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Sunday, September 18, 2011

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Daily Kos: September 17

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texasmonthly.com - Can Terry Grier save Houston’s struggling public schools? That was the question on everyone’s minds when the get-tough reformer was hired as superintendent of the state’s largest ISD in 2009. Two c...

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Bradford Believes In the Merit Pay Fairy

jerseyjazzman.blogspot.com - Derrell Bradford is angry that the adults are telling him the Merit Pay Fairy isn't real:The recent decision by New York City to end its teacher bonus program has been used as “evidence … that meri...

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baltimoresun.com - The recent accusations aimed at the University of Miami's athletic department are just the latest example of moral failure involving educational institutions, athletics and athletes. Every scandal ...

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Polls and "Experts"

jerseyjazzman.blogspot.com - I had briefly ragged on Patrick Murphy's Monmouth poll on schools a while back. Bruce Baker (via Twitter), DS Wright, and Matt DiCarlo gave their criticism as well. Now Murphy's fighting back. But ...

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Interview Of The Month — Kevin D. Washburn

larryferlazzo.edublogs.org - As regular readers know, each month I interview people in the education world about whom I want to learn more. You can see read those past interviews here. Today, I’m publishing October’s “Intervie...

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Daily Kos: September 17

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Today in Labor History—September 17

modeducation.blogspot.com - digg_url="http://modeducation.blogspot.com/2011/09/today-in-labor-historyseptember-17.html"; Battle of Antietam, Library of CongressSeptember 17, 1862 – The Battle of Antietam in western Marylan...

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The "Passion" of Chris Christie

jerseyjazzman.blogspot.com - Our governor just can't understand why, after two years of relentless teacher bashing, broken promises, and slashed salaries, anybody wouldn't want to go into public service:I think for those peopl...

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My Best Posts On The Basics Of Small Groups In The Classroom

larryferlazzo.edublogs.org - Sep 18 2011 Larry FerlazzoIn yesterday’s post, Teens, Their Brains, & Working In Groups, I mentioned that I would be posting a “The Best…” list today sharing a few very practical and simple ideas o...

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Chicago’s Mayor Challenges Teachers Union

nytimes.com - CHICAGO — One by one, teachers at public elementary schools here have been voting to buck their own union and take Mayor Rahm Emanuel up on an unusual offer: to accept bonus pay in exchange for wai...

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Recess Is Making a Comeback in Schools

nytimes.com - As more Chicago public schools cash in on Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s longer-day financial incentives by adding 90 minutes to their school day, the previous votes by a dozen schools to add about a half ...

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Health and BioScience Academy Gets a Name

evergreenps.org - Evergreen Public Schools Names new school Henrietta lacks Health and BioScience High School In a unanimous decision by the Evergreen Public Schools' Board of Directors, Henrietta Lacks Health and B...

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Wall Street Goes to School

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Corporate Education Refrom’s Coming Constitutional Crisis

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Three Percent of Florida's FCAT Testing Service Owned by Libya

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The Innovative Educator: School is Not School. A Place Where The Community, Not The School, Provides Learning.

The Innovative Educator: School is Not School. A Place Where The Community, Not The School, Provides Learning.:

School is Not School. A Place Where The Community, Not The School, Provides Learning.

by lnielsen.professional@gmail.com (The Innovative Educator)

I recently shared three radical ideas to transform education without school. In it, I shared Linda Dobson’s timeless article, When the School Doors Close: A Midsummer Night’s Dream where she outlines the transformation that would occur if schools ceased to exist and instead we engaged in community-centered learning. Rather than compulsory, age-based facilities, with community learning people choose to attend and learn about topics of deep personal passion and interest. There would be many options available to individuals of any age. The community takes ownership and responsibility of the learning and well-being of others. As my wise friend Jeff Pulver recently said, “The only difference between a dream and reality is making it happen.”

