Enron Billionaire Arnold Has A Problem with Librarians' Pensions
Enron Billionaire Arnold Has A Problem with Librarians' PensionsFormer Enron trader and hedge fund billionaire John Arnold is launching a multimillion dollar national PR campaign attacking the hard-earned pensions of public sector workers. Arnold has already quietly poured tens of millions of dollars into his efforts to persuade politicians to reduce middle class retirement security and now it loo
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BATs, TNTs, and Others, Oh My |
BATs, TNTs, and Others, Oh My |: BATs, TNTs, and Others, Oh My One of the most powerful benefits of blogging, in my opinion, is that I am able to connect with people from all over the country, who may have different backgrounds, but who share in the common mission to improve the field of education. I am honored to join a growing community of concerned citizens, parents, teachers, principals, schol
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Midnight in the Opt Out Movement: The Hanging Tree – Testing Games – Part 5 | Welcome to the Testing Games
Midnight in the Opt Out Movement: The Hanging Tree – Testing Games – Part 5 | Welcome to the Testing Games: Midnight in the Opt Out Movement: The Hanging Tree – Testing Games – Part 5THE PROPOSAL“Are you, are you, coming to the tree?”Chilling. These words, from Jennifer Lawrence’s rebel ballad in The Hunger Games, have burned themselves deeply into this school teacher’s psyche. But why?You may rem
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A Letter to Non-Union Teachers in Wisconsin | Young Teachers Collective
A Letter to Non-Union Teachers in Wisconsin | Young Teachers Collective: A Letter to Non-Union Teachers in Wisconsin Dear Non-Union Teachers in Wisconsin,Let me start by introducing myself. I’m Hallie, a 27-year old, fifth year teacher in South Milwaukee, WI. I am certified to teach math, special education, and alternative education. I currently teach in a unique program that is dedicated to meet
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Charter schools and “churn and burn”: How they’re trying to hold on to teachers by making them happier
Charter schools and “churn and burn”: How they’re trying to hold on to teachers by making them happier: Charter Schools’ Latest Innovation: Keeping Teachers HappyEighty- and 90-hour work weeks are all too familiar to some charter school teachers. NEW ORLEANS—One Wednesday afternoon last fall, teachers at Success Preparatory Academy gathered for a professional-development session on an unlikely sub
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California Mulls NCLB Tutoring Waiver - Politics K-12 - Education Week
California Mulls NCLB Tutoring Waiver - Politics K-12 - Education Week: California Mulls NCLB Tutoring Waiver California may be one of just eight states without a statewide waiver from provision of the No Child Left Behind Act. But districts could get relief from one of the most onerous pieces of the NCLB law anyway, if the feds give the Golden State the green light on what may be its next ask: al
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Why calling school reform ‘corporate reform’ is an insult to corporate reform - The Washington Post
Why calling school reform ‘corporate reform’ is an insult to corporate reform - The Washington Post: Why calling school reform ‘corporate reform’ is an insult to corporate reform School reform in the age of No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top has for years been referred to by critics as “corporate reform.” Why? Because many school reformers seek to privatize the public education system, and t
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Rejecting city argument, judge rules that school leadership meetings are public | Chalkbeat
Rejecting city argument, judge rules that school leadership meetings are public | Chalkbeat: Rejecting city argument, judge rules that school leadership meetings are publicPublic Advocate Letitia James (center) and parent advocate Leonie Haimson (right), seen here in 2013, joined a lawsuit to make school leadership team meetings open to the public.Schools cannot bar members of the public from atte
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Time to Stop the CREDO-Worship? | National Education Policy Center
Time to Stop the CREDO-Worship? | National Education Policy Center: Time to Stop the CREDO-Worship?New review explains CREDO charter school research flaws,raises concerns about misunderstandings of effect sizes BOULDER, CO (April 27, 2015) – A recent report contends charter schools generally helped students increase reading and math scores and that urban charters had an even stronger positive effe
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Poll hints of political train wreck over Common Core :: SI&A Cabinet Report
Poll hints of political train wreck over Common Core :: SI&A Cabinet Report :: The Essential Resource for Superintendents and the Cabinet: Poll hints of political train wreck over Common Coreby Tom Chorneau(Calif.) If it was big news last week that most parents know nothing about new K-12 testing aligned to the Common Core, consider the headlines later this summer when the results come back an
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Meet Shanna Peeples, 2015 National Teacher of the Year - NEA Today
Meet Shanna Peeples, 2015 National Teacher of the Year - NEA Today: Meet Shanna Peeples, 2015 National Teacher of the YearBY TIM WALKERShanna Peeples, a high school English teacher from Amarillo, Texas, was named the 2015 National Teacher of the Year on Monday morning by the Council of Chief School State Officers (CCSSO). Peeples teaches AP English at Palo Duro High School and serves as the Engl
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Poverty and The Early Childhood Educator: My Story | Voices from the Classroom
Poverty and The Early Childhood Educator: My Story | Voices from the Classroom: Poverty and The Early Childhood Educator: My Story Ed. note: today’s post is the first in a week-long series of blog posts on the early childhood education work force – a series we are running in honor of Worthy Wage Day, which we celebrate this year on Friday, May 1.We attribute many stereotypes to “those in need”: jo
