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10-4-13 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: Will Value-Added Testing Do as Little for the Nation as It Has for Tennessee?If you go the Washington Post education page, hang a right down the hallway to the back bedroom and look under the bed in the box labeled "Stuff Jeff Bezos Won't Like," you will find this article, which is based largely on findings from TMoE. 2 by Jim Horn / 40min 10-3-13 Schools MatterSchools
International People's Assembly: Detroit, October 5-6 | OccupyWallSt.org
International People's Assembly: Detroit, October 5-6 | OccupyWallSt.org: International People's Assembly: Detroit, October 5-6Posted 1 hour ago on Oct. 4, 2013, 8:08 a.m. EST by OccupyWallStTags: austerity, Michigan, Detroitvia International People's Assembly:We call on all activists fighting banker-imposed austerity – here in the U.S. and worldwide – to come to Detroit, Michigan, on October 5 an
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 10-4-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Researchers: Literary Fiction Is Excellent Preparation for Real WorldThere have been many debates since the promulgation of the Common Core standards about the appropriate balance between literature and “informational text.” The writers of the Common Core think that American children spend too much time reading fiction, not enough
10-4-13 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Halloween ResourcesI’ve just updated The Best Websites For Learning About Halloween. Feel free to offer additional suggestions…by Larry Ferlazzo / 21min Infographic: “Twitter For Teachers”I’m adding this infographic to The Best Resources For Beginning To Learn What Twitter Is All About: Twitter for Teachers4 by Larry Ferlaz
The Id, The Ego, and The Super-Rhee-go | Gary Rubinstein's Blog
The Id, The Ego, and The Super-Rhee-go | Gary Rubinstein's Blog: The Id, The Ego, and The Super-Rhee-goReformers have been obviously working on re-vamping their public images. People are tiring of their empty promises, their overly simplistic remedies, and their unwillingness to engage in an honest discussion about what is and isn’t working. So the reformer’s reformer, Michelle A. Rhee, my old a
Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.
Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.: Guzzardi leads in the race against incumbent Democratic Machine pension-bomber.It is early and the candidates haven’t even officially filed yet. But when the daughter of Machine Boss and Cook County Assessor Joe Berrios voted with Speaker Mike Madigan for the public employee pension-busting Senate Bil
10-4-13 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: Shael in the Eye of the Storm in Debate with Parents on TestingIn many ways this was the most remarkable part of Monday night's CEC 15 High Stakes Testing event -- a real debate between a chief Tweedie (Gotham lists him as one of 5 potential Chancellor candidates) and parents and teachers. (You can see MORE's Lisa North and Michelle Hamilton making comments. You won't see anyone f
FOUR DAYS until PUBLIC ENEMY is ON-SALE! | Bill Ayers
FOUR DAYS until PUBLIC ENEMY is ON-SALE! | Bill Ayers: FOUR DAYS until PUBLIC ENEMY is ON-SALE!Apart from being a committed activist, engaging thinker, brilliant parent, Bill Ayers is a great storyteller.~~Aleksander Hemon, author ofNowhere Man; The Lazarus Project.On October 8—not the day before and not the day after—order 1, 2, 3, or more copies of Public Enemy: Confessions of an American Dissid
10-4-13 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: The Charter School Question In The NY Times/Siena PollThe NY Times is hawking a Siena poll today that shows Bill de Blaiso with a 50 percentage point lead over Joe Lhota, but says the poll shows notes of caution for de Blasio because some of his signature policy positions are in opposition to what a majority of New Yorkers feel about things.One of those policy positions is o
The failures of for-profit K-12 schools
The failures of for-profit K-12 schools: The failures of for-profit K-12 schoolsBy Valerie Strauss, Published: October 4 at 5:00 amE-mail the writer0CommentsMoreMoney and more money.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Here’s a smart look at the spotty record of for-profit schools, by Larry Cuban, a high school social studies teacher for 14 years, a district superintendent (seven years in Arlington, VA),
Is The Common Core 2013 the "new math" of 1963?