There is a community that is doing just that. I learned about this community from Arif Hidayat. Although we aren’t the same age, live on opposite ends of the earth, and don’t speak the same language we are connected by our passion to provide children with learning opportunities that best fit their needs. Through the wonders of Google
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Chicago schools, teachers union hurl accusations of intimidation - chicagotribune.com

Chicago schools, teachers union hurl accusations of intimidation - chicagotribune.com:

School day debate is getting ugly

CPS, teachers union accusing each other of pressure tactics

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School day debate is getting ugly
By Noreen S. Ahmed-Ullah and Joel Hood, Tribune reporters

September 18, 2011

If it weren't a propaganda war already, the debate over a longer school day has now turned nasty, with both sides accusing each other of exerting pressure to sway teachers.

The battle is so fierce that union leaders at some schools have complained to the district that Chicago Teachers Union officials have made unannounced visits to their homes at night to persuade them to vote against adding 90 minutes of instruction time. Other union delegates have accused their principals of intimidating teachers with threats that schools will be closed and staffing positions cut unless teachers approve the measure, securing as
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Yong Zhao » Blog Archive » The Grass Is Greener: Learning from Other Countries?

Yong Zhao » Blog Archive » The Grass Is Greener: Learning from Other Countries?:

The Grass Is Greener: Learning from Other Countries?

by YongZhao
A version of this post is published in Teachers College Record under Handan Xuebu: What We Can and Should Learn from Other Countries In Paris they just simply opened their eyes and stared when we spoke to them in French! We never did succeed in making those idiots understand their own language. –Mark Twain American policy makers and pundits are in love with some foreign education systems and are working hard to bring their policies and practices home. Others have national standards and a uniform curriculum, so should America (Chester E. Finn, Julian, ..
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Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… - Interview Of The Month — Kevin D. Washburn:

Interview Of The Month — Kevin D. Washburn

by Larry Ferlazzo


As regular readers know, each month I interview people in the education world about whom I want to learn more. You can see read those past interviews here.

Today, I’m publishing October’s “Interview Of The Month” a few days early. Kevin D. Washburn is a researcher, author, and teacher particularly focusing on neuroscience and learning. He is the Director of Clerestory Learning (you can subscribe to their free newsletter here). He’s also a blogger andauthor.

Can you tell us what Clerestory Learning is and how you got involved in education?

I discovered my love for teaching while in high school. We had the option of serving as aides in elementary classrooms during our free periods. I spent most of these times in a kindergarten classroom, and I knew almost immediately that I loved it. My first day there, a student squeezed his plugged glue bottle so hard that it burst


My Best Posts On The Basics Of Small Groups In The Classroom

by Larry Ferlazzo


In yesterday’s post, Teens, Their Brains, & Working In Groups, I mentioned that I would be posting a “The Best…” list today sharing a few very practical and simple ideas on how to work effectively with small groups in the classroom.

This “The Best…” list is a bit different from my lengthy The Best Sites For Cooperative Learning Ideaspost. That is a much more involved list, while this post is more focused on the everyday basics of just doing a simple small group activity.

Here are my choices for My Best Posts On The Basics Of Small Groups In The Classroom:
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Schools Matter: Sen. Sanders gets the facts right on poverty; the fed's solution will make it worse.

Schools Matter: Sen. Sanders gets the facts right on poverty; the fed's solution will make it worse.:

Sen. Sanders gets the facts right on poverty; the fed's solution will make it worse.

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Sen. Sanders gets the facts right on poverty; the fed's solution will make it worse.

Stephen Krashen

Senator Bernie Sanders reminds us that "… the United States has both the highest overall poverty rate and the highest childhood poverty rate of any major industrialized country on earth. This comes at a time when the U.S. also has the most unequal distribution of wealth and income of any major country on earth with the top 1 percent earning more than the bottom 50 percent." (See his full essay below)

Stating the facts on poverty will not impress this administration. They think

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Daily Kos: Christie Vilsack on jobs: how about apprenticeships?

Daily Kos: Christie Vilsack on jobs: how about apprenticeships?:

Christie Vilsack on jobs: how about apprenticeships?

by rss@dailykos.com (teacherken)

Christie Vilsack spent 8 years as First Lady of Iowa while her husband Tom, now Secretary of Agriculture, was Governor. A native of Iowa, she and Tom moved back to the state after he finished law school at the request of her father (Tom was a foundling in Pittsburgh before they met at Hamilton College). She has moved to Ames - site of Iowa State - to run in the newly drawn 4th Congressional District against the obnoxious Steve King. The district is winnable - only about half of it is in King's current district.

