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 CAP
2-17-14 V.A.M.: Value Added Measure
V.A.M.: Value Added Measure: Season 2, Episode 6 in the Twilight Zone of Educational Deformity: "The Eye of the Beholder"!Common-Core Reformers Instruct a Teacher on How to Implement the New Learning Standards"Where is this place, and when is it? What kind of world where ugliness is the norm and beauty the deviation from that norm? You want an answer? The answer is, it doesn't make
Jailing Beings – redqueeninla
Jailing Beings – redqueeninla: Jailing BeingsWritten by redqueeninla in LAUSD What distinguishes us from plants? Muscle. We move. That’s what we do. It’s important and it’s one of our hallmarks.Conversely, abrogating our freedom is just about the most fundamental withdrawal of our essence. And we are no different from other animals in this regard. We like to move; freedom is a basic human ci
A Lesson Plan for Strikebreaking Substitute Teachers | Rethinking Schools Blog
A Lesson Plan for Strikebreaking Substitute Teachers | Rethinking Schools Blog: A Lesson Plan for Strikebreaking Substitute TeachersFebruary 17, 2014 by rethinkingschoolsblogA Lesson Plan for Strikebreaking Substitute TeachersBy Russ PetersonEditor’s Note: Portland, Oregon language arts teacher Russ Peterson sent this lesson plan to colleagues, who are preparing to strike beginning on February 20t
Everything is Awesome… | PWC Education Reform Blog
Everything is Awesome… | PWC Education Reform Blog: Everything is Awesome…February 17, 2014 — pwceducationreformEverything is cool when you’re part of a team.Everything is awesome,When you’re living the dream! I just saw the Lego movie with my children, and that song was an integral part of the movie. As a Mom with two children, I spend a lot of time at movies like this and, as so often happens i
Legislative Spat Signals Slow Down for Privatized Public Schools | Uppity Wisconsin
Legislative Spat Signals Slow Down for Privatized Public Schools | Uppity Wisconsin: Legislative Spat Signals Slow Down for Privatized Public SchoolsSubmitted by Sen. K. Vinehout on Mon, 02/17/2014 - 1:01pm“There’s ‘no appetite’ for passing a bill this year that imposes sanctions against poorly performing public or private voucher schools” reported the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in an Associate Pr
The Daily Censored » Detroit: Abandoned schools and the decimation of the public commons
The Daily Censored » Detroit: Abandoned schools and the decimation of the public commons: Detroit: Abandoned schools and the decimation of the public commonsThe Lewis Cass Technical High School in Detroit was abandoned in 2007 after a fire wreaked havoc and made it unusable.These pictures were taken after the building had been sitting empty and decaying for years. The school was brought back to li
2-17-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Things that Make You Go, Hmmm1) Still waiting to find out who is paying for the costs for the pilot student survey of teachers by students. 2) Still waiting to find out if teachers are contractually obligated to give out the survey in their classes and/or do students have to take the survey? Will students be told this is an optional piece of work and allowed to
The 4 Most Profound Ways Privatization Perverts Education | Alternet
The 4 Most Profound Ways Privatization Perverts Education | Alternet: The 4 Most Profound Ways Privatization Perverts EducationCompared to other developed countries, equal education has been a low priority in America.Profit-seeking in the banking and health care industries has victimized Americans. Now it's beginning to happen in education, with our children as the products.There are good reasons
2-17-14 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: Will Bill Gates Take the Podium at AERA?It’s a tough time in higher education, with a growing army of exploited, part-time academic sharecroppers now driving from school to school to fill teaching slots that were once reserved for tenure track professors. See chart below from AAUP:As full-time faculty numbers dwindle, so does the core university value of shared governance, which h
2-17-14 This Week in LA - School Report - What's Really Going on Inside LAUSD
LA School Report - What's Really Going on Inside LAUSD (Los Angeles Unified School District): Happy Presidents’ Day!2 22min hide // save2-14-14 This Week in LA - School Report - What's Really Going on Inside LAUSDLA School Report - What's Really Going on Inside LAUSD (Los Angeles Unified School District): LA Unified’s education policy is upheld in US district court–Photo by Aaron BlevinsFrancis
Morning Wink 2-17-14 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH ALL WEEK LONG Diane Ravitch's blog 2-17-14 #thankateacher #EDCHAT #P2Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Alfie Kohn on Grit and Its MisusesDue to the success of Paul Tough’s book “How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character,” the corporate reformers seized on the idea that
