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Seattle Schools Community Forum: Opting Out Heats Up
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Opting Out Heats Up:Opting Out Heats UpIt's getting to be testing time and BOY, are there a slew of states and groups and people worried that the opt-out movement will continue to grow.First, for great information on opting out, United Opt Out is a national group.There are two interesting developments on this front.One is that the National PTA has warned the state
As a KIPP supporter, this new book about charter schools is hard to believe - The Washington Post
As a KIPP supporter, this new book about charter schools is hard to believe - The Washington Post: As a KIPP supporter, this new book about charter schools is hard to believeJim Horn is the most vocal critic of our nation’s (and the District’s) largest nonprofit charter school network, KIPP. Among journalists, I am KIPP’s most enthusiastic supporter.That makes me an odd judge of Horn’s new book on
Ten Years Post-Katrina, the New Orleans Community Forms BENOLA | deutsch29
Ten Years Post-Katrina, the New Orleans Community Forms BENOLA | deutsch29: Ten Years Post-Katrina, the New Orleans Community Forms BENOLAOn February 26, 2016, Jennifer Berkshire released this 20-minute audio interview with long-time school choice advocate, Howard Fuller. I have written about Fuller in my ed reform who’s-who, A Chronicle of Echoes, for his involvement in founding the corporate ref
Because I love my daughter…Because all of our children are simply that important! - Wait What?
Because I love my daughter…Because all of our children are simply that important! - Wait What?: Because I love my daughter…Because all of our children are simply that important!We are opting out children out of the unfair, inappropriate and discriminatory Common Core testing craze because our children deserve public schools that are focused on providing all children with a comprehensive, quality a
United Opt Out Conference: Sunday, Feb 28, 2016 - YouTube #UOO16Philly
United Opt Out Conference: Sunday, Feb 28, 2016 - YouTube: 1:34:13United Opt Out Conference: Sat. Session 1 - Meet UOO Leaders - Keynote, Chris HedgesRobert Lamothe1 day ago82 viewsIt is time for revolution. It is time for non-negotiable demands. It is time to reclaim our public schools and demand all for all children ...NEW1:39:35United Opt Out Conference: FRIDAY Welcoming Reception with Stephen
Hypocrisy of My Teachers Union: If It Looks Like A Duck & Quacks Like A Duck, It’s Duck, Baby – The Testing Games
Hypocrisy of My Teachers Union: If It Looks Like A Duck & Quacks Like A Duck, It’s Duck, Baby – The Testing Games: Hypocrisy of My Teachers Union: If It Looks Like A Duck & Quacks Like A Duck, It’s Duck, BabyCan I take a quick break from the Testing Games to point out a quick example of hypocrisy?Specifically, I’d like to note the hypocrisy of our Florida FEA union suing our state for the
Oregon Save Our Schools: Issuing Retroactive Diplomas is Not Charity
Oregon Save Our Schools: Issuing Retroactive Diplomas is Not Charity: Issuing Retroactive Diplomas is Not CharityToday we are reposting a blog by OSOS member and co-founder Joanne Yatvin. Joanne's career as an educator includes the following: high school English teacher and English Department Chair, former Wisconsin Principal of the Year, superintendent/principal of a rural Oregon district, mem
LAUSD's Coming District 4 Battle Royale - LA Progressive
LAUSD's Coming District 4 Battle Royale - LA Progressive: LAUSD’s Coming District 4 Battle RoyaleGet ready America.Set the date in Spring, 2017.Los Angeles will be hosting the biggest, most expensive school board election our country has ever seen.Buy your tickets now.Nick Melvoin is running for LAUSD’ President Steve Zimmer’s seat on the largest democratically elected school board in the country.
