Kevin Welner: Parents Thrilled with Return of Testing! | Diane Ravitch's blogKevin Welner: Parents Thrilled with Return of Testing! Kevin Welner, director of the National Education Policy Center and professor of education at the University of Colorado in Boulder, writes here about the “testing pods” created by enthusiastic parents. Welner recently published a book of satirical essays called Potential Grizzlies. Parents Rush to Form “Testing Pods” Throughout the nation, a
There Can Be No Equity without Community and Empathy – radical eyes for equityThere Can Be No Equity without Community and Empathy [D]espite overwhelmingly good intentions, most of what passes for intercultural education practice, particularly in the US, accentuates rather than undermines existing social and political hierarchies. PAUL GORSKI, GOOD INTENTIONS ARE NOT ENOUGH: A DECOLONIZING INTERCULTURAL EDUCATION A split second of awareness kept me from stepping into my a
LOLGOP: The entire GOP is fixated on kids’ genitalia | EclectablogThe entire GOP is fixated on kids’ genitalia | Eclectablog The entire GOP is fixated on kids’ genitalia It’s not just Matt Gaetz The GOP’s failure when it comes to Covid-19 — which is responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths, according to a Lancet commission — is even more unforgivable when you realize how effective and focused Republicans can be when it comes to something they care about,
School Violence In U.S. Thwarted When Others Speak Up: Report | Across America, US PatchSchool Violence In U.S. Thwarted When Others Speak Up: Report Early intervention not only stopped dozens of school shootings. It also kept 100 kids from becoming killers. Averting Targeted School Violence (pdf) The Final Report and Findings of the Safe School Initiative: Implications for the Prevention of School Attacks in the United States (271K .pdf) Threat Assessment in Schools: A Guide to Ma
Need some advice about a tattoo | Cloaking InequityNEED SOME ADVICE ABOUT A TATTOO I need some advice today. I made a bad decision to get a tattoo when I lived in Houston back in 1999. How much would it cost to get my large @walmart tattoo removed? Need some advice about a tattoo | Cloaking Inequity
Jeb Crow, pt. 5: Reformers, you long ago stopped being the good guys -- if you ever were. Will you join us now? - Public Enemy Number 1Jeb Crow, pt. 5: Reformers, you long ago stopped being the good guys -- if you ever were. Will you join us now? Help us end Big Test/Jeb Crow. We could create equity together by rebuilding the capacity you've helped bad people destroy. You may have to swallow some pride; but what's most important to you? Part 1: Florida's voucher segregation factories imitate pre-Brown American education - only
The “Learning Loss” Pandemic | The Merrow ReportThe “Learning Loss” Pandemic “Learning Loss” has grown to pandemic proportions, devastating the lives of millions of young people, particularly here in the United States. Worse yet, “Learning Loss” is mutating, and today an astounding 16 different and uniquely challenging manifestations have been identified. To save their students, our teachers will need to acquire a specific skill set that will
Teacher Tom: Paying It ForwardPaying It Forward One five-year-old boy frequently brought a toy from home to school with him: a truck, an action figure, a play set of some sort. His father cautioned his son each morning while dropping him off, "It might get lost." "It might get broken." He would offer, "I can take it with me. I'll keep it in the car so you can have it as soon as school is over." But the boy resisted. He wante
Are Social Studies Teachers Politically Biased? | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom PracticeAre Social Studies Teachers Politically Biased? A journalist I have known for decades and have great respect for recently asked me a question that required me to think, click on a bunch of websites, and re-read the work of a popular historian who died in 2010. The Washington Post ‘s Jay Mathews has written about education for nearly a half-century.* He emailed me the following question:** Hi Lar
My series of videos about school math finally complete! | Gary Rubinstein's BlogMy series of videos about school math finally complete! Though I am most likely known to those who read my blog as a miracle school debunker, a TFA watchdog, or a education research number cruncher, the thing that I do most with my time is do math, think about teaching math, and teach math. Sometimes an ed reform twitter troll will accuse me of just being a nay sayer who has nothing positive to
Texas: Senate Education Committee Guts Local Control of Schools | Diane Ravitch's blogTexas: Senate Education Committee Guts Local Control of Schools The Texas Senate Education Committee bowed to the wishes of the powerful charter lobby and granted sole power to the State Commissioner (appointed by the Governor) to approve charter schools. His decisions can be vetoed only by a supermajority of the State Board of Education. The State Commissioner of Education is Mike Morath. He is
