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FCMAT » Cali Education Headlines Monday, October 1, 2012
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FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team: Arnold Schwarzenegger 'Total Recall' memoir Education Headlines *Monday, October 1, 2012* Lucia Mar instructors reach deal on training programMembers of the Lucia Mar Unified Teachers Association have overwhelmingly approved changes to a training and evaluation program that was put in place at seven schools in the South County district in 2011. Garvey school board members give superintendent raise, contract extensionThe Garvey School board by a 3-2 vote Thursday approved a salary increase and contract extension for Superintendent... more »
Evergreen Park and the pension cost shift. « Fred Klonsky
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Evergreen Park and the pension cost shift. « Fred Klonsky: Evergreen Park and the pension cost shift. by Fred Klonsky Can I absolutely prove that the proposals by some politicians, mostly Democrats, to shift the pension obligation from the state to local districts has provoked at least one strike and threatens to provoke others. No. But I’ve been at this game long enough to have a strong feeling about it. A reminder about the pension obligation. Things get a little screwy here. So pay attention. And if I mess up the explanation, I always have my friend Glen Brown to straighten me ou... more »
Goose vs. Gander: The double standard for teachers and superintendents - Wait, What?
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Goose vs. Gander: The double standard for teachers and superintendents - Wait, What?: Goose vs. Gander: The double standard for teachers and superintendents by jonpelto Last week, Hartford’s Superintendent of Schools, Christina Kishimoto, sent a letter to the Hartford Board of Education (her employer) saying, “I will not engage in political debate with board members…My duty, my sole concern, is for the academic and career success of our Hartford school children and youth.” Meanwhile, rather than take calls from the media, she directed that all calls about the situation be referred... more »
U of Florida Students Divided Over Honoring Segregation-Era President « Student Activism
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U of Florida Students Divided Over Honoring Segregation-Era President « Student Activism: U of Florida Students Divided Over Honoring Segregation-Era President by Angus Johnston When the student union at the University of Florida was built in 1967, students requested that it be named in honor of outgoing university president J. Wayne Reitz. Today, students are fighting over whether that name should stand. As UF president, Reitz participated in a purge of gay faculty and students that involved the firing and expulsion of dozens of people. During his administration, the university ... more »
WHY NOW ? « Teachers Fight Back
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WHY NOW ? « Teachers Fight Back: WHY NOW ? by alkleen Thirty-five to forty years ago, before there was an “education crisis”, I was teaching in the inner city of Chicago. Teacher unions were never criticized, and teachers were respected and never bashed. Inner city students were dropping out, failing at a great rate, starting school unprepared, and attending the worst schools imaginable. Test scores were low and everyone understood why and no one ever blamed the teachers. All of the teachers in the inner city were screaming about more funding, better schools and longing for any h... more »
Missouri Education Watchdog: Follow Obama's/Duncan's North Star to Educational Disaster via Common Core
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Missouri Education Watchdog: Follow Obama's/Duncan's North Star to Educational Disaster via Common Core: Follow Obama's/Duncan's North Star to Educational Disaster via Common Core by stlgretchen From a reader via an on line educational group and reprinted with permission: When I received the picture (above), I did not think it appropriate to send to our education network group. I ended up deciding to send it anyway---it is appropriate. No matter where you stand politically, there are some interesting
Community College Spotlight | 19% of families owe on college loans
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Community College Spotlight | 19% of families owe on college loans: 19% of families owe on college loans by Joanne Jacobs Nineteen percent of households owed student loan debt in 2010, more than double the share two decades earlier, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of government data. Forty percent of households headed by someone younger than age 35 owe such debt, also a record high. The debt burden is heaviest for low-income families. The average debtor family owes $26,682 in unpaid college loans, up from $23,349 in 2007. The U.S. Education Department has released two-yea... more »
Shanker Blog » Our Not-So-College-Ready Annual Discussion Of SAT Results
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Shanker Blog » Our Not-So-College-Ready Annual Discussion Of SAT Results: Our Not-So-College-Ready Annual Discussion Of SAT Results by Matthew Di Carlo Every year, around this time, the College Board publicizes its SAT results, and hundreds of newspapers, blogs, and television stations run stories suggesting that trends in the aggregate scores are, by themselves, a meaningful indicator of U.S. school quality. They’re not. Everyone knows that the vast majority of the students who take the SAT in a given year didn’t take the test the previous year – i.e., the data are cross-sectiona... more »