Commentaries from #UOO16Philly | DCGEducator: Doing The Right Thing
Commentaries from #UOO16Philly | DCGEducator: Doing The Right Thing: Commentaries from #UOO16PhillyThis weekend I was honored to be asked by the organizers of United Opt Out National to moderate and participate on two panels at their Annual Conference in Philadelphia. It also gave me the chance to get a legit Philly Cheesesteak.I will simply post my remarks below.Panel #1: Global Privatization and
John Thompson: Coming to Your Neighborhood Soon: Privatization | Diane Ravitch's blog
John Thompson: Coming to Your Neighborhood Soon: Privatization | Diane Ravitch's blog:John Thompson: Coming to Your Neighborhood Soon: Privatization John Thompson is a historian and teacher in Oklahoma.He writes:“Something’s happening here; What it is ain’t exactly clear …”But, what is it?A secret plan was presented to the Oklahoma City Public School Board of Education to turn neighborhood schools
MSNBC Continues To Try To Destroy What's Left Of Their Liberal Audience, Runs Melissa Harris-Perry Off The Air | Crooks and Liars
MSNBC Continues To Try To Destroy What's Left Of Their Liberal Audience, Runs Melissa Harris-Perry Off The Air | Crooks and Liars: MSNBC Continues To Try To Destroy What's Left Of Their Liberal Audience, Runs Melissa Harris-Perry Off The AirRick Tyler joins @MSNBC & @MHarrisPerry is not put on-air anymore.Let's end the notion that they are in any way progressive network anymore.— Cenk Uygur (@
How Radical Must We Be To Get the Schools Our Children Deserve? United Opt Out Musings | gadflyonthewallblog
How Radical Must We Be To Get the Schools Our Children Deserve? United Opt Out Musings | gadflyonthewallblog: How Radical Must We Be To Get the Schools Our Children Deserve? United Opt Out Musings There was a point during Chris Hedges keynote address today when I could barely catch my breath.My chest was heaving, tears were leaking from my eyes and I wasn’t sure I would be able to stop.The Pulitze
CURMUDGUCATION: $100,000 Garbage Workers + ICYMI: A Stack for the End of February
CURMUDGUCATION: $100,000 Garbage Workers:$100,000 Garbage WorkersHa-- you thought that was some sort of snarky figurative expression in the title, but no-- courtesy of CNN Money, here's an article about the garbage workers in New York City that make over $100K annually.While we keep insisting that every child must graduate from high school and immediately hit the college trail, garbage workers, in
The Loss of Special Education Teachers
The Loss of Special Education Teachers: The Loss of Special Education TeachersWhere did all the special education teachers go? Special education teachers who study and address the unique differences in students are really a part of the whole learning puzzle—necessary to a student’s future success. But alas, special education teachers are falling by the wayside.In Hawaii they have special education
Unions And Coops: How Workers Can Survive And Thrive | PopularResistance.Org
Unions And Coops: How Workers Can Survive And Thrive | PopularResistance.Org: Unions And Cooperatives: How Workers Can Survive And ThriveUnion Cab of Madison, a worker-owned cooperative, takes part in the 2011 pro-worker Wisconsin protests. (Photo: CindyH Photography / Flickr)United States – The year 2008 was when the big banks were bailed out, but it was also the year that catalyzed one group of
Who’s regulating for-profit schools? Execs from for-profit colleges
Who’s regulating for-profit schools? Execs from for-profit colleges: Who’s regulating for-profit schools? Execs from for-profit colleges is story was co-published with The Chronicle of Higher Education.College accreditors have come under scrutiny recently for allowing for-profit schools to collect billions in federal aid despite low graduation and high default rates.Accreditors are supposed to be
Hoboken, New Jersey: ACLU And Education Law Center Sue to Block Charter Expansion | Diane Ravitch's blog
Hoboken, New Jersey: ACLU And Education Law Center Sue to Block Charter Expansion | Diane Ravitch's blog: Hoboken, New Jersey: ACLU And Education Law Center Sue to Block Charter ExpansionHoboken is a town in New Jersey that is one-mile square. The charter industry is opening schools there, draining away white and middle-class students.The American Civil Liberties Union and the Education Law Center
The Myth of the Hero Teacher - The New York Times
The Myth of the Hero Teacher - The New York Times: The Myth of the Hero TeacherEd Boland outside the Henry Street School for International Studies, where he taught ninth-grade history. Credit Hilary Swift for The New York TimesMaybe you have had the fantasy: Chuck your day job to teach in a public school in a blighted neighborhood. The money is lousy, of course, but that’s part of the fantasy — no
Charter schools and corruption | Seattle Education
