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RheeFirst.com - Michelle Rhee is the Sarah Palin of public education. She is all celebrity and very little record. To the extent she has a record, she has misrepresented it. Closer scrutiny of her reveals that she...

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coopmike48 The reformers’ obsession with ‘young’ teaching talent - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Posthttp://t.co/ImTKCZb #Edu5 minutes ago · reply · retweet · favorite

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Common Core standards tests starting this fall

catalyst-chicago.org - Common Core standards tests starting this fallPosted By Rebecca Harris On Wednesday, August 31, 2011 In CPS Administration Chicago Public Schools will begin testing 2nd- through 8th-grade students ...

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Obama jobs plan may call for repairing nation's schools

usatoday.com - By Richard Wolf, USA TODAY Updated WASHINGTON — A plan to boost construction jobs nationwide by providing federal money to repair public schools is picking up support among unions, economists and l...

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Report from the Field #1

nycatr.blogspot.com - A teacher named Sally reports: I just was informed yesterday that I am in excess. I was done dirty. They took my classes, put them under a different code and voila...a 16-year veteran teacher is ...

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24th Edition of EFL/ESL/ELL Blog Carnival Just Published

larryferlazzo.edublogs.org - Aug 31 2011 Larry FerlazzoEva Buyuksimkesyan has just published a fabulous 24th Edition of EFL/ESL/ELL Blog Carnival chock full of “Warmers, Fillers and 1st Week Activities.” This is a Blog Carniva...

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Ruh-roh: Economy sliding into recession?

teamsternation.blogspot.com - That's what Tyler Durden at Zero Hedge is saying. On Friday, the government revised its Gross Domestic Product figures downward from 1.3 percent to 1 percent for the second quarter. Further, GDP h...

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California Passes Rectal Injection Bill For Teachers

modeducation.blogspot.com - digg_url="http://modeducation.blogspot.com/2011/08/california-passes-rectal-injection-bill.html"; If the headline doesn’t make it perfectly clear, crazy California has passed perhaps the looniest ...

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Chicago Shopping

chicagotribune.com - Anyone who has ever tried to sneak healthy food into kids' lunches knows what Chicago Public Schools is going through. Sometimes kids openly embrace the new food. Sometimes they eat it without real...

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Why I Still Think President Obama Can Bring Us Together

huffingtonpost.com - I used to think that Barack Obama would follow the wisdom of Abraham Lincoln in bringing us together. I used to read that President Obama adopted a balanced, inclusive, "team of rivals" approach to...

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Bring teachers’ pay into this century

articles.boston.com - That won’t happen without reforming a compensation system that was designed deep in the last century for a labor market that no longer exists. It’s based on a society that discriminated against wom...

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    The reformers’ obsession with ‘young’ teaching talent - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

    The reformers’ obsession with ‘young’ teaching talent - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post:

    The reformers’ obsession with ‘young’ teaching talent

    By

    This was written by educator Anthony Cody, who taught science for 18 years in inner-city Oakland and now works with a team of science teacher-coaches that supports novice teachers. He is a National Board-certified teacher and an active member of the Teacher Leaders Network. A version of this post appeared on his Education Week Teacher blog, Living in Dialogue .

    By Anthony Cody

    Last week during Education Secretary Arne Duncan’s Twitter Town Hall, there was one phrase that keeps sticking in my mind. Moderator John

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    California’s 2011 test scores are out - The Education Report - Katy Murphy's blog on Oakland schools

    California’s 2011 test scores are out - The Education Report - Katy Murphy's blog on Oakland schools:

    California’s 2011 test scores are out

    Wednesday, August 31st, 2011 at 11:11 pm in test scoresNo Comments

    It’s every k-12 education reporter’s favorite time of year: test score day! (I meant to post this earlier, but after sorting my 27th spreadsheet, my mind was rendered temporarily useless.)

    Do you want to see how your school did last school year? You can find a spreadsheet with multiple tabs (East Bay, Oakland, and Oakland sorted by API score and growth) here. If you want to see it in print, we’re running a

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    Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Just up the lakeshore from Chicago....

    Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Just up the lakeshore from Chicago....:

    Just up the lakeshore from Chicago....

    New Trier High School
    Rahm Emanuel continues to turn the longer school day/year issue into a bloody war, battled out with the union in the media. But a few miles up the lake shore, in Rahm's home town, the same issues are resolved quite differently.

