Good news! We found out what was costing so much in public education!
Thanks to Bill Gates and folks like Don Neilson, who will make a tidy profit off of online learning, we know what will happen to our students
Monday, August 29, 2011
Good news! We found out what was costing so much in public education! | Seattle Education
Good news! We found out what was costing so much in public education! | Seattle Education:
Still noncommital on Race to the Tot | Thoughts on Public Education
Still noncommital on Race to the Tot | Thoughts on Public Education:
Still noncommital on Race to the Tot - by John Fensterwald - Educated Guess
Applications for the preschool version of Race to the Top are due in about six weeks, but state officials have yet to decide whether California would join about three dozen states in applying. Early childhood advocates say that the final criteria for the $500 million early learning competition are not as strict as federal officials initially [...]
Top pre-K priorities: transitional kindergarten, child care inspections - by Scott Moore
Earlier this summer, in his 2011-12 budget, Gov. Brown proposed reducing the size of state government by eliminating more than 40 state councils and committees. I recently stepped down as Executive Director from one of these councils, the Early Learning Advisory Council (ELAC). The Brown administration is still deciding what to do with ELAC, including [...]
What’s really wrong with ‘parent trigger’ laws - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post
What’s really wrong with ‘parent trigger’ laws - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post:
What’s really wrong with ‘parent trigger’ laws
This was written by Larry Ferlazzo, who teaches English at Luther Burbank High School in Sacramento, California. He writes a popular blog for teachers and is the author of three books, including his latest, “Helping Students Motivate Themselves: Practical Answers to Classroom Challenges .” He is a member of the Teacher Leaders Network.
By Larry Ferlazzo
Read full article >>Warring learning theories: Choose yours
This was written by Marion Brady, veteran teacher, administrator, curriculum designer and author.
By Marion Brady
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Duncan Worries about Losing "Great Young Talent": What about Us Old Timers? - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher
Duncan Worries about Losing "Great Young Talent": What about Us Old Timers? - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher:
Duncan Worries about Losing "Great Young Talent": What about Us Old Timers?
Last week during Arne Duncan's Twitter Town Hall there was one phrase that keeps sticking in my mind. John Merrow asked him what his message is for teachers who feel under attack.
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan's response included this:
"We have to do everything we can to support teachers. I worry about losing too much of our great young talent."
It is hard to disagree with this. I spent the last four years leading a program in Oakland designed to do just that. We created TeamScience to give novice science teachers a professional community to belong to, offering them experienced colleagues as mentors as well as workshops, curriculum and professional development. We did this
Hechinger Report | Q&A with former Gov. Bob Wise: What will a ‘digital’ school look like in 5 years?
Hechinger Report | Q&A with former Gov. Bob Wise: What will a ‘digital’ school look like in 5 years?:
Q&A with former Gov. Bob Wise: What will a ‘digital’ school look like in 5 years?
Bob Wise
Former West Virginia Governor Bob Wise co-chairs the Digital Learning Council with Jeb Bush, a former governor of Florida. This council aims to promote the adoption of high-quality digital content and instruction throughout the nation’s public schools. Wise is also president of the Alliance for Excellent Education, an organization devoted to high-school reform, and chair of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. He spoke with The
The value of a longer school day should be obvious. « Fred Klonsky's blog
The value of a longer school day should be obvious. « Fred Klonsky's blog:
The value of a longer school day should be obvious.
From the satirical blog Last Stand For Children:
Even more insulting is that Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis refused to sit on the board to discuss how the extra 90 minutes would be imposed. Is it too much to ask that she provide a little political cover by making it appear that the teachers were consulted? After all, in exchange she would be on the panel giving the teachers in the city just much say in how the extra time would be spent as Father Michael Pfleger of St. Sabina’s Church or Robin
School Tech Connect: Illinois Teachers Hit The Bricks For A Principle
School Tech Connect: Illinois Teachers Hit The Bricks For A Principle:
Illinois Teachers Hit The Bricks For A Principle
I don't know where I've been on this one, but it's long past time for people to chime in here. Here in the Prairie State, literally out on the prairie, there's a local that's been out on strike for two weeks over the issue of random drug testing.
There's no end in sight, because the local school board apparently is hell bent on collecting urine samples from its professional teaching force. God bless these teachers and the all of the community that has rallied around them. This is an IFT local, and the IFT president, Dan Montgomery, has been very visible and vocal in support of
There's no end in sight, because the local school board apparently is hell bent on collecting urine samples from its professional teaching force. God bless these teachers and the all of the community that has rallied around them. This is an IFT local, and the IFT president, Dan Montgomery, has been very visible and vocal in support of
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Jersey Jazzman: Fear Chinese Schools?
Jersey Jazzman: Fear Chinese Schools?:
Fear Chinese Schools?
We've got to make our schools were more like the Chinese, who are going to kick us in the economic teeth! Just like the banksters keep telling us!
Or not...
Or not...
"Terrible" Education System Is Main Impediment
11. (SBU) However, Lai identified China's "terrible" educational system as presenting a serious impediment toward achieving a shift to a more knowledge-based economy. The current system promotes copying and pasting over creative and independent
Jersey Jazzman: Something's Coming...
Jersey Jazzman: Something's Coming...:
Something's Coming...
