Revisiting California's Battle of Hastings - LA ProgressiveRevisiting California’s Battle of Hastings Courtesy of re:publica/ flickr . The 2005 Sacking of the Netflix CEO as State Education Board Chief Looks Different Now After long days supervising my children in their struggles with the miseries of distance learning and hybrid school, I try to relax by watching Netflix. As I do, I often find myself thinking about a state legislative hearing from 2005,
My Signal Contribution to the U.S. Department of Education | Diane Ravitch's blogMy Signal Contribution to the U.S. Department of Education When I served in the George H.W. Bush administration, I was Assistant Secretary for the Office of Educational Research and Improvement. OERI, as it was then called, had almost no discretionary money. There was very little opportunity for any initiatives, which may have been a good thing at that time. I became very involved in advocacy fo
Education Coalition Calls on Governor to Boost Funding for Schools – Tennessee Education ReportEDUCATION COALITION CALLS ON GOVERNOR TO BOOST FUNDING FOR SCHOOLS J ust one day after Gov. Bill Lee introduced his budget amendment that included no new funds for K-12 education, a coalition of education advocates from across the state called on Lee and the General Assembly to improve the amendment and boost funding for public schools. The move follows a statement from the Tennessee Education A
Teacher Tom: It's The ProcessIt's The Process There are some things that I believe exist even though I've never seen them with my own eyes. Baby pigeons, for instance. Last week, I saw my first actual graffiti artist/vandal in action. Frankly, I'd always envisioned the people who tag the vertical surface of Seattle as young males skulking about in during the wee hours, but this scofflaw was a woman who appeared to be closer
Covid-19 changed education in America — permanently - POLITICOCovid-19 changed education in America — permanently It’s been a school year like no other. Here’s what we learned. There was a moment last spring when every parent and employer in America suddenly realized how deeply their lives and livelihoods depended on an institution too often in the background and taken for granted: the nation’s schools. With almost no notice, adults and children found them
CURMUDGUCATION: SC: Lawsuit Looks For Public Dollar Pay Day For Catholic SchoolsSC: Lawsuit Looks For Public Dollar Pay Day For Catholic Schools In South Carolina, a lawsuit filed this week seeks to obliterate the wall between church and state. Like most such lawsuits, the federal lawsuit has been a advocacy group that specializes in such things-- you may remember the Liberty Justice Center as the folks who won the Janus case, which either was an attack on unions wrapped in
Is Canceling “High Stakes Testing” More Important than Halving Childhood Poverty? | Ed In The AppleIs Canceling “High Stakes Testing” More Important than Halving Childhood Poverty? Joseph Stiglitz, a Nobel Prize winning economist , calls our nation “a beacon of failure,” “The U.S., with its cherished image as a land of opportunity, should be an inspiring example of just and enlightened treatment of children. Instead, it is a beacon of failure,” “Though an average American childhood may not be
New Equity Bill Levels Educational Playing Field + 2021 Model School Attendance Review Board Winners - Year 2021 (CA Dept of Education)New Equity Bill Levels Educational Playing Field - Year 2021 (CA Dept of Education) New Equity Bill to Level the Educational Playing Field Advances with Bipartisan Senate Education Committee Support SACRAMENTO—New legislation designed to lift up some of the lowest-performing school districts in California—sponsored by State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond and authored by Senato
How to Revise Your Essay after Receiving Feedback – radical eyes for equityHow to Revise Your Essay after Receiving Feedback Below is a new handout I created after discussing revision with my first-year seminar. Hope this is useful and you can access as a Word file in the link provided in the title below. How to Revise Your Essay after Receiving Feedback When you receive your essay with feedback (highlighting, track changes, comments), save that file to your hard drive
Education Matters: Florida GOP bullies its most vulnerable childrenFlorida GOP bullies its most vulnerable children The Florida House came up with a solution without a problem, which includes girls' genitals being inspected by a stranger. The GOP just said to children, want to play a sport? Then be ready to show your privates. The Florida GOP, a gerrymandered bunch, isn't about solving problems or making things better; it's about exercising its power to gin up
