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A Note on Arne Duncan's Legacy
A Note on Arne Duncan's Legacy: Like Water Off A Duck’s Back [A Note on Duncan’s Legacy]Six years ago, I remember sitting in an afternoon meeting with my principal and about 25 other administrators and educators, waiting patiently for a central official to come down and give us some awful news of some consequence for us and all of our work. The school official stood there whispering to an assistan
Angelique Ashby seeks outsider role in Sacramento mayoral race | The Sacramento Bee
Angelique Ashby seeks outsider role in Sacramento mayoral race | The Sacramento Bee: Angelique Ashby seeks outsider role in Sacramento mayoral raceAngelique Ashby said she was ready to take on a Goliath.She’ll get her chance, even if it’s not the political heavyweight she had in mind.A two-term Sacramento councilwoman from North Natomas, Ashby jumped into the race for mayor last month just a few h
Hartford parking lots a Goldmine for Luke Bronin - Wait What?
Hartford parking lots a Goldmine for Luke Bronin - Wait What?: Hartford parking lots a Goldmine for Luke BroninOperating pay to park garages and lots in Hartford is extremely profitable and campaign finance reports indicate that parking garage and lot operators in Hartford have been lining up to give Greenwich native Luke Bronin large donations for his campaign to become Hartford’s Next Mayor.LAZ
An alternative to high stakes testing works. New York schools have proven it. | Seattle Education
An alternative to high stakes testing works. New York schools have proven it. | Seattle Education: An alternative to high stakes testing works. New York schools have proven it.71 percent of English language learners in New York Performance Standards Consortium schools graduated on time in 2015, versus 37 percent across New York City, where all but two of the consortium schools are located.This is
GOVERNOR VILLARAIGOSA AND THE LATINO MAJORITY IN CALIFORNIA - Perdaily.com
GOVERNOR VILLARAIGOSA AND THE LATINO MAJORITY IN CALIFORNIA - Perdaily.com: GOVERNOR VILLARAIGOSA AND THE LATINO MAJORITY IN CALIFORNIA(Mensaje se repite en Español)It is no secret that ex-Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is interested in running for governor in California in 2018. As a matter of fact, he is already actively going around the state and the country lining up both the financial
Marie Corfield: Newark, 'civility' & ed 'reform'
Marie Corfield: Newark, 'civility' & ed 'reform': Newark, 'civility' & ed 'reform'StudentsFirst co-founder, Dmitri Mehlhorn, has been engaged in a charter school debate with Jersey Jazzman for the past few weeks. As I read one of Mehlhorn's responses, I clicked on a link that led me down an Internet rabbit hole and into my own response to one of his blog posts about civility in the ed 'ref
Has anyone else said it? | @ THE CHALKFACE
Has anyone else said it? | @ THE CHALKFACE: Has anyone else said it? I want to say this, and I want to be clear: Eva Moskowitz and her ilk are garbage, they’re garbage human beings and their ideas are garbage.I’d like to say something else, but I won’t.You can follow the drama here. But seriously, with the “got to go” lists and other minutiae that came out recently, including the repeated failures
Online Charter School SUCK - The Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO)
The Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO): Online Charter School StudyPress release: Online Charter School Students Falling Behind Their PeersInside Online Charter Schools by Mathematica Policy ResearchOnline Charter School Study by CREDO at Stanford UniversityThe Policy Framework for Online Charter Schools by CRPE
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Dear Directors - Say No to the Assignment Plan Overhaul
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Dear Directors - Say No to the Assignment Plan Overhaul: Dear Directors - Say No to the Assignment Plan OverhaulSuggested e-mail to the Board on this issue with key points; edit at will.If you want the Board AND senior staff to see your e-mail, write to :schoolboard@seattleschools.orgIf you want ONLY the Board to see your e-mail, write to:spsdirectors@seattleschoo
VAMboozled’s Two-Year Anniversary | VAMboozled!
