Colorado: State Tells District to “Reconsider” Walton-Dominated Charter– But Let’s Not Mention Walton. | deutsch29 : Colorado: State Tells District to “Reconsider” Walton-Dominated Charter– But Let’s Not Mention Walton. Walmart grandson, James Walton, is substantially connected to Colorado’s proposed Great Work Montessori School (GWMS). In October 2016, the Denver Advisory Committee (DAC) express
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Overview Thoughts as We Come to the End of 2016 : Overview Thoughts as We Come to the End of 2016 We don't need to have an expanded discussion here on these various issues but here's what I'll be writing about by the end of the year: - effects of the Trump administration on public education . (My advice on all this is to 1) Stay Calm and join the resistance; here'
Six countries. Two educational strategies. One consistent conclusion. | Schott Foundation for Public Education : Six countries. Two educational strategies. One consistent conclusion. A new book, Global Education Reform: How Privatization and Public Investment Influence Education Outcomes , provides a powerful analysis of different ends of an ideological spectrum – from market-based experiments to
Educational Inequities in the New Orleans Charter School System | Schott Foundation for Public Education : Educational Inequities in the New Orleans Charter School System New Orleans provides a model for examining the feasibility of a nearly 100% charter, market based system of schools. This is truly an education experiment on a grand scale, and because New Orleans’ system is unique, the nation i
CURMUDGUCATION: Gerrymandering Charter Success : Gerrymandering Charter Success Once again I'm reading a spate of charter fan fiction in which charters are lauded for out-performing the rest of the schools in their city. That one right there near the center is where I've been smacking my head "Out-perform the rest of the schools in East Egg" is a meaningless metric, and I keep trying to explain w
Schools Matter: DIBELVEC: A Word for Our Time : DIBELVEC: A Word for Our Time To DIBELVEC Verb to deprive primary grade children daily access to picture books so their school program can qualify as "scientific" according to U. S. Department of Education/Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation guidelines to make overly obedient and patterned to following scripts in preparation for employment as workers
Let's Unpresident Trump [The Progressive] | The Jose Vilson : Let’s Unpresident Trump [The Progressive] I’ve been on a writing tear in the last week or so. The first is a piece I did for the Progressive, reflecting on the incoming President-elect. Here’s some of the post : Forget fear in classrooms. My students were texting their parents and siblings at home to make sure there’s a back-up plan in
Will Texas Parents Save Special Education? : Will Texas Parents Save Special Education? In order for the nation to get back their public schools they have to realize what they’re losing. This is especially true for special education. For years, across the nation we have seen an eroding of services for students with disabilities. In Texas, denying children their right to special education, since 2
Getting Students With Autism Through High School, To College And Beyond : NPR Ed : NPR : Getting Students With Autism Through High School, To College And Beyond Colin Ozeki, a high school student with autism, is on track to graduate this year from Millennium Brooklyn High School with an advanced diploma. Amy Pearl/WNYC Colin Ozeki, 16, doesn't like to sugarcoat how autism spectrum disorder has af
CURMUDGUCATION: ICYMI: Frantic Shopping Edition (12/18) : ICYMI: Frantic Shopping Edition (12/18) You're not here today, are you? You're out trying to finish shopping before you get back to school and don't have time to shop at all. Here to help you take a break is this week's selection of reading stuff, culled from about the interwebs. If you like it, pass it on. Teachers Are Delusional Things a
CT Judges' anti-special education rant attracts federal government concern - Wait What? : CT Judges’ anti-special education rant attracts federal government concern Rather than properly rule that Connecticut historic underfunding of its public schools is unconstitutional and that Connecticut’s state government is failing to ensure that every child is receiving their constitutionally guaranteed ac
Stanford Research: Investing in Public Schools Is More Effective Than Privatization | Diane Ravitch's blog : Stanford Research: Investing in Public Schools Is More Effective Than Privatization This is a project that should interest all readers of the blog as well as state and local school boards and elected officials at every level. It includes a book that reviews education issues around the glob
Four Practical and Four Moral Reasons to Make Your City a Sanctuary City | gadflyonthewallblog : Four Practical and Four Moral Reasons to Make Your City a Sanctuary City There’s an entire underclass of people living among us. These are people like you or me who have no choice but to do the most menial jobs for meager pay under the table. And when reality-TV-stars-turned-politicians like Donald Tr
Russ on Reading: Beyond Grades: How Am I Doing? : Beyond Grades: How Am I Doing? Part 2 in a series on grading and feedback In a post two weeks ago , I argued that we need to move away from grades for reporting student achievement. I argued that grades are ineffective in reporting student learning, encourage a grade acquisition orientation rather than a learning orientation, and destroy the motiv
Personalized Learning at Weller Elementary School (Milpitas, CA) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice : Personalized Learning at Weller Elementary School (Milpitas, CA) In the Spring of 2012, teachers at Weller Elementary School, along with other schools in the Milpitas Unified School District, presented blueprints for re-designing their schools to Superintendent Cary Matsuoka, h
A Teacher on Teaching: School Reform: Fifteen Years of "Diet Plans" That Couldn't Fail : School Reform: Fifteen Years of "Diet Plans" That Couldn't Fail Imagine you wanted to lose a few pounds. (Most Americans do; so that might not be hard too hard.) Now picture some svelte fitness guru who promises success: “Follow my plan and you cannot go wrong. You will lose all the pounds you could want.” Yo
Special Nite Cap: Catch Up on Today's Post 12/17/16 Featured Post The NPE Toolkit: Stop Betsy DeVos - Network For Public Education Digale a su senador que vote no por Betsy DeVos - Network For Public Education by mike simpson /
The "Bad Kid" Label Sticks: Let's Remove It!
