CORPORATE ED REFORM
Sac City Leaders Join Thousands in Read Across America - California Teachers Association
Sac City Leaders Join Thousands in Read Across America - California Teachers Association: SAC CITY LEADERS JOIN THOUSANDS IN READ ACROSS AMERICANikki Milevsky, a school psychologist and president of the Sacramento City Teachers Association, reads about the achievements of the lovable pachyderm, Horton, during Wednesday’s Read Across America event.Sacramento City Teachers Association (SCTA) leaders
Academy of Dover Is Not A 501c3 Corporation As Stated In Their Charter, DOE Needs To Revoke Their Charter Now – Exceptional Delaware
Academy of Dover Is Not A 501c3 Corporation As Stated In Their Charter, DOE Needs To Revoke Their Charter Now – Exceptional Delaware: Academy of Dover Is Not A 501c3 Corporation As Stated In Their Charter, DOE Needs To Revoke Their Charter NowThe Academy of Dover is not listed as a 501c3 corporation with the Internal Revenue Service. The Academy of Dover’s charter, which firmly states they are a
PAA interim Exec. Director endorsed for ESSA rulemaking body | Parents Across America
PAA interim ED endorsed for ESSA rulemaking body | Parents Across America: PAA interim Exec. Director endorsed for ESSA rulemaking body Now that ESEA has become the Every Student Succeeds Act, or ESSA, new rules must be drafted to implement the law. The US Department of Education recently requested nominations for people representing various constituencies to help negotiate these rules. Thirty-o
CT Dem Governor urges Dem Legislature to reject union contract his appointee’s negotiated and approved - Wait What?
CT Dem Governor urges Dem Legislature to reject union contract his appointee’s negotiated and approved - Wait What?: CT Dem Governor urges Dem Legislature to reject union contract his appointee’s negotiated and approved Governor Dannel Malloy is the President of the UConn Board of Trustees and appointees and controls a majority of the votes on the Board. On January 27, 2016, UConn’s Trustees vote
2016 Medley #5: Indiana Republicans (still) Hate Public Education | Live Long and Prosper
2016 Medley #5: Indiana Republicans (still) Hate Public Education | Live Long and Prosper: 2016 Medley #5: Indiana Republicans (still) Hate Public EducationIndiana’s “reformist” PoliticsIndiana’s legislature is run by a supermajority of Republicans. The Hoosier state is nearly all “red” and has only gone for a Democratic presidential candidate twice in the last 75 years (1964 and 2008).The superma
Newark mayor calls charter expansion a “terrible” decision |
Newark mayor calls charter expansion a “terrible” decision |:Newark mayor calls charter expansion a “terrible” decision Newark Mayor Ras Baraka has denounced as “terrible” and “irresponsible” the decision by the Christie Administration to allow major expansion of Newark’s charter schools.“The expansion could not have come at a worse time,” Baraka said in a formal statement issued in response to q
Nearly half of American children living near poverty line - Jonathan Kantrowitz
Nearly half of American children living near poverty line - Jonathan Kantrowitz: Nearly half of American children living near poverty lineSource: National Center for Children in PovertyNearly half of children in the United States live dangerously close to the poverty line, according to new research from the National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP) at Columbia University’s Mailman School of P
Are You Being Manipulated? – Save Maine Schools
Are You Being Manipulated? – Save Maine Schools: Are You Being Manipulated?One year ago, representatives from the next-gen ed reform industry took part in the Partnership for 21st Century Learning‘s annual summit.In one of the breakout sessions, the audience was asked to consider “embedded beliefs” about children and school while viewing a series of images like the one below:The session, titled “A
Chicago declares war on teachers - People's TribunePeople's Tribune
Chicago declares war on teachers - People's TribunePeople's Tribune: Chicago declares war on teachersThousands of teachers, parents, students and allied organizations flooded downtown Chicago in protest of the firing of 1,000 teachers and salary cuts.PHOTO/SARAH JANE RHEECHICAGO, IL — Chicago’s mayor, his school board chief and the governor of Illinois are trying to force a Chicago teachers strike
Food Programs - Student Health & Support (CA Dept of Education)
Food Programs - Student Health & Support (CA Dept of Education): Food Programs - Student Health & SupportChild nutrition programs data and statistics, including county profiles, free and reduced price data, school meal nutrition analysis, and summer meal service sites.Data LinksAnnual Child Nutrition Programs Participation DataChild & Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) Center SitesCACFP D
What Would a President Trump Mean for Education? :: Frederick M. Hess
What Would a President Trump Mean for Education? :: Frederick M. Hess: What Would a President Trump Mean for Education?Over the past couple weeks, I've been asked with increasing frequency what it would mean for education if Donald Trump actually won the presidency. (The question is usually asked with equal parts foreboding and disbelief.) I'll swallow my nausea and just try to offer a few thought
CURMUDGUCATION: Ace That Test? I Think Not.