    Winnetka is among the nation's wealthiest communities. New Trier H.S. is often referred to as one of the nation's best.. It has graduated such notables as Emanuel and Donald Rumsfeld (yuck!). It's not that they have discovered some new great way to teach their students in Winnetka. The curriculum is fairly
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    An Open Letter to NBC re this year’s Education Nation « Parents Across America An Open Letter to NBC re this year’s Education Nation « Parents Across America: An Open Letter to NBC re this year’s Education Nation by leoniehaimson Date: August 30, 2011 to: Steve Capus (President, NBC News) and Brian Williams (Anchor and ...

    Schools Matter: Oligarchs' Booker T. in KC Resigns, Leaving Big Broadie Shadow Schools Matter: Oligarchs' Booker T. in KC Resigns, Leaving Big Broadie Shadow: Oligarchs' Booker T. in KC Resigns, Leaving Big Broadie Shadow by Jim Horn Above: Booker T. Washington and the backers of racist industrial education policies Loyal ...

    Bartleby Project 2011: Do not take your state tests! This is a call to all American students to write on your State Exams this school year: "I PREFER NOT TO TAKE YOUR TEST" ... and just sit there. No arguments. No violence. Just write that statement. Bartleby Project 2011!!!! Click to join the ...

    School Reform Grudge Match: Diane Ravitch vs. Steven Brill | History News Network School Reform Grudge Match: Diane Ravitch vs. Steven Brill | History News Network: School Reform Grudge Match: Diane Ravitch vs. Steven Brill - By David A. Walsh David A. Walsh is editor of the History News Network. Few would claim that the ...
    No Child Left Behind: A conspiracy against public education that too few called out | Get Schooled No Child Left Behind: A conspiracy against public education that too few called out | Get Schooled: No Child Left Behind: A conspiracy against public education that too few called out 10:11 am August 31, 2011, by Maureen Downey [image: Jim Arnold ...

    When Did School Teachers Become The Enemy? | Resurgence | Big Think When Did School Teachers Become The Enemy? | Resurgence | Big Think: When Did School Teachers Become The Enemy? by Kris Broughton If families who make $250,000 a year are not considered to be rich, then how the hell can a teacher who makes less than ...


    Education Research Report: #Parents need an attitude adjustment to improve their children's homework motivation Education Research Report: Parents need an attitude adjustment to improve their children's homework motivation: Parents need an attitude adjustment to improve their children's homework motivation by Jonathan Kantrowitz Ω Parents who want to improve ...

    A crtitique of Brill’s “Class Warfare” | EdNewsColorado A crtitique of Brill’s “Class Warfare” | EdNewsColorado: A crtitique of Brill’s “Class Warfare” by Van Schoales *Van Schoales is executive director of A-Plus Denver, an education advocacy organization.* It’s not often I would describe a book on ...

    Diane Ravitch On How To Fix K-12 - Forbes Diane Ravitch On How To Fix K-12 - Forbes: Diane Ravitch On How To Fix K-12 *Diane Ravitch is Research Professor of Education at New York University and a historian of education. In addition, she is a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings ...

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    Engaging #Parents In School… - Parents & Homework

    Engaging Parents In School… - Parents & Homework:

    Parents & Homework

    by Larry Ferlazzo

    Here’s an excerpt from an interesting new study on parents and homework (you can read more about it here):

    Parents who want to improve their child’s motivation to complete homework this school year need to change their own attitude and behavior, according to a new study by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers.

    In the study published in Learning and Individual Differences, BGU researchers found that if parents had a more positive, supportive attitude and communicated the learning value as motivation, rather than focusing on completing an assignment or getting a higher grade, then the child’s attitude and motivation would improve.

    This study might provide some “grist” for a good conversation with parents…..


    Follow-Up Study To Famous “Marshmallow” Experiment Released This Week

    by Larry Ferlazzo

    Many educators are familiar with the famous marshmallow experiment designed to test self-control



    Best “Tweets” Of 2011 — So Far

    by Larry Ferlazzo

    Every month I make a short list highlighting my choices of the best resources I shared through (and learned from) Twitter, but didn’t necessarily include them in posts here on my blog.

    I thought it might be useful for both readers of this blog and for me to review those monthly lists and pick a few that I think are the very best “tweets” of the year. I’ll publish a final list in late December.

    If you don’t use Twitter, you can also check-out all of my “tweets” on my Twitter profile page or subscribe to their RSS feed.

    You might also be interested in:

    Best “Tweets” Of 2010

    Best “Tweets” Of 2009

    Here are my choices for The Best “Tweets” Of 2011:

    A Must-See Site For Social Studies Teachers

    by Larry Ferlazzo

    As regular readers know, I write a lot about using online learning games with students. In fact, if you go to my page listing all 760 “The Best…” lists you’ll see many under “Games.”