Charter schools amendment: It is “T-SPLOST of education.” | Get Schooled
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Charter schools amendment: It is “T-SPLOST of education.” | Get Schooled: Charter schools amendment: It is “T-SPLOST of education.” by Maureen Downey [image: Charter Schools - Dividing Communities since 1991] The print AJC ran a pro/con today on the charter schools amendment. The *pro was the essay I posted last week by Virginia Galloway. *Here is the con by local businessman Sean Murphy. (Later today, I will post a piece by two Georgia legislators in support of the amendment, Jan Jones and Alisha Thomas Morgan.) By Sean Murphy: I am a successful metro Atlanta business entreprene... more »
Presidential Proclamation -- Child Health Day, 2012 | The White House
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Presidential Proclamation -- Child Health Day, 2012 | The White House: Presidential Proclamation -- Child Health Day, 2012 CHILD HEALTH DAY, 2012 - - - - - - - BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION As a Nation, we share an obligation to ensure the health and well-being of our children. The youth of today will shape America's tomorrow, and on Child Health Day, we rededicate ourselves to providing our next generation with access to the quality health care and clean environment that will nurture their future success. My Administration has made the health of our... more »
Modern School: New SARS-Like Virus Discovered in Arabia as Hajj Approaches
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Modern School: New SARS-Like Virus Discovered in Arabia as Hajj Approaches: New SARS-Like Virus Discovered in Arabia as Hajj Approaches by Michael Dunn Corona Virus, electron micrograph, Wikipedia The most dangerous infectious diseases are those that have both high mortality and morbidity rates—that is, they are both highly infectious and deadly. The most infectious diseases are generally spread easily from person to person through the air (e.g., common cold, influenza) and their proliferation is facilitated by crowded living conditions, as exist in slums and pilgrimages, like the a... more »
Voices: “Reform” group resorts to intimidation | EdNewsColorado
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Voices: “Reform” group resorts to intimidation | EdNewsColorado: Voices: “Reform” group resorts to intimidation Written by Jed Walker on Oct 1st, 2012. | Copyright © EdNewsColorado.org *Dougco parent Jed Walker wants to know why a parent group that supports Dougco’s school board filed an open-records request to get all emails sent by 19 people who question the board.* Recently, supporters of the Douglas County School District Board of Education upped the ante in their battle to support the school board. A group, called Parent Led Reform, requested email records of community members... more »
Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee: Continues to Bash teachers - Commentary - Charleston Daily Mail - West Virginia News and Sports -
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Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee: Continues to Bash teachers - Commentary - Charleston Daily Mail - West Virginia News and Sports -: Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee: Continues to Bash teachers I'm a Democrat because I believe in the party's basic principles, particularly the idea that we have to look after one another and stand up for those who need help. I believe in fighting for the civil rights of all Americans, especially children and those facing injustices. That's why I was heartened to see Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel advocating for the rights of kids in his standoff w... more »
A surprising candidate for Florida education chief - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post
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A surprising candidate for Florida education chief - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post: [image: Answer Sheet] A surprising candidate for Florida education chief By Valerie Strauss Last December I published a post about a school board member in Florida who decided to take one of the standardized tests that students (bigstock)are forced to take. He wasn’t allowed to take the exact test so a similar one was created for him. He took math and reading tests with questions for 10th graders — and flunked. That man is Rick Roach, who is in his fourth four-year term representing Distric... more »
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 10-1-12 Diane Ravitch's blog
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Diane Ravitch's blog: [image: Click on picture to Listen to Diane Ravitch] Edushyster Does Charter Math by dianerav Edushyster noticed a strange phenomenon. A charter school received a $1.5 million grant to close the achievement gap. Edushyster noticed that its first class had 47 students. But 17 eventually graduated. Then it was explained. This is called success by attrition. It is usually associated with miracle schools, where 100% of the students graduate (of those that make it to senior year). For more on miracle schools, check Gary Rubinstein’s blog. A Remarkable Investigati... more »
Governor signs off on bill ensuring free public education | EdSource Today
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Governor signs off on bill ensuring free public education | EdSource Today: Governor signs off on bill ensuring free public education ** October 1st, 2012 | Add a Comment | By Kathryn Baron Share on twitterShare on facebookShare on emailShare on google_plusone More Sharing Services Gov. Jerry Brown has approved legislation that settles a lawsuit over public schools illegally charging students for educational activities and materials such as textbooks, exams, and field trips. Assemblymember Ricardo Lara (D-South Gate) *AB 1575*, introduced by Assemblymember Ricardo Lara (D-South Gate),... more »
