CORPORATE ED REFORM
Organizations and Individuals Rise Up to Support Fair Share, Tell Court to Uphold 'Abood' - NEA Today
Organizations and Individuals Rise Up to Support Fair Share, Tell Court to Uphold 'Abood' - NEA Today: Organizations and Individuals Rise Up to Support Fair Share, Tell Court to Uphold ‘Abood’Hundreds of groups and individuals—representing all levels of government and civil rights organizations, and including public officials, academic experts, and others—have filed 24 briefs amici curiae (“friend
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Dorn Asks AG Ferguson for an Opinion on Local Levies
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Dorn Asks AG Ferguson for an Opinion on Local Levies: Dorn Asks AG Ferguson for an Opinion on Local LeviesState Superintendent Randy Dorn's letter to Attorney General Bob Ferguson. The letter is much more in the weeds than the press release below. Dorn ends the letter saying (partial):In the meantime, many school districts have already begun the process of planning
Dedicated teachers can’t provide the whole answer, says Newark’s mayor - The Hechinger Report
Dedicated teachers can’t provide the whole answer, says Newark’s mayor - The Hechinger Report: Dedicated teachers can’t provide the whole answer, says Newark’s mayorIt takes a lot more to disentangle a child from poverty’s barriersAs Newark, New Jersey begins to celebrate the 350thanniversary of its founding as a community, our schools remain vital to the progress of our city. There is nothing mo
UOO Webinar Series: What does the Education Revolution look like? - UNITED OPT OUT
UOO Webinar Series: What does the Education Revolution look like? - UNITED OPT OUT: The Movement to End Corporate Education Reform: UOO Webinar Series: What does the Education Revolution look like?Announcing: UNITED OPT OUT Webinar SeriesWhat: United Opt Out National is hosting a series of webinars that engage participants in discussions around the key question: WHAT DOES THE EDUCATION REVOLUTION
CURMUDGUCATION: Accelerated Reader's Ridiculous Research
CURMUDGUCATION: Accelerated Reader's Ridiculous Research: Accelerated Reader's Ridiculous ResearchIf you are not familiar with Renaissance Learning and their flagship product, Accelerated Reader, count yourself lucky.Accelerated Reading bills itself as a reading program, but it would be more accurate a huge library of reading quizzes, with a reading level assessment component thrown in. That's it.
California’s emerging teacher shortage: Field Poll | EdSource
Teacher Shortage Field Poll | EdSource:California’s emerging teacher shortage: Field Poll Published on November 17, 2015California registered voters regard the emerging shortage of K-12 teachers as a very serious problem and think that the state should be taking decisive action to rectify the situation, according to a poll commissioned by EdSource and the Learning Policy Institute.The survey was c
“A Test Score is an approximation, not a precise measure” (George Washington University) - Wait What?
“A Test Score is an approximation, not a precise measure” (George Washington University) - Wait What?: “A Test Score is an approximation, not a precise measure” (George Washington University)As the nation’s colleges and universities move away from relying on standardized tests scores to determine whether a student is capable and ready to attending college, public officials in Connecticut and acros
The Real Rationale for Common Core, and Why It is Failing | Diane Ravitch's blog
The Real Rationale for Common Core, and Why It is Failing | Diane Ravitch's blog: The Real Rationale for Common Core, and Why It is Failing When Arne Duncan was made Secretary of Education, he brought in a group of advisors, largely from the Gates Foundation and the Broad Foundation, to help him design what eventually became the Race to the Top, which was funded by Congress with $5 billion in disc
A teacher's tale: Joy, tragedy and weirdness - NonDoc
A teacher's tale: Joy, tragedy and weirdness - NonDoc: A teacher’s tale: Joy, tragedy and weirdnessA new book from a retired teacher argues data-driven policies have created an education mess(Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt from A Teacher’s Tale, a new book chronicling author John Thompson’s experiences teaching in inner-city Oklahoma City Public Schools. The portion reproduced here is
New study says standardized pay for Alaska's teachers would be too expensive | Alaska Dispatch News
New study says standardized pay for Alaska's teachers would be too expensive | Alaska Dispatch News: New study says standardized pay for Alaska's teachers would be too expensive If Alaska implemented a standardized salary schedule for its teachers, most rural school districts would have to pay their educators a lot more, said a new study completed for the state Legislature.According to the pay sch
New York’s costly experiment in test-based educator evaluation is crashing - The Washington Post
New York’s costly experiment in test-based educator evaluation is crashing - The Washington Post: New York’s costly experiment in test-based educator evaluation is crashingOn September 30, 2011, Carol Burris, then the award-winning principal of South Side High School in New York, wrote about the creation of a new New York State teacher and principal evaluation system in an Answer Sheet post titled
Children in Dire Poverty: What Educators Should Know - NEA Today
Children in Dire Poverty: What Educators Should Know - NEA Today: Children in Dire Poverty: What Educators Should KnowMore than 1.5 million American households, including about 3 million children, are living on $2 per day, per person, according to sociologists Kathryn Edin and Luke Shaefer, authors of $2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America. These desperately poor children are our student
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: New Study: Hungry kids score lower on tests. Shocking news?
