Several Ways To Tell The Difference Between Good & Bad Education Research - Classroom Q&A With Larry Ferlazzo - Education Week Teacher
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Several Ways To Tell The Difference Between Good Bad Education Research - Classroom QA With Larry Ferlazzo - Education Week Teacher:Several Ways To Tell The Difference Between Good Bad Education ResearchBy Larry Ferlazzo on November 15, 2011 2:37 PM | No Comments | No RecommendationsLast week, I asked a question that had been on my mind:How can you tell the difference between good and bad education research?Colleagues in the Teacher Leaders Network and I have previously written about the importance ... more »
Oakland This Saturday « occupy california
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With Whom do We Stand? A Counterpoint for Education Reform - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher
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With Whom do We Stand? A Counterpoint for Education Reform - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher:With Whom do We Stand? A Counterpoint for Education Reformby Anthony CodyGuest post by Steve Silvius and Stephen Danley.Consider us optimists, but we think the high-stakes test movement has reached its apex and started its decline. It won't happen quickly given the powerful political forces aligned to promote the testing regime, but the test obsessed "accountability" package for education reform won't continue indefinitely. ... more »
Occupy Wall Street is winning. « Fred Klonsky #ows
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Occupy Wall Street is winning. « Fred Klonsky:Occupy Wall Street is winning.by Fred KlonskyNo matter what Bloomberg and the NYPD do, they can’t put the Occupy Movement back in the box.Politico’s Ben Smith reports today that over the past two months the entire conversation in American has
Sacramento City Unified School District Family Academy Survey A.P. E. it up
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Sacramento City Unified School District Family Academy SurveyA.P. E. it upA.P. E. it upThe Sacramento City Unified School District is starting a Family Academy beginning in 2012. The proposed Family Academy will offer a great mix of free workshops, courses and other low cost educational opportunities that parents and family members can take to support their children's success in school. It will also help parents reach their own personal and career goals.We are currently in the planning stages of creating ... more »
Top Content this Week - The Educator's PLN
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Top Content this Week - The Educator's PLN:Top Content this WeekTop Content Rank1TEDxManhattanBeach - Thomas Suarez - iPhone Application Developer. . .and 6th GraderAdded by Thomas Whitby on November 11, 20112Diane Ravitch CNN InterviewAdded by Thomas Whitby on October 8, 20113Alfie Kohn on Feel-Bad EducationAdded by Andrew Neuendorf on October 13, 20114It's Not On The TestAdded by Thomas Whitby on August 19, 20115Bloom's Digital Taxonomy PREZIAdded by Thomas Whitby on October 17, 20106Digital Footprints- Your New First ImpressionAdded by Steve ... more »
Florida Chamber of Commerce Official Says He Was Called a “Coward” and “Sellout” by Two Superintendents | Scathing Purple Musings
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Florida Chamber of Commerce Official Says He Was Called a “Coward” and “Sellout” by Two Superintendents | Scathing Purple Musings:Florida Chamber of Commerce Official Says He Was Called a “Coward” and “Sellout” by Two Superintendentsby Bob SikesWhat’s up with this?:A Florida Chamber of Commerce representative says he was called a “coward” and a “sellout” Monday by at least two school superintendents after he didn’t fully back their endorsement of proposed “cut scores” for the high school FCAT reading test.But at ... more »
Sixth Grader Builds iPhone Apps and Sparks Learning in School « Whole Child Education
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The Whole Child Blog « Whole Child Education:THE WHOLE CHILD BLOGSixth Grader Builds iPhone Apps and Sparks Learning in SchoolNovember 15th, 2011 by Klea ScharbergThomas Suarez is a sixth grade student at a middle school in the South Bay of Los Angeles who has been fascinated by computers and technology since before kindergarten. With the introduction of software development tools, he started building applications for the iPhone and iPad.“A lot of kids these days want to play games, but now ... more »
Oakland Mayor Jean Quan Admits Cities Coordinated Crackdown on Occupy Movement | MyFDL #OWS
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Oakland Mayor Jean Quan Admits Cities Coordinated Crackdown on Occupy Movement | MyFDL:Oakland Mayor Jean Quan Admits Cities Coordinated Crackdown on Occupy MovementBy: Gregg Levine Tuesday November 15, 2011 6:45 am Tweet3 Oakland Mayor Jean Quan (photo: Ella Baker Center)Embattled Oakland Mayor Jean Quan, speaking in an interview with the BBC (excerpted on The Takeaway radio program–audio of Quan starts at the 5:30 mark), casually mentioned that she was on a conference call with leaders of 18 US cities shortly ... more »
Billionaires for Education Reform - Bridging Differences - Education Week #OWS
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Billionaires for Education Reform - Bridging Differences - Education Week:Billionaires for Education Reformby Diane RavitchDear Deborah,We have often discussed the problems of establishing democratic practices in our schools today. This is something you have written about extensively, and it is integral to your pedagogical ideas. Today, the question of democracy looms large as we see increasing efforts to privatize the control of public schools. There is an even more worrisome and allied trend, and that is the growing influence of ... more »
