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CURMUDGUCATION: ICYMI (December 13)
CURMUDGUCATION: ICYMI (December 13): ICYMI (December 13)Time for that Sunday reading list!What's Your Purpose Rob Miller has one of those posts that is great for refocusing and gearing up for the week to come-- plus a cool diagramShaming the DevilMan. My hat is off-- way off-- to this blogger who decided to call out Steve Perry, the crowd-pleasing, money-grabing, self-aggrandizing reformster. Quit
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Asking about Advanced Learning and Highly Capable Issues
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Asking about Advanced Learning and Highly Capable Issues: Asking about Advanced Learning and Highly Capable IssuesBased on reader comments (as well as more than a few e-mails), I queried the district about several Advanced Learning issues. Here are the replies(italics are SPS.)Thanks for reaching out to us about Advanced Learning. Some of these questions/statement
Peg with Pen: Solidarity on a Sunday Night
Peg with Pen: Solidarity on a Sunday Night: Solidarity on a Sunday NightNot enough time to blog lately but I get in a few short FB messages from time to time. From my FB tonight:Many thanks to everyone that continues to help with the Twitter storm (search hashtag #NPAF #rejectrelay for more info) against Relay fake Graduate School during the National Principal Academy Fellowship in NY this weekend
U.S. Department of Education Enters the Twilight Zone | Save Maine Schools
U.S. Department of Education Enters the Twilight Zone | Save Maine Schools: U.S. Department of Education Enters the Twilight Zone Last week, in a move that was timed to coincide so perfectly with the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act that italmost made you wonder if the whole thing was pre-planned behind the scenes, the U.S. Department of Education released its five-yea
Reflections on Teaching » Blog Archive » Classroom Update #4 fo 2015
Reflections on Teaching » Blog Archive » Classroom Update #4 fo 2015: Classroom Update #4 fo 2015One of the ideas that the ELA curriculum wanted students to get in this first unit was, how author background affects their work. I did like the particular piece they chose for this, Langston Hughes’ Theme for English B. It was a work that I was not familiar with, but it works well with upper elementar
CURMUDGUCATION: TFA Is Rescued!
CURMUDGUCATION: TFA Is Rescued!:TFA Is Rescued!Teach for America continues to take shellacking from people who think to ask questions like "How do you prepare someone to be a teacher in five weeks?" or "Why aren't wealthy, white districts lined up to take advantage of this awesome program?" or "How exactly does it help a high needs school to have an endless parade of untra
THE LAUSD CONSPIRATORIAL CULT OF CONFORMITY - Perdaily.com
THE LAUSD CONSPIRATORIAL CULT OF CONFORMITY - Perdaily.com: THE LAUSD CONSPIRATORIAL CULT OF CONFORMITY (Mensaje se repite en Español)In looking at LAUSD's latest defamatory attack on nationally acclaimed teacher Rafe Esquith, one can only surmise that those running the district are starting to run scared, because Esquith's billion dollar lawsuit brought by lawyer Mark Geragos has too great a prob
A Look Back - Wait, What? Blogs of the past Week - Wait What?
A Look Back - Wait, What? Blogs of the past Week - Wait What?: A Look Back – Wait, What? Blogs of the past WeekWe hold these truths to be self-evident…The Decline of the Great American Middle ClassCT Republican Strategy 101 – Snatching Defeat out of the Jaws of VictoryWhile Team Malloy says full steam ahead on the Common Core and Common Core Testing Mania…Google Spying on 40 Million K-12 Students…
Charter schools and journalistic ethics | Bob Braun's Ledger
Charter schools and journalistic ethics | Bob Braun's Ledger: Charter schools and journalistic ethicsNatasha Levant, from her Facebook entryToday The Star-Ledger published an op-ed column by a woman identified as Natasha Levant in which she credited the school her son attends, the North Star Academy Charter School in Newark, for “changing” her son’s life and “saving” him. The newspaper described
Schooling in the Ownership Society: The real force behind D.C. school 'reform'
Schooling in the Ownership Society: The real force behind D.C. school 'reform': The real force behind D.C. school 'reform'She's the wife of a media mogul, a friend of the Washington Post’s Graham family. She’s a philanthropist, adviser to public officials, and conduit to private foundations and investors in what has become her life’s work. In D.C., likely no private citizen is more involved in pub
Hundreds of Parents Pull Students Out of San Lorenzo Schools, Demand Raise for Teachers | NBC Bay Area
Hundreds of Parents Pull Students Out of San Lorenzo Schools, Demand Raise for Teachers | NBC Bay Area: Hundreds of Parents Pull Students Out of San Lorenzo Schools, Demand Raise for TeachersHundreds of parents pulled their kids out of school Monday in the San Lorenzo Unified School District and are calling on others to do the same thing on Tuesday.The move was the latest effort to get the distric
BustED Pencils Trending News: Grit; Segregation; Gold | BustED Pencils
BustED Pencils Trending News: Grit; Segregation; Gold | BustED Pencils: BustED Pencils Trending News: Grit; Segregation; Gold“the exposure to trauma has a profound impact…” , writes AISHA SULTANThe Limitations of Teaching ‘Grit’ in the Classroomhttp://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2015/12/when-grit-isnt-enough/418269/High-achievers segregated.The New ‘Education Segregation’ Hurting the U.S