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: New Study: Hungry kids score lower on tests. Shocking news?: New Study: Hungry kids score lower on tests. Shocking news?Black Panther Party's free Breakfast Program, circa 1969.Here's a shocker for you. Latest research coming out of Cardiff University confirms that kids who come to school hungry score lower on standardized tests than kids who are fed well. The latter
Concrete victories won by the anti-testing movement (so far) - The Washington Post
Concrete victories won by the anti-testing movement (so far) - The Washington Post: Concrete victories won by the anti-testing movement (so far)It wasn’t that long ago that many school reformers and education policymakers gave short shrift to, or outright ridiculed, parents and educators who fought the overuse and misuse of standardized tests. It was only two years ago almost to the day when Educa
Colleen Grady Questions Evolution, Is New Policy Adviser in Ohio Education Department | janresseger
Colleen Grady Questions Evolution, Is New Policy Adviser in Ohio Education Department | janresseger: Colleen Grady Questions Evolution, Is New Policy Adviser in Ohio Education DepartmentAccording to the website ballotpedia.org, 24 states have all Republican government, with governor, senate and house all dominated by Republican majorities. Seven states are dominated by the Democratic Party. In t
L.A. Unified explores possibility of becoming an all-charter district - LA Times
L.A. Unified explores possibility of becoming an all-charter district - LA Times: L.A. Unified explores possibility of becoming an all-charter districtConverting the nation’s second-largest school system into an all-charter district is a long-shot—one that requires state approval and support from a majority of teachers.But members of the Los Angeles Unified Board of Education said they were explor
Video: The Future of Public Education Policy | The Texas Tribune
Video: The Future of Public Education Policy | The Texas Tribune: Video: The Future of Public Education PolicyOn 11/13, I talked about the future of public education policy in Texas with state. Rep. Mary González, D-Clint, a member of the House Public Education Committee; Lizzette González Reynolds, chief deputy commissioner of the Texas Education Agency; Juan Cabrera, superintendent of the El Pas
Please Save and Forward Education Campaign Literature | Crazy Crawfish
Please Save and Forward Education Campaign Literature | Crazy Crawfish: Please Save and Forward Education Campaign LiteraturePlease save copies of mailouts, commercials still on your DVR, radio ads, etc. from this last election cycle. In particular I am interested in the literature of the BESE candidates who got elected running on bogus platforms with money from LABI and out of state billionaires.
An Illinois budget deal that will end public employee collective bargaining. | Fred Klonsky
An Illinois budget deal that will end public employee collective bargaining. | Fred Klonsky: An Illinois budget deal that will end public employee collective bargaining.Making a deal to end collective bargaining?In the Fall of 2003 our local bargaining team sat across the table from members of our board of education.Our contract had expired the previous August and here it was, November, and we wer
The secretive industry of social media monitoring - Yahoo News
The secretive industry of social media monitoring - Yahoo News: The secretive industry of social media monitoringSchools and police turn to private firms to help address school violence, but measuring their success is nearly impossible.It was midafternoon on a Brooklyn college campus when an unexpected phone call sent a chill through the school. The caller warned that a student, shortly before, po
Hillary Clinton Says Exactly What Teachers Unions Want to Hear - US News
Hillary Clinton Says Exactly What Teachers Unions Want to Hear - US News: Hillary Clinton Says Exactly What Teachers Unions Want to HearThe Democratic presidential front-runner already has secured key union endorsements.Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton so far is saying everything teachers unions want to hear – and a lot of that includes bashing the Obama administration's educat
Four Ways Hillary Clinton Might Differ From Obama on K-12 Policy - Politics K-12 - Education Week
Four Ways Hillary Clinton Might Differ From Obama on K-12 Policy - Politics K-12 - Education Week: Four Ways Hillary Clinton Might Differ From Obama on K-12 PolicyHaving picked up the endorsement of the American Federation of Teachers in the Democratic primary earlier this year, Hillary Clinton participated in a roundtable organized by the union on Nov. 9. During the discussion with union Presiden
Unions Eye L.A. Charter Schools - WSJ
Unions Eye L.A. Charter Schools - WSJ: Unions Eye L.A. Charter SchoolsEfforts to organize teachers in the country’s largest system could have nationwide repercussionsAs teachers unions ramp up efforts to organize the fast-growing charter school movement, one of the biggest and most contentious fights is taking place at a chain of schools in Los Angeles.In March, 70 teachers at Alliance College-Rea
Weighing the value of the new education philanthropy - AEI
Weighing the value of the new education philanthropy - AEI: Weighing the value of the new education philanthropyIn our just-published volume The New Education Philanthropy, Columbia’s Jeff Henig and I explore the outsized role that philanthropy has come to play in contemporary school reform. Leading donors have influenced policy and practice around the Common Core, teacher evaluation systems, exte
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Teachers Who Tried to Help Me
Teachers Who Tried to Help Me: To All the Teachers Who Tried to Help MeIam here, sitting in prison when I should be out, following the inspirational teachings and high expectations of so many of my teachers who recognized my potential and believed I would accomplish many good things.I have no doubt disappointed them and I am so sorry for that. But my life is not over and I intend, during my post-i
Brown urged to ‘reaffirm the vision’ of funding law | EdSource
Brown urged to ‘reaffirm the vision’ of funding law | EdSource: Brown urged to ‘reaffirm the vision’ of funding lawA team of researchers found that, two years into the state’s new school financing law, “nagging concerns” are tempering the enthusiasm that school districts and county offices of education have for the Local Control Funding Formula.In their final report, due out in several weeks, they
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CORPORATE ED REFORMHillary Clinton discusses education with AFT members | American Federation of TeachersHillary Clinton discusses education with AFT members | American Federation of Teachers: Hillary Clinton discusses education with AFT membersHillary Clinton met with 25 AFT members on Nov. 9 in Nashua, N.H., for an hourlong discussion that covered a range of education and related issues. Teacher