School Tech Connect: Life in Rogers Park
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School Tech Connect: Life in Rogers Park: Life in Rogers Park by noreply@blogger.com (Tim Furman) For the second time in a calendar year, I've had to faceplant myself onto the floor to avoid gunfire. Last night, it was right outside the house--- the shells were literally scattered across my front yard. I usually count the shots, but last night after about ten, I realized this wasn't a little pistol fight; it sounded more like a combat zone. I live on the first floor, so the chances of stray gunfire making its way into my apartment are pretty significant. It now seems like a terrib... more »
solidaridad: Daily Kos: American Center for School Choice Versus The John Birch Society
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solidaridad: Daily Kos: American Center for School Choice Versus The John Birch Society: Daily Kos: American Center for School Choice Versus The John Birch Society by Robert D. Skeels * rdsathene The so-called "Parent Trigger" is an American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) template law written primarily by right-wingers Bill Lucia of EdVoice and Ben Austin of Green Dot School Corporation. DFER Corporate school privatizer Gloria Romero, who signed her name on that bill that was snuck through the California legislature in a desperate attempt to win Race to the Trough bribe dolla... more »
Two Thumbs Up for Won’t Back Down | Re:education in Baltimore
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Two Thumbs Up for Won’t Back Down | Re:education in Baltimore: Two Thumbs Up for Won’t Back Down by Edit Barry The latest film from Walden Media and 20th Century Fox shows American audiences how to stage a parent revolution. *Won’t Back Down* is a new feature film starring Oscar-nominated actresses Maggie Gyllenhaal and Viola Davis as two moms, Jaime and Nona, who take over their F-grade public elementary school. The school has a mathematical problem: Eighty percent of graduates can’t read. It’s personal for Jaime, whose 8-year-old daughter, Malia, is a walking statistic. The film o... more »
NYC Educator: Filling That Last Few Minutes
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NYC Educator: Filling That Last Few Minutes: Filling That Last Few Minutes by NYC Educator My wife steadfastly refuses to drive on parkways. I'm trying to persuade her otherwise, and I was driving her around giving her instructions. "You know, you turn here, wait for the car, and, umm.... then you get on." My daughter, in the back seat, said, "You know what you sound like? You sound like a teacher who finished the class early and is trying to fill up the last few minutes." "What do you mean?" I asked. "You're improvising," she said. "You have no idea what you're talking about and... more »
Fine Print: State Control of Newark Schools in Court - NJ Spotlight
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Fine Print: State Control of Newark Schools in Court - NJ Spotlight: Fine Print: State Control of Newark Schools in Court Advocates of home rule for Newark schools take their case to Appellate Court print | email | share By John Mooney, October 1, 2012 in Education |Post a Comment ** * * *What it is:* The first legal briefs have been filed in the appeal of the Christie administration’s recent decision to retain control of New Jersey’s largest school district. Appellants contend that the administration manipulated the process that would have started shifting the schools back to local... more »
The Educated Reporter: 'Deferred Action' Program For Immigrant Students Slows Amid Concerns
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The Educated Reporter: 'Deferred Action' Program For Immigrant Students Slows Amid Concerns: 'Deferred Action' Program For Immigrant Students Slows Amid Concerns by Emily Richmond The Wall St. Journal's Miriam Jordan had an interesting story about a slowdown in applications for President Obama's controversial "deferred action" program for immigrant students. Apparently uncertainty about how much information applicants must share with immigration authorities, as well as concerns about the outcome of the presidential election, is making some people reluctant to apply. The Deferred A... more »
CAN WE THRIVE AS A SOCIETY? WHERE DOES LAUSD FIT IN? - Perdaily.com
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CAN WE THRIVE AS A SOCIETY? WHERE DOES LAUSD FIT IN? - Perdaily.com: CAN WE THRIVE AS A SOCIETY? WHERE DOES LAUSD FIT IN? by Leonard Isenberg [image: Thrive.jpg] *(For a national view of public education reform see the end of this blog post)* *Writing a blog on the purposeful failing of public education at the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) and elsewhere in this country tends to make one myopic to what is going on elsewhere in our society and around the world. To remedy this occupational hazard, I suggest you take a *
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES
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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES: WEEKEND QUOTABLES by Mike Klonsky On Sunday afternoon, nearly 1,000 people, practically all of them African American, answered Ed Gardner’s call to rally at 95th and Western to protest the continued lack of black workers on construction sites in Chicago.| Mary Mitchell *They were young and old, teachers and parents, churchgoers and hell-raisers, politicians and their bashers marching alongside the well-to-do and those not doing so well. Protesters converged from both directions on Western — at times spilling out into the street and... more »