The Straight Dope: What exactly was the "new math"?: What exactly was the "new math"?Dear Straight Dope:I'm old enough to have heard of the "new math" but as far as I can tell that was what I was taught in school. I have asked people older than myself what exactly the "old math" was. They were definitely sure I must have been exposed to the newfangled stuff,
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Special Late Nite Cap UPDATE 10-3-13 #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
Nite Cap UPDATEUPDATE UPDATE UPDATE UPDATECORPORATE ED REFORMCongressman Kimble Doesn't Let Shutdown Stop Him[Reprinted from the Oakdale Value Shopper] The recent government shut down has been a hardship for Congressmen. The Members Dining Room has closed leaving many politicians wondering where their next meal will come from and without interns to operate things like remote controls and bottle
10-3-13 Jersey Jazzman
Jersey Jazzman: Another Reformy Practice Not Grounded in Research: SGOsLike all teachers around New Jersey, I have been attending workshops and working with my administrators and colleagues on a new, reformy project: Student Growth Objectives. My SGO will count for 15% of my annual evaluation - a percentage mandated by state code - because I teach an "untested" subject: in other words, I
Open Doors, Open Classrooms, Open Minds - The Jose Vilson | The Jose Vilson
Open Doors, Open Classrooms, Open Minds - The Jose Vilson | The Jose Vilson: Open Doors, Open Classrooms, Open Mindsby JOSE VILSON on OCTOBER 3, 2013in MR. VILSONA few days ago, United Federation of Teachers president Michael Mulgrew asked a collection of us, “How many of you teach with your doors open?” I presumed he meant metaphorically, so I raised my hand. During breakfast, he reiterated the p
Student Voice and Resilience in Learning — Whole Child Education
Student Voice and Resilience in Learning — Whole Child Education: Student Voice and Resilience in LearningOctober 3, 2013 by ASCD Whole Child BloggersPost written by Kristine Fox, Megan Bedford, and Brian ConnellyAlthough research has a lot to say about how to foster academic resilience, encouraging student voice—which an abundance of research shows to have a positive effect on school success—has
Today's WOW Story: Yong Zhao's "Be Careful What You Wish For" - THE DAILY RIFF - Be Smarter. About Education.
Today's WOW Story: Yong Zhao's "Be Careful What You Wish For" - THE DAILY RIFF - Be Smarter. About Education.: China: Flipping Standardized Testing on its Ear Who Woulda Thunk?by C.J. WesterbergYong Zhao, presidential chair and associate dean for global education in the College of Education at the University of Oregon, is one of our favorite outspoken critics of standardized testing over
NYC Public School Parents: Is there a connection between the Common Core and data privacy violations?
NYC Public School Parents: Is there a connection between the Common Core and data privacy violations?: Is there a connection between the Common Core and data privacy violations?inBloom was sold to states and districts and still is being justified by NY State as helping kids become “college and career ready,” and its interoperable instructional tools were supposed to be be aligned with the Common C
What Teachers Around The World ACTUALLY Get Paid | toteachornototeach
What Teachers Around The World ACTUALLY Get Paid | toteachornototeach: Average Teacher Salary Around The WorldVaries By Tens Of Thousands, Report FindsBy Rebecca KleinTeachers should be held in the same regard as highly respected professionals like doctors, according to Sunny Varkey, the chairman of the Varkey Gems Foundation, which seeks to improve education for underprivileged youth.But even if
Philly parents file hundreds of school complaints with Pa. education department | Philadelphia Public School Notebook
Philly parents file hundreds of school complaints with Pa. education department | Philadelphia Public School Notebook: Philly parents file hundreds of school complaints with Pa. education departmentby thenotebook on Oct 03 2013 Posted in Latest news="" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; padding: 0px 2px;">Share on emailMore Sharing ServicesCOMMENTS (0)PRINTby Holly Otterbein
AFT Human Rights Conference
AFT Human Rights Conference: AFT Human Rights ConferenceOver the last 30 years, the AFT has organized a series of biennial Civil, Human and Women’s Rights conferences addressing a wide range of social justice issues.
This year’s conference, organized in collaboration with the National Opportunity to Learn Campaign, the National Education Association, and Communities for Public Education Reform, co
Nite Cap 10-3-13 #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2 #Cheats4Change
James Baldwin said it best: "For these are all our children, and we will profit by or pay for whatever they become."A BIG EDUCATION APE NITE CAPTODAYAssembly Bill 484 Questions and Answers + $7.5 Million to Linked Learning ProgramsAssembly Bill 484 Questions and Answers - Assessment Information (CA Dept of Education): Assembly Bill 484 Questions and AnswersQuestions and answers regarding
Assembly Bill 484 Questions and Answers + $7.5 Million to Linked Learning Programs
Assembly Bill 484 Questions and Answers - Assessment Information (CA Dept of Education): Assembly Bill 484 Questions and AnswersQuestions and answers regarding Assembly Bill (AB) 484, which establishes California's new statewide student assessment system. AB 484 was signed into law on October 2, 2013.1. What is Assembly Bill (AB) 484?Signed into law on October 2, 2013, AB 484 (Bonilla) establishe
Remember the 'I Quit Teach for America' essay? Here's the... | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com
Remember the 'I Quit Teach for America' essay? Here's the... | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com: Remember the 'I Quit Teach for America' essay? Here's the counterpoint. 'I stayed.' COMMENT(6) 2 731 108 859RelatedView Larger Former TFA teacher Tre TennysonPrevious PostsHigh school: Can't we make it better? October 3, 2013Lessons from abroad: Effort over talentOctober 2, 2013Moderate reformers need to jum
Tom Corbett, Stop Holding School Children Hostage | WeArePCAPS
Tom Corbett, Stop Holding School Children Hostage | WeArePCAPS: Tom Corbett, Stop Holding School Children HostagePosted on October 3, 2013by wearepcapsPCAPS was out today at Drexel where Tom Corbett was speaking. We let him know what we think of his refusal release funding for Philadelphia Schools.
