CORPORATE ED REFORM
What happens when magnet school suddenly drops admission criteria? | Philadelphia Public School Notebook
What happens when magnet school suddenly drops admission criteria? | Philadelphia Public School Notebook: What happens when magnet school suddenly drops admission criteria?Hill-Freedman parent Sabrina Townsend speaks with Superintendent William Hite after Tuesday's hearing.For many Philadelphia families, the city's special admissions magnet schools are key resources that keep them from moving out
2016 California Educator Excellence Summit - Year 2015 (CA Dept of Education)
2016 California Educator Excellence Summit - Year 2015 (CA Dept of Education): State Schools Chief Tom Torlakson Announces 2016 California Educator Excellence SummitSACRAMENTO—State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson today announced that the California Department of Education (CDE) is sponsoring a summit to improve professional learning for California educators."The summit wil
Hillary Is Right about Charter Schools! | John Thompson - Linkis.com
Hillary Is Right about Charter Schools! | John Thompson - Linkis.com: Hillary Is Right about Charter Schools!Charter school supporters can't deny that Hillary Clinton is factually correct in saying, "most charter schools ... don't take the hardest-to-teach kids. Or if they do, they don't keep them."Even the most doctrinaire true-believer in school choice is not likely to claim the opposi
CURMUDGUCATION: Evil L.A. Teacher Unions
CURMUDGUCATION: Evil L.A. Teacher Unions: Evil L.A. Teacher UnionsThe Center for Education Reform is a charter promotion group, perhaps one of the most cynical and self-serving of the reformster groups. Search their website for information or ideas about education-- the actual pedagogy and instruction in a classroom-- and you will find nothing, because the Center has no actual interest in educatio
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Warning: Be careful who you embed with
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Warning: Be careful who you embed with: Warning: Be careful who you embed withem·bedÉ™mˈbed/ verb 1. fix (an object) firmly and deeply in a surrounding mass.No, my warning isn't directed at Charlie Sheen's "goddesses". Probably too late for them. It's also too late for GOP current poll leader Ben Carson whose ignorance on foreign policy just got exposed (as
OPT OUT A NATIONAL MOVEMENT _ At least 500,000 students in 7 states sat out standardized tests this past spring - The Washington Post
At least 500,000 students in 7 states sat out standardized tests this past spring - The Washington Post: At least 500,000 students in 7 states sat out standardized tests this past springAbout 500,000 public school students in seven states “opted out” and refused to take federally required standardized tests in math and reading in the spring, according to a national group that wants to reduce the u
Growing dropout of states in Common core testing :: SI&A Cabinet Report :: The Essential Resource for Superintendents and the Cabinet
Growing dropout of states in Common core testing :: SI&A Cabinet Report :: The Essential Resource for Superintendents and the Cabinet: Growing dropout of states in Common core testing(Colo.) Five years after 43 states and the District of Columbia officially adopted a new set of national education goals, fewer than half will actually administer assessments this year fully aligned to the Common
Prejudice of Poverty: Why Americans Hate the Poor and Worship the Rich | gadflyonthewallblog
Prejudice of Poverty: Why Americans Hate the Poor and Worship the Rich | gadflyonthewallblog: Prejudice of Poverty: Why Americans Hate the Poor and Worship the RichTake a breath.Take a deep breath. Let your lungs expand. Let the air collect inside you.Hold it.Now exhale slowly. Feels good doesn’t it? You’d never realize there are hundreds of contaminates floating invisible in that air. Dirt, germs
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Can We Duplicate These Teachers' Methods?
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Can We Duplicate These Teachers' Methods?: Can We Duplicate These Teachers' Methods?Via ABC News:This Florida Special Ed teacher, Chris Ulmer, starts the school day with uplifting words to his students.Read more »Title IX work left undoneAs soon as the Title IX news moved off the headlines, the Title IX work in Seattle Public Schools moved off the agenda.The annua
CT Leaders propose cutting funding for public schools while protecting charter school increases - Wait What?