VAMboozled’s Two-Year Anniversary | VAMboozled!: VAMboozled’s Two-Year AnniversaryIt’s our two year anniversary, so I thought I would share our current stats and our thanks to all who are following (n ≥ 15,000), and also sharing out our independent, open-access, research- and community-based content. We still have a lot of work to be done in terms of America’s test-based teacher evaluation systems
Reflections on Teaching » Blog Archive » Classroom Update #2 for 2015
Reflections on Teaching » Blog Archive » Classroom Update #2 for 2015: Classroom Update #2 for 2015Since I’m not anywhere close to writing these updates on a weekly basis, I’m not going to label them that way for this year. I’m instead going to concentrate on writing for you my dear readers, when I can, and let the posts fall where they may.Maps for educationI remember way back in the dim mist of
Education Matters: Going to a cyber charter is the equivalent of not going to school.
Education Matters: Going to a cyber charter is the equivalent of not going to school.: Education Matters: Going to a cyber charter is the equivalent of not going to school. From the league of women voters: Three studies are combined in a report about online charter school achievement (or lack thereof). The result is sobering. Interesting that these research institutes are funded by pro reform fo
Jersey Jazzman: Moskowitz, Petrilli, and the Hard Truth About America's Schools
Jersey Jazzman: Moskowitz, Petrilli, and the Hard Truth About America's Schools: Moskowitz, Petrilli, and the Hard Truth About America's Schools I'd be lying if I denied I haven't taken some measure of satisfaction in watching the perpetually self-impressed Eva Moskowitz implode this week. Now that we know for certain that her charter schools do, in fact, counsel out "disruptive" student
CURMUDGUCATION: Return of the Data Overlords
CURMUDGUCATION: Return of the Data Overlords: Return of the Data OverlordsWhen the President and Arne Duncan took to all manner of media to pretend to stand up against standardized testing (but only, you know, the bad redundant not-so-good standardized testing), the New Testing Plan included some odd language and offers of assistance, and it all struck a chord of recognition for Peggy Robertson, a
Resisting Good/Bad Teacher/Police Frame and Confronting Systemic Flaws in Education, Law Enforcement | the becoming radical
Resisting Good/Bad Teacher/Police Frame and Confronting Systemic Flaws in Education, Law Enforcement | the becoming radical: Resisting Good/Bad Teacher/Police Frame and Confronting Systemic Flaws in Education, Law EnforcementThe Spring Valley High controversy created by the excessive force used by a police officer on campus represents the intersection of the wider and growing public debates about
Jeff Sadow: Election a plus for school reform | Opinion | The Advocate — Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Jeff Sadow: Election a plus for school reform | Opinion | The Advocate — Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Election a plus for school reformLouisiana’s recent state election results gave cheer to political consultants and fuel to conspiratorial-minded education reform opponents.Those who make money from political candidacies saw their bottom lines suffer in 2007 and 2011, years that lacked gubernatorial ele
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Pulitzer Prize Winner Thinks Ravitch Is Jindal | deutsch29
Pulitzer Prize Winner Thinks Ravitch Is Jindal | deutsch29: Pulitzer Prize Winner Thinks Ravitch Is JindalOn October 30, 2015, New Orleans-based online news publication, The Lens, carried an opinion piece by its news editor, Jed Horne, who is described at the end of the article as “a veteran journalist who was awarded a Pulitzer Prize as part of the Times-Picayune team that covered Katrina and the
Race Curriculum Controversy in Seattle | Seattle Education
Race Curriculum Controversy in Seattle | Seattle Education: Race Curriculum Controversy in SeattleThere was an unfortunate controversy created by one set of parents that surfaced in the press over the last two years about a teacher who educates his students to the realities of racism.This is his story:Race Curriculum ControversyJon GreenbergAt first glance, Seattle—home to an openly gay mayor, a S
Special Nite Cap: Catch Up on Today's Post 10/31/15
CORPORATE ED REFORMHAPPY HALLOWEENBadass Teacher Association Web SiteCharters grapple with admissions policies, question how public they should be - The Washington PostCharters grapple with admissions policies, question how public they should be - The Washington Post: Charters grapple with admissions policies, question how public they should beAt Achievement Prep, the test scores of low-income Afr