I have written about Christie's candidacy before in this brief piece about her outstanding fundraising in the 3rd quarter. And I will continue to write about the campaign, because Tom and Christie are personal friends. Consider that my disclosure.

One concern Christie wants to address in her campaign is how to keep Iowa's young people in Iowa. What can

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LAUSD and California Education Code Section 44944 - Perdaily.com

LAUSD and California Education Code Section 44944 (LAUSD y de Educación de California Sección 44944 del Código) - Perdaily.com:

LAUSD and California Education Code Section 44944 (LAUSD y de Educación de California Sección 44944 del Código)

by Leonard Isenberg
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(Mensaje se repite en Español)

(For a national view of public education reform see the end of this blog post)

If you have been targeted for dismissal as a teacher by LAUSD, there is one way that you might be able to defend yourself, which United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) and their attorneys at Trygstad, Schwab & Trygstad seem to avoid at all costs.



California Education Code Section 44944 requires:

(a) (1) In a dismissal or suspension proceeding initiated
pursuant to Section 44934, if a hearing is requested by
the employee, the hearing shall be commenced within 60
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Questions To Ask When Reading Research and Blogs on School Reform and Classroom Practice (Paul Thomas) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice

Questions To Ask When Reading Research and Blogs on School Reform and Classroom Practice (Paul Thomas) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice:

Questions To Ask When Reading Research and Blogs on School Reform and Classroom Practice (Paul Thomas)

by larrycuban

Paul Thomas is a veteran high school English teacher and now academic. He is also a blogger. This particular post I liked because of the sensible questions he poses when readers inspect research studies, policy articles, and blogs that too often mix fact with opinion in unseemly ways.

I want to offer some guidelines for navigating the education debate based on my own experience as an educator for nearly three decades (almost two decades as a high school teacher and another decade in higher education/teacher education) and my extensive work as a commentator in print and on-line publications.

When you confront claims about education, and the inevitable counter-claims, what should you be looking for?

• Are the claims and counter-claims framed within the perspective of the person making them? As a critical

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Saturday, September 17, 2011

Recess Is Making a Comeback in Schools - NYTimes.com

Recess Is Making a Comeback in Schools - NYTimes.com:

Recess Is Making a Comeback in Schools

By REBECCA VEVEA
Published: September 17, 2011

As more Chicago public schools cash in on Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s longer-day financial incentives by adding 90 minutes to their school day, the previous votes by a dozen schools to add about a half hour to the day by bringing back recess are going unnoticed.

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Restoring recess is part of a broader health push by parents, advocacy groups and some city officials to bring more exercise and better nutrition to both schoolchildren and preschoolers.

Beginning in November, the city’s Department of Public Health will require children who attend preschool or day care centers in Chicago to spend less time in front of television or computer screens — 60 minutes or less — and more time, at least an hour a day, participating in physical activity. At snack or meal time, milk cannot have a fat

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Moving from Hierarchy to a Circle of Equals | Lefty Parent

Moving from Hierarchy to a Circle of Equals | Lefty Parent:

Moving from Hierarchy to a Circle of Equals

by Cooper Zale

When people ask me, “What do you do?” or “What kind of work do you do?”, they generally are asking me what kind of job I do to make a living. And particularly because I am a white male person of some economic and educational privilege (with a head full of gray hair), they often presume that that job is a fairly high-powered one, and a major part of how I define myself. My job is fairly high-powered, I am a “business process consultant” for Kaiser Permanente, specifically the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, which is a not for profit health insurance company. But nowadays, that is not how I answer the question of what I do or even what my “work” is.

Though I am a great advocate for what Kaiser is doing as a “health maintenance organization”, modeling what I believe to be the best approach to health care in the United States, my work for them is at most my “day job”, and how I pay our family’s bills. Increasingly, I answer the question by talking about my “life’s work” instead,

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