CURMUDGUCATION: Ace That Test? I Think Not.: Ace That Test? I Think Not.The full court press for the Big Standardized Test is on, with all manner of spokespersons and PR initiatives trying to convince Americans to welcome the warm, loving embrace of standardized testing. Last week the Boston Globe brought us Yana Weinstein and Megan Smith, a pair of psychology assistant professors who have co-foun
Proposing more OKC charters a 'high-stakes gamble' - NonDoc
Proposing more OKC charters a 'high-stakes gamble' - NonDoc: Proposing more OKC charters a ‘high-stakes gamble’John Rex Elementary, downtown OKC, Feb. 29, 2016. (Josh McBee) When a new mass charterization plan was presented to the Oklahoma City Public School System Board of Education last week, “tempers flared … and a standing room-only crowd cheered and jeered,” according to NewsOK’s Tim Willert.
#BlackLivesMatter With A Brooklyn Accent: Justice for Akiel Brown- An Urgent Communication from North Carolina BLM Leader Desmera Gatewood
With A Brooklyn Accent: Justice for Akiel Brown- An Urgent Communication from North Carolina BLM Leader Desmera Gatewood: Justice for Akiel Brown- An Urgent Communication from North Carolina BLM Leader Desmera GatewoodJustice for Akiel Brown,And a love letter to the movement.Before tonight, where we stood we may have all questioned. I questioned where I stood, where others stood, where we would s
Video: Who REALLY wants to know ALL about your kid? Opt-out – Missouri Education Watchdog
Video: Who REALLY wants to know ALL about your kid? Opt-out – Missouri Education Watchdog: Video: Who REALLY wants to know ALL about your kid? Opt-outApparently, there’s a new Bill Gates’ funded video circulating. It’s all about making sure parents don’t opt out. Oh Please. Rather than promote the paid advertisement for Gates’ Common Core tests and data collection, I am instead going to ask you to
Pennsylvania education department issues memo advising school districts on potential closures | PhillyVoice
Pennsylvania education department issues memo advising school districts on potential closures | PhillyVoice: Pennsylvania provides school districts a how-to for closing mid-yearPennsylvania budget impasse poses financial challenge for some districtsThe Pennsylvania Department of Education has issued a memo to school districts providing guidelines for a mid-year closure, a possibility it described
Mother Crusader: My Kid Is Just Fine Thanks, She's Refusing The Test
Mother Crusader: My Kid Is Just Fine Thanks, She's Refusing The Test: My Kid Is Just Fine Thanks, She's Refusing The TestRejoice, New Jersey! Spring is almost here! That magical time of year when the flowers bloom, the sun sets later, and the temperatures rise. But for public school children, it's also state-mandated testing time. That dreaded time of year when their vibrant schools wither into te
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: What Trump thinks about education. It's golden.