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Sometimes, ok many times, she could be loud. She rolled her eyes and
twirled her neck. Often. Her behavior was everyone else's fault, never
hers. But as th...
When Nobody Steps Up
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Blog:
Confessions of a Community College Dean
My friend Christine Nowik posted a great question on Twitter this week.
Linking to a piece about department ...
Trump and the Golden Age of Stupidity
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David Rothkopf catches the essence of the Trump era: It is America’s
“Golden Age of Stupidity.” “Hello, you have reached the United States of
America. We’r...
The Pain Or The Shame Or The Frustration
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When I'm sick or injured, my loved ones will tell you that I prefer to be
left alone. If there is to be a cool cloth placed upon my brow, I'll do it
m...
The Most Literate and the Most Challenged
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Washington has been declared the “most literate” city in the U.S. since
2010. Meanwhile, DC also has areas with illiteracy rates close to 50%, and
a “book ...
2017 Medley #23
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De-Professionalizing Teachers, Anti-Intellectualism, Vouchers, The
Destruction of Public Education in Indianapolis DE-PROFESSIONALIZING
TEACHERS The Many W...
Playing Hooky
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*Trump's Boy Scouts speech broke with 80 years of presidential tradition ...
Glen Brown on smoothing.
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-Glen Brown Illinois adopted asset smoothing (Senate Bill 1292 in 2011) to
determine the actuarial value of its plan assets. The asset smoothing
method use...
Dishonest Voucher Arguments
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There are many arguments to be made for a school voucher program-- lord
knows we've been hearing them for decades now. Some of them reveal a
different conc...
Please Support #FixInjusticeNotKids
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Paul Gorski, currently preparing a revised edition of Reaching and Teaching
Students in Poverty: Strategies for Erasing the Opportunity Gap, has
initiated ...
Today’s News & Commentary — July 25, 2017
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A New York Times piece covers the impact of drug tests (and drugs) on the
economy. In particular, it profiles various manufacturing companies in the
Midwe...
What Can Betsy DeVos Be Thinking?
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What can she be thinking? Can she be thinking at all? That is what I
wondered when I read what Betsy DeVos told the annual meeting of the
American Legisl...
Under Assault
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Truer words never spoken. We don't have children working in coal mines and
factories around here. But it doesn't have to stay that way. We've heard
GOP po...
TWO WEEKS TILL SCHOOL STARTS
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Summer in Nashville is quickly winding down. This time next week, teachers
report and then the week after that its full on with students reporting.
Things ...
A House of Cards, Built on Kids
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In 2006, in a presentation to ReadyNation marked “Strictly Private and
Confidential,” Paul Sheldon of Citigroup proposed a new way to finance
preschool: ea...
HOPE and CONFIDENCE
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Hope and fierce collective determination are choices; confidence is a
politics. We don’t want to minimize the horror, but neither do we want to
be sucked i...
The Budget Software Debacle at CPS: Lead By Example
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Last Thursday, principals received several sheets of paper from members of
CPS’s central office staff; the first step in piecing together each of
their ind...
WEEKEND QUOTABLES
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"Nothing about this White House communications department was ever about
communicating. On the contrary, it has always been about deception,
concealment a...
NEA Continues Support for Charter Schools
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*NEA Continues Support for Charter Schools*
by Jim Horn
Every year American public school educators send approximately a billion
and a half dollars to t...
