Is Education a National Issue? - The Crucial VoiceThe Crucial Voice
Is Education a National Issue? - The Crucial VoiceThe Crucial Voice: Is Education a National Issue?Education is not mentioned in the Constitution…. We have heard how this argument goes.Because of no specific mention of education, the responsibility for educating the young people of our republic is deferred to the States in the 10th Amendment …. with the caveat “or to the people.”People, you need t
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Economics Education, Reaganomics Legacy, Public Policy, and Americans. | DCGEducator: Doing The Right Thing
Economics Education, Reaganomics Legacy, Public Policy, and Americans. | DCGEducator: Doing The Right Thing: Economics Education, Reaganomics Legacy, Public Policy, and Americans.Ronald Reagan’s policies (or those written for him) created the supply side, trickle down, ass backwards, form of “freestyle” capitalism we have had for 40 years. They have led to the downfall of the middle class and the
The Common Core System | Clemsy's Corner
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Get Goldman Sachs and Pay for Success out of ESEA reauthorization. | Fred Klonsky
Get Goldman Sachs and Pay for Success out of ESEA reauthorization. | Fred Klonsky: Get Goldman Sachs and Pay for Success out of ESEA reauthorization.-By Bev JohnsWe are used to grandiose claims in special education and in education generally.Now, in Utah, Goldman Sachs Pay for Success claims a success rate of over 99 percent – reducing the need for special education by over 99 percent.PAY FOR SUCC
Classroom Furniture and How Teachers Teach | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice
Classroom Furniture and How Teachers Teach | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: Classroom Furniture and How Teachers TeachDo photos of classrooms and the arrangement of furniture give observers a glimpse of how teachers teach?Yes, they do but only a hint. Here is my reasoning.Furniture arrangement is seldom mandated by a school board, superintendent, or principal. The teacher dec
Education Reform: Why America Needs a David Cameron - The Daily Beast
Education Reform: Why America Needs a David Cameron - The Daily Beast: Education Reform: Why America Needs a David CameronThe British PM is fixing his country’s schools, tackling an issue all of America’s presidential candidates are afraid to touch.The vision and courage needed to take on the crisis of failing schools has surfaced during our presidential campaign—just not in this country.Last week
CURMUDGUCATION: Gates & Feedback
CURMUDGUCATION: Gates & Feedback: Gates & FeedbackWhen Bill Gates says, "Give Teachers What They Deserve," I think many of us can be forgiven for flinching. But over at his blog, His Royal Gateness has done just that. It might seem redundant for me to respond, because the piece is a bit of a teaser for Gates' Big Talk about education, which I've already responded to. But I find t
Teachers, beware of the “specialists.” | @ THE CHALKFACE
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I Get a Response From NEA | Live Long and Prosper
I Get a Response From NEA | Live Long and Prosper: I Get a Response From NEACANDIDATE INTERVIEWSEarlier this month I posted about the NEA’s Primary Election endorsement of Hillary Clinton for U.S. President. I included a comment I had written in response to a special ed teacher’s guest blog on Lily Eskelsen-Garcia’s blog.You can read the guest blog, Proud to Be an Educator for Hillary. Scroll down
HEMLOCK ON THE ROCKS: ELI BROAD WANTS LA SCHOOLS TO Say "UNCLE"
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For You Michigan!—You Are WRONG about Retention!: For You Michigan!—You Are WRONG about Retention!There are some issues, like the loss of recess and retention of third graders, that make no sense at all. I can sometimes understand mistakes, attribute them to people being clueless, but when it comes to retention the research is there. Anyone who knows how to read and puts some time into it will lea
Tracking the money funding conservative school boards’ anti-union lawsuits | The Colorado Independent
Tracking the money funding conservative school boards’ anti-union lawsuits | The Colorado Independent: Tracking the money funding conservative school boards’ anti-union lawsuitsNot all money funding the push to privatize public education and bust teachers unions is coming from the Koch brothers. Some of the money is from established and respected foundations.It’s not just Koch brother money fundin
Welcome Back! Week in the Classroom the First Month 2015 » Reflections on Teaching
Reflections on Teaching » Blog Archive » Welcome Back! Week in the Classroom the First Month 2015: Welcome Back! Week in the Classroom the First Month 2015My family life is still…complicated, but I am still working and I feel the need to try to write about what I’m doing in the classroom. I hope that it will prove interesting and intriguing to you too.I have moved to fifth grade (from sixth). The
Large share of grads from some high schools require remediation at Sacramento State | The Sacramento Bee
Large share of grads from some high schools require remediation at Sacramento State | The Sacramento Bee: Large share of grads from some high schools require remediation at Sacramento StateDiana Lambert: 916-321-1090, @dianalambertOn his first day this summer as Sacramento State president, Robert Nelsen singled out an unnamed local high school for its abysmally high share of graduates who need to
Fogelson Honors Forum speaker warns of dangers facing education system | TCU 360
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Protesters at SRC meeting angrily call for dramatic changes
Protesters at SRC meeting angrily call for dramatic changes: Protesters at SRC meeting angrily call for dramatic changesKenya Nation, who has two children in Wister Elementary, speaks abut her frustration with the school system in front of the Philadelphia School District headquarters on Broad Street. MICHAEL BRYANT / Staff PhotographerFor more than four restless hours Thursday, anger at Philadelp
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Competency Based Learning, Online Education and Lamar Alexander’s ESEA Revisions - UNITED OPT OUT
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