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: What Trump thinks about education. It's golden.: What Trump thinks about education. It's golden.“I’m a tremendous believer in education, but education has to be at a local level. We cannot have the bureaucrats in Washington telling you how to manage your child’s education. So Common Core is a total disaster. We can’t let it continue.” “And I have tremendous support w
CURMUDGUCATION: WA: Charter Miracle
CURMUDGUCATION: WA: Charter Miracle: WA: Charter MiracleRobin Lake, director of the Center on Reinventing Public Education as Private Business Funded by Public Tax Dollars (okay, I just added that last part for clarity) is over at Campbell Brown's million dollar charter promotion site being Very Alarmed about Washington State.Unless the legislature acts within the next 10 days, we will be the firs
NYC Educator: Adios a Calle Perdido
NYC Educator: Adios a Calle Perdido: Adios a Calle PerdidoPerdido actually means lost in English, and we've lost a great blogger in Reality Based Educator. He finally got tired of blogging about absolutely everything fifteen times a day. I've been following him for years, and he really got in a groove over at Perdido Street. He used to focus more on politics and money, which didn't grab me quite a
Protect Student Privacy: Schools object to ordered release | Crescent City California News, Sports, & Weather | The Triplicate
Schools object to ordered release | Crescent City California News, Sports, & Weather | The Triplicate:Schools object to ordered releaseDel Norte education officials are protesting an order from a federal judge to release sensitive information for more than 10 million California school children to lawyers and consultants representing two parent-led special education advocacy groups.The informat
Far turn in the nation’s largest state CTE grant program :: SI&A Cabinet Report :: The Essential Resource for Superintendents and the Cabinet
Far turn in the nation’s largest state CTE grant program :: SI&A Cabinet Report :: The Essential Resource for Superintendents and the Cabinet: Far turn in the nation’s largest state CTE grant program(California) Winners of just over $245 million in career technical education grants will be formally approved by state officials next week, marking round two of the three-year, $900 million program
Watson Tango Fremont Washington Middle School PTA! Charter schools recruiting at your “High School Success Night”?!? | Seattle Education
Watson Tango Fremont Washington Middle School PTA! Charter schools recruiting at your “High School Success Night”?!? | Seattle Education: Watson Tango Fremont Washington Middle School PTA! Charter schools recruiting at your “High School Success Night”?!?I’d say the Washington Middle School PTA has some explaining to do.This is the flyer that went out to all of the parents at the middle school for
Debate emerges over state actions needed to ease teacher shortages | EdSource
Debate emerges over state actions needed to ease teacher shortages | EdSource: Debate emerges over state actions needed to ease teacher shortagesAs California school districts grapple with a widening shortage of teachers, a policy debate has emerged about just how actively the state should be involved in trying to remedy the problem.The nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office issued a report last
Planting a Flag in LAUSD’s District 2
Planting a Flag in LAUSD’s District 2: Planting a Flag in LAUSD’s District 2 To the Parents of District 2:When was the last time you felt that you had a voice in how the LAUSD is run? None of the seven Board members currently has a student enrolled in the District and cannot empathize with parents fighting to get the best education possible for their children. Those of us with children who requir
The people of Paterson tell the school board: “Reject this budget!” |
The people of Paterson tell the school board: “Reject this budget!” |: The people of Paterson tell the school board: “Reject this budget!”Rev. John Givens tells the Paterson board: “Reject this budget!”The fear was obvious at Monday night’s school board meeting in Paterson. And sadness. Anger. Frustration. Parents tired of having children taught by substitutes, upset because sports and band and a
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Seattle Schools News
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Seattle Schools News: Seattle Schools NewsGreat story at KUOW about Highland Park and their "yoga breaths and mustang money." Kudos to Principal Chris Cronas and his staff for their work. "Do you know what grit is?" Cronas asks the students. "It's when you work really, really hard on something and you never give up on it."Next, the d
Questioning the Questions Asked about Education – the becoming radical
Questioning the Questions Asked about Education – the becoming radical: Questioning the Questions Asked about Education Considering all the things I like about Twitter, having discussions or debates by Tweeting is not one of them because I often get lost and the character count works against elaboration and nuance.Yesterday, I was added to a debate that appears to be about the impact of poverty on
What happens when the wrong people make decisions for schools - Defies Measurement on Vimeo
