School Privatization Turns Business Into Predator and Students Into Prey | gadflyonthewallblog : School Privatization Turns Business Into Predator and Students Into Prey The mother sea turtle struggles to shore to lay her eggs. A typical clutch includes anywhere from 50–350 eggs, which the mother hides under the sand. Her sole contribution to their future complete, she swims away. They incubate u
A disturbing look at how charter schools are hurting a traditional school district - The Washington Post : A disturbing look at how charter schools are hurting a traditional school district Bethlehem Steel is reflected in the Lehigh River in Bethlehem, Pa., on Nov. 8, 1995. Bethlehem Steel Corp. extinguished its last blast furnace at its flagship plant that year, sending home 1,800 workers and en
CA Finalist for National Teacher of the Year - Year 2017 (CA Dept of Education) : San Diego Teacher Finalist for National Teacher of the Year SACRAMENTO—State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson announced today that Megan Gross, a 2017 California Teacher of the Year from San Diego County, was selected as one of four finalists nationwide for the 2017 National Teacher of the Year awa
Weingarten speaks on the future of public education | American Federation of Teachers : Weingarten speaks on the future of public education Watch full speech here: AFT President Randi Weingarten Delivers Remarks | Video | C-SPAN.org - https://www.c-span.org/video/?421372-1/aft-president-randi-weingarten-delivers-remarks-education-policy In a Jan. 9 speech at the National Press Club in Washington,
CURMUDGUCATION: Warren Spanks DeVos : Warren Spanks DeVos Elizabeth Warren has noticed that there will be only one, brief opportunity to grill Secretary of Education nominee Betsy DeVos, and so today she has sent DeVos a letter outlining what sorts of answers she's looking for. The whole thing is sixteen pages long, and while Warren has not always been on the right side of education debates (in p
CHALLENGING A FAILED POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC SYSTEM PART I of III blogs | Dr. Edward F. Berger : CHALLENGING A FAILED POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC SYSTEM America is now led by people who have power because they do not follow the ethical and moral concepts that I once thought inviolate. We are experiencing the exact opposite of what I was taught, what I taught students, and what I believe. I am being for
What the Media Missed About Facebook’s Big New Hire | Vanity Fair : What the Media Missed About Facebook’s Big New Hire The New York Times reported, “Facebook is turning to a former television news journalist to help smooth over its strained ties to the news media, which views it as both a vital partner and a potentially devastating opponent.” It mentioned, almost in passing, “In recent years, [C
Central Michigan Life - COLUMN: DeVos education policies a national failure 23 years in the making : DeVos education policies a national failure 23 years in the making On Jan. 11, the U.S. Senate plans to hold a confirmation hearing for Betsy DeVos, who was chosen by President-elect Donald Trump to head the Department of Education. If she is confirmed, one of Michigan’s most prominent champions f
Ending the No Child Left Behind Catch-22 on English learner progress | EdSource : Ending the No Child Left Behind Catch-22 on English learner progress CREDIT: LPI Linda Darling-Hammond California’s State Board of Education has an opportunity at its meeting this week in Sacramento to leave behind one of the most unfair and problematic features of No Child Left Behind (NCLB): the way it calculates
Urban-Education Programs Prepare Teachers to Confront Racism - The Atlantic : How Teachers Learn to Discuss Racism Urban-education programs prepare them for imperative contemporary conversations with students. After a rash of police killings last summer, H. Richard Milner, a professor of urban education at the University of Pittsburgh, set out to answer a question that had been gnawing at him for
DeVos Hearing 1/11: UPDATED Senate HELP Committee Members. Call today. - Network For Public Education : DeVos Hearing 1/11: UPDATED Senate HELP Committee Members. Call today On January 11 at 10:00 am the Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee will begin a hearing on the nomination of Betsy DeVos to serve as Secretary of Education. Below are committee members, along with their
Here’s what Elizabeth Warren wants to know from Trump’s education pick - The Washington Post : Here’s what Elizabeth Warren wants to know from Trump’s education pick Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat from Massachusetts. (Pete Marovich/Bloomberg) In advance of this week’s confirmation hearing, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Monday sent Betsy DeVos, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for educa
