Starting To Recruit More Teachers From Foreign Countries
Why American Schools Are Starting To Recruit More Teachers From Foreign Countries: Why American Schools Are Starting To Recruit More Teachers From Foreign CountriesThis piece comes to us courtesy of Stateline. Stateline is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news service of the Pew Charitable Trusts that provides daily reporting and analysis on trends in state policy.Even with 16 years of teaching experience
Fresno Unified holds closed door meeting that angers Fresno teachers union | abc30
Fresno Unified holds closed door meeting that angers Fresno teachers union | abc30.com: FRESNO UNIFIED HOLDS CLOSED DOOR MEETING THAT ANGERS FRESNO TEACHERS UNIONFRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) --A decision by the Fresno Unified School District to hold a closed door meeting tonight caught some members off guard and angered the Fresno Teachers Association.The union says the board trustees planned to meet in
Unions forge alliance to fight growth of charter schools in L.A. - LA Times
Unions forge alliance to fight growth of charter schools in L.A. - LA Times: Unions forge alliance to fight growth of charter schools in L.A.The union representing Los Angeles teachers has pulled together a coalition of other employee unions to oppose a controversial plan to more than double the number of local students attending charter schools.The linking of the unions is a potentially significa
Congress and US Department of Education: Top Leadership Turnovers Complicate Unfinished K-12 Agenda : News : ISchoolGuide
Congress and US Department of Education: Top Leadership Turnovers Complicate Unfinished K-12 Agenda : News : ISchoolGuide: Congress and US Department of Education: Top Leadership Turnovers Complicate Unfinished K-12 AgendaThe K-12 policy agenda of the Federal government still has unfinished business up to the present time. With the upcoming leadership turnovers in the Congress and the United State
ESPN Kills Kevin Johnson Propaganda Movie; Kevin Johnson Throws Himself A Party
ESPN Kills Kevin Johnson Propaganda Movie; Kevin Johnson Throws Himself A Party: ESPN Kills Kevin Johnson Propaganda Movie; Kevin Johnson Throws Himself A PartyThe lines snaking out from the Crest Theatre extended halfway down K Street, past clubs and restaurants, amused bystanders, and two light-rail platforms. It was a full hour before the Sacramento premiere of Down In The Valley, a new entry i
Military Boot Camp and No-Excuses Charter Schools | Vicki Cobb
Military Boot Camp and No-Excuses Charter Schools | Vicki Cobb: Military Boot Camp and No-Excuses Charter SchoolsThe military long ago solved its education problem: How do you take collections of disparate individuals from all walks of life, who have never killed anyone, and turn them into cohesive, well-disciplined units of warriors? First, get the individuals who enter the program to sign up for
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Steven Singer: Why Did CNN and the Democratic Candidates Forget about Education? | Diane Ravitch's blog
Steven Singer: Why Did CNN and the Democratic Candidates Forget about Education? | Diane Ravitch's blog: Steven Singer: Why Did CNN and the Democratic Candidates Forget about Education?Steven Singer is first out of the box with a review of the Democratic Presidential debate of last night.President Obama set the tone for the evening (so far as education is concerned) by praising his administration
Near Silence on Education at First Democratic Debate | gadflyonthewallblog
Near Silence on Education at First Democratic Debate | gadflyonthewallblog: Near Silence on Education at First Democratic DebateNone.Null.Nada.That’s how many questions CNN anchors asked presidential hopefuls about America’s public schools at the first Democratic Debate.Imagine if Anderson Cooper and company had been silent on Climate Change. The candidates would have brought it up anyway. Bernie
Profound Measurement Error in Louisiana “PARCC” Scale Scores | deutsch29
Profound Measurement Error in Louisiana “PARCC” Scale Scores | deutsch29: Profound Measurement Error in Louisiana “PARCC” Scale ScoresOn October 12, 2015, the following email from Louisiana superintendent John White was forwarded to district superintendents, accompanied with 12 files detailing raw-score-to-scale-score conversions for the tests given to Louisiana students in spring 2015 in grades 3
ESPN Pulled Its Kevin Johnson Documentary—But Not Before I Watched It | The New Republic
ESPN Pulled Its Kevin Johnson Documentary—But Not Before I Watched It | The New Republic: ESPN Pulled Its Kevin Johnson Documentary—But Not Before I Watched It'Down In The Valley' glorifies Sacramento's Mayor, an alleged sex abuserBy Max Rivlin-NadlerOn Monday, ESPN postponed its new 30 for 30 documentary Down In The Valley, a recounting of the years-long fight by the city of Sacramento to keep it
Conference this week on "Education in Black and White" | Philadelphia Public School Notebook
Conference this week on "Education in Black and White" | Philadelphia Public School Notebook: Conference this week on "Education in Black and White"A series of events and panel discussions on the history of African Americans and schooling in Philadelphia are taking place this month, including a conference this Thursday through Saturday On "The Institute for Colored Youth a
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Kids Not Cuts Gets Political
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Kids Not Cuts Gets Political: Kids Not Cuts Gets PoliticalEditor's Note: the Board apparently wrote back and seemingly was not happy with the input from the delegation. I will post when I receive. Also, I note that Rep. Reuven Carlyle, Speaker Frank Chopp, Rep. Brady Walkinshaw and Senator Jamie Pedersen did not sign this letter. Pedersen and Carlyle are SPS pare
The Passion of St. Arne | Daniel Katz, Ph.D.
The Passion of St. Arne | Daniel Katz, Ph.D.: The Passion of St. ArneSecretary of Education Arne Duncan will step down at the end of this year, and President Obama has announced that he will be replaced by former New York Commissioner of Education Dr. John King, Jr. as the acting Secretary of Education through the remainder of the administration. Praising his often embattled Secretary of Educatio
Special Nite Cap: Catch Up on Today's Post 10/13/15
CORPORATE ED REFORMSacramento Bee says: Judge mayor on his record, A Short Walk Down Memory Lane in PixJudge mayor on his record, good and bad | The Sacramento Bee: Judge mayor on his record, good and badBY THE EDITORIAL BOARDWhen you’re a celebrity mayor, you can’t be too shocked when the occasional sordid accusation gets thrown your way.So it is with Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson, who is being
