Big Education Ape: Special Nite Cap: Catch Up on Today's Post 2/11/17

Saturday, February 11, 2017

Special Nite Cap: Catch Up on Today's Post 2/11/17

Special Nite Cap: Catch Up on Today's Post 2/11/17

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BATs: Teachers Don All Black To Protest DeVos’ Confirmation For Ed Secretary | PopularResistance.Org

ACLU Video. What to do if ICE is at your door. | ACLU Video. Qué hacer si el ICE está en su puerta. | Fred Klonsky

by mike simpson / 8min

ACLU Video. What to do if ICE is at your door. | Fred Klonsky : ACLU Video. What to do if ICE is at your door. ACLU Video. Qué hacer si el ICE está en su puerta. | Fred Klonsky ACLU Video. What to do if ICE is at your door. | Fred Klonsky :

Catch up with CURMUDGUCATION: The Wealth Gap: Worse Than You Think + Impersonal Personalization

by mike simpson / 13min

CURMUDGUCATION : Catch up with CURMUDGUCATION The Wealth Gap: Worse Than You Think 96 by Peter Greene / 1d How much is whiteness worth? The answer turns out to be "a whole heck of a lot." A new report with the unsexy title " Asset Value of Whiteness " has been released jointly by Demos and the Institute for Assets and Social Policy (Brandeis University), two left-tilted thinky tanks. The research

CURMUDGUCATION: The Hard Right's Planning Document for Education

by mike simpson / 27min

CURMUDGUCATION: The Hard Right's Planning Document for Education : The Hard Right's Planning Document for Education Well, this is kind of scary. We're going to do this two parts. First we're going to look at the Center for National Policy's documented proposed plans for education. Then, because you probably don't know who this poorly named group represents, I'll show you why their desire to creat

Jersey Jazzman: Jersey Jazzman Spring 2017 Tour

by mike simpson / 6h

Jersey Jazzman: Jersey Jazzman Spring 2017 Tour : Jersey Jazzman Spring 2017 Tour Turns out I'm doing a lot of speaking and panels over the next few months. Not all events are open to the public, but I thought it would still be useful to give a schedule. Scroll down for details on each event. If you attend any of these, make sure to come up and say, "Hi!" - Panel: Franklin C.A.R.E.S. Wednesday, F

With DeVos, We’re Likely To See A Charter School To Prison Pipeline | PopularResistance.Org

by mike simpson / 7h

With DeVos, We’re Likely To See A Charter School To Prison Pipeline | PopularResistance.Org : With DeVos, We’re Likely To See A Charter School To Prison Pipeline We need to get cops out of schools and invest in an accountable public education system, IPS’ Karen Dolan told the Real News Network. “This is a terrible harbinger for what is facing our children,” Karen Dolan told the Real News regardin

Vouchers: a Love Story – Have You Heard

by mike simpson / 7h

Vouchers: a Love Story – Have You Heard : Vouchers: a Love Story Big Education Ape: Why I’m Saying Farewell to EduShyster – Have You Heard - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2017/02/why-im-saying-farewell-to-edushyster.html Have You Heard kicks off season 2 with a look at all things voucher-y. Jack Schneider and I talk about the history of school vouchers, the movement’s strange bedfellows, an

‘Bad Dude’? No, but Deported Anyway - The New York Times

by mike simpson / 7h

‘Bad Dude’? No, but Deported Anyway - The New York Times : ‘Bad Dude’? No, but Deported Anyway By no standard of common sense or decency should Guadalupe García de Rayos have been a priority for deportation. Ms. Rayos, a 35-year-old mother of two, was arrested on Wednesday by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Phoenix. On Thursday she was deported to Mexico, a country she left 21 years

John Thompson: Ending charter wars: 'The problem is the problem' - NonDoc

by mike simpson / 7h

Ending charter wars: 'The problem is the problem' - NonDoc : Ending charter wars: ‘The problem is the problem’ M y previous post discussed the first issue of two that should inform the OKCPS school board election: making teaching a team sport . It drew upon the work of former PBS education reporter John Merrow, who wrote in 2011 that instead of focusing primarily on “making a better teacher,” Ame

BATs: Teachers Don All Black To Protest DeVos’ Confirmation For Ed Secretary | PopularResistance.Org

by mike simpson / 7h

Teachers Don All Black To Protest DeVos’ Confirmation For Ed Secretary | PopularResistance.Org : Teachers Don All Black To Protest DeVos’ Confirmation For Ed Secretary If you see a sea of teachers dressed in black this week, there’s a reason why. Teachers and supporters of public education are donning all-black outfits this week to protest the confirmation of U.S. Secretary of Education nominee B