pureparents.org » PSAT for 11-15-11, Part 1: 5 actions to celebrate National Education Week
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Parents United for Responsible Education » Blog Archive » PSAT for 11-15-11, Part 1: 5 actions to celebrate National Education Week:PSAT for 11-15-11, Part 1: 5 actions to celebrate National Education Weekby adminWell, Chicago may have decided to kick off National Education Week with a lame school report card map and a flurry of sanctimonious hand-wringing over CTU Prez Karen Lewis’s stand-up routine at a recent teachers’ convention. I think we can do better. Public education in this country really ... more »
New Models for Family Engagement | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights
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New Models for Family Engagement | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights:New Models for Family Engagementby obrienaAs part of American Education Week, today is Parents Day, spotlighting the importance of parental involvement in education. Schools across the country invite parents into the classroom to experience firsthand what a day is like for their child.Of course, schools shouldn’t wait until Parents Day to engage families in their child’s education. Research has shown that family engagement in, or support of, ... more »
L.A. Teachers Seek to Put Evaluations to a Referendum - Teacher Beat - Education Week
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L.A. Teachers Seek to Put Evaluations to a Referendum - Teacher Beat - Education Week:L.A. Teachers Seek to Put Evaluations to a Referendumby Stephen SawchukA collection of Los Angeles teachers plans to force a vote among the district's teaching corps that, if passed, would require their union to advocate for "teacher-led" changes to the teacher-evaluation system—and for a moratorium on layoffs while it's implemented.The teachers, part of a coalition called "Teachers for a New Unionism," are making use of a ... more »
4LAKids - Compare+Contrast/Connect the Dots: Walton+KIPP • • • WalMart+MALDEF
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4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: Compare+Contrast/Connect the Dots: Walton+KIPP • • • WalMart+MALDEF:Compare+Contrast/Connect the Dots: Walton+KIPP • • • WalMart+MALDEFby smfCompare+Contrast/Connect the Dots: Walton+KIPP • • • WalMart+MALDEFWalton Family Foundation Invests $25m in KIPP national,Expanding KIPP LA SchoolsE-MAIL PRESS RELEASE FROM LARSON PUBLIC RELATIONSMALDEF's misstep:The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund is accepting sponsorship money from Wal-Mart, which is no friend to Latinos.OP-ED IN THE LA TIMES BY HAROLD MEYERSON | HTTP://LAT.MS/U... more »
Schools Matter: Diversity and the Rise of Majority-Minority Schools
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Schools Matter: Diversity and the Rise of Majority-Minority Schools:Diversity and the Rise of Majority-Minority Schoolsby P. L. ThomasDiversity and the Rise of Majority-Minority SchoolsIn the "Historical Notes" conclusion of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale, the reader discovers through a darkly biting satire of academia that the world of the novel's main character, June/Offred, developed in part through the shifting proportion of races in the U.S. and throughout the world. The shift in majority and minority status among races resulted in ... more »
Save Seattle Schools Community Blog: The Stuff that Drives Me Mad
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Save Seattle Schools Community Blog: The Stuff that Drives Me Mad:The Stuff that Drives Me MadThere are a number of things that the District leadership does that simply drives me mad. It's what fuels my energy to do this work. There's something nearly every day. Here's a recent sample:School Board President Steve Sundquist, speaking about the policy revisions that the Board is zooming through carelessly: "It's in everyone's interest that we move quickly," he said. "Time is of the essence." ... more »
NYC Educator: More Changes to Regents Exams, Less Trust of Teachers
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NYC Educator: More Changes to Regents Exams, Less Trust of Teachers:More Changes to Regents Exams, Less Trust of Teachersby Miss EyreAmong the many changes being made (maybe, if the State can actually afford it!) to Regents exams is a move away from teachers grading their own students' exams. I actually have mixed feelings on this one. It ishard, I think, to be impartial when you're grading the Regents exam of a student you know. I know I've graded exams of ... more »
A Call to Occupy | OccupyWallSt.org #ows
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A Call to Occupy | OccupyWallSt.org:A Call to Occupyby OccupyWallSt#OccupyWallStreet Convening 9 a.m. Sixth Avenue and Canal Street.New York, NY — We are a global movement that is reclaiming our humanity and our future. We have stepped into a revitalizing civic process, realizing that we cannot fix our crises isolated from one another. We need collective action, and we need civic space. We are creating that civic space.To occupy is to embody the spirit of liberation that we wish to ... more »
As a parent of three children who attended the Philadelphia Public School District, I knew what type of educational experience I expected them to receive in school. The fact that I was a teacher and a school administrator definitely shaped my thoughts on this matter. For nineteen years, from the time my oldest child entered kindergarten at Powel Elementary School till the graduation of my youngest from Central High School, my wife and I were actively involved in our children’s education.