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH ALL WEEK LONG Diane Ravitch's blog 2-17-14 #thankateacher #EDCHAT #P2
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Alfie Kohn on Grit and Its MisusesDue to the success of Paul Tough’s book “How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character,” the corporate reformers seized on the idea that what is needed for academic success is not just strict discipline and constant test prep, but GRIT. Grit, meaning perseverance. As Alfi
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 2-17-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: Common Core Curriculum Now Has Critics On The Left“N0w?” Really? NYTimes now has reporters on the story! By AL BAKER, New York Times | http://nyti.ms/1eIoGkb Kimberly Celifarco with one of her kindergarten students, Gerson Perez, 5, at Public School 253 in Brooklyn. Victor J. Blue for The New York Times FEB. 17, 2014 /page A1 :: The Common Core has
2-17-14 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: A quick bite, using the new-new #commoncore math to calculate tips. Nicely done.Pretty funny!1 by Shaun Johnson / 3min All Week 2-16-14 @ THE CHALK FACE@ THE CHALK FACE: #Edreform is Omni Consumer Products #robocopI’m not too excited about the Robocop reboot. It seems like it lost the original’s wit, humor, and surprisingly serious commentary about a largely predicted dystopian f
Help! I need your advice. Should I apply to Teach For America? | Cloaking Inequity
Help! I need your advice. Should I apply to Teach For America? | Cloaking Inequity: Help! I need your advice. Should I apply to Teach For America?Teach For America (TFA) is soooo magnum sexy right now. For example, one of the “charities” that was sponsored during the past weekend’s NBA All-Star festivities was TFA. TFA was placed on a pedestal with the Wounded Warrior Project, UNICEF and the Ameri
2-17-14 Wait What?
Wait What?: Weekend Re-cap – The battle against the Common Core Smarter Balanced Assessment TestMore than 500 New York State principals slam Common Core testing frenzy While Stefan Pryor, Governor Malloy’s Commissioner of Education, and the Connecticut State Department of Education are instructing Connecticut superintendents and principals to mislead and lie to parents in an attempt to scare paren
2-17-14 The Answer Sheet
The Answer Sheet: The 2014 Presidents’ Day quizHere it is: the 2014 Presidents’ Day quiz. How much don’t you know? 1) Which president was the first to be born a U.S. citizen? a) James Madison b) Martin Van Buren c) John Quincy Adams d) Andrew Jackson 2) The Monroe Doctrine, introduced in 1823, declared that no European nation should from then on […] 2 by Valerie Strauss / 35min hide // saveVe
Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog 2-17-14
Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog: Obama decries Uganda anti-gay lawMany homosexuals in sub-Saharan African countries have been severely discriminated against or in most cases, they are thrown in jail. Lesbians, for example, have been "deliberately targeted for sexual violence." Since the colonial-era, homosexuality has been illegal under a law that criminalizes sex acts - being defined as &quo
2-17-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Resources For International Mother Language DayFebruary 21st has been designated International Mother Language Day by UNESCO. You might be interested in The Best Resources For International Mother Language Day.by Larry Ferlazzo / 54min hide // saveThis Week’s Round-Up Of Useful Posts On Education PolicyHere are some recen
2-17-14 Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher
Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.: Some IEA – Rauner history. A history of being pragmatic.. The Illinois Education Association and the Illinois Retired Teachers Association have a long and rocky history together. But since I have become active in both, I have argued for reconciliation and common efforts where our interests converge. A
2-17-14 Perdido Street School Week
Perdido Street School: Andrew Cuomo's Hypocrisy Over SUNYGovernor Cuomo announced the following plan yesterday: ALBANY -- Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said Sunday the state will expand the opportunity for inmates to get college degrees as a way to keep them from returning to prison and save tax dollars. Cuomo said the state pays $60,000 a year to keep a prisoner incarcerated and 40 percent return to priso
2-17-14 the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness by P. L. Thomas, EdD
the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness (the public and scholarly writing by P. L. Thomas, Furman University): Professors as Public Intellectuals: A ReaderWith Professors, We Need You!, Nicholas Kristof makes a case for professors as public intellectuals: Professors today have a growing number of tools available to educate the public, from online courses to blogs to social media.