This Week in Education Organizing - July 21, 2017
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*The Alliance to Reclaim Our Schools Newsletter July 21, 2017*
Welcome to our July 21 newsletter! As always, share the latest stories from
your city ...
.. of presidential indictments & self-pardons
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both of which have been in the news recently, especially given the release
of the memorandum Kenneth Starr commissioned that was written by Ron
Rotunda t...
Autism Speaks at District 75
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I got a summer school gig again this summer. Same school as last year,
different building, but still in District 75.
I am happy.
Last year I did phys ed...
NEWS FLASH: FOUNDING FATHERS USE NEW TECHNOLOGY
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Members of both major political parties attacking each other. Fake News.
Name-calling. Wild tweeting? Today’s world? Of course, but it …
Continue reading →
Student of the Month Nightmare
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*This is something I wrote for a monthly gathering to honor some of the
best students at our school. I figure most teachers will relate:*
I was grading pap...
How to Identify an Enemy of Public Education
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“How the Democratic Party Became an Enemy of Public Education” explained
how both Republicans and Democrats are selling the idea that private-sector
educ...
Something Is Rotten In The State Of Connecticut
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On July 19, 2017, the unelected, governor-appointed Connecticut State Board
of Education approved 504 additional seats in state charter schools for
next ye...
Where Journalism Shouldn’t Be
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Satire doesn’t need explication. But satire, on occasion, can also provide
a useful starting point for clarifying poins. Erik Wemple’s column on Chris
Cill...
When "Miracle" Charter Schools Shed Students
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A follow-up to yesterday's post:
As I noted, NBC's *Sunday Night with Megan Kelly* broadcast a story earlier
this month about Boys Latin Charter School, a ...
The Many Ways We Are De-Professionalizing Teaching
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The policy goal here is de-professionalizing teaching, establishing it once
and for all as a short-term, entry-level technical job designed to attract
a re...
99 Years of Progress Erased – unless we fight back
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Public healthcare for all? Public education for all? What is being done to
our monetized children regarding their potential healthcare and their
existing e...
#TrumpWorld & #USWomensOpen: This Is Not Normal
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Members of SOMA stage a peaceful, silent protest at the LPGA Women's Open
at Trump National Golf Club, Bedminster, NJ, July 16, 2017
First, congratulatio...
Does KIPP Deserve To Expand In Philly?
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Charter schools are a large component of the modern education reform
movement. In theory, the charters will get better results because with the
added auto...
You Can Be an Astronaut, but You Can't Be Black
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“What do you want to be when you grow up?” It’s a question I always
imagined every kindergarten student hearing.
“I want to be a doctor!” declares Sally.
...
Editorial Peddles School Privatization Agenda
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The San Diego Union editor deserves the bunkum efficiency award for packing
so much baloney in a scant four paragraphs. The first sentence of the
editorial...
Every Student Deserves to Be Heard
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Students who are victims of sexual assault or harassment are often afraid
they won’t be believed or taken seriously, and terrified they’ll be
victimized in...
School Reform’s Hot Air Balloon
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The current issue of The Washington Monthly contains an article by former
journalist Thomas Toch, “Hot for Teachers,” the latest in continuing string
of pi...
Trumpkins
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The evidence is clear:The Trump campaign met with Russian interests to
obtain information to help their campaign. Trump’s top advisors omitted
information...
When social media meets the academy
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After I started my PhD program, I gave up much of my social media and
blogging activity (though not all). This was for reasons of time, energy,
but also vo...
Who’s Afraid of Professional Teachers?
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New York’s charter school sector, apparently. Politico reports that the
charter sector has potentially won a much desired prize: permission to
“certify” th...
No Status Quo in Wisconsin!
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Since testifying against the Wisconsin DPI (Department of Public
Instruction) teacher license rule changes, some have suggested that I am
simply a defend...
‘I Quit!’
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TweetHave You Heard Episode #21: Teachers Are Leaving and They Want to Tell
You Why In this episode of Have You Heard, we hear from teachers who left
thei...
Beyond Testing
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Dear Friends and Family, I want to let you know that my new book, Beyond
Testing: Seven Assessments of Students and Schools More Effective Than
Standardize...
Site News: New Home for Education News & Commentary
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Quick! Get over there! The daily education news roundup and education
commentaries that you're probably looking for are now being published over
at The Gra...
Coop Goes to Europe Part 42 – The Clays
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It was Saturday December 8th and I woke up in the rollaway bed in Kevin
Clay’s bedroom at the family’s house in Horspath. I had gotten in last
night around...
