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Special Nite Cap: Catch Up on Today's Post 10/31/16


Special Nite Cap: Catch Up on Today's Post 10/31/16

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Filter on John Oliver: Segregation failures haunt OKCPS - NonDoc
by mike simpson / 6min
Filter on John Oliver: Segregation failures haunt OKCPS - NonDoc : Filter on John Oliver: Segregation failures haunt OKCPS E veryone should watch John Oliver’s latest critique of school segregation. The video is above. He makes some fantastic observations, starting with his coverage of the way New York City put resegregation on steroids. I would only add that much of the new segregation was inten
Relay Graduate School is NOT the way to train teachers (By Carol Burris) - Wait What?
by mike simpson / 51min
Relay Graduate School is NOT the way to train teachers (By Carol Burris) - Wait What? : Relay Graduate School is NOT the way to train teachers (By Carol Burris) Today’s initial Wait, What? post was entitled, Relay Graduate School of Education – Illegal lobbying marks effort to undermine Connecticut’s teacher certification law . For more information about Relay School of Education, the Wait, What?
What’s Scary to Kids: Having Dyslexia and Being Held Back in Third Grade!
by mike simpson / 1h
What’s Scary to Kids: Having Dyslexia and Being Held Back in Third Grade! : What’s Scary to Kids: Having Dyslexia and Being Held Back in Third Grade! You thought I forgot Halloween because I posted earlier today? No. Here is an old post that is unfortunately still relevant today. There is no point in rewriting what is already said. Happy Halloween! Have fun and stay safe out there! ______________
CURMUDGUCATION: Welcome to Charter Cafeteria
by mike simpson / 2h
CURMUDGUCATION: Welcome to Charter Cafeteria : Welcome to Charter Cafeteria Welcome to the new Charter Choice Cafeteria! Can I help you? Wow! It's so clean and shiny here. And is that.... is that steak?? Why yes. We believe that all students should have the chance to eat steak for lunch. Well, that's great. My usual public cafeteria only has meatloaf every other day, and it's not so good. So I wo
Luck vs. Grit: Lessons from a Cubs Fan
by mike simpson / 2h
Luck vs. Grit: Lessons from a Cubs Fan : Luck vs. Grit: Lessons from a Cubs Fan As Luck Would Have it. William Shakespeare No one understands luck like a Cubs fan. And there is a lesson there for students in this era of grit. Grit involves the thinking that through perseverance and resilience you can reach your goals. To some extent the ability to overcome difficulties and hang in there when the
'Common Enrollment' - The Newest Page in School Privatizers' Playbook
by mike simpson / 2h
'Common Enrollment' - The Newest Page in School Privatizers' Playbook : ‘Common Enrollment’ – The Newest Page in School Privatizers’ Playbook In October 2015, Kim Davis, a parent of public school students in Oakland, attended a community meeting about improving the large district’s student assignment system, a process that many parents agreed was in need of some sort of repair. But Davis, co-foun
Schools Matter: The Gorilla in the Room
by mike simpson / 2h
Schools Matter: The Gorilla in the Room : The Gorilla in the Room by Susan Ohanian Note: When Lisa Sanders' book was published in 2009, I wrote a version of this essay. Now, with Achieve the Core banging the drum even more loudly for teachers to Connect classroom instruction to assessment , it's time to post it again. Lisa Sanders, M. D., author of the New York Times Magazine "Diagnosis" column,
Open Letter to MA Governor Charlie Baker: No Education Lottery for the Lucky - Living in Dialogue
by mike simpson / 2h
Open Letter to MA Governor Charlie Baker: No Education Lottery for the Lucky - Living in Dialogue : Open Letter to MA Governor Charlie Baker: No Education Lottery for the Lucky By Ruth Rodriguez-Fey. Governor Charlie Baker has intensified his campaign to lift the cap on Charter Schools with the help of his wealthy investors from New York, I am re posting this letter to remind our Governor that hi
The Truth of the Common School Movement - Bridging Differences - Education Week
by mike simpson / 2h
The Truth of the Common School Movement - Bridging Differences - Education Week : The Truth of the Common School Movement Harry Boyte continues his conversation with Deborah Meier. To read their full exchange, please visit here . Dear Harry and friends, Is there a "common school movement" of any sort today? No. We're split between basically school reform groups with a focus on teachers who have a
Federal regulations threaten civil rights – Cloaking Inequity
by mike simpson / 3h
Federal regulations threaten civil rights – Cloaking Inequity : Federal regulations threaten civil rights Do the U. S. Department of Education (USDOE) recently proposed regulations threaten the civil rights of English Learner (EL) students? The new regulation (34 C.F.R. §299.19 (c) (3)) would eliminate the use of state content assessment results and other evidence of actual classroom performance
Demand the Impossible! (excerpt # 9) | Bill Ayers
by mike simpson / 3h