Breaking News: SCTA Rep Council Unanimously Approves Strike Support for SEIU Classified WorkersSCTA Rep Council Unanimously Approves Standing with SEIU Classified Workers Up to and Including Striking in Sympathy Greetings! Late last week, SEIU Local 1021 which represents approximately 1750 classified workers in SCUSD turned out in record number to reject the District latest offer regarding a reopening MOU and to authorize a strike by a 92% margin. Classified workers are standing up to the
IGNORANCE OR INTENTION – Dad Gone WildIGNORANCE OR INTENTION “A true opium of the people is a belief in nothingness after death – the huge solace of thinking that for our betrayals, greed, cowardice, murders we are not going to be judged.” ― Czeslaw Milosz Most people enter into the education world through a desire to work with children and make a meaningful impact on the world’s future. We are greeted upon entry, by slogans like, “
THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Wednesday, April 14, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #openonlywhensafe #edchat #K12 #learning #edleadership #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreformBig Education Ape THE TOP BANANA TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES New school board member talks goals for Philadelphia students, lawsuit by former affiliate group ACLU https://philadelphia.chalkbeat.org/2021/4/13/22382434/new-school-board-member-talks-goals-for-philadelphia-students-lawsuit-by-former-affiliate-group-aclu via @ChalkbeatPHL Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: Classroom
MEGAN PRATHER: Epic's controversial 'learning fund' will change, settlement proposed for SVCSBEpic's controversial 'learning fund' will change, settlement proposed for SVCSB Epic’s controversial ‘learning fund’ will change, settlement proposed for SVCSB In meetings Tuesday that lasted until after midnight, the governing board of Epic Blended and Epic One-on-One charter schools, Community Strategies, approved a motion that will move the school’s controversial learning fund from private acc
Andrea Gabor: How Big Philanthropy Captured Media Coverage of Their Education Investments | Diane Ravitch's blogAndrea Gabor: How Big Philanthropy Captured Media Coverage of Their Education Investments Andrea Gabor is the Bloomberg Professor of Business Journalism at Baruch College, which is part of the City University of New York. Gabor has written insightful articles about education in the New York Times and at Bloomberg.com. She is the author of After the Education Wars: How Smart Schools Upend the Bus
Support for Bill to Diversify Teaching Workforce - Year 2021 (CA Dept of Education)State Superintendent Tony Thurmond, Assemblymember Mike Gipson, Educators and Scholars Urge Support for First-of-its-Kind Legislation to Diversify the Teaching Workforce SACRAMENTO—State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond and Assemblymember Mike A. Gipson (D-Carson) were joined by education leaders today to urge support for new legislation designed to help support male educators
Woefully Short – Tennessee Education ReportWOEFULLY SHORT The Tennessee Education responded to Gov. Bill Lee’s budget amendment today calling the announcement and Lee’s overall education investment “woefully short” of what the state needs to fund schools. Lee unveiled the budget amendment with no appreciable increase in K-12 spending, merely a rehash of previous announcements regarding holding districts harmless in the BEP formula and an
Russ on Reading: My Learning Loss Formula: Read, Write, ShareMy Learning Loss Formula: Read, Write, Share As I addressed in a post a month ago, the Henny Penny's of the world are running around clucking about how the pandemic will lead to inevitable LEARNING LOSS!!!!! Learning Loss, as Peter Greene at Forbes, has pointed out, is the latest scare tactic being used by educational reformers to push their own agenda (standardized tests, vouchers, tutoring pro
Teacher Tom: To Continue BecomingTo Continue Becoming A few days ago, a medical doctor was being interviewed on CNN about the psychological impact of the pandemic on children. She provided several caveats along the way, but her bottom line response was "I expect that kids will bounce back." It's a hopeful answer and one that is, in some fashion, true. More to the point, however, it's what we all want to hear. Perhaps in some wa
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