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CURMUDGUCATION: Howard Fuller, Ed Reform, and New Orleans
CURMUDGUCATION: Howard Fuller, Ed Reform, and New Orleans: Howard Fuller, Ed Reform, and New OrleansJennifer "Edushyster" Berkshire and Aaron "Need a New Twitter Handle" French have released the second of their Have You Heard podcasts, and it further cements Berkshire's standing as the number one interviewer in the education blogosphere.This time Berkshire has headed to talk to
Alabama’s “New” Accountability System: Part II | VAMboozled!
Alabama’s “New” Accountability System: Part II | VAMboozled!: Alabama’s “New” Accountability System: Part IIIn a prior post, about whether the state of “Alabama is the New, New Mexico,” I wrote about a draft bill in Alabama to be called the Rewarding Advancement in Instruction and Student Excellence (RAISE) Act of 2016. This has since been renamed the Preparing and Rewarding Educational Profession
Clinton and Sanders Debate Education - Living in Dialogue
Clinton and Sanders Debate Education - Living in Dialogue: Clinton and Sanders Debate EducationBy Anthony Cody.Last night at the Democratic presidential debate, attention turned to K12 education. Both candidates addressed two questions. The first came from a Detroit parent. Here is the transcript (thank you to the New York Times):COOPER: I want to bring in Shoniqua Kemp. She’s right here — Ms. Kem
Oregon charter schools underperform, serve too few poor and minority students, study says | OregonLive.com
Oregon charter schools underperform, serve too few poor and minority students, study says | OregonLive.com: Oregon charter schools underperform, serve too few poor and minority students, study saysOregon's charter school movement is on life support, ranking worst among 18 states where at least 2 percent of students attend charter schools, a report by a pro-charter school group says.One of the bigg
There Is No FDA For Education. Maybe There Should Be : NPR
Q and A : NPR Ed : NPR:There Is No FDA For Education. Maybe There Should BeHas American education research mostly languished in an echo chamber for much of the last half century?Harvard's Thomas Kane thinks so.Why have the medical and pharmaceutical industries and Silicon Valley all created clear paths to turn top research into game-changing innovations, he asks, while education research mostly re
The Absence of Teachers of Color, isn’t Just a Problem for Non-White students; It's a Problem for All Students - Lily's Blackboard
The Absence of Teachers of Color, isn’t Just a Problem for Non-White students; It's a Problem for All Students - Lily's Blackboard: The Absence of Teachers of Color, isn’t Just a Problem for Non-White students; It’s a Problem for All StudentsThis week at SXSW@edu, an annual conference of innovators and educators in Austin, Tex., I’m speaking on a subject I’m passionate about: the shortage of teach
With A Brooklyn Accent: We Are All "Illegals"
With A Brooklyn Accent: We Are All "Illegals": We Are All "Illegals" One of the things that perplexes me most in the current political landscape is the use of the term "illegals" to refer to undocumented immigrants. If there is ever an example of the pot calling the kettle black, this is it. There are very few working class, and even middle class Americans, who can su
As Malloy Admin seeks massive new powers to take over local schools, two Windham parents explain what takeover actually means - Wait What?
As Malloy Admin seeks massive new powers to take over local schools, two Windham parents explain what takeover actually means - Wait What?: As Malloy Admin seeks massive new powers to take over local schools, two Windham parents explain what takeover actually means Yesterday’s Wait, What Post — WARNING Connecticut – They are coming for your schools and your democratic rights! — was A Breaking News
Presidential Candidate John Kasich: Delusional about Public Education Issues | janresseger
Presidential Candidate John Kasich: Delusional about Public Education Issues | janresseger: Presidential Candidate John Kasich: Delusional about Public Education Issues Republicans have hardly been discussing education policy at all in this bizarre Presidential race, but last week in the Thursday night debate, Ohio’s governor, John Kasich lavished praise upon himself for what he believes are his a
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES: WEEKEND QUOTABLES Louis C.K. “Do you think they saw that s--- coming? Hitler was just some hilarious and refreshing dude with a weird combover who would say anything at all.” -- Daily NewsMichael “Quess” Moore, a founder of Take ’em Down NOLA“He came to the heart and the bottom of the South, and he’s not welcome here.” --New Orleans AdvocateTrump
Boston Public School students plan to walk out of class Monday to protest budget cuts - Education - Boston.com
Boston Public School students plan to walk out of class Monday to protest budget cuts - Education - Boston.com: Boston Public School students plan to walk out of class Monday to protest budget cutsThe city’s public schools are facing a multi-million-dollar budget deficit in the coming year.Nico Bruno, 5, a kindergarten student in Boston Public Schools, attended a budget cut protest in February.Joh
