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 /
Brother/Comrade Rick Ayers
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Minor commentary on Ken Burns/Lynn Novick documentary, “Vietnam War.”
Episode two (Riding the Tiger, 1961-63): My first thought: Yes, please do
watch this ...
That Teacher Absenteeism Report
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The Thomas B. Fordham Institute is a Washington DC based advocacy group
that works the reformy side of the street. They worked hard to sell the
Common Core...
Big Picture Learning Off Limits
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From Wrench in the Gears
September 20, 2017
The introduction to this piece including a discussion of ImBlaze can be
found here.
Big Picture Learningstu...
Calling Foul: Ravitch is Wrong About MacArthur
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This is a bit ironic. This morning, Diane Ravitch reblogged a post I’d
written about an exceptionally good piece on the influence of billionaires
in public...
TODAY: Submit comments to USDoE before midnight.
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The US Department of Education is asking for comments, “In accordance
with Executive Order 13777, “Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda,” the
Departmen...
Cary Moon for Mayor
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This blog endorses Cary Moon for Mayor of Seattle.
Why Moon over her opponent, Jenny Durkan?
1. Moon is willing to put herself out there and talk about e...
USA: Warmongers not Christians
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This is simple, in two graphs: It is clear that in the USA, we have made
decisions about the extreme wealth of the nation. We have plenty of money,
but we ...
Oregon’s Smarter Balanced Assessment Scores Drop
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Oregon schools showed a drop in proficiency in math and ELA as last school
year's Smarter Balanced Assessment scores were released.
The post Oregon’s Sma...
A Train Track Back
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His mother left and he didn't like that. He stood at the hallway door
crying while I sat with him, although he soon made it clear that he would
rather...
NJ Third Grader Scores Perfect on PARCC
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New Jersey public school student, Alexica Perez, achieved a perfect score
on the seven-day-long PARCC test that she took in her third grade year at
Max Leu...
How You Can Help Small Businesses Thrive
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Banks are trying to score another victory over hardworking Americans by
refusing to lend to minorities, women, and rural residents who own and run
small bu...
Cartoons and Stories of Students and Lawyers
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For this month, I am combining those often repeated howlers that students
write on tests and say in class with a selection of actual back-and-forths
betwe...
Review of John Gennari's "Flavor and Soul"
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With the publication of "Flavor and Soul- Italian America at its African
American Edge,"John Gennari has written an eloquent book about Italian
Americans a...
Reformy Chalkbeat Peddles the Moskowitz Book
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A few years ago, I used to write for Chalkbeat, *nee *Gotham Schools. I
wrote a review of Diane Ravitch's book, *The Death and Life of the Great
American ...
The New “Jack”: Trading Justice for Grit
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(Taking a small break between chapters in The Interregnum Mile to bring you
something to consider) Is Restorative Justice being “jacked?” Restorative
Justi...
Please take our 5-minute class size survey!
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*Welcome back to a new school year! *
Please take our five-minute class size survey to let us know how large your
child’s class size is this year; teachers...
We the people, our Constitution
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I keep a pocket version of the U.S. Constitution handy, and this year I’ve
found myself thumbing through it on a regular basis. (I wonder why?) More…
On Deaf Ears: My Public Comment to the LAUSD Board
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On September 12, 2017, the LAUSD School Board was set to take a vote to
approve several charters for five-year renewals, including ICEF Innovation.
However...
Good-Bye Princess of Madiganistan
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It was not too long ago Lisa Madigan declared a financial emergency and
attacked the state’s public employees and retirees. Madigan and other
self-inter...
The Bottom Line: A Keller-Greene Joint
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Good teachers are both process and bottom line people. They think about how
to get students to walk away with …
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Newsletter and Action of the Week for 9/14/17
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Thumbnail of the 9/14/17 newsletter (full issue here) Action of the week:
Let’s disrupt DeVos’s “Rethinking Schools” scheme: 1. Send a letter to the
editor...
Education Is a Civic Question
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In their final post to end Bridging Differences' decade-long run, Deborah
Meier and Harry Boyte urge readers to put the energy, talents, wisdom, and
hard w...
FAIRTEST is not a footnote
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I am a fan of footnotes, including my own, and probably my favorite
footnote in Addicted to Reform: A 12-Step Program to Rescue Public
Education is #1 for ...
Questions as Invitations, Not Inquisitions
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When you are a writer, inspiration for your writing can come from all over,
suddenly, unpredictably, sometimes even against your will. Into my in box
this...
Teacher Bathroom Behavior Charges
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The following comes from the files of, *"You Can't Make This Shit Up!"*
Last month Chaz in a blog post wrote...
*Up until this previous school year the Off...
Arrogance-Advice to Start the Year
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The look to give those no nothing supervisors and Principals who try to
intimidate. Get the upper hand!
(Photo from Congo House at the Bronx Zoo)
Trump’s War on Science: NYT Editorial
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New York Times Editorial Board Sept. 9, 2017 The news was hard to digest
until one realized it was part of a much larger and increasingly disturbing
patter...
Trump’s War on Science: NYT Editorial
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New York Times Editorial Board Sept. 9, 2017 The news was hard to digest
until one realized it was part of a much larger and increasingly disturbing
patter...
Two Days Down, Forever To Go
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I burst out laughing. I never thought I’d say that within the first two
days of school. But I did. Not only did I laugh, ...
Read More
The post Two Days...
Surprise! If You Live Under a Rock.
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As the war against our public schools and the profession of teaching drags
on it amazes me that some people still act surprised when politicians
attempt ...
Do Perks for Teachers Compromise Their Integrity?
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Schools and teachers are the objects of commerce and policy, not
co-creators or idea-generators or genuine partners. We get "gifts" from
business, if we ar...
Bawer on Greenblatt: A Response
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Though I have not read anything he has written this century, Stephen
Greenblatt has had an outsized impact on my academic career. The New
Historicism he sp...
GLSEN Responds as DACA End Imperils LGBTQ Students
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For media inquiries or to arrange an interview with Eliza Byard, contact:
*Cathy Renna, 917-757-6123, **cathy@targetcue.com*
(New York, NY) September 6, 2...
What Really Makes a "No Excuses" Charter School?
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Once again, Matt Barnum points us to a study showing positive effects from
a "no excuses" charter school. The paper, by Matthew Davis and Blake Heller, take...
My newest books and other news
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Dear friends and colleagues, Catching up on two months since I last wrote!
My book with Emily Gasoi, These Schools Belong To You and Me, from Beacon
Press,...
Join tonight’s #oklaed chat: Stereotypes in Schools
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This conversation is more important than pre-season professional football
or Game of Thrones. Remember, you can record TV. It's a thing. See you at 8
tonight!
CPS buys into the Covey Hustle
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Reposted from Fred Klonsky's Blog
A parent wants to know why an expensive corporate training program is being
implemented at his neighborhood CPS school.
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This is our Sputnik moment.
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School’s all across the nation are either starting or about to start a new
academic year. It’s suppose to be an exciting time for students and
teacher. How...
The NAACP Tells It As It Is
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An English teacher friend of mine was a finalist for Connecticut Teacher of
the Year in the mid 90’s. As one of the culminating steps in the selection
pro...
Literacy East and West of the Anacostia
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We Act Radio broadcasts from east of the Anacostia River in Washington, DC.
A short distance to the east on Good Hope Road is the Anacostia branch of
the p...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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’...
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...
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...
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...
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...