NYC Public School Parents: Latest Talk out of School podcast with Jasmine Gripper of AQE and MS principal Michael PerlbergLatest Talk out of School podcast with Jasmine Gripper of AQE and MS principal Michael Perlberg Check out the latest #TalkoutofSchool with AQE's Jasmine Gripper on what state budget deal is looking like for NYC & MS principal Michael Perlberg on challenges faced by his school this year & what students should be offered next year to help them recover & reconnect. Resources: New Class Size Matters
Alfie Kohn: Dewey, Piaget, and Frosted Mini Wheats | National Education Policy CenterAlfie Kohn: Dewey, Piaget, and Frosted Mini Wheats In case you are not familiar with the cereal called Shredded Wheat, it is basically hay. Many of us who are members of the species Homo sapiens , rather than, say, Equus ferus , do not find hay appetizing, even when it is pressed into small packets and sold in a brightly colored box. This may explain why, in 1969, Kellogg’s introduced a variant
(PDF) In School for After School: The Relationship Between Extracurricular Participation and School Engagement | Karlyn Gorski - Academia edu(PDF) In School for After School: The Relationship Between Extracurricular Participation and School Engagement | Karlyn Gorski - Academia.edu In School for After School: The Relationship Between Extracurricular Participation and School Engagement In School for After School: The Relationship Between Extracurricular Participation and School Engagement Sociological Forum, 2021 Karlyn Gorski This pap
ANDRE M. PERRY: Standardized tests aren’t the problem, it’s how we use them - BrookingsStandardized tests aren’t the problem, it’s how we use them Standardized tests aren’t the problem, it’s how we use them Education Secretary Miguel Cardona is refusing to back down on a federal requirement that states must administer standardized tests this year, although a letter to state leaders from the Department of Education last month said that states will have flexibility on how to apply re
THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Wednesday, March 31, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #openonlywhensafe #edchat #K12 #learning #edleadership #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreformBig Education Ape THE TOP BANANA TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES If In-Person Schooling Is Essential, Wen Says Teachers Should Be Vaccinated https://www.iowapublicradio.org/2021-03-30/if-in-person-schooling-is-essential-wen-says-teachers-should-be-vaccinated Pennsylvania educators demand an end to Facebook censorship and dangerous in-person learning https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/31/penn-m3
Jersey Jazzman: COVID and "Learning Loss": Test Scores Should Not Be Our Immediate ConcernCOVID and "Learning Loss": Test Scores Should Not Be Our Immediate Concern I'll get back to Lakewood in a bit, but I want to take a minute and talk about a new report out yesterday from JerseyCAN and others about learning loss and COVID-19. Regular readers know I've had my issues with JerseyCAN over the years: too many times, their analyses have missed the mark, often because of a lack of unders
Angie Sullivan: Nevada Gives Tax Breaks for Business, Shortchanges Kids | Diane Ravitch's blogAngie Sullivan: Nevada Gives Tax Breaks for Business, Shortchanges Kids Angie Sullivan is a teacher in a Title 1 elementary school in Las Vegas, a city with free-flowing funds for casinos and entertainment but underfunded schools. She frequently writes members of the legislature about their distorted priorities. Angie writes: Remember when the world mocked us because Nevada gave away the family
In the wake of man bringing live bombs, zip gun to Sac elementary school, major leap announced in campus protection tech • Sacramento News & ReviewIn the wake of man bringing live bombs, zip gun to Sac elementary school, major leap announced in campus protection tech Authorities are being tight-lipped about what might have motivated Gustavo Aguilar, the 57-year-old man arrested last week for allegedly bringing two improvised, working bombs and a loaded homemade gun to Ethel Baker Elementary School in South Sacramento. Meanwhile, on the glo
Please Complete This Survey on Opting Out of Standardized Testing | Diane Ravitch's blogPlease Complete This Survey on Opting Out of Standardized Testing Researchers at Teachers College, Columbia University, are conducting a survey on opting out of standardized tests. You can help them by completing their survey. I am writing to ask for your help in promoting the 2021 National Survey on Opting Out. Thanks again for all your feedback and help with our research project. Over the past