With A Brooklyn Accent: Fordham, Gentrification and the University's Role in the Bronx
With A Brooklyn Accent: Fordham, Gentrification and the University's Role in the Bronx: Racial Tensions at Fordham are a Harbinger of What Gentrification Might Mean for the BronxFordham used to have a great reputation in the Bronx because it helped save the neighborhoods of the Northwest Bronx from the arson and disinvestment that swept through the Southern sections of the borough. But as the dang
“Good” and “Successful” Teaching: Where Does the Student Enter the Picture? | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice
“Good” and “Successful” Teaching: Where Does the Student Enter the Picture? | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: “Good” and “Successful” Teaching: Where Does the Student Enter the Picture?The singular and important role of the classroom teacher in getting students to learn is well established in the research literature (see here and here). I have no quarrel with that frequent fin
Ed Notes Online: Wonderful Video - Seen Them Opting Out on Broadway - Alan Schwartz - The Bald Piano Man
Ed Notes Online: Wonderful Video - Seen Them Opting Out on Broadway - Alan Schwartz - The Bald Piano Man: Wonderful Video - Seen Them Opting Out on Broadway - Alan Schwartz - The Bald Piano Man-- Or how teachers' asses are being saved by the parent opt out movement."The unions didn't accomplish this. Parental anger at an arrogant state executive forced the change. To the power of parents ever
Russ on Reading: Teaching as Meaningful Work
Russ on Reading: Teaching as Meaningful Work: Teaching as Meaningful WorkIn his terrific 2009 book on the complexity of success, Outliers,Malcolm Gladwell identifies “meaningful work” as one necessary component of a fully successful life. Gladwell defines meaningful work as work that provides a person with autonomy, complexity and rewards that equal the effort put forth. Gladwell identifies teachi
Consolidating Power: Urban and Neighborhood Based Organization Matters - Online University of the Left
Consolidating Power: Urban and Neighborhood Based Organization Matters - Online University of the Left: Consolidating Power: Urban and Neighborhood Based Organization MattersDavid Harvey: ‘The Left Has to Rethink Its Theoretical and Tactical Apparatus.’FROM ROAR MAGAZINE. David Harvey, one of the leading Marxist thinkers of our times, sits down with the activist collective AK Malabocas to discuss
Ohio charter schools that misspent money still owe state $6 million | The Columbus Dispatch
Ohio charter schools that misspent money still owe state $6 million | The Columbus Dispatch: Ohio charter schools that misspent money still owe state $6 millionDozens of Ohio charter schools collectively have failed to repay more than $6 million in misspent tax dollars, a first-time compilation of state audits reveals.The improper spending involved about 40 of the tax-funded, privately operated sc
Report: Most states providing less K-12 funding than before Great Recession - The Washington Post
Report: Most states providing less K-12 funding than before Great Recession - The Washington Post: Report: Most states providing less K-12 funding than before Great RecessionA new report on public school funding across the country finds that most states are now providing less support per K-12 student than before the 2007-2009 Great Recession — and that some states continue to cut funding.The repor
AP: Florida gave charter schools millions before they closed - Washington Times
AP: Florida gave charter schools millions before they closed - Washington Times: AP: Florida gave charter schools millions before they closedTALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Less than a mile from the state Capitol, a former steakhouse shows little evidence that it was once part of a movement to change Florida’s schools.It was on this location nearly two decades ago that the leader of a prominent Tallahass
Educators wondering if John Bel Edwards plans rollback in public school ‘reforms’ | The New Orleans Advocate
Educators wondering if John Bel Edwards plans rollback in public school ‘reforms’ | The New Orleans Advocate — New Orleans, Louisiana: Educators wondering if John Bel Edwards plans rollback in public school ‘reforms’Whether Gov.-elect John Bel Edwards’ alliance with the state’s teacher unions means a push is brewing to undo the sweeping changes in public schools promoted by Gov. Bobby Jindal is a
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New TNTP President Among the First to Have Her NYC School’s Charter Revoked | deutsch29
New TNTP President Among the First to Have Her NYC School’s Charter Revoked | deutsch29: New TNTP President Among the First to Have Her NYC School’s Charter RevokedIn February 2015, TNTP (used to be The New Teacher Project, but now is just the letters TNTP) announced that effective summer 2015, TNTP will be making some executive-level changes (euphemistically named a “long-term growth strategy”) b
Special Nite Cap: Catch Up on Today's Post 12/12/15
CORPORATE ED REFORM New education law's 'flexibility' will require better leadership from Gov. Brown OregonLiveNew education law's 'flexibility' will require better leadership from Gov. Brown: Editorial Agenda 2015 | OregonLive.com: New education law's 'flexibility' will require better leadership from Gov. BrownOregon Gov. Kate Brown and education policymakers must keep students' needs front and c
