CORPORATE ED REFORM
Bill Gates keeps pushing Common Core, with big money (and a bid to get Charles Koch to like it) - The Washington Post
Bill Gates keeps pushing Common Core, with big money (and a bid to get Charles Koch to like it) - The Washington Post: Bill Gates keeps pushing Common Core, with big money (and a bid to get Charles Koch to like it)You can say this about Bill Gates: When he likes something, he sticks to it.Through his exceedingly wealthy foundation, Gates has spent hundreds of millions of dollars to create and prom
Seattle, we missed a bullet with Broad Superintendent Goodloe-Johnson | Seattle Education
Seattle, we missed a bullet with Broad Superintendent Goodloe-Johnson | Seattle Education: Seattle, we missed a bullet with Broad Superintendent Goodloe-JohnsonUS Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and Eli Broad at Broad’s 2009 Inaugural Party for President Obama.Yes, Eli Broad via Don Nielson and Goodloe-Johnson brought us Brad Bernatek, Michael Tolley (more on him later), Teach for America, Inc
Our Schools Are Not Widget-Makers | Save Maine Schools
Our Schools Are Not Widget-Makers | Save Maine Schools: Our Schools Are Not Widget-MakersLast May, only a week or so after I testified in opposition to our proficiency-based diploma mandate, my fourth grade colleagues and I took our students on a field trip to visit our state capitol.Our first stop was the state house, which was bustling with activity, as we had arrived just before a legislative s
Spark Charter School Tragedy caused by lax County Office of Education oversight
Spark Charter School Tragedy caused by lax County Office of Education oversight: Spark Charter School Tragedy caused by lax County Office of Education oversightParents and the media seemed surprised when Spark Charter School in Sunnyvale was forced to temporarily close down after one of its students was molested by staff person Jonathan Chow. The school had failed to keep the required background
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Work Session on Strategic Plan: Not As I Thought
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Work Session on Strategic Plan: Not As I Thought: Work Session on Strategic Plan: Not As I ThoughtThis will be a bit rough as I am writing it on the fly. I feel this is important to get out, though. because it has information on the thinking of every single Board member AND marks a significant change from previous Work Sessions.Previously, I had heralded this Work
CURMUDGUCATION: More Boston Charter Baloney
CURMUDGUCATION: More Boston Charter Baloney: More Boston Charter BaloneyMassachusetts has shaped up to become an interesting laboratory for the reformy takeover of a state education system.The state has specialized in not-even-trying-to-be-sneaky handoff of power to men who have far more interest in corporate education privateering than in serving the families, taxpayers and voters of Massachusett
Who closed the Bronx’s high schools? | JD2718
Who closed the Bronx’s high schools? | JD2718: Who closed the Bronx’s high schools?There’s a story that has to be told. It needs details. It needs to include conversations, arguments, protests, planning. It needs exact dates. I can’t do all of that. It needs to be told better than I can tell it. But I can start.In recent years, nine Bronx academic comprehensive high schools were closed and three w
Another side of goodwill is resentment | @ THE CHALKFACE
Another side of goodwill is resentment | @ THE CHALKFACE: Another side of goodwill is resentmentI have always marveled at the kindness and optimism of veteran Chicago teacher, Michelle Gunderson. I cannot imagine how she is able to maintain this attitude given the struggles they’ve had in Chicago. It’s certainly a part of who Gunderson is as a person. Perhaps it is also that, even though Chicago i
An Incomplete (Yet Totally Terrifying) Ohio Charter School Scandal Chronology
An Incomplete (Yet Totally Terrifying) Ohio Charter School Scandal Chronology: An Incomplete (Yet Totally Terrifying) Ohio Charter School Scandal ChronologyAn incomplete chronology of recent charter school scandals revealing a pattern of indifference and cover-ups at the highest levels of state government.2013Early summer, 2013Dayton teacher Matthew Blair calls and emails the Ohio Department of Ed
Does Bernie Sanders Offer Education Advocates Enough? Are We Feelin’ the Bern or Just Feelin’ Burned? | gadflyonthewallblog