    But Canadian secondary Social Studies teacher Mike Farley has gone far beyond my sharing of


    “Knowble Articles” Are Worth A Look

    by Larry Ferlazzo

    Knowble Articles is a free site for people learning a number of languages, including English.

    First, you take a relatively quick forty question test to let them evaluate your present level in the language you want to learn. Next, you’re provided a variety of articles to read that are aligned with the

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    California test scores up but not enough for feds | Thoughts on Public Education

    California test scores up but not enough for feds | Thoughts on Public Education:

    California test scores up but not enough for feds - by Kathryn Baron California schools had their best year yet toward meeting their targets on the Academic Performance Index (API), the state’s ranking system. So it’s puzzling why thousands of schools could face sanctions for not meeting federal proficiency levels. ...

    Nominations of Kirst, Rucker in jeopardy - by John Fensterwald - Educated Guess Senate Republicans are threatening to hold up or block the nominations of State Board of Education President Michael Kirst and board member Patricia Rucker. They have become bargaining chips for reasons that Republicans have not explained. Kirst, a ...

    Expansion of test for special ed students distorts latest API results - by Doug McRae The 2011 California Academic Performance Index (API) results were released yesterday, and revealed slow but steady gains compared to previous years’ results. However, changes in California’s Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) program have led to ...
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    School Tech Connect: Our Charlatan Mayor

    School Tech Connect: Our Charlatan Mayor:

    Our Charlatan Mayor

    by noreply@blogger.com (Tim)
    This is excelling reporting.

    The Chicago mayor sends his kids to a NAIS school. I've worked in independent schools, and while they run a range, I really like them. They're what schools can be when they're run by teachers.

    They ain't cheap, and the tuition is just the beginning of a lifelong financial relationship that these schools necessarily cultivate with their families.

    Mike Klonsky points out that once again, the policies these hotheaded politicians foist upon the public schools
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    Report: Florida Legislature’s Expansion of Education Privatization a “Risky Experiment” and “Traditional Public Schools Suffer” | Scathing Purple Musings

    Report: Florida Legislature’s Expansion of Education Privatization a “Risky Experiment” and “Traditional Public Schools Suffer” | Scathing Purple Musings:

    Report: Florida Legislature’s Expansion of Education Privatization a “Risky Experiment” and “Traditional Public Schools Suffer”

    by Bob Sikes

    The Florida Center for Fiscal and Economic Policy issued a report that serves as a stunning rebuke of not only the most recent legislative session’s education agenda, but also of the one dominated by republicans over the last four years. The report, researched and written by Alan Stonecipher, includes easy to discern supporting data. Here are the report’s key findings:

    · Florida is pursuing education privatization further and faster than any other state. New laws in effect for the 2011-12 school year expand eligibility and funding for school choice programs. Florida already is the leader nationally in the number of students and tax dollars appropriated in voucher programs.

    · While they cut funding for public schools, legislators expanded every alternative to

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    Wednesday, August 31, 2011

    U.S. schools chief says he's optimistic for Detroit district's future | Detroit Free Press | freep.com

    U.S. schools chief says he's optimistic for Detroit district's future | Detroit Free Press | freep.com:

    U.S. schools chief says he's optimistic for Detroit district's future

    U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan has spent the better part of his administration referring to Detroit Public Schools as one of the worst urban school districts in the nation, but he said this afternoon he believes the district is on the road to improvement.

    “I’m more optimistic today about Detroit’s future than probably any time in the past two and a half years,” Duncan said during a brief phone interview with the Free Press. “I’m very encouraged by the leadership and the courage that’s being shown.”

    Duncan spoke in advance of his visit to Detroit next week, part of a six-state school bus tour in which he will highlight the “huge tie

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    All Education Matters: Wall Street Journal: S&P Affirms Some Student-Loan ABS

    All Education Matters: Wall Street Journal: S&P Affirms Some Student-Loan ABS:

    Wall Street Journal: S&P Affirms Some Student-Loan ABS

    by C. Cryn Johannsen
    When the country faced the debt ceiling fiasco, AEM discussed what could have potentially happened if the U.S. defaulted on its debt. I also talked with several experts, and the analysis was grim. Then S&P downgraded us, even after we raised the debt ceiling, and it remained to be seen how that would impact student loans. That was discussed from the vantage point of the market place, i.e., how would investors respond to the downgrade, what that could potentially do to variable interest rates on student loans, and what the would mean for people seeking student loans. More importantly, however, I wanted to touch upon the way it could affect current borrowers.

    The outcome still remains uncertain, but the WSJ provided some information on S&P's ratings of student loan
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