Charter schools and corruption | Seattle Education:Charter schools and corruptionWhen there is privatization there is corruption.We have seen it with charter schools around the country, with prisons, detention facilities, utilities and the war machine.Here is yet another story.Former Mountain Empire Unified School District Superintendent Steve Van ZantCharter school king pleads guilty to felonySte
NEPC slams Common Core-NAEP Report as “feeble” attempt to claim success – Missouri Education Watchdog
NEPC slams Common Core-NAEP Report as “feeble” attempt to claim success – Missouri Education Watchdog: NEPC slams Common Core-NAEP Report as “feeble” attempt to claim successIn a title that is too good not to share, National Education Policy Center (NEPC) slams a recent report by Center for American Progress (CAP) that attempted to say Common Core has been a huge success for low-income students,
Joe the Plumber takes on public education — PS connect
Joe the Plumber takes on public education — PS connect: Joe the Plumber takes on public educationAt Tuesday night’s CNN Town Hall in South Carolina, public education got a moment on the Democratic primary campaign stage. But what did it really tell us?Audience member John Loveday was introduced as the principal of a charter school. He asked Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton whether
John Kuhn: Corporate Reformers Try to Take Back Social Media from Supporters of Public Schools | Diane Ravitch's blog
John Kuhn: Corporate Reformers Try to Take Back Social Media from Supporters of Public Schools | Diane Ravitch's blog:John Kuhn: Corporate Reformers Try to Take Back Social Media from Supporters of Public SchoolsJohn Kuhn is superintendent of the Perrin-Whitt school district in Texas. He first emerged as a national figure in the fight for better education for all children when he spoke at the nati
The Wrong Way to Teach Math - The New York Times
The Wrong Way to Teach Math - The New York Times: The Wrong Way to Teach Math HERE’S an apparent paradox: Most Americans have taken high school mathematics, including geometry and algebra, yet a national survey found that 82 percent of adults could not compute the cost of a carpet when told its dimensions and square-yard price. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development recently tes
Special education groups allege California alarmed parents about data transfer | The Sacramento Bee
Special education groups allege California alarmed parents about data transfer | The Sacramento Bee: Special education groups allege California alarmed parents about data transferSacramento City Unified School District made automated calls to families informing them of the legal case regarding the disclosure of student information and advising how parents could file an objection. The Sacramento Be
Forces opposed to school reform efforts are attempting to turn back the clock - Opinion - The Buffalo News
Forces opposed to school reform efforts are attempting to turn back the clock - Opinion - The Buffalo News: Forces opposed to school reform efforts are attempting to turn back the clockIn just over two months, Buffalo voters will be making a potentially historic decision. Will they continue to insist on reforms in the Buffalo School District, or will they turn away, and give power to candidates wh
RIP, N.Y. school reform - NY Daily News
RIP, N.Y. school reform - NY Daily News:RIP, N.Y. school reformThe era of fighting to improve education in New York, including for low-income kids, is over.Welcome to the age of inertia. The only question: How much will the state Board of Regents water down standards and retreat from holding adults accountable for student performance?Panel members, including a chancellor, set education policy. The
Earnest: K-12 foreign language requirements — is coding a viable substitute? – Rocky Mountain Collegian
Earnest: K-12 foreign language requirements — is coding a viable substitute? – Rocky Mountain Collegian: Earnest: K-12 foreign language requirements — is coding a viable substitute? Almost everyone that went through the K-12 school system took at least a couple of years of some type of foreign language. Be it Chinese, Spanish or French, public high schools and colleges want students to have an int
MSNBC will cut ties with Melissa Harris-Perry. Whatever happened here, it’s too bad. - The Washington Post
MSNBC will cut ties with Melissa Harris-Perry. Whatever happened here, it’s too bad. - The Washington Post: MSNBC will cut ties with Melissa Harris-Perry. Whatever happened here, it’s too bad."She had it," MSNBC president Phil Griffin once said about MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry.(Heidi Gutman/MSNBC via Episodic) Update 9:55 p.m. Saturday: The Post's Paul Farhi reports that MSNBC will
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CORPORATE ED REFORMCURMUDGUCATION: Can Conservatives and Unions Play Nice?CURMUDGUCATION: Can Conservatives and Unions Play Nice?: Can Conservatives and Unions Play Nice?Andy Smarick is a partner at Bellwether Partners and a senior fellow at Fordham Institute, two reliably reformy right-leaning thinky tanks, so it's safe to say that he favors the reformster view of the education debates. But I als