Does Bernie Sanders Offer Education Advocates Enough? Are We Feelin’ the Bern or Just Feelin’ Burned? | gadflyonthewallblog: Does Bernie Sanders Offer Education Advocates Enough? Are We Feelin’ the Bern or Just Feelin’ Burned? You probably didn’t hear about this on the news.To my knowledge no one covered it on TV, the newspaper or even on the blogosphere.But Bernie Sanders may have made a reply to
DETROIT on the WAR REPORT PART 2: More from Detroit and Beyond
DETROIT on the WAR REPORT PART 2: More from Detroit and BeyondPLEASE READ: Snyder's Man Made DisasterSEPARATE & UNEQUAL - EDUCATIONAL APARTHEID***********************************DISPARATE IMPACTEducation levels the playing field, creates opportunity for all, and builds better communities in our country. However, the equal opportunity for education is being denied to Michigan's black, Hispanic
CURMUDGUCATION: When Business Doesn't Get It + ICYMI: December 27
CURMUDGUCATION:When Business Doesn't Get ItPeter Elkind just published a "special report" in Fortune that is an illuminating read. "Business Gets Schooled" is the story of the rise and fall of Common Core from the perspective of the business interests that became involved, and I recommend that you read the whole thing yourself. It can be hugely instructive to see how things loo
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: EXPANDED LEARNING TIME FOR ENGLISH-LANGUAGE LEARNERS
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: EXPANDED LEARNING TIME FOR ENGLISH-LANGUAGE LEARNERS: EXPANDED LEARNING TIME FOR ENGLISH-LANGUAGE LEARNERSby Natalie Gross | Education Writers Association/Latino Ed Beat | http://bit.ly/1OeSCe0December 22, 2015 :: Can a longer school day help students who are learning English grasp the language faster and better? A new report from the National Center o
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: If Bettie was killed by 'accident', what about Quintonio?
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: If Bettie was killed by 'accident', what about Quintonio?: If Bettie was killed by 'accident', what about Quintonio?Bettie Jones' cousin: "Her blood is crying out from the grave saying, 'Evelyn, avenge me'" -- Chicago Tribune2 fatally shot, 1 accidentally, by Chicago police on West Side; families demand answers The headline in the Tribune says so little, ye
Russ on Reading: The Least of Russ on Reading 2015
Russ on Reading: The Least of Russ on Reading 2015: The Least of Russ on Reading 2015This is my second annual year-end compilation of blog posts that attracted very little attention the first time around, but that I think are worthy of a second chance at life. It has been a year of extremes for this blog, with some posts attracting thousands upon thousands of readers and others, like the ones coll
Predictions, Dumb and Otherwise, about Technology in Schools in 2025 | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice
Predictions, Dumb and Otherwise, about Technology in Schools in 2025 | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: Predictions, Dumb and Otherwise, about Technology in Schools in 2025One easily trips over a list of high-tech tools that have become obsolete in the past decade (e.g., floppies, fax machines). I used many of these myself and remember junking them, saying to myself: hey, these
Nearing the end, vouchers remain a key Jindal priority | The Advocate — Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Nearing the end, vouchers remain a key Jindal priority | The Advocate — Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Nearing the end, vouchers remain a key Jindal priorityAfter nearly eight years and countless policies, Gov. Bobby Jindal has largely singled out one program he hopes will remain intact after he leaves office on Jan. 11 — school vouchers.Republican Jindal took the highly unusual step of asking Democratic
Polis: Truly leaving no child behind - The Denver Post
Polis: Truly leaving no child behind - The Denver Post: Polis: Truly leaving no child behindHouse Education and Workforce Committee member Rep. Jared Polis, D-Colo., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Nov. 18, as House and Senate negotiators try to resolve competing versions of a rewrite to the No Child Left Behind education law. (Jacquelyn Martin, The Associated Press)Education is the best lad
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CORPORATE ED REFORMIn ever-important third grade, most Sacramento-area students miss reading standard on new test | The Sacramento BeeIn ever-important third grade, most Sacramento-area students miss reading standard on new test | The Sacramento Bee: In ever-important third grade, most Sacramento-area students miss reading standard on new test Jennifer Sandfort devotes nearly two hours each mornin