CT Leaders propose cutting funding for public schools while protecting charter school increases - Wait What?: CT Leaders propose cutting funding for public schools while protecting charter school increasesIn the face of yet another budget deficit, Governor Dannel Malloy and leaders in the Connecticut General Assembly have been laying out competing plans to cut the state budget. All plans include
Congressional Compromise to Reauthorize Federal Education Law Rebukes Arne Duncan | janresseger
Congressional Compromise to Reauthorize Federal Education Law Rebukes Arne Duncan | janresseger: Congressional Compromise to Reauthorize Federal Education Law Rebukes Arne DuncanArne Duncan will leave at the end of December, turning over the leadership of the U.S. Department of Education to John King, an acting superintendent whose name will not even be submitted to Congress for confirmation as se
Live Webcast: Senate Expected to Meet with House on ESEA This Afternoon | deutsch29
Live Webcast: Senate Expected to Meet with House on ESEA This Afternoon | deutsch29: Live Webcast: Senate Expected to Meet with House on ESEA This AfternoonThe following ESEA reauthorization update comes from Politico’s Morning Education post dated 11-18-15. The first ESEA House-Senate conference committee meeting is scheduled for today (2:30 ET) and is to be webcast (watch it live here).NCLB conf
Nonprofit is formed to advance charter-school plan in Los Angeles area - LA Times
Nonprofit is formed to advance charter-school plan in Los Angeles area - LA Times: Nonprofit is formed to advance charter-school plan in Los Angeles areaBackers of a plan to greatly expand successful charters and other high-quality public schools in the Los Angeles area have formed a nonprofit organization to move the effort forward, The Times has learned.The new organization, called Great Public
LAUSD board wants superintendent candidates with teaching experience | 89.3 KPCC
LAUSD board wants superintendent candidates with teaching experience | 89.3 KPCC: LAUSD board wants superintendent candidates with teaching experienceThe Los Angeles Unified school board on Tuesday took another step in its march towardhiring the next district superintendent by detailing the kinds of candidates it wants to interview."These characteristics are meant, as I read them, our aspirat
Gates Foundation Puts New Focus on Transforming Teacher Prep - Education Week
Gates Foundation Puts New Focus on Transforming Teacher Prep - Education Week: Gates Foundation Puts New Focus on Transforming Teacher PrepThe Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will invest some $34 million in cooperative initiatives designed to improve teacher-preparation programs’ overall effectiveness.The Seattle-based philanthropy announced the three-year grants Nov. 18. Gates awarded the fun
Yes, the teacher shortage is bad, but California voters don’t want fast tracked teachers either - The Hechinger Report
Yes, the teacher shortage is bad, but California voters don’t want fast tracked teachers either - The Hechinger Report: Yes, the teacher shortage is bad, but California voters don’t want fast tracked teachers eitherCalifornia teachers need more student teaching experience prior to teaching, poll sayshools are desperate for teachers in California, but attempts to fast track teachers into classrooms
Poll: California voters say state must take action to address teacher shortage | EdSource
Poll: California voters say state must take action to address teacher shortage | EdSource: Poll: California voters say state must take action to address teacher shortageCalifornia 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 a
Teachers, parents say changes to standardized test so far won't deter the boycott movement | WRVO Public Media
Teachers, parents say changes to standardized test so far won't deter the boycott movement | WRVO Public Media: Teachers, parents say changes to standardized test so far won't deter the boycott movementListenListening...4:08The state’s education commissioner said parents who are thinking of opting their children out of standardized tests again this school year should stick with the exams because t
To Mark Zuckerberg from a former classmate: Why I’m ‘alarmed’ by your new school reform effort - The Washington Post
To Mark Zuckerberg from a former classmate: Why I’m ‘alarmed’ by your new school reform effort - The Washington Post: To Mark Zuckerberg from a former classmate: Why I’m ‘alarmed’ by your new school reform effortEmily Talmage is an elementary school teacher in Lewiston, Maine, who happened to be a classmate of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg when they both attended Phillips Exeter Academy as teen
Making the Case for a Good-Enough Diploma - Pacific Standard
Making the Case for a Good-Enough Diploma - Pacific Standard: Making the Case for a Good-Enough DiplomaCommon Core and big business have combined to make the lot of the upwardly mobile high school dropout even more dire.Jennifer Neustedt is a caregiver—her job includes changing bedding, helping patients with eating, and monitoring their medicines—in an elder-housing facility in Bellingham, Washing
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Overtime scandal in Newark schools–union demands ouster of personnel chief | Bob Braun's Ledger
Overtime scandal in Newark schools–union demands ouster of personnel chief | Bob Braun's Ledger: Overtime scandal in Newark schools–union demands ouster of personnel chiefRodriguez–both the school board and the teachers’ union want her out.The Newark Teachers Union and its president, John Abeigon, have filed a legal action asking the state’s education commissioner to fire the so-called “chief tale
Massachusetts Dumps MCAS for PARCC-stuffed “MCAS 2.0” | deutsch29
Massachusetts Dumps MCAS for PARCC-stuffed “MCAS 2.0” | deutsch29: Massachusetts Dumps MCAS for PARCC-stuffed “MCAS 2.0”On November 12, 2015, the PARCC consortium announced that it will now offer several “testing options,” which amounts to little more than PARCC now becoming a test item vendor by degrees.Weeks before, on October 19, 2015, Massachusetts Commissioner of Education Mitchell Chester pr
ESEA Reauthorization Moving Forward: House Appoints Conference Committee Members | deutsch29
ESEA Reauthorization Moving Forward: House Appoints Conference Committee Members | deutsch29: ESEA Reauthorization Moving Forward: House Appoints Conference Committee MembersHouse, Senate, and, likely, White House negotiations regarding the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) have been happening behind the scenes since roughly late September. It seems that a single
Attention: Aurora Public School Families; Atención: Familias de alumnos de las Escuelas Públicas de Aurora - UNITED OPT OUT
Attention: Aurora Public School Families; Atención: Familias de alumnos de las Escuelas Públicas de Aurora - UNITED OPT OUT: The Movement to End Corporate Education Reform: Attention: Aurora Public School Families; Atención: Familias de alumnos de las Escuelas Públicas de AuroraAurora Public Schools in Aurora, Colorado, recently posted their Opt Out guidance notice on their website, as required by
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CORPORATE ED REFORMOrganizations and Individuals Rise Up to Support Fair Share, Tell Court to Uphold 'Abood' - NEA TodayOrganizations 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 right