Daily Kos: Paul Krugman asks if the election will be honored
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Daily Kos: Paul Krugman asks if the election will be honored: Paul Krugman asks if the election will be honored by rss@dailykos.com (teacherken) and no, in The Real Referendum, his Monday column for *The New York Times*, the Nobel Laureate is not raising a question of the election being stolen. He operates from an assumption that the election is not, as the Republicans had expected, a referendum on the President where he would be found wanting. Instead he sees it like this: Voters are, in effect, being asked to deliver a verdict on the legacy of the New Deal and the Great Socie... more »
Jersey Jazzman: Jonny Alter's Head Pops Off
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Jersey Jazzman: Jonny Alter's Head Pops Off: Jonny Alter's Head Pops Off I missed this clip at last weekends's Education Nation from MSNBC. It's well worth watching, if only for the entertainment value of seeing pundit Jonathan Alter lose his cool when someone who knows what the hell their talking about calls him out: Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy The best part is when Alter says, "No offense." Yeah, sure: why would Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig take offense at having his peer-reviewed study be called "cherry-picking" and "bogus" on n... more »
SI&A Cabinet Report – Court restricts services for disabled students to federal requirements
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SI&A Cabinet Report – News & Resources: Print this articleCourt restricts services for disabled students to federal requirements *By Lee Funk* Monday, October 01, 2012 Applying a 30-year-old Supreme Court ruling to a California case, a federal district court found that schools do not have to meet the top level when providing services for students with disabilities – only a “basic floor of opportunity.” The decision has far reaching implications for officials throughout this state because so many requirements of California’s education code can easily be interpreted as exceeding t... more »
Teach For America Burned Me Out | The Billfold
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Teach For America Burned Me Out | The Billfold: Teach For America Burned Me Out by Adi ElbazSeptember 26th, 2012 It’s back-to-school season, and for the first time, I am not a part of the melee. At 24 years old, I have no classes to prepare for, no lead pencils to buy. My masters degree is completed, a useless (and enormous) piece of cardstock in a very expensive frame. College is a distant utopian dream. My two years as an inner-city middle-school teacher have been distilled to a line on a resume, a punch line to the black joke that was my early twenties. That thing I did, that on... more »
Corvallis charter schools are window into Oregon system of the independent public schools
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Corvallis charter schools are window into Oregon system of the independent public schools: Corvallis charter schools are window into Oregon system of the independent public schools - THE ASSOCIATED PRESS - September 30, 2012 - 7:56 pm EDT [image: Charter Schools - Dividing Communities since 1991] CORVALLIS, Ore. — A dispute between an Oregon charter school and the local school district offers some insights into the complex and sometimes tense relationship between charter schools and their sponsoring districts. After the Philomath School Board voted to close Kings Valley... more »
Up w/ Chris Hayes: Conservative media moguls fund film pushing parent trigger laws
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Up w/ Chris Hayes: Conservative media moguls fund film pushing parent trigger laws: Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
SignOn.org - I'm a lifelong Democrat, and Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee doesn't speak for me!
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SignOn.org - I'm a lifelong Democrat, and Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee doesn't speak for me!: I'm a lifelong Democrat, and Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee doesn't speak for me! By Matt Farmer (Contact) To be delivered to: Michelle Rhee Michelle Rhee, your recent op-ed in The Washington Post shows that you are tremendously out of step with Democrats who believe in equity and justice. Please stop trying to speak for us. Chicago's teachers, like teachers across this country, work hard to promote equal opportunity for all children, regardless of their background. Yet for too... more »
How Our Principal Thinks Using Test Scores To Evaluate Teachers Will Hurt Students — What Are Your Thoughts? | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…
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How Our Principal Thinks Using Test Scores To Evaluate Teachers Will Hurt Students — What Are Your Thoughts? | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…: How Our Principal Thinks Using Test Scores To Evaluate Teachers Will Hurt Students — What Are Your Thoughts? Earlier today, I posted about New York Principal Carol Burris’ great article on how using test scores to evaluate hurts students. I sent it to our school’s principal, Ted Appel (who has shared his thoughts on educational policy in previous posts here) to get his reaction. He liked it a lot, and shared these ideas on other ways ... more »
Louisiana Educator: Outrage!