Black Lives Matter wants to 'shut down' Como High
Black Lives Matter wants to 'shut down' Como High: Black Lives Matter wants to ‘shut down’ Como high schoolBlack Lives Matter St. Paul is preparing to “shut down” Como Park Senior High School unless a teacher is fired for Facebook comments criticizing the school district’s discipline practices.Organizer Rashad Turner said the group met Friday evening to plan its protest of Theo Olson, a special-ed
Idaho superintendents tell foundation to stop lying about public schools - The Washington Post
Idaho superintendents tell foundation to stop lying about public schools - The Washington Post: Idaho superintendents tell foundation to stop lying about public schools For years now, private foundations run by the very, very wealthy have been pouring money into their pet school reform efforts, many of them taking the view that traditional public education is broken and that it should be privatize
Donald Trump's Education Plan: Several Experts Fearful, Curious ... and Baffled - Politics K-12 - Education Week
Donald Trump's Education Plan: Several Experts Fearful, Curious ... and Baffled - Politics K-12 - Education Week: Donald Trump's Education Plan: Several Experts Fearful, Curious ... and Baffled Donald Trump's thoughts about education policy are mostly a black box. We know he doesn't like the Common Core State Standards. And he thinks American students produce lousy test scores. But the real estate
Spring state testing season brings changes, unknowns and pushback - Chicago Tribune
Spring state testing season brings changes, unknowns and pushback - Chicago Tribune: Spring state testing season brings changes, unknowns and pushback e spring state testing season launches this week in Illinois, amid unknowns, dramatic changes for students and continued pushback by parents who don't want their kids tested.The lengthy PARCC exams that debuted last year will be streamlined, a nod t
Solving the Mystery of the Schools by Diane Ravitch | The New York Review of Books
Solving the Mystery of the Schools by Diane Ravitch | The New York Review of Books: Solving the Mystery of the SchoolsDiane RavitchThe Prize: Who’s in Charge of America’s Schools?by Dale RussakoffHoughton Mifflin Harcourt, 246 pp., $27.00Mission High: One School, How Experts Tried to Fail It, and the Students and Teachers Who Made It Triumphby Kristina RizgaNation Books, 295 pp., $26.99Cory Booker
Ohio Lawmakers Consider Weakening Charter-School Reform | WKSU
Ohio Lawmakers Consider Weakening Charter-School Reform | WKSU: Ohio Lawmakers Consider Weakening Charter-School Reform Just months after state lawmakers passed a sweeping reform of Ohio’s charter school system, they could soon be considering a proposal that could weaken one of the measures.ListenListening...0:50Andy Chow on charter-school reformThe House might consider a provision that would dela
Chicago's War With its Teachers Union Is the Sign of a Bigger Problem - Fortune
Chicago's War With its Teachers Union Is the Sign of a Bigger Problem - Fortune: Why Chicago's Fight With Teachers Is the Sign of a Much Bigger ProblemChicago public schools want concessions to patch a busted budget, and teachers are angry.Simmering tensions at Chicago public schools rose a notch last week with the announcement that school employees would have to take three unpaid days off this sc
Overwhelming Majority of Voters Want To Rein In Charter Schools
Overwhelming Majority of Voters Want To Rein In Charter Schools: Overwhelming Majority of Voters Want To Rein In Charter Schools A new nationwide poll shows the American people overwhelmingly agree that public education should not exist to enrich and profit the charter school privatization movement and they are demanding strong regulatory laws to “rein in documented fiscal malfeasance by private c
Advocates voice 'grave concern' over LAUSD's review process for new charter schools | 89.3 KPCC
Advocates voice 'grave concern' over LAUSD's review process for new charter schools | 89.3 KPCC: Advocates voice 'grave concern' over LAUSD's review process for new charter schools Charter school leaders are rallying behind applicants who hope to open a new charter high school, intensifying their accusation that Los Angeles Unified School District officials are playing politics with charter applic
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The Strange Future of the Teaching Profession – Save Maine Schools
The Strange Future of the Teaching Profession – Save Maine Schools: The Strange Future of the Teaching ProfessionIn 1991, just after stepping into his new role as secretary of education, Lamar Alexander envisioned a system of public educationwhere school districts would not have an “exclusive monopoly” to operate public schools. Instead, a public school “could be redefined as a school that recei
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CORPORATE ED REFORMJohn White Is Subsidizing Voucher Schools– and Being Called Out by BESE | deutsch29John White Is Subsidizing Voucher Schools– and Being Called Out by BESE | deutsch29: John White Is Subsidizing Voucher Schools– and Being Called Out by BESEOn September 01, 2014, the Baton Rouge Advocate published an article entitled, “Cristo Rey Considers Starting School in Baton Rouge.”Cristo Re