GoPublicSchool.com « An open discussion of public school issues. GoPublicSchool.com
GoPublicSchool.com « An open discussion of public school issues. GoPublicSchool.com: Common Core now has critics on the left…Al Baker in The New York Times… “The Common Core has been applauded by education leaders and promoted by the Obama administration as a way to replace a hodgepodge of state standards with one set of rigorous learning goals. Though 45 states and the District of Columbia have
2-17-14 empathyeducates – Common Core Curriculum Now Has Critics on the Left
empathyeducates: Common Core Curriculum Now Has Critics on the LeftPhotograph; Kimberly Celifarco with one of her kindergarten students, Gerson Perez, 5, at Public School 253 in Brooklyn. Victor J. Blue for The New York Times By Al Baker | Originally Published at The New York Times. February The Common Core has been applauded by education leaders […]by empathy / 5h 2-16-14 empathyeducates – The S
Candidates piling on as deadline nears for LA school board special election | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC
Candidates piling on as deadline nears for LA school board special election | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC: Candidates piling on as deadline nears for LA school board special electionAdolfo Guzman-Lopez | February 17th, 2014, 5:45amMary Plummer/KPCCThe Los Angeles Unified school board discusses the district's arts education plan during a meeting Feb. 11, 2014.Eight candidates have thrown their hats in
Real Discipline in School - NYTimes.com
Real Discipline in School - NYTimes.com: Real Discipline in SchoolBy ROBERT K. ROSS and KENNETH H. ZIMMERMANFEB. 16, 2014 LAST month, Maryland became one of the first states to tackle the widespread injustice of overly harsh discipline policies in our schools, adopting regulations that require an end to practices that have doubled the number of out-of-school suspensions for African-American studen
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES: WEEKEND QUOTABLESJordan Davis' mother, Lucia McBath leaves the courtroom with her husband Curtis McBath.Ta-Nehisi CoatesThe most mendacious phrase in the American language is "black on black crime," which is uttered as though the same hands that drew red lines around the ghettoes of Chicago are not the same hands that drew red lines aroun
Jordan Russsell’s Mother Speaks Out Against “Stand Your Ground Law” | Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!
Jordan Russsell’s Mother Speaks Out Against “Stand Your Ground Law” | Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!: Jordan Russsell’s Mother Speaks Out Against “Stand Your Ground Law”Filed under: American Injustice,Racism,Trayvon Martin — millerlf @ 8:42 am Photo from the January 14 cover of Jet MagazineWords of Jordan’s Mother, Ms. Lucia McBath, at a hearing before the United States Senate on “sta
Teachers as Trustees, Part 1 | InterACT
Teachers as Trustees, Part 1 | InterACT: Teachers as Trustees, Part 1FEBRUARY 17, 2014tags: Chiang, guest posts, school boardby ACT Guest Blog PostsChristopher Chiang (photo courtesy of the author)InterACT guest blog post by Christopher ChiangInterACT features many blog posts on the topic of teacher leadership, but this guest post is the first that provides the perspective of a teacher whose leade
Lessons from abroad: If Republicans controlled U.S. education policy? Australia offers a sneak peek | HechingerEd Blog
Lessons from abroad: If Republicans controlled U.S. education policy? Australia offers a sneak peek | HechingerEd Blog: Lessons from abroad: If Republicans controlled U.S. education policy? Australia offers a sneak peekWhat would happen if conservative ideas for improving education were given free reign in the United States? If Republicans take over the Senate and then the White House, a possibili
Redefining Honors in High School Starts With a Good Grilled Cheese Sandwich | Connected Principals
Redefining Honors in High School Starts With a Good Grilled Cheese Sandwich | Connected Principals: Redefining Honors in High School Starts With a Good Grilled Cheese Sandwichby Brian Stack • February 17, 2014 • 0 CommentsThis article was co-authored by Brian and his colleague Ellen Hume-Howard, the Curriculum Director of the Sanborn Regional School DistrictThe Need For Change: Brian’s “Uh-Huh Mom
Kansas City schools’ plight reflects larger issues urban districts face | Al Jazeera America
Kansas City schools’ plight reflects larger issues urban districts face | Al Jazeera America: Kansas City schools’ plight reflects larger issues urban districts faceby Diana Reese February 17, 2014 5:00AM ETMissouri considering takeover or privatization of public schools struggling with poverty, leadership instabilityTopics: Education Missouri PovertyA sign of Kansas City Public Schools' problems
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solidaridad: Book Talk: Alfonso Gonzales presents 'Reform Without Justice'
solidaridad: Book Talk: Alfonso Gonzales presents 'Reform Without Justice': Book Talk: Alfonso Gonzales presents 'Reform Without Justice'Alfonso Gonzales (Lehman College, CUNY) discusses his new book, Reform Without Justice: Latino Migrant Politics and the Homeland Security State.Wednesday, February 19, 20143:00 PM - 5:00 PMHaines Hall 144CSRC LibraryUCLA Placed within the context of the past deca