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Louisiana Educator: Outrage!: Outrage! by Michael Deshotels Our state Department of Education keeps finding new ways of insulting the teaching profession in Louisiana. First our Superintendent and Governor claimed that education credentials mean nothing and changed the law so that persons without education certification will be allowed to teach in Louisiana charter schools. Then while public school teachers are being laid off because of loss of state and local funding to voucher schools, the State Superintendent started spending 12 thousand dollars per month to hire an additiona... more »
NYC Public School Parents: Critics and audiences agree: "Won't Back Down" a tremendous flop
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NYC Public School Parents: Critics and audiences agree: "Won't Back Down" a tremendous flop: Critics and audiences agree: "Won't Back Down" a tremendous flop by Leonie Haimson The reviews are out, the box office returns have been counted and it's clear that the pro-charter propaganda film "Won't Back Down" is a huge critical and commercial flop. All the advance screenings sponsored by astroturf corp reform groups and the film's distributor, Rupert Murdoch, the big push by CBS and Walmart, the promotion by NBC's Education Nation, the multi-million dollar advertising campaign finan... more »
Daily Kos: Segregated South Rises Again
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Daily Kos: Segregated South Rises Again: Segregated South Rises Again byplthomasEdDFollow 2 PERMALINK1 COMMENT A half century seems to be a significant amount of time for change, but Minnijean Brown Trickey's visit to Little Rock Central High School fifty years after the federal government had to monitor her and eight other African American students entering public school shows that much more time is needed. Felicia Lee captured Trickey's experience, documented in the HBO film*Little Rock Central: Fifty Years Later*: "On a recent visit to Central High, Ms. Trickey spoke to a s... more »
Schools Matter: Homeschooling, Freely Unequal
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Schools Matter: Homeschooling, Freely Unequal: Homeschooling, Freely Unequal by Storm Dismantling *The Atlantic Monthly* Reform Manifesto 2nd Installment I. I introduced the *The Atlantic's* Reform pamphlet ("22 pages...") by focusing on the presentation of content. But, I regret to say I left out what might have been the most important part: the "cover" of the section. It's a TEST BOOKLET! Surprised? II. Now, this is clearly ideological content on all levels. There is ZERO subtlety here. How is this possible? For whom are these articles written? Surely these writers an... more »
Won’t Back Down: The Hilarious Sequel – via @jerseyjazzman and @dianeravitch #SilenceOfTheParents « Continuing Change
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Won’t Back Down: The Hilarious Sequel – via @jerseyjazzman and @dianeravitch #SilenceOfTheParents « Continuing Change: Won’t Back Down: The Hilarious Sequel – via @jerseyjazzman and @dianeravitch #SilenceOfTheParents by gatorbonbc *Won’t Back Down: The Hilarious Sequel. reblogged from Diane Ravitch * *Jersey Jazzman strikes again !!! Read his hilarious sequel to the movie, Won’t Back Down !!* *A clip from the scene:* *Nona: Well, we’re not standing for this! This isn’t what we wanted when we pulled the trigger!* * * *Geoffrey pushes red button on his desk.* * * *Jamie: We won’t back... more »
New School Year Brings More Cuts in State Funding for Schools — Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
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New School Year Brings More Cuts in State Funding for Schools — Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: *New School Year Brings More Cuts in State Funding for Schools* PDF of this report (14pp.) By Phil Oliff, Chris Mai, and Michael Leachman[1] Updated September 4, 2012 RELATED - States Continue to Feel Recession’s Impact RELATED AREAS OF RESEARCH - *State Budget and Tax* - Budgets - Federal-State Issues - States in the Recession States have made steep cuts to education funding since the start of the recession and, in many states, those cuts deepe... more »
Rethinking the US Education System | Lefty Parent
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Rethinking the US Education System | Lefty Parent: Rethinking the US Education System by Cooper Zale I was intrigued by the title of this blog piece, “It’s Time to Re-Think the U.S. Education System”, by Tammy Erickson for the *Harvard Business Review*. When it comes to our education system, I translate any use of the “reform” word as “business as usual”, which is ever flogging more “accountability” and “rigorous academic standards” around ever expanding high-stakes testing. All done supposedly to improve the education available to our young people, but in my thinking, really about... more »
School Tech Connect
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School Tech Connect: The Rockford Files Did I call this, or what? Kerry Knodle, executive director of Comprehensive Community Solutions, the group behind the green-career-focused charter school and YouthBuild Rockford, said he plans to appeal the board’s decision with the State Charter School Commission, which has a multi-step, lengthy process. It's an interesting article---- looks like the school board basically just smelled a rat with this operator and said no. These credit-recovery people, as well as the boutique charter people are going to be nipping away at the public scho... more »