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California Parent Thanks Leonie Haimson | Diane Ravitch's blog
California Parent Thanks Leonie Haimson | Diane Ravitch's blog: California Parent Thanks Leonie Haimson Leonie Haimson is a national treasure. She founded a group called Class Size Matters, which advocates for reduced class size. She is an unpaid worker for kids in Néw York and across the nation. She is also an expert on data-mining and student privacy. Through her research and testimony, she info
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Recess and Behavior Problems Part II: How to Use Behavior Modification Caringly
Recess and Behavior Problems Part II: How to Use Behavior Modification Caringly: Recess and Behavior Problems Part II: How to Use Behavior Modification CaringlyAPRIL 27, 2015 BY NANCY BAILEY LEAVE A COMMENTSo what do you do with the tough kid who drives the class crazy with their behavior when you can’t use recess as a carrot? When I say “behavior modification” a lot of people will run out of the
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Federal education department: No reprieve for opt-outs | Chalkbeat
Federal education department: No reprieve for opt-outs | Chalkbeat: Federal education department: No reprieve for opt-outsColorado districts with large numbers of students refusing to take state standardized tests could face federal sanctions, after the U.S. Education Department Friday rejected a request from Colorado education officials to hold school districts harmless for high rates of opt-outs
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LA Unified teachers could finally ‘exceed standards’ next year under tentative contract
LA Unified teachers could finally ‘exceed standards’ next year under tentative contract: LA Unified teachers could finally ‘exceed standards’ next year under tentative contract After years of union resistance, a tentative agreement would allow Los Angeles Unified to identify which teachers “exceed standards.”The temporary, internal rating would be added to evaluations next year, while district off
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The e-mails fly over One Newark, the controversial N.J. city school plan - The Washington Post
The e-mails fly over One Newark, the controversial N.J. city school plan - The Washington Post: The e-mails fly over One Newark, the controversial N.J. city school plan Rep. Donald Payne Jr. (D-N.J.) exchanged letters Friday with Cami Anderson, the state-appointed superintendent of Newark Public Schools and architect of a controversial school system overhaul in New Jersey’s largest city.Payne wrot
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A Report on the Network for Public Education Conference | Diane Ravitch's blog
A Report on the Network for Public Education Conference | Diane Ravitch's blog: A Report on the Network for Public Education Conference I am writing at the conclusion of the second annual conference of the Network for Public Education. Last year, we met in Austin, this year in Chicago.It was a smashing success! Attendance was 50% higher than in Austin. There were attendees from every corner of th
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Texas English Teacher Named National Teacher Of The Year
Texas English Teacher Named National Teacher Of The Year: Texas English Teacher Named National Teacher Of The YearLUBBOCK, Texas (AP) -- A high school English teacher in Texas who works with students facing poverty and traumas related to their immigration to the United States on Monday was named the 2015 National Teacher of the Year.Shanna Peeples from Amarillo was selected for the honor by the Co
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When Should a State Consider a School Officially "Turned Around"? - Politics K-12 - Education Week
When Should a State Consider a School Officially "Turned Around"? - Politics K-12 - Education Week: When Should a State Consider a School Officially "Turned Around"? There might have been a lot of bipartisan love when the Senate education committee considered—and unanimously passed—a bill to rewrite the No Child Left Behind Act.But there were a number of key issues lurking belo
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Peace between Cleveland schools and teachers over?
Peace between Cleveland schools and teachers over? Union shoots for 1,500-member protest at school board Tuesday | cleveland.com: Peace between Cleveland schools and teachers over? Union shoots for 1,500-member protest at school board TuesdayCleveland schools CEO Eric Gordon, left, and Cleveland Teachers Union President David Quolke were happy with the 2012 agreement on the Cleveland Plan for Tran
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L.A. Inequity Map Packs Political Punch - On California - Education Week
L.A. Inequity Map Packs Political Punch - On California - Education Week: L.A. Inequity Map Packs Political PunchMap showing areas of highest student need in the Los Angeles Unified School District. The map, developed by the Advancement Project, proved powerful in persuading the school board to reallocate funds.Okay, this is a semi-morality play. There are good guys, or at least pretty good guys
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How education reform drives gentrification | Al Jazeera America
How education reform drives gentrification | Al Jazeera America: How education reform drives gentrificationA Portland teachers’ contract negotiation debunks the myth of school choice, which leaves a swath of the city behindEmma Christ, center, a Cleveland High School senior, at a rally organized by the Portland Student Union and the Portland Teachers Solidarity Campaign. The rally attracted studen
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I Asked Weingarten About the Hochul Robocall | deutsch29
I Asked Weingarten About the Hochul Robocall | deutsch29: I Asked Weingarten About the Hochul RobocallI am at the Network for Public Education (NPE) second annual conference in Chicago, Illinois. I just attended the Sunday morning keynote, Diane Ravitch in Conversation with AFT’s Randi Weingarten and NEA’s Lily Eskelsen Garcia.At the end of the session, I was briefly able to interview American Fed
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