Ed Notes Online: Irony surealism: I’m Just Wild About Betsy (sort of) - Norm in The Wave

by mike simpson / 8h

Ed Notes Online: Irony surealism: I’m Just Wild About Betsy (sort of) - Norm in The Wave : Irony surealism: I’m Just Wild About Betsy (sort of) - Norm in The Wave Published Friday, Feb. 10, 2017 at www.rockawave.com I’m Just Wild About Betsy (sort of) By Norm Scott While most of my colleagues rend their clothes in anguish over Betsy DeVos becoming education secretary after VP Mike Pence had to br

Know Your Rights - Immigration - Conozca Sus Derechos - Inmigración

by mike simpson / 8h

GREATER SACRAMENTO PROGRESSIVE ALLIANCE: Know Your Rights - Immigration : Know Your Rights - Immigration GREATER SACRAMENTO PROGRESSIVE ALLIANCE: Know Your Rights - Immigration :

Keeping retirement weird. Immigration raids and a citizen’s responsibility in the Time of Trump. | Fred Klonsky

by mike simpson / 8h

Keeping retirement weird. Immigration raids and a citizen’s responsibility in the Time of Trump. | Fred Klonsky : Keeping retirement weird. Immigration raids and a citizen’s responsibility in the Time of Trump Our guest on yesterday’s Hitting Left radio show with the Klonsky brothers was dean of the Chicago City Council’s Hispanic and Progressive Caucuses, Alderman Ricardo Muñoz of the 22nd Ward.

The Rise of Crony Appointees and the Inexpert Ruling Class | radical eyes for equity

by mike simpson / 8h

The Rise of Crony Appointees and the Inexpert Ruling Class | radical eyes for equity : The Rise of Crony Appointees and the Inexpert Ruling Class Imagine the U.S. president appointing the Secretary of Education based almost entirely on that appointee being connected, and not because of a wealth of experience and expertise in public education. No, this is not about Trump and Betsy DeVos—or at leas

Badass Teachers Association: BETSY DEVOS: The Illusion of Choice by Jake Jacobs

by mike simpson / 8h

Badass Teachers Association: BETSY DEVOS: The Illusion of Choice by Jake Jacobs : BETSY DEVOS: The Illusion of Choice by Jake Jacobs Originally posted at: https://medium.com/@NYArteacher/betsy-devos-the-illusion-of-choice-f2a0ea0044d4#.akqx4jkyy Since the nomination of Betsy DeVos for Secretary of Education, the nation has been contemplating her pet issue, school choice. School choice sounds grea

Trump to Dems: 'Pocahontas is now the face of your party' - CNNPolitics.com

by mike simpson / 8h

Trump to Dems: 'Pocahontas is now the face of your party' - CNNPolitics.com : Trump to Dems: 'Pocahontas is now the face of your party' Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump taunted Democrats by telling them "Pocahontas is now the face of your party" -- his insult of choice for Sen. Elizabeth Warren -- during a meeting with senators earlier this week, sources told CNN. The President also used t

Seattle Schools Community Forum: That Was Short

by mike simpson / 9h

Seattle Schools Community Forum: That Was Short : That Was Short It appears my hiatus is coming to an end. It's kind of Godfather-like - I keep trying to do less but I keep getting pulled back in. But there are too many stories popping up. I think it important to keep up with: - what is happening (or not) in Olympia - what is happening with Advanced Learning (I attended both the Board Work Sessio

DeVos Public School Visits: A Brief Guide | deutsch29

by mike simpson / 9h

DeVos Public School Visits: A Brief Guide | deutsch29 : DeVos Public School Visits: A Brief Guide If US Ed Sec Betsy DeVos is truly interested in the goings-on at public schools, she should first contact the school and arrange a visit. DeVos should not spring a “pop-in” on stakeholders. Admin should not surprise their faculty and students with a DeVos pop-in. DeVos should be certain that parents

Creswell follow-up responses to Commission in opposition to a comprehensive federal student database | Parent Coalition for Student Privacy

by mike simpson / 9h

Creswell follow-up responses to Commission in opposition to a comprehensive federal student database | Parent Coalition for Student Privacy : Creswell follow-up responses to Commission in opposition to a comprehensive federal student database Following Cassie Creswell’s testimony on behalf of our Coalition on January 5, 2017 to the Commission on Evidence-Based Policy, the Commission sent her some

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Special Nite Cap: Catch Up on Today's Post 2/10/17

by mike simpson / 1d

Special Nite Cap: Catch Up on Today's Post 2/10/17 Featured Post BAT Educators: Why Did You Go Into This Profession? by Priscilla Sanstead and Dr. Michael Flanagan Badass Teachers Association: Prominent DeVos critics urge protesters: Don’t block her way into public schools. She needs to see them. - The