Illinois public employee union strategy to fight for pensions: Members should “do nothing” and let Madigan be our goalie. | Fred Klonsky : Illinois public employee union strategy to fight for pensions: Members should “do nothing” and let Madigan be our goalie. On Saturday I wrote about the discussions among Democrats and Rauner’s legislative leaders for a grand bargain to resolve the state budget
Draining dollars from our students by Wendy Lecker - Wait What? : Draining dollars from our students by Wendy Lecker Columnist and education advocate Wendy Lecker writes about Governor Dannel Malloy’s attack on Connecticut’s public schools and his ongoing effort to privatize public education in Connecticut. In Draining dollars from our students , Wendy Lecker writes; Though the CCJEF v. Rell tria
Education Lessons From A Sparkly District: Follow Up To Who Is Voting On New Jersey's New Charter Regulations? : Follow Up To Who Is Voting On New Jersey's New Charter Regulations? Last Sunday, I published a blog post about NJ State Board of Education (NJBOE) member, Peter Simon, and his family's philanthropic foundation, the William E. Simon Foundation. If it had not been for the New York Times
Education Law Prof Blog : Are Pence and DeVos a One-Two Knock Out for Education Policy? Recent Reports Out of Indiana Suggest Yes My recent posts have focused on DeVos and the problems she presents for public education, although I emphasize that without new legislation she does not have power to do too much. Some new information out of Indiana regarding the education system Governor Pence has ove
Jersey Jazzman: Teaching In the Age of Trump : Teaching In the Age of Trump Last week, Mrs. Jazzman and I decided to indulge one last time before we start our new years diets, and found ourselves in line for the best hot dogs north of the Bronx County line. As I waited for my turn at the condiments station (get the red relish), I overheard a conversation between a nice young woman working the cou
Please Take a Minute Today to Call Both of Your Senators to Oppose Confirmation of Betsy DeVos | janresseger : Please Take a Minute Today to Call Both of Your Senators to Oppose Confirmation of Betsy DeVos The U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP ) Committee’s confirmation hearing on Betsy Devos, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Education, is scheduled f
LAUSD Schools Face Bankruptcy While Charters Cheat on Admissions : LAUSD Schools Face Bankruptcy While Charters Cheat on Admissions Through admissions policies that exclude vulnerable students by erecting various barriers to entry, charter schools have the potential to create a two-tiered system of public education. ” – ACLU and Public Advocates The LAUSD Charter School Division (CSD) says that “
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES : WEEKEND QUOTABLES Former Peltier prosecutor calls for his release. Author Yaa Gyasi ("Homegoing") The history of America has involved figuring out new ways to subjugate black people since the beginning. In this post-election in-between space, as Donald Trump takes over, we are wondering what fresh hell may be about to be devised. -- Guardian Jame
The Fizzle of Common Core Face, Student Achievement Partners | deutsch29 : The Fizzle of Common Core Face, Student Achievement Partners The chief purpose of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) initiative was to develop a “common core” of ELA and math standards that states (ideally all) would adopt so that state education might be standardized and therefore comparable using similar assessments.
NAT HENTOFF: I’ve lost a hero. So has anyone who dares to write. | : NAT HENTOFF: I’ve lost a hero. So has anyone who dares to write. In 1972, when I was 25 years old, I wrote a book published by Simon and Schuster entitled “Teachers and Power: The Story of the American Federation of Teachers.” It was critical of the AFT, primarily because of the union’s efforts to destroy community control of pu
Meryl Streep gives shout-out to public schools during her Golden Globes anti-Trump speech - The Washington Post : Meryl Streep gives shout-out to public schools during her Golden Globes anti-Trump speech Meryl Streep holds the Cecil B. DeMille Award during the 74th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Jan. 8, 2017. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni When actress Meryl Streep gave her speech
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You’ve Named Trump’s Worst! - NYTimes.com:
*You’ve Named Trump’s Worst!*
It was a hard-fought race, people. But the results of our Worst Trump
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Stevens Elementary Trying to Fight Cuts
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From Stevens parents worried about their school. *Understand that if the
Board does not act on policies that are broken/bent/ignored, then YOUR
school com...