New Website Exposes Privatization: Focus this Week on K-12 On-Line Schools | janresseger
New Website Exposes Privatization: Focus this Week on K-12 On-Line Schools | janresseger: New Website Exposes Privatization: Focus this Week on K-12 On-Line SchoolsPosted on October 3, 2013 by janressegerThe Center for Media and Democracy, which has explored the secretive American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) in its long-term project ALECexposed.org, has launched a new project—OutsourcingAm
Choosing Democracy: California continues to underfund its schools
Choosing Democracy: California continues to underfund its schools: California continues to underfund its schoolsValuable new report from California Budget Project.Rising to the Challenge: Why Greater Investment in K-12 Education Matters for California's StudentsA new CBP School Finance Facts compares California student demographics, education spending, and school staffing to that in the rest of th
Valuing Teachers | Taking Note
Valuing Teachers | Taking Note: Valuing Teachersby JOHN MERROW on 03. OCT, 2013 in 2013 BLOGSHow do we–the collective we–feel about teachers? The granddaddy of all surveys about public education is The MetLife Survey of the American Teacher. It established the brand in 1984 and has, to this observer anyway, become better,deeper and more nuanced over time. [1]There are other education surveys, of c
10-3-13 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: From the End of the Beginning to the Beginning of the End for High Stakes TestingMark Mulville/Buffalo NewsRemember: it happened in Buffalo--the night that 2,500 parents, teachers, and administrators showed up. Now let's keep the hammer down.From the Buffalo News by Dale Anderson: Reform of high-stakes testing for schoolchildren, a groundswell movement of lawn signs and small-scale
NYC Educator: I Want to be a Dean
NYC Educator: I Want to be a Dean: I Want to be a DeanThat's the rallying cry I'm hearing from teachers everywhere. Deans in my school teach three periods and dean a bunch of others. Reformy John King and the other geniuses who designed the junk science to fire teachers program have decreed that teachers must teach 60% of the day to qualify for it. Therefore, if you teach three or fewer periods, y
Mother Crusader: Stealth Charter Approvals Mask For-Profit CMO Expansion In New Jersey
Mother Crusader: Stealth Charter Approvals Mask For-Profit CMO Expansion In New Jersey: Stealth Charter Approvals Mask For-Profit CMO Expansion In New JerseyDid you miss the announcement of the approval of three new charter schools? Yeah, we all did. There was no glowing press release as per usual, just the stealth approval of three more urban charters.The New Jersey Charter School Circus Has Lef
Is Education Reform a Faith-Based Belief System? - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher
Is Education Reform a Faith-Based Belief System? - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher: Is Education Reform a Faith-Based Belief System?By Anthony Cody on October 3, 2013 12:25 PMThe latest entry in the Bridging Differences blog is a fascinating look at the belief system guiding the most fervent advocates of modern education reform. Michael Petrilli of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute raise
Education Advocacy in Urban Communities | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights
Education Advocacy in Urban Communities | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights: Education Advocacy in Urban CommunitiesBy National PTA on October 3, 2013“A person has truly become a PTA member when his circle of concern stretchesbeyond his own child to include all children.” – UnknownBy Stella Y. Edwards*, Chairman, National PTA Legislative CommitteeOctober is upon us. At National P
Why Resilience Is Critical in a Learning Environment — Whole Child Education
Why Resilience Is Critical in a Learning Environment — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOGWhy Resilience Is Critical in a Learning EnvironmentOctober 3, 2013 by Tammy RussellResilience is a life skill that all teachers should focus on throughout students' educational career. In many classrooms, resiliency and perseverance may be discussed early in the year and then left out of the classroo
Will technology improve teacher-student relationships, or hurt them? | HechingerEd Blog