Demand the Impossible! (excerpt # 9) | Bill Ayers : Demand the Impossible! (excerpt # 9) Bill Ayers -- Demand the Impossible!: A Radical Manifesto | Haymarket Books - http://www.haymarketbooks.org/pb/Demand-the-Impossible In contemporary America, belief in the free market economy above all else is absolute. It is unarguable. And yet there is no such thing as a “free market,” despite the noisy cla
Schools Hustle To Reach Kids Who Move With The Harvest, Not The School Year : NPR Ed : NPR
by mike simpson / 3h
Schools Hustle To Reach Kids Who Move With The Harvest, Not The School Year : NPR Ed : NPR : Schools Hustle To Reach Kids Who Move With The Harvest, Not The School Year Teacher Sarah Ross and students (from left to right) Ximena, age 4, Yareli, age 3, and Kendra, age 2 at the Indiana Migrant Preschool Center, a free preschool for migrant children ages 2 to 5. The school teaches students in Englis
EEK! elections - emails - education — PS connect
by mike simpson / 6h
EEK! elections - emails - education — PS connect : EEK! elections - emails - education It's Halloween and the fate of the Republic is in our hands. A double whammy, if you dare. There’s much talk about how little talk there has been about public education in the presidential election. I guess the Russians just aren’t interested enough in American education policy to dump emails on the topic. Quic
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Can School Districts Use Race in Enrollment Policies?
by mike simpson / 6h
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Can School Districts Use Race in Enrollment Policies? : Can School Districts Use Race in Enrollment Policies? Yes, you can. The question is - why is Seattle Schools saying, in document after document - you can't? From the majority opinion: Importantly, Justice Kennedy drew a distinction between school district plans that rely on the race of individual students and
Teaching American Literature at Mountain View High School: Technology Integration | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice
by mike simpson / 6h
Teaching American Literature at Mountain View High School: Technology Integration | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice : Teaching American Literature at Mountain View High School: Technology Integration Mark Twain’s Huck Finn is a classic American novel, Written in 1885, it is a book that students have read year in and year out in high school literature classes. The language used
Atlanta NCTE 2016: Confronting Educator Advocacy with Pre­Service and Early Career Teachers | the becoming radical
by mike simpson / 6h
Atlanta NCTE 2016: Confronting Educator Advocacy with Pre­Service and Early Career Teachers | the becoming radical : Atlanta NCTE 2016: Confronting Educator Advocacy with Pre­Service and Early Career Teachers Atlanta NCTE 2016 The 2016 NCTE Annual Convention features a multitude of amazing authors, educators, and presenters. Here we list some of the larger events where featured speakers are sched
Struggling new teachers pose dilemma for schools - San Francisco Chronicle
by mike simpson / 7h
Struggling new teachers pose dilemma for schools - San Francisco Chronicle : Struggling new teachers pose dilemma for schools Photo: Liz Hafalia, The Chronicle Cleveland Elementary school teacher Fernando Che (center) teaches English to third-graders Alan (left) and Christopher (right) in San Francisco. The choice was difficult. If she let the probationary teachers remain, it would mean leaving t
Relay Graduate School of Education - Illegal lobbying marks effort to undermine Connecticut’s teacher certification law - Wait What?
by mike simpson / 7h
Relay Graduate School of Education - Illegal lobbying marks effort to undermine Connecticut’s teacher certification law - Wait What? : Relay Graduate School of Education – Illegal lobbying marks effort to undermine Connecticut’s teacher certification law The charter school industry and their allies in the corporate education reform business are chortling over the news that the State Board of Educ
Report Reveals Illegal Admissions Policies at Charter Schools, By Molly Hunter Education Law Prof Blog
by mike simpson / 7h
Education Law Prof Blog : Report Reveals Illegal Admissions Policies at Charter Schools, By Molly Hunter Over 20 percent of all California charter schools have enrollment policies that violate state and federal law, according to the report "Unequal Access," released in August by the ACLU of Southern California (ACLU SoCal) and Public Advocates of San Francisco. Charter schools in other states use
Bill Ayers Asks: What Will Happen If We Consider Education a Human Right, Not a Mere Product | janresseger
by mike simpson / 7h
Bill Ayers Asks: What Will Happen If We Consider Education a Human Right, Not a Mere Product | janresseger : Bill Ayers Asks: What Will Happen If We Consider Education a Human Right, Not a Mere Product Bill Ayers -- Demand the Impossible!: A Radical Manifesto | Haymarket Books - http://www.haymarketbooks.org/pb/Demand-the-Impossible It was great to escape the deplorable, scary election news to sp
The Fallacy of Charter School Oversight in L.A.