June 22, 2017 newsletter brief
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Thumbnail of the 6/22/17 newsletter (full issue here) Action of the week:
Share PAA’s new 1-page fact sheet exposing the truth about Stand for
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Governor Values Gas More Than Constituents’ Lives
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By Margaret Flowers for We Are Cove Point. Lusby, Maryland - For the past
year, residents of Cove Point and their allies have petitioned Governor
Larry Ho...
Michael Mulgrew's Danielson Rating Sheet.
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Since our UFT President, Michael Mulgrew, believes the Charlotte Danielson
rubric is a good evaluation tool for teachers. Therefo...
NY: Competition, Shmompetition
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Eva Moscowitz has some kind of magical power. Maybe it's money or
pheremones or some sort of magical aura, but her record in getting New York
leaders to ro...
ISTE 2017 Schedule #iste17
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Hope to see you there!.
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Rethinking Literacy (and All) Assessment
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To whatever degree I have been an effective teacher over a 33-year (and
counting) career directly and indirectly connected to teaching literacy has
been gr...
From a Sunless Mind to a Solar Wall
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After the gilded slumlord gangster President resigns, this will be long
remembered as one of his most astonishing thought disorders to become
public:
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Is he the "worst person in the world"???
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You may remember that feature on the old Keith Olbermann show on MS-NBC.
I have been thinking a lot about Mitch McConnell recently, and have come to
the ...
A "Joke-y" Teacher
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I've not sat down to do the math, but I've sent hundreds of kids off into
the world from the Woodland Park Cooperative School. For most of them, I
was t...
You Call That a Hearing?
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The Republicans have rightly been criticized for refusing to hold hearings
on their bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act, but even when they do hold
Cong...
Teachers as Practical Politicians
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Besides managing a classroom of 20 to 30 or more students while teaching
lessons every day, teachers also do politicking. Teachers using ClassDojo,
a free ...
At the Skinnies
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The highlight of the educational season, of course, is the *Class Size
Matters *Skinny Awards. Leonie Haimson organizes them and finds a whole lot
of cool...
New Jersey's Insider Special Education Ombudsman
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Yesterday, the New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) announced the
appointment of an acting Special Education Ombudsman. You can read the
press relea...
The Unintended Impact of Awards
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One of the benefits to our downtime in the summer is that we actually HAVE
downtime. I have the opportunity to dive deeper into data, start plans for
nex...
How School Data Fails to Tell Us What’s Important
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Teachers look for solutions. That’s what we do. But data collection often
fails when it comes to solutions. You can collect all the information in
the worl...
This Week in Education Organizing - June 16, 2017
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*Baltimore City Council Stands Up for Community Schools*
The Baltimore City Council and the Mayor reached a deal on a new city
budget late last week, aft...
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…
Society’s Commitment is Reflected in Tests
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We continue to punish students, teachers, and schools with punitive
standardized testing. One could argue that all this testing is worth it if
it actually ...
Solidarity, Activism Wins the Day
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It was three days before Thursday’s regular 7:00 p.m. board meeting in the
Selah School District (SSD) of Washington state.
Washington Grabs Power=Dog Bites Man
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Big surprise: Washington ain’t letting go of its authority to run public
education! That’s the gist of news about Education Secretary Betsy DeVos
and the ...
Where Have All the Democrats Gone? Part I
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This post is the start of a series. I don't know how many parts it will
eventually be. Guess that depends on how long Democratic elected officials
at the s...
TENNESSEE EDUCATION VOICES: Wendy Tucker
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I started this series of interviews in order to get a better understanding
of the people who shape education in Tennessee. In order to get a robust
picture...
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*How Can We Stand By? *
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The day after the announcement that I won my first unopposed election for
building representative...
Panama Canal History
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Cheeto45 is so ignorant that he didn’t realize that: (A) the original
Panama Canal was built (by the US government) over 100 years ago; (B) the
new, larger...