Will technology improve teacher-student relationships, or hurt them? | HechingerEd Blog: Will technology improve teacher-student relationships, or hurt them?School districts from the sprawling Los Angeles Unified to the tiny Nome Public Schools in Alaska have embraced technology in the classroom based on the promise that it can improve learning by increasing student engagement.A game which allows
All Education Matters: Warning - FAKE SALLIE MAE ACCOUNT CLAIMS THEY WILL FORGIVE YOUR STUDENT LOANS
All Education Matters: Warning - FAKE SALLIE MAE ACCOUNT CLAIMS THEY WILL FORGIVE YOUR STUDENT LOANS: Warning - FAKE SALLIE MAE ACCOUNT CLAIMS THEY WILL FORGIVE YOUR STUDENT LOANSFolks, we should have expected scams of various sorts to pop up, thanks to extremists in the GOP hijacking government and shutting it down.So, it comes as no surprise that scammers are trying to take full advantage of peo
Joy Pullmann on the Connection Between Common Core & Data Mining | Truth in American Education
Joy Pullmann on the Connection Between Common Core & Data Mining | Truth in American Education: Joy Pullmann on the Connection Between Common Core & Data MiningFiled in Common Core State Standards, Privacy/SLDS by Shane Vander Hart on October 3, 2013 • 0 Comments41Joy Pullmann of The Heartland Institute was interviewed by The New American. You can watch the interview below:HT: Illinois Re
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Rahm's 'Fog Machine'
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Rahm's 'Fog Machine': Rahm's 'Fog Machine'“Their decision to modify their promise of a five-year moratorium on school closings is a smack in the face to the parents, teachers and students who are working so hard to secure vital resources for their neighborhood schools.” --CTU's Stephanie GadlinIf her lips are moving, Byrd-Bennettis lying. Becky Carroll is lying even
Cali Education Headlines Thursday, October 3, 2013
FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team: STAR test dumped: Brown ignores federal threats, signs bill allowing new examsEducation HeadlinesThursday, October 3, 2013Critics blast Sonora High School pool projectConcerned community members attending the Sonora Union High School District’s board meeting Tuesday questioned whether the district is legally allowed to spend bond money on bui
The Connected Educator Culture | My Island View
The Connected Educator Culture | My Island View: The Connected Educator CultureOctober 3, 2013 by tomwhitbyThis is the original post that I submitted to Edcsurge. Under the expert editorship of Christina Quattrocchi it appeared under this title Board The Bullet Train: The Culture of ConnectionI have been a connected educator throughout most of my 40-year career. My professional life has always bee
Damon Takes the Stage, but Ravitch Wins the Applause - LA School Report
Damon Takes the Stage, but Ravitch Wins the Applause - LA School Report: Post navigationDamon Takes the Stage, but Ravitch Wins the ApplausePosted on October 3, 2013 by Chase NiesnerMatt Damon with Diane RavitchWhen the actor Matt Damon stood before a capacity crowd inside the Cal State Northridge student union last night, he smiled sheepishly and said he wasn’t surprised to see so many star-struc
Democrat Glenda Ritz, GOP appointees tussle for control of State Board of Education | Indianapolis Star | indystar.com
Democrat Glenda Ritz, GOP appointees tussle for control of State Board of Education | Indianapolis Star | indystar.com: Democrat Glenda Ritz, GOP appointees tussle for control of State Board of EducationTension between Democrat state superintendent Glenda Ritz and the Republican-appointed Indiana State Board of Education exploded into a direct confrontation Wednesday over who controls the board’s
Teacher status around the world: How the U.S. stacks up | The Raw Story
Teacher status around the world: How the U.S. stacks up | The Raw Story: Teacher status around the world: How the U.S. stacks upBy The Christian Science MonitorThursday, October 3, 2013 11:04 EDTTopics: Alicia Schoenborn ♦ Mahnomen Elementary School ♦ Teacher status Debate about how to keep up with countries that perform best on international tests has been percolating for years in theUnited State
Morning Wink 10-3-13 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2 #Cheats4Change
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSTODAYHas the Left Lost Faith in Upward Mobility? - Bridging Differences - Education WeekHas the Left Lost Faith in Upward Mobility? - Bridging Differences - Education Week: Has the Left Lost Faith in Upward Mobility?By Mike Petrilli on October 3, 2013 10:03 AMDear Deborah,Earlier this week you wrote that you were "stunned" that I'd suggest a simp