I'll be debuting a new project this week with Blue Jersey. I'm pretty excited about this:
It's not going to change the game by itself, but I think it's going to start something new. Too much has been left unchallenged in the ed reform debate; too often, the corporate "reformers" have made their claims with hardly
Last Stand for Children First: Extending School Day is The Answer to All Our Problems
Last Stand for Children First: Extending School Day is The Answer to All Our Problems:
Last Stand for Children First has been involved in the education reform movement in Chicago since last winter when we were asked by Mayor elect Rahm Emanuel and business leaders in the Civic Federation to help with their grassroots efforts to fundamentally change education in the city. This effort came to fruition with the passage of SB7 and now with Mayor Emanuel's attempts to impose a longer school day.
The teachers are being most uncooperative really. After having their 4% raise voted down because the schools didn't have enough money, we promised to find a way to give them half their raise if they would only work another 327 1/2 hours. That's a tidy little $3.08 per hour for a beginning teacher. When Jimmy Carter signed the law in 1977 to raise the federal minimum wage to $2.90 an hour in 1979 and $3.10 an hour in 1980, I don't think he realized he was insulting teachers with this paltry raise. Throughout the early 1980s beginning fast food workers and dishwashers lived on
Extending School Day is The Answer to All Our Problems
The teachers are being most uncooperative really. After having their 4% raise voted down because the schools didn't have enough money, we promised to find a way to give them half their raise if they would only work another 327 1/2 hours. That's a tidy little $3.08 per hour for a beginning teacher. When Jimmy Carter signed the law in 1977 to raise the federal minimum wage to $2.90 an hour in 1979 and $3.10 an hour in 1980, I don't think he realized he was insulting teachers with this paltry raise. Throughout the early 1980s beginning fast food workers and dishwashers lived on
Big Education Ape - PostRank Today's 10 PM 8-28
Texas Miracle or Kabuki Theater? | Dailycensored.com
Texas Miracle or Kabuki Theater? | Dailycensored.com:
Texas Miracle or Kabuki Theater?
Business, Daily Journal (Opinion), PoliticsAug 28, 2011
Anytime I hear the word “miracle” I become suspicious. I know the word appeals to highly religious folks. However, as far as I can tell, behind every so called “miracle” there is a con man.
Now that Texas Governor Rick Perry is the GOP frontrunner for the presidency, the media is flooding the airwaves with Perry-mania. Perry’s support is mostly based on his so called “Texas Miracle”. Perry wants Americans to believe that through his leadership and job creating record he is qualified for the presidency.
Perry points to the fact that since 2009, 38% of all jobs created in the U.S. were created in Texas. This is a true. However, the reason for the jobs growth in Texas has nothing to do with Rick Perry and his approach to the economy. In fact, Rick Perry should be thanking President Obama for the economic “miracle” in Texas.
Consider this, Rick Perry claims, “I know how to create jobs … You let the private sector [free from] over taxation, free them up from over regulation,
The Earth Moved…and Shook the Headlines - Lily's Blackboard – Lily's Blackboard
The Earth Moved…and Shook the Headlines - Lily's Blackboard – Lily's Blackboard:
The Earth Moved…and Shook the Headlines
We had an earthquake in DC last week. Kind of.
I mean, I spent time as a kid in Fairbanks, Alaska when my Dad was stationed on Ft. Wainwright, and we had these kinds of shakes a few times a month. The dishes shook. Maybe a picture fell off the wall. And we went about our business smiling at the little adrenaline rush that followed the twinge of initial fear – probably some evolutionary “duck and cover” hold over.
Here in our nation’s capital the buildings are older and higher than those in Fairbanks. We’re not used to shakes any greater than those caused when an opposing party takes over the House. Buildings were evacuated and workers sent home. They closed some schools for two days to make sure th
Dad, We Spent the First Week Taking Tests « Cooperative Catalyst
Dad, We Spent the First Week Taking Tests « Cooperative Catalyst:
Dad, We Spent the First Week Taking Tests
Note: This is a cross-post from my own blog Education Rethink.
I asked Joel what he thought of school and he said, “I love it. We get to play. We get to learn math. I’m practicing reading real books.”
“What do you mean real books?”
“It’s like school finally started. We spent all of last week taking
THIS changes everything? - Arlington, VA, United States, ASCD EDge Blog post
THIS changes everything? - Arlington, VA, United States, ASCD EDge Blog post:
THIS changes everything
THIS changes everything?
Are you a techno-constructivist? How do you envision and implement the use of technology? Scott Noon originally asked this question some ten years ago. Are you a techno-traditionalist? And should you be? I’m still asking the question today.
Techno-traditionalists use technology to complete tasks we have always done, but more efficiently and with more convenience. Crafting lesson plans, managing grades and sharing files are all good examples. It is couched in our Industrial-aged comfort zone; completing tasks at the knowledge, comprehension, application and analysis levels of Bloom’s taxonomy. Looking at the summer night sky, studying human body systems and playing a virtual guitar all on your tablet are techno-traditionalist tasks. These things are okay as interim steps, moving towards new ways of creating, producing and problem-solving…as long as we’re pushing the boundaries on technology use. We all begin the journey as techno-traditionalists, but there is a need to grow. We’re not tapping into the power and promise of technology if we are satisfied playing notes on a touch screen piano interface.
Techno-constructivists push boundaries to find new ways to work and play…ways in which we could not imagine innovating in the past. Like all constructivist theory it is based on
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