The Blackwhite World of LAUSD’s Charter Schools
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BLACKWHITE…a loyal willingness to say that black is white when Party
discipline demands this. But it means also the ability to BELIEVE that
black is white,...
The Third Annual National Give-A-Kid-A-Book Day
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July 6, 2017 marks the 3rd annual National Give-a-Kid-a-Book Day. This day
of book giving was initiated on this blog in 2015 as a way to get books
into ch...
THE COUP TO DESTROY THE AMERICAN DREAM
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Within the core of our freedoms, lie the avenues powerful individuals use
to take away the rights of citizens and the controls of government designed
and e...
Parent/Educator EDU
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I have long been a guest blogger for Edutopia, which has been both a
challenge and an honor. I have always found it challenging to be
provocative in promot...
Should We Be Grateful?
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In an odd turn of events, and with little explanation, Michigan Governor
Rick Snyder has decided to return the state’s School Reform Office back to
the Dep...
The Sweeny-Prieto School Aid Proposal: An Analysis
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Source: The Sweeny-Prieto School Aid Proposal: An Analysis Mark Weber
Doctoral Candidate Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey POLICY
BRIEF: Weber_Sw...
This is also who we are
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I needed this story. Maybe you need it, too. This is also who we are. This
is how we find one another. This is how we resist.
Continue reading…
Support Room 134!
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*Friends, family, even public education supporters I don't know on social
media are always asking about how they can help given the constant madness
of the...
An Open Letter to NC Lawmakers
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An Open Letter to NC State Lawmakers and NC State Superintendent Mark
Johnson: I am a NC native, voter, and public school teacher. I am
addressing you all ...
Charter schools harm students
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Remediation costs from charter high school “graduates” getting into
college, but not having basic proficiency are astronomical both in terms of
economics...
Demand … or Be Damned
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I was invited by Kevin Zeese to contribute something to Popular Resistance
a while back, to contribute a call for an action in response to current
educatio...
The case against heavy phonics
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Sent to the Sydney Morning Herald, May 28, 2017
Monica Dux claims the evidence supporting explicit systematic instruction
is "overwhelming" and that whole...
Class of 2017: When you see a chance…
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The price to pay for never acting on the things you want out of life can be
heavy. You miss opportunities. You wonder what might have been. Regretting
inac...
Don't Like Chris Christie? Blame the Democrats.
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Yesterday Diane Ravitch published a piece in The New Republic, titled Don't
Like Betsy DeVos? Blame the Democrats.
If you care about public education at al...
Paul Ryan Comes To Harlem
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In a sense, the visit of such a person to such an institution made perfect
sense, that much the more in the Age of Trump. After all, here you had
Speaker o...
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Welcome to The Inspired Moto! Here you will find our collection of
one–of-a-kind items, each hand made from reclaimed motorcycle or automobile
parts, com...
We Opted Out, Now What?
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Your family made the decision to "refuse" or opt out of the state
assessments. By taking this action you are standing up for your child's
education. You ...
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*Countering Islamophobia in Classrooms and Schools: A Workshop for
Educators*
In the US, fear of terrorism has been used to justify the racial and
relig...
PARCC TEST MEMBERSHIP DOWN TO SIX STATES AND D.C.
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I'm remembering back to 2015 when Arne Duncan's SUV took a wrong turn on
the way to Ariel Community Academy in Chicago, and he was forced to get out
and w...
The Secret to Fixing Schools (My Next Bestseller)
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The Secret to Fixing Schools (My next bestseller) Prologue I just finished
watching a fascinating documentary on Netflix entitled, “The Secret”. The
film p...
Campbell Brown’s newest nanny state
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She flamed out at network news. She’s flamed out at cable news. So what’s a
washed-up ex-this, ex-that, to do? Campbell Brown is now going to tell you
how ...
Farewell, Sleep
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Today is the official last day of my spring break. I've done a scientific
survey: My natural bedtime is 2 AM, and my natural wake up time is 9:41
AM. Tom...
New Local Businesses in Sacramento
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Starting a new local business in Sacramento is a monumental task, but can
be accomplished with footwork, perseverance and knowledge. One must learn
the loc...
Jewell Elementary & Aurora Public Schools Skirt Law
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Letter sent to Colorado State Board of Education, as well as media,
senators who sponsored bill, Aurora Education Association, Aurora
superintendent office...
