The Big Lie Behind Trump’s Education Budget : The Big Lie Behind Trump’s Education Budget Public school supporters are angry at President Trump’s budget proposal, which plans to cut funding to the Department of Education by 13 percent – taking that department’s outlay down to the level it was ten years ago . But the target for their anger should not be just the extent of the cuts but also how the
The Joy of Opting Out of Standardized Testing | gadflyonthewallblog : The Joy of Opting Out of Standardized Testing Testing season is a gray period in my classroom. But it’s a joy in my house. As a classroom teacher with a daughter in the public school system, I’m always struck by the difference. In school I have to proctor the federally mandated standardized tests . But I’ve opted my own daughte
CURMUDGUCATION: Which Choice Would You Choose? : Which Choice Would You Choose? If you were (or are) a parent, which one of the following options would you prefer? OPTION A Your neighborhood is served by a single public school. That school is well-staffed with a range of young and experienced professional educators, well-trained and committed to the needs of their students, and they are well-mana
US justices reject Gorsuch in win for disabled student : US justices reject Gorsuch in win for disabled student he U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected legal reasoning used by President Donald Trump’s high court nominee Neil Gorsuch in his role as an appellate judge, ruling in favor of an autistic student who said he was denied an adequate education. The 8-0 ruling, authored by conservative C
A Continuum on Personalized Learning: First Draft | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice : A Continuum on Personalized Learning: First Draft After visiting over three dozen teachers in 11 schools in Silicon Valley and hearing an earful about “personalized learning,” I drafted a continuum where I could locate all of the different versions of “personalized learning” I observed and ha
Supreme Court Rules In Favor Of Special Education Student : NPR Ed : NPR : The Supreme Court Rules In Favor Of A Special Education Student U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the unanimous opinion in today's ruling. Andrew Harnik/AP School districts must give students with disabilities the chance to make meaningful, "appropriately ambitious" progress, the Supreme Court said Wednes
Press Releases | Press | Ranking Member's Newsroom | Ranking Member | The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions : Murray to Colleagues: Stand Up for Students and Fight Public School Privatization Without the strong accountability required for public schools, private schools receiving vouchers allow struggling and at-risk students to fall through the cracks Privatization pro
An Obama Decree Continues to Make Public Schools Lawless - WSJ : An Obama Decree Continues to Make Public Schools Lawless To improve education, allow teachers to administer discipline regardless of race. In 2012 the Education Department released a national study showing that black students are suspended from school at a higher rate than whites, and the findings fueled a predictable debate over wh
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Personalized Learning; What's Happening Out There : Personalized Learning; What's Happening Out There I've written about "personalized learning" before and I will continue as this becomes an ever-growing story. There is absolutely every reason to consider new and better ways to use technology to increase academic outcomes and hopefully that drills down to each and
The 2017 Brown Center Report on American Education | Brookings Institution : The 2017 Brown Center Report on American Education How Well Are American Students Learning? Download the full 2017 Brown Center Report This Brown Center Report (BCR) on American Education is the sixth and final edition in the third volume and the 16th issue overall. The series began in 2000. As in the past, the report co
Are computers teachers? Tennessee court might weigh in : Are computers teachers? Tennessee court might weigh in Do the rights of Tennessee students to a public education extend into the right to have a teacher, and if so, does a computer program count? Those questions were posed to a state appeals court Tuesday during oral arguments in a case involving a Nashville student, Toni Jones, that could
California Teachers Form Statwide Alliance to Fight for Real School Reform | Diane Ravitch's blog : California Teachers Form Statwide Alliance to Fight for Real School Reform Teachers organizations from across the state of California have formed an alliance to fight for genuine School reform. CALIFORNIA: 8 Teacher Union Locals Unite Against the Trump/DeVos Agenda, Fight for Public Schools through
Charter schools in line to get extra help despite Trump plan to slash education funding | EdSource : Charter schools in line to get extra help despite Trump plan to slash education funding Charter schools in California and elsewhere stand to be a major beneficiary of President Donald Trump’s proposed budget for the coming year, even though he wants to slash $9.2 billion from many other federal ed