by mike simpson / 7h
The Fallacy of Charter School Oversight in L.A. : The Fallacy of Charter School Oversight in L.A. The October staff recommendations represent a fundamental and drastic departure from the Charter School Division’s expressed values of consistency and transparency, and the District’s historic focus on student outcomes as an authorizer .” -California Charter Schools Association (CCSA) Both El Camino
Denver Advisory Committee Trashes Great Work Charter Application | deutsch29
by mike simpson / 7h
Denver Advisory Committee Trashes Great Work Charter Application | deutsch29 : Denver Advisory Committee Trashes Great Work Charter Application Great Work Montessori School (GWMS) has submitted this 738-page charter school application to the Jefferson County (Denver) Board of Education (Jeffco) in order to gain approval for the school. The Jeffco Board is scheduled to vote on the GWMS charter on
The proposed NSA-like national database for student data: Moneyball for kids – Missouri Education Watchdog
by mike simpson / 8h
The proposed NSA-like national database for student data: Moneyball for kids – Missouri Education Watchdog : The proposed NSA-like national database for student data: Moneyball for kids For anyone who has ever filled out a college application, or scholarship or grant application, you know the incredible amount of personal information these forms require. What if there was a massive database that
John Oliver: School segregation is rampant, even in the school districts of liberal US cities like New York — Quartz
by mike simpson / 8h
John Oliver: School segregation is rampant, even in the school districts of liberal US cities like New York — Quartz : “Of course racism exists in New York”: John Oliver confronts school segregation in liberal US cities “The hard truth is,” says John Oliver, “you don’t have to be intentionally racist to do things that have racist effects.” It’s a comment that could apply generally—but the comedia
The Debate Over Bilingual Education In California : NPR Ed : NPR
by mike simpson / 9h
The Debate Over Bilingual Education In California : NPR Ed : NPR : The Debate Over Bilingual Education In California Alice Callaghan has spent decades working with mostly Mexican and Guatemalan families out of a tiny office near Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles. It doubles as a school for a few dozen 4- and 5-year-olds. After the Pledge of Allegiance, children scamper to their seats to work on ph
What Have the Presidential Candidates Said About School Integration? - Politics K-12 - Education Week
by mike simpson / 9h
What Have the Presidential Candidates Said About School Integration? - Politics K-12 - Education Week : What Have the Presidential Candidates Said About School Integration? The resegregation of the nation's schools might be one of the hottest issues in education policy these days. But it's never really penetrated the presidential race. So, now that the race is almost at the finish line: What have
FedEd Still Bugs Texas - Houston Chronicle
by mike simpson / 9h
State seeks input on new eduction law, but restrictions linger - Houston Chronicle : State seeks input on new eduction law, but restrictions linger As the Texas Education Agency seeks input on how to implement a federal education law intended to give states more decision-making power, it can't actually adhere to suggestions on two of the bigger issues: backing off the weight given to standardized
Push to expand California charter school enrollments provokes backlash | EdSource
by mike simpson / 9h
Push to expand California charter school enrollments provokes backlash | EdSource : Push to expand California charter school enrollments provokes backlash After a quarter century of uninterrupted growth, aggressive efforts by charter school advocates to increase enrollments and to elect sympathetic school board members and legislators have triggered a backlash unlike anything that has occurred si

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An analysis of student performance in Chicago’s charter schools | Orfield | education policy analysis archives
by mike simpson / 17h
An analysis of student performance in Chicago’s charter schools | Orfield | education policy analysis archives : An analysis of student performance in Chicago’s charter schools Abstract Charter schools have become the cornerstone of school reform in Chicago and in many other large cities. Enrollments in Chicago charters increased by more than ten times between 2000 and 2014 and, with strong suppo
Evidence that edTPA needs to be Killed! | BustED Pencils
by mike simpson / 21h
Evidence that edTPA needs to be Killed! | BustED Pencils : Evidence that edTPA needs to be Killed! The edTPA is supposed to be a performance based assessment that can help predict the effectiveness of future teachers. For one of the best analysis of edTPA and how it correlates to effectiveness please read Peter Greene’s post from May 2016 . So why kill it? Because even though Peter thoroughly dis
Special Nite Cap: Catch Up on Today's Post 10/30/16
by mike simpson / 22h
Special Nite Cap: Catch Up on Today's Post 10/30/16 Featured Post Herman’s Battle for Justice For Detroit's Children Part 4: Californians stand up to charter abuse and the challenges ahead - Network For Public Education by mike 

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