MTA vs. Personalized Learning: “We Can Fight This”
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This May, the Massachusetts Teacher Association (MTA) broke from national
union leadership by taking a bold stance against “personalized learning”
initiati...
Coop Goes to Europe Part 41 – London
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It was Friday December 7th and I was in the friendly confines of the
American Express office in London. The place was full of people including
some of my b...
Military Vouchers: Choice Comes to Our Defense
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Inspired by Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos, and her school choice
agenda, Secretary of Defense James "Mad Dog" Mattis has declared that we
are doing ...
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...
What TFA Tells The New Recruits About ‘The System’
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The Teach For America mission statement does not mention the word teacher.
It reads “Our mission is to enlist, develop, and mobilize as many as
possible o...
CPE update and other miscellany
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Dear Colleagues and friends, On the Central Park East front. The interim
appointed without consulting the school community is a good guy whose
sympathies s...
The Church of Choice
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There are many reasons why various advocates representing different
constituencies support school choice policies. Some of them argue from a
civil rights ...
The War on Teachers and the End of Public Education
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We have genuinely reached a tipping point, one where we're struggling to
get young people to go into teaching as professional career (as opposed to
two-yea...
Charlotte!
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Charlotte Marchant, my friend for 50 years, has been writing a fascinating
and important blog that illuminates an era through an inner-generational
convers...
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 ...
No Clean Hands
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TweetI’m responsible for the appointment of Betsy DeVos as Secretary of
Education. Are you? By Alicia 18th century political and moral philosopher
Joseph d...
Higher order thinking about HOTS
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All hail Higher Order Thinking Skills! HOTS (gotta love the acronym)
conjures up images of Einstein, Hawking and Holmes. Who wouldn’t want to be
them? Who ...
The $50,000 ATR Question
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We've been offered $50,000 to go away and not be to heard from again.
As many know by now, there is a new ATR agreement bestowed upon the
unsuspecting, th...
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...
Career Opportunity!
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The Coalition for Educational Justice and the Urban Youth Collaborative are
seeking an Education Justice Director. Click below to see the job
description. ...
Bigfoot and Public Education
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Approximately 35% of Americans believe that President Trump is doing an
acceptable job. The same percentage, though not necessarily the same
people, believ...
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...
Toolkit webinar now available online!
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If you were unable to join our May 23rd webinar on how to use the Parent
Toolkit for Student Privacy to protect your child’s sensitive data, don’t
worry! Y...
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...
Let’s Make History
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Efforts to improve K-12 education over the past 30 years have been a
bipartisan mess. Here’s a description, written by Diane Ravitch, of how we
got into th...
Are Tech & Learning Compatible?
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I recently read yet another article that questioned the effect of using
technology in education. I believe it stated that there are 3.6 million
educators u...
Chapter One: From Under Trump’s “Landslide”
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The book can be purchased here. What Is This ‘America’? What is this
“America” David Brooks was talking about when he wrote the following?: When
America is...
Take That Mr AP
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Just got this message. It made my day.
Hello Mrs. POT, how you've been?
I have news to tell you! I'll be attending XXX Pharmacy school this fall!
Thank y...
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...
A Watergate Refresher for 2017
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*Whether or not you like President Trump or not, even if you’re ambivalent,
I thought a few teachers might be interested in this story of Watergate
which I...
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...
Anger doesn’t describe it
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New York State assessments conclude today. Half of my fifth grade students
will have sat through over 9 hours of abusive assessments while the other
half o...
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...
A Poem in Favor of Humanity
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2017 – it’s 2017 Who would think that in 2017 I would feel the need to have
you read a poem in favor of humanity? I look out at my students what do I
see? ...
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’...
Betsy DeVos’s Institutional Racism Problem
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As have no doubt heard, the State School Reform Office of the state of
Michigan has released the names of the 38 schools that are slated for
possible closu...
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
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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...
Dear White Educators
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Dear White Educators,
I struggle with you. I struggle with me. I struggle with how, if, and when
to write us this letter. There is no perfect time, no perf...
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.
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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...
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...