Education Report: Oakland school district, teachers, to begin bargaining anew - Inside Bay Area
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Education Report: Oakland school district, teachers, to begin bargaining anew - Inside Bay Area: Education Report: Oakland school district, teachers, to begin bargaining anew By Katy Murphy Oakland Tribune Posted: 09/30/2012 12:00:00 AM PDT This is a sampling of The Education Report, Katy Murphy's Oakland schools blog. Read more atwww.IBAbuzz.com/education. Follow her at Twitter.com/KatyMurphy. Sept. 28: The initial proposals presented -- or "sunshined" -- to the Oakland Education Association at Thursday night's board meeting didn't mention any numbers. (You can find a link to it... more »
School Lunch Showdown: 850-Calorie Meals Compared - ABC News
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School Lunch Showdown: 850-Calorie Meals Compared - ABC News: School Lunch Showdown: 850-Calorie Meals Compared Email4Smaller FontTextLarger Text|Print [image: gty burger fish cc 120927 wblog School Lunch Showdown: 850 Calorie Meals Compared] (Image Credit: Getty Images) Have you seen that music video “We Are Hungry”? It isn’t a famine-relief fundraiser featuring well-meaning pop stars. It’s a musical complaint about the new, reduced-calorie public school lunch size made by student... more »
Bullied Michigan teen shines as homecoming princess - CNN.com
coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 22 hours ago
Bullied Michigan teen shines as homecoming princess - CNN.com: Bullied Michigan teen shines as homecoming princess By *Chris Welch,* CNN updated 10:47 AM EDT, Sat September 29, 2012 [image: Watch this video] Bullied teen shines at homecoming *STORY HIGHLIGHTS* - The teen was thrust into the spotlight after her peers nominated her for homecoming court as a prank - She attended coronation Friday night surrounded by cheering fans - "I'm so happy -- this is so much right now for me," she says *West Branch, Michigan (CNN)* -- Whitney Kropp, the teen thrust into the spotlight a... more »
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Impact Fees
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Seattle Schools Community Forum: Impact Fees: Impact Fees by Charlie Mas We have heard school district officials bemoan the fact that the City of Seattle does not collect impact fees (assessments on new development to offset the costs of additional demands on public resources) for schools. They are, as usual, crying crocodile tears. The District is authorized to assess their own impact fees and they simply have not bothered to do it. Per RCW 43.21C.060, school districts can assess impact fees. The WAC regarding the Growth Management Act also clearly allows school districts to req... more »
Schooling in the Ownership Society: Look who paid KIPP's way to New Zealand
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Schooling in the Ownership Society: Look who paid KIPP's way to New Zealand: Look who paid KIPP's way to New Zealand by Mike Klonsky Hedge-funder, Julian RobertsonLook who paid KIPP founder, Mike Feinberg’s way to NZ where he got a cool reception. None other than conservative hedge-funder Julian Robertson. Robertson's Aotearoa Foundation, is the local arm of the right wing USA-based Robertson Foundation. It was *hedge-fund king* Robertson who founded the now-defunct Tiger Management Fund which was mired in scandal over the collapse of U.S. Airways. Robertson recently gave $1.25 mi... more »
School Reformers Who Disagree Find Common Ground (John Thompson and Neerav Kingsland) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice
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School Reformers Who Disagree Find Common Ground (John Thompson and Neerav Kingsland) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: School Reformers Who Disagree Find Common Ground (John Thompson and Neerav Kingsland) by larrycuban *The following post was written by teacher John Thompson of Oklahoma City and Neerav Kingsland, CEO of New Schools for New Orleans. They introduce themselves below. The post was published by Rick Hess, a blogger for Education Week on September 21, 2012.* * *There is much we disagree on – don’t worry we’ll get to that. But in writing this join... more »
Rich, Real World, Performance-Based Learning - Woodbridge, VA, United States, ASCD EDge Blog post - A Professional Networking Community for Educators
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Rich, Real World, Performance-Based Learning - Woodbridge, VA, United States, ASCD EDge Blog post - A Professional Networking Community for Educators: Looking Ahead Rich, Real World, Performance-Based Learning Howard Gardner challenged that prevailing definition of intelligence with one concise description of what it means to be smart: “the ability to find and solve problems and create products of value in one's own culture.” It’s so simple it’s profound! There is no single measurement for intelligence in this definition. There is no “quotient” that can quantify ability or predict ... more »
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