CURMUDGUCATION: ICYMI: Reading in the Seattle Dew (10/23) : ICYMI: Reading in the Seattle Dew (10/23) I'm far from home, but there's still plenty to read on the interwebs. Our Stupid Questions Teacher Tom with a striking twist on the old "no such thing as a dumb question" shtick. How Joy Became the New Grit Jennifer Berkshire gives us a look at how the world of grit is giving way to something eve
The National Federation of Municipal Analysts Wants Extensive Charter School Disclosure | deutsch29 : The National Federation of Municipal Analysts Wants Extensive Charter School Disclosure The National Federation of Municipal Analysts (NFMA) is a not-for-profit association with the goals of promoting professionalism in municipal credit analysis and furthering the skill level of its members throu
Three Ways To Reclaim Your Joy As A Teacher | The Jose Vilson : Three Ways To Reclaim Your Joy As A Teacher This weekend, I had the joy and pleasure of keynoting the ECET2MA2016 conference in Cambridge, MA. Weird wasn’t even the word. I was a Yankee fan in the middle of Red Sox town and had a Macbook in a Microsoft building. I’ve railed on a number of occasions against the founder of the company
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Let's Talk About Race (Part One) : Let's Talk About Race (Part One) We could start this discussion with the micro-view of what is happening in Seattle Public Schools. But that doesn't work because that's just peering down into a silo and trying to figure out what's happening. The real pressures of the entire society AND our nation's history cannot be ignored. (Thi
Demand the Impossible! (excerpt # 8) | Bill Ayers : Demand the Impossible! (excerpt # 8) Bill Ayers -- Demand the Impossible!: A Radical Manifesto | Haymarket Books - http://www.haymarketbooks.org/pb/Demand-the-Impossible I often provoke my students at the University of Illinois at Chicago by saying, “Do you know that one mile from our campus there are 15,000 Irishmen [or Jewish women, or Greeks]
The Attack on Teachers Goes to College | The Progressive : The Attack on Teachers Goes to College T he dramatic lockout of faculty at Long Island University in Brooklyn this fall brought home the reality that what is happening in higher education is closely related to the attack on education in our K-12 public schools. On August 31, 2016 the contract between the faculty on the Brooklyn campus and
Schooling in the Ownership Society: Crooked pol Calderon, tied to Michelle Rhee, finally going to jail : Crooked pol Calderon, tied to Michelle Rhee, finally going to jail Michelle Rhee , former D.C. school chancellor and darling of the far-right and corporate reformers, used Students First money to buy politicians like former CA State Sen. Ron Calderon. Now it looks like Calderon is finally on h
Teachers union mobilizes to boost turnout for education-related initiatives | EdSource : Teachers union mobilizes to boost turnout for education-related initiatives State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson promotes Props. 55 and 58 at CTA voter turnout event in San Jose on Saturday. With less than three weeks to go before the Nov. 8 election, the California Teachers Association th
Are Detroit’s Most Terrible Schools Unconstitutional? - The New York Times : Are Detroit’s Most Terrible Schools Unconstitutional? At one Detroit school, just 4 percent of third graders scored proficient on Michigan’s English assessment test. At another, 9.5 percent did. Those students are among the plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed last month that asserts that children have a federal constitutional
The War Report on Public Education : Lesson From Houston - UOO & HFT Unite Pleas e join Internet radio host Dr. James Avington Miller Jr. for a report on the Houston Education and Civil Rights Summit that took place on October 14th and 15th. Joining Dr. Miller will be members of United Opt Out and the Houston Federation of Teachers - Gus Morales , Dr. Denisha Jones , Zak Rodriguez, and Erika Chal
Neoliberalism’s Deadly Experiment | Jacobin : Neoliberalism’s Deadly Experiment In Michigan, privatization and free-market governance has left 100,000 people without water. Over the past year, media reports and op-eds have examined the lead poisoning disaster in Flint, Michigan, from a variety of angles. Some focus on Michigan’s emergency manager laws , which the Republican-dominated legislature
Think Your Retirement Plan Is Bad? Talk to a Teacher - The New York Times : Think Your Retirement Plan Is Bad? Talk to a Teacher Schoolteachers and others who pursue careers of service in exchange for modest paychecks get lightly regulated retirement plans that often charge excessive fees. Margaret Jusinski first got to know her investment broker through the breakfasts he provided when he visited
Charter Schools and Civil Rights - The New York Times : Charter Schools and Civil Rights To the Editor: Re “ A Misguided Attack on Charter Schools ” (editorial, Oct. 13): The N.A.A.C.P. should be applauded for ratifying a resolution calling for a halt to the expansion of charter schools. You say charters give children in poor communities their only opportunity for a superior education. Actually,
Georgia Doesn’t Want the State to Take Over Its Schools | deutsch29 : Georgia Doesn’t Want the State to Take Over Its Schools On November 08th, 2016, Georgia voters will decide whether they will allow the state to take control of public schools that the state labels as “chronically failing.” The ballot measure, Amendment 1, is vaguely worded– it does not disclose the fact that school districts wi
Teaching Biology at Mountain View High School: Technology Integration | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice : Teaching Biology at Mountain View High School: Technology Integration As the chime sounds for students to come to their 90-minute Biology I class, Lyuda Shemyakina stands at the door welcoming each student. A “hello,” “good morning,” an exchange of pleasantries or informat
The Absurdity of Charter School Oversight in L.A. : The Absurdity of Charter School Oversight in L.A. This is about the fact that they want to kill our charters and nothing more. ” -Magnolia CEO Caprice Young The sky is falling.” -Chicken Little As usual, the LAUSD Board spent a significant portion of their time at Tuesday’s meeting ignoring the needs of students enrolled in District schools so t
Satellite charter schools under fire - The San Diego Union-Tribune : Satellite charter schools under fire California’s booming satellite charter school industry that has persevered through lawsuits, scandals and turf wars suffered a blow this past week when a state appellate court ruled hundreds of the campuses are illegally operating outside their districts. At issue now is how 150,000 Californi
How We Teach English Learners: 3 Basic Approaches : NPR Ed : NPR : How We Teach English Learners: 3 Basic Approaches In a small room in Philadelphia's school administration building, Rosario Maribel Mendoza Lemus, 16, sits in a corner, rubbing sweaty palms on her jeans. In front of her is a binder with a test she has to take before she's assigned to a new school. A counselor hovers over her shoul
Charter schools facing state crackdown : Charter schools facing state crackdown Big changes could be coming to a charter school near you. The Ohio Department of Education on Oct. 13 released report cards for the state-mandated sponsors that oversee academic results, legal compliance and overall quality of charter schools — and the results are not good. More than 32 percent of sponsors in the stat
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