All those things that don’t change
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Well, I saw a cardinal hopping around the trees this past weekend at a
local state park. Spring winds are blowing but the winds of winter still
doesn’t wan...
Education Bloggers Daily Highlights 3/2/2017
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Education Bloggers Daily Highlights 3/1/2017 Education Bloggers Daily
Highlights Courtesy of Big Education Ape A special thank you to education
blogger Mik...
What Works Can Hurt: Side Effects in Education
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This medicine can reduce fever, but it can cause a bleeding stomach. When
you buy a medical product, you are given information about both its effects
and s...
Bad Hair Day
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It’s winter time. It’s cold — okay, not for anyone outside California and
Florida, but still — I’m wearing hats in the morning. Lovely knitted hats
that I’...
WWJD to Public Schools?
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Public education supporters have legit reasons to be worried about
President-elect Donald Trump's pick for Secretary of Education, Betsy
DeVos.
Living t...
The Invasion of the Public School Snatchers
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Public schools are in danger. The public school, that long-standing symbol
and foundation of democracy, is threatened by people who either sincerely
beli...
Lessons Learned
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Our children receive so much direct instruction from their parents, schools
and institutions. Day in and day out, the lessons are specific with
measurable ...
Capturing the Spark
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It’s been a long time since InterACT was an active education blog, though I
remain quite proud of what we did here. Those of us who wrote blog posts
here h...
Rocketship is a gross place
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I’ve always thought Rocketship was a really gross model for a charter
school. It’s a terrible experiment for poor black and brown children, one
that more a...
Random Musings and Observations. . . .
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I’ve been gone a while from the blogging scene. Some of my more regular
readers no doubt noticed but did not hassle me about it. Thank you for
that. Sinc...
WTU Peterson Slate: Not a 1 Woman Dictatorship
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Candi Peterson & GeLynn Thompson
Candidates for WTU Prez & GVP 2016By Candi Peterson, WTU Gen. Vice President
*Statements or expressions of opinions herein...
MY NEW BLOG
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My new blog will consist of fictitious headlines, meant to be a blend of
humor and satire. I apologize ahead of time if any other satirical site has
simila...
Random House published my new book SCHOOLS ON TRIAL
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On February 16th, Doubleday, an imprint of Random House, published my new
book SCHOOLS ON TRIAL: How Freedom and Creativity Can Fix Our Educational
Malprac...
NYS Tests: Has anything really changed?
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When I wrote my blog post last year, The Truth about New York State
Testing, I thought to myself… if only I could really tell the whole truth
about the tes...
Thank you
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Dear Readers,
Thank you for visiting *The Perimeter Primate*. This blog is being retired
for the time being. Although I no longer post here, I do still s...
I am Retiring
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I have some news: I am retiring from the PBS NewsHour and Learning Matters.
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other
conte...
All Aboard the Opt Out Bus
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The #OptOutBus is currently traveling the country giving away free books to
children! Follow their progress at their Facebook page and donate to their
FR...
Mixer on the River for Safer Schools V
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Join GLSEN Hudson Valley for and evening of summertime fun that brings
businesses, not-for-profits, individuals, and school communities together
for an a...
Time To Say Goodbye
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As some of you may have already noticed, I'm shutting down District 299. I
created the blog way back in the day (2005) when when I realized that
Chicago ed...
A Teacher Tries Opting Out
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This is my first blog post and kind of the reason I decided to create my
own blog: to keep people updated on what is going on with my request, as a
teacher...
Flaws at the Heart of Current Education Reforms
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Originally posted on Creative by Nature:
“Teaching is an art form rooted in the wise and careful use of educational
research and assessment tools. When gove...
Revised Policy Statement Released
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On the eve of the Chicago mayoral election, Chicagoland Researchers and
Advocates for Transformative Education (CReATE), a network of education
researcher...
my response to john merrow
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In response to What a Difference a Dash Makes! by John Merrow
Dear Mr. Merrow,
I believe you know EXACTLY what is going on; you are simply too smart and
...
Spanish Readers’ Blog: 2014 en resumen
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Spanish Readers’s blog con la ayuda de WordPress ha preparado su reporte
anual para el año que termina (Vea el 2013): Un resúmen: La sala de
conciertos de ...
A Call for the Next Phase in the Resistance
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Originally posted on the becoming radical:
Teachers at every level of schooling have struggled against two powerful
social claims: (i) education has always...
Seven of Campbell Brown's Funders Come Clean
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Campbell Brown's courageous stand to take on teacher tenure protections has
recently come under some fire because her Partnership for Educational
Justic...
