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NYC Public School Parents: Part II of the inBloom saga: what NYSED emails to the Gates Foundation from 2011 reveal
NYC Public School Parents: Part II of the inBloom saga: what NYSED emails to the Gates Foundation from 2011 reveal:Part II of the inBloom saga: what NYSED emails to the Gates Foundation from 2011 revealA few days ago I posted Part I of this saga, about how NYSED officials delayed for a year and half the release of their FOILed emails to the Gates Foundation, Wireless Generation/Amplify, and inBloo
Marie Corfield: NJ's literacy solution: longer school day for kindergarteners?
Marie Corfield: NJ's literacy solution: longer school day for kindergarteners?: NJ's literacy solution: longer school day for kindergarteners?My blog has been quiet of late. Due to some health problems, I've had to scale back a bit on my workload. Nothing life-threatening, mind you, just enough for me to reprioritize for a little while. But I'm on the mend, and there's no better day to start back
CURMUDGUCATION: The Best Lobbyists
CURMUDGUCATION: The Best Lobbyists: The Best LobbyistsMost industries are the subject of reports about the effectiveness of the various players. Why would the lobbying industry be any different? Let me introduce you to Bloomberg's quarterly report on theBest-Managed Lobbyists in the government sector.We're going to look at the third-quarter report from 2015, and it starts by laying out the challen
Children are more than test scores: My 2016 Walking Man Resolution of Resitance to 124 years of failed education reforms
Children are more than test scores: My 2016 Walking Man Resolution of Resitance to 124 years of failed education reforms: My 2016 Walking Man Resolution of Resitance to 124 years of failed education reformsIn 2014 Dean Paton Executive Editor of YES magazine wrote an important piece about the roots of privatization taking over our public schools. Two years later it is well worth the read people.htt
4LAKids - Ref Rodriguez: LOCAL LAUSD BOARD MEMBER FOCUSED ON MIDDLE SCHOOLS
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: Ref Rodriguez: LOCAL LAUSD BOARDMEMBER FOCUSED ON MIDDLE SCHOOLS: Ref Rodriguez: LOCAL LAUSD BOARDMEMBER FOCUSED ON MIDDLE SCHOOLSby Sheila Lane, Los Feliz Ledger Contributing Writer | http://bit.ly/1Opf58zDecember 30, 2015  ::  Ref Rodriguez, the newly elected Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) School Board Member for District 5, faced what he
#NPE16NC Early Bird Conference Registration Now Open!
#NPE16NC Early Bird Conference Registration Now Open!: REGISTRATION FOR NPE 2016 CONFERENCE IS NOW OPENRegister now and take advantage of our ‘early bird’ reduced rates for NPE’s 3rd Annual National Conference, And Justice for All: Strengthening Public Education for Each Child, which will take place April 16 – 17, 2016.REGISTER HEREOn Friday night, April 15, 2016, education advocates from around t
2016 New Year’s prediction – Governor Dannel Malloy will resign in the next 385 days. - Wait What?
2016 New Year’s prediction – Governor Dannel Malloy will resign in the next 385 days. - Wait What?: 2016 New Year’s prediction – Governor Dannel Malloy will resign in the next 385 days.As the newly crowned head of the Democratic Governors Association, Dannel Malloy will spend 2016 crisscrossing the United States to campaign for Democratic gubernatorial candidates and his preferred presidential con
Arne Duncan: Testocracy Tsar. Educational Alchemist. Corporate lackey. | The Progressive
Arne Duncan: Testocracy Tsar. Educational Alchemist. Corporate lackey. | The Progressive: Arne Duncan: Testocracy Tsar. Educational Alchemist. Corporate lackeyArne Duncan, the U.S. Secretary of Education is set to resign at the close of the 2015, ending his tenure as one of the most destructive forces against public education in history.“He’s done more to bring our educational system, sometimes ki
Howard Blume: A Balanced Account of the Berkeley Study of L.A. Charters | Diane Ravitch's blog
Howard Blume: A Balanced Account of the Berkeley Study of L.A. Charters | Diane Ravitch's blog: Howard Blume: A Balanced Account of the Berkeley Study of L.A. ChartersHoward Blume has written a very informative and fair account of the study of charters in Los Angeles conducted by Bruce Fuller and other researchers at Berkeley.The study, which is linked in the article, says that students in charter
CURMUDGUCATION: US Students Lead in Browsing
CURMUDGUCATION: US Students Lead in Browsing: US Students Lead in BrowsingThe Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development is the group that administers that nifty PISA test-- the one that periodically leads to breathless headlines of "Oh Nos!! Our students don't test as well as Estonia!" But the OECD is more than just a test (and attendant PR)-- they've also been taking a look
What everyone else knows about your child | Seattle Education
What everyone else knows about your child | Seattle Education: What everyone else knows about your childSo, there is the NSA which is creepy (an unconstitutional) enough spying on every citizen in this country who has an email account or cell phone, but what about all the people who know about your child’s personal information?With every policy that goes through our city, state and national legisl
6 Education Stories To Watch In 2016 : NPR Ed : NPR
6 Education Stories To Watch In 2016 : NPR Ed : NPR: 6 Education Stories To Watch In 2016  Claudio Sanchez is the senior member of the NPR Ed team, with more than 25 years on the education beat. We asked him for his list of the top stories he'll be watching in 2016.1. The New Federal Education LawThe long, grueling fight to overhaul the 14-year-old No Child Left Behind law is over, but that'll tur
JCTA President Defends Teachers' Unions Against Bevin's Criticism
JCTA President Defends Teachers' Unions Against Bevin's Criticism: JCTA President Defends Teachers’ Unions Against Bevin’s CriticismThe president of the Jefferson County Teachers Association says Gov. Matt Bevin’s assertion that teachers’ unions hinder schools’ success is unfounded and irresponsible.Bevin, a Republican, lashed out teachers’ unions on Tuesday at an event in West Louisville to suppo
Indiana What’s Next? Education Stories To Watch In 2016 | StateImpact Indiana
What’s Next? Stories To Watch In 2016 | StateImpact Indiana: What’s Next? Stories To Watch In 2016Hoosier School Heist TV is Doug Martin's channel featuring videos of his book tour across Indiana speaking on the corporate takeover of public education. Order Hoosier School Heist at http://hoosierschoolheist.com/.Follow Hoosier School Heist on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HoosierSchoolHeistTwe

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HAPPY NEW YEAR - All You Need is Love
HAPPY NEW YEAR - All You Need is LoveLove, Love, Love.Love, Love, Love.Love, Love, Love.There's nothing you can do that can't be done.Nothing you can sing that can't be sung.Nothing you can say but you can learn how to play the game.It's easy.Nothing you can make that can't be made.No one you can save that can't be saved.Nothing you can do but you can learn how to be you in time.It's easy.All you