Bev Johns testimony before Illinois House Task Force on the future of special education. | Fred Klonsky : Bev Johns testimony before Illinois House Task Force on the future of special education In Illinois we are engaged in a great debate over the future education and also of special education. It is nasty, as Illinois politics often are. The special education administrators in Illinois (IAASE) a
Key Democratic senator outlines a case against school vouchers - The Washington Post : Key Democratic senator outlines a case against school vouchers Sen. Patty Murray of Washington, a key Democratic leader on education policy, made her case against private-school vouchers in a 20-page memo to her Senate colleagues Wednesday, arguing that “school choice” sounds good in theory but falls short in p
Say NO to the unfair Common Core SBAC testing scam - Wait What? : Say NO to the unfair Common Core SBAC testing scam SBAC testing season is, once again, taking shape across Connecticut. Rather than focus on lessons and learning, Connecticut’s public schools will be wasting massive amounts of time and resources on the unfair, inappropriate and discriminatory Common Core Smarter Balanced Assessment
Learning Myths And Realities From Brain Science : NPR Ed : NPR : You Probably Believe Some Learning Myths: Take Our Quiz To Find Out This blog post has some pretty useful information. So print it out; get out your highlighter and take off the cap. Ready? Now throw it away, because highlighters don't really help people learn. We all want for our kids to have optimal learning experiences and, for o
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Rauner appointment of Vallas will take CSU from frying pan into the fire. : Rauner appointment of Vallas will take CSU from frying pan into the fire. “When it comes to paying contractors, the sky is the limit; when it comes to financing the basic functions of the state, the coffers are empty.” ― Naomi Klein, The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism If you
L.A. charter school network defends its founder's 2013 income of $471,842 - LA Times : L.A. charter school network defends its founder's 2013 income of $471,842 Los Angeles-based charter school network on Monday defended its spending practices — speaking out for the first time since The Times published a story documenting a history of potential conflicts of interest and questionable use of public
Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) - Overview : Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) The Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) was conducted by NCES seven times between 1987 through 2011. SASS was an integrated study public and private school districts, schools, principals, and teachers designed to provide descriptive data on the context of elementary and secondary education. SASS covered a wide range
How ALEC and Promoters of Privatization Are Helping Legislators Rip Off State Governments | janresseger : How ALEC and Promoters of Privatization Are Helping Legislators Rip Off State Governments In her story on Iowa’s tuition tax credit program in yesterday’s NY Times , Dana Goldstein explains: “Iowa is one of 31 states where legislators have proposed creating or expanding school choice programs
Badass Teachers Association: A Teacher's Response to Booking.com's Anti-Teacher Commercial by Alana Milich : A Teacher's Response to Booking.com's Anti-Teacher Commercial by Alana Milich Here is a link where this author's letter was published: http://extracredit.blog.palmbeachpost.com/2017/03/22/pbc-teacher-blasts-booking-coms-teacher-bashing-commercial/ I know this is minor compared with what's
NYC Educator: When Students Step Up : When Students Step Up When you have a co-teacher, a lot of things are different. You can immediately deal with a student issue by taking that student out in the hall and discussing whatever there is to discuss. Immediately things get better. Or worse. Or stay the same. But hey, at least you tried . Forgot that handout? You can go get it. Sent a student to the
NC Charter School Graduated 160 Students Who Lacked Coursework | deutsch29 : NC Charter School Graduated 160 Students Who Lacked Coursework In (or after) March 2017, the North Carolina State Board of Education is supposed to decide whether or not to close Kestrel Heights High School. Information on Kestrel Heights was presented to the board on March 1 and 2, 2017. It seems that the state board ha
NYC Public School Parents: Letter from the Public Advocate: Why the Renewal schools should not be closed - & how the closure of JHS 145 is illegal : Letter from the Public Advocate: Why the Renewal schools should not be closed - & how the closure of JHS 145 is illegal JHS 145 parents protesting against school's closure at the February PEP meeting credit: NYC Lens Tonight the Community Education C
CURMUDGUCATION: Booking.com and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Ad : Booking.com and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Ad The folks at booking.com put out this advertisement. I've never established a Hall of Fame here, but if I did, this letter would go into it: After watching your ad several times I am moved to do something I've never done before- write a company to complain of
Special Nite Cap: Catch Up on Today's Post 3/21/17 Featured Post Out of Our Minds: Putting the Public Back in Public Schooling | National Education Policy Center Groups sue to block Michigan funding private schools with public money