Defies Measurement on Vimeo: Defies MeasurementDefies Measurement from Shine On Productions on Vimeo.DEFIES MEASUREMENT strengthens the discussion about public education by exploring why it is so important to address the social and emotional needs of every student, and what happens when the wrong people make decisions for schools. www.defiesmeasurement.comBy downloading this film, you are agreeing
Democracy in Illinois. One unelected group overrules another unelected group on charter schools. | Fred Klonsky
Democracy in Illinois. One unelected group overrules another unelected group on charter schools. | Fred Klonsky: Democracy in Illinois. One unelected group overrules another unelected group on charter schools. Some politicians, like 40th District State Representative Jaime Andrade, may prefer having their sponsorship of HB4268 on their campaign flyer without having to vote for it.The Illinois Char
Who Has Worked for the Presidential Candidates on Education? - Politics K-12 - Education Week
Who Has Worked for the Presidential Candidates on Education? - Politics K-12 - Education Week: Who Has Worked for the Presidential Candidates on Education? Happy Day After Super Tuesday! As you scour the returns, I'll bet you're wondering: Who is helping these people figure out their education platforms, or who on their campaign team has an education background?Or, if they don't have a team in pla
Teaching “Grit,” Blaming the Poor, and Undermining the Public Will to Address Poverty | janresseger
Teaching “Grit,” Blaming the Poor, and Undermining the Public Will to Address Poverty | janresseger: Teaching “Grit,” Blaming the Poor, and Undermining the Public Will to Address Poverty Our preoccupation in American education with character formation defined as “grit” is integral to our culture’s rock-solid belief in the myth of the American Dream. It doesn’t matter that economists today are doc
How Billionaires Use Non-Profits to Bypass Governments and Force Their Agendas on Humanity | Alternet
How Billionaires Use Non-Profits to Bypass Governments and Force Their Agendas on Humanity | Alternet:How Billionaires Use Non-Profits to Bypass Governments and Force Their Agendas on HumanityAs wealth becomes concentrated in fewer hands, so does political and social power via foundations and non-profits. As wealth becomes concentrated in fewer and fewer hands, the billionaire class is increasingl
This teacher's inspiring note about anxiety and standardized testing is going viral
This teacher's inspiring note about anxiety and standardized testing is going viral: This teacher's inspiring note about anxiety and standardized testing is going viral You guys ready to feel some fuzzy feels this morning? Abby Martin, a social media-savvy mom in Indiana, has taken to Facebook and Instagram to spread a loving message sent out by her son’s teacher, and we bet a lot of parents and k
A teacher pay cut in disguise is not a solution - Chicago Tribune
A teacher pay cut in disguise is not a solution - Chicago Tribune: A teacher pay cut in disguise is not a solutionChicago Public Schools CEO Forrest Claypool, shown Feb. 29, 2016, hasn't said when the school system will stop picking up 7 percentage points of the 9 percent pension contribution required of teachers. (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)I may be getting a 7 percent pay cut by April 1 fr
Elizabeth Warren: This report’s ‘a stunning indictment’ of the Department of Education - MarketWatch
Elizabeth Warren: This report’s ‘a stunning indictment’ of the Department of Education - MarketWatch: Elizabeth Warren: This report’s ‘a stunning indictment’ of the Department of EducationThe senator and other Dems slam feds’ oversight of student loan companies Active duty military members missed out on a key student loan benefit and the government failed to ensure they received it, say Massachuse
How Mexican immigrants ended 'separate but equal' in California - LA Times
How Mexican immigrants ended 'separate but equal' in California - LA Times: How Mexican immigrants ended 'separate but equal' in CaliforniaSylvia Mendez, pictured at age 10, was named a winner of the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Obama. In 1947 the Mendez v. Westminster case ended official segregation of Mexican students in California schools. (Family Photo) the coverage of the 2016 e
California’s New Sex Education Requirements | California Healthline
California’s New Sex Education Requirements | California Healthline: California’s New Sex Education Requirements California schools are revamping their lesson plans to comply with a new state law that requires them to teach a sex education program at least once in middle school and once in high school.Previously, districts were required to teach HIV prevention, but sex education was not required.“
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CORPORATE ED REFORMCollege Board moves to stop test prep providers from taking new SAT on March 5 - The Washington PostCollege Board moves to stop test prep providers from taking new SAT on March 5 - The Washington Post:College Board moves to stop test prep providers from taking new SAT on March 5It’s no secret that test prep professionals like to take the exams they try to coach students to ace,