2-16-14 empathyeducates – The School-To-Prison-Pipeline – It’s an Economic Decision
empathyeducates – The School-To-Prison-Pipeline – It’s an Economic Decision: The School-To-Prison-Pipeline – It’s an Economic DecisionPhotograph; In a frame grab from video obtained by The Associated Press, an inmate attacks fellow inmate Hanni Elabed at the privately-run Idaho Correctional Center just south of Boise, Idaho. Elabed suffered brain damage and persistent short-term memory loss after
Missouri Rally for Excellent Education This Tuesday | Truth in American Education
Missouri Rally for Excellent Education This Tuesday | Truth in American Education: Missouri Rally for Excellent Education This TuesdayFiled in Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level by Shane Vander Hart on February 17, 2014 • 0 Comments1Missouri Coalition Against Common Core will host a “Rally for Excellent Education” this Tuesday, February 18th. Below is an email that was sent out
Defies Measurement Update | Crazy Crawfish's Blog
Defies Measurement Update | Crazy Crawfish's Blog: Defies Measurement UpdatePosted on February 16, 20140About a month ago I was lucky to receive a visit from the blog’s favorite videographer, Shannon Puckett.Here’s one of my last posts about her documentary project:http://crazycrawfish.wordpress.com/2013/10/11/defies-measurement-is-almost-funded/In addition to the interview she did with me about m
Calling for stable funding streams, Hite will attach a price tag to his new action plan | Philadelphia Public School Notebook
Calling for stable funding streams, Hite will attach a price tag to his new action plan | Philadelphia Public School Notebook: Calling for stable funding streams, Hite will attach a price tag to his new action planby Dale Mezzacappa on Feb 17 2014 Posted in Latest newsShare on emailMore Sharing ServicesCOMMENTS (0)PRINTSuperintendent William Hite, seeking to demonstrate that the District is moving
solidaridad: Dr. Stephen Krashen defends libraries at LAUSD Board Meeting
solidaridad: Dr. Stephen Krashen defends libraries at LAUSD Board Meeting: Dr. Stephen Krashen defends libraries at LAUSD Board MeetingDr. Krashen, Professor Emeritus of USC, and world renowned language acquisition expert speaks in support of more libraries and librarians in LAUSD. February 11, 2014.This is such important information that doesn't get disseminated because corporations can't make bi
It’s time for a twitter storm! #ResistTFA | Seattle Education
It’s time for a twitter storm! #ResistTFA | Seattle Education: It’s time for a twitter storm! #ResistTFAA movement is underfoot. Parents, teachers and students are pushing back against the machine that is Teach for America.From the Students Resisting Teach for America website:We would like to welcome you to the official website for the Students Resisting Teach for America campaign, hosted by Stude
Portland teachers strike: Portland-area House Democrats tell PPS and PAT to put extra funding toward reducing class sizes | OregonLive.com
Portland teachers strike: Portland-area House Democrats tell PPS and PAT to put extra funding toward reducing class sizes | OregonLive.com: Portland teachers strike: Portland-area House Democrats tell PPS and PAT to put extra funding toward reducing class sizesHouse Speaker Tina Kotek (D-Portland) and seven other Democratic representatives from the Portland area sent PPS and its teachers union a l
Common Core Curriculum Now Has Critics on the Left - NYTimes.com
Common Core Curriculum Now Has Critics on the Left - NYTimes.com: Common Core Curriculum Now Has Critics on the LeftLaunch media viewerFrom left, Carmen Mattimore, Kathleen Rusiecki, Evelyn Edwards and Nicole Senk attended a teacher training session last month on the Common Core at Public School 36 in the Bronx. Nicole Bengiveno/The New York TimesThe Common Core has been applauded by education lea
Baraka’s bus burned: Is it a street fight already? | Bob Braun's Ledger
Baraka’s bus burned: Is it a street fight already? | Bob Braun's Ledger: Baraka’s bus burned: Is it a street fight already?Pictures from Baraka’s websiteThe torching of Ras Baraka’s campaign bus is yet even more evidence of how ugly the mayoralty race will be in Newark for the next three months. Stories planted in main-stream media about Baraka’s alleged support for a gang member were just the be
Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog 2-16-14
Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog: The Jordan Davis Killing: Race, Guns and the Law...Can We Please Talk About These Things?Once again, eyes this week were on a Florida jury in a case of the shooting death of an unarmed black teenage boy, 17-year-old Jordan Davis, by a defendant claiming innocence under Florida's self defense laws. Davis was a passenger in an SUV parked at a convenience store. Michael
Nite Cap 2-15-14 #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
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 CAPEducation rally at state capitol | KRQE News 13Education rally at state capitol | KRQE News 13: Education rally at state capitolBy Crystal GutierrezUpdated: Saturday, February 15, 2014, 10:24 pmPublished: Saturday, February 15, 2014, 7:44 pmSANTA
