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My Easter Post | deutsch29

My Easter Post | deutsch29: My Easter PostApril 20, 2014Today is Easter, the Christian celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, Who claimed to be the Messiah prophesied in the Old Testament.George Friedric Handel wrote about Him in the famous musical composition, Messiah,first performed on Easter Sunday in the Musick Hall in Dublin on April 13, 1742.I believe Jesus is the Messiah. On Septe

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4-20-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all

Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Advice from a Charter Teacher in Ohio: Regulate Us!This teacher read the post about Gulen charter schools and wrote the following comment:   This is so eerily similar to my job-it is a shame that there is poor oversight in these types of schools. I work in a Ohio-based charter school. I’m under great stress due to this under perfor

by mike simpson / 2min 

4-20-14 The Answer Sheet

The Answer Sheet: A defense of public education against ‘the wolves of Wall Street’Sara Stevenson is the librarian at O. Henry Middle School in Austin, Texas, who is sick and tired of assaults on the very notion of public education. Here are her reflections on the value of public education and what is being done to it in the name of  ”‘reform.”   By Sara Stevenson As a lifelong […]by Valerie Strau

by mike simpson / 5min 

4-20-14 Ed Notes Online

Ed Notes Online: Susan's Sunday SpecialSome good reading for a Sunday morning from Susan Ohanian.The fact that the announcement I sent out yesterday never arrived is a sign of the site's current troubles. Sometimes it works fine; other times it is very slow loading. Thanks to Eric's hard work, we are moving to a new server. But this takes time and money so please be patient.I know I could go with

by mike simpson / 7min 

4-20-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL

Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Three Good New Resources On Wealth & Income InequalityHere are some new additions to The Best Resources About Wealth & Income Inequality: Get Rich, Live Longer: The Ultimate Consequence of Income Inequality is from The Atlantic. The short guide to Capital in the 21st Century is from Vox. Economist Receives Rock Star

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4-20-14 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.: Sunday book review section. This is Not a Test.  This is Not a Test. Jose Vilson. Haymarket Books Professor Bill Schubert, who is my professional mentor, advocated the very Deweyian idea of teacher lore as a basis for educational research. Schubert’s idea is to extend to teachers “a progressive faith

by mike simpson / 12min 

NYC Educator: More Media Mendacity--Charter Lobbyist Says Public Schools Pick and Choose

NYC Educator: More Media Mendacity--Charter Lobbyist Says Public Schools Pick and Choose: More Media Mendacity--Charter Lobbyist Says Public Schools Pick and ChooseYou have to love the audacity of a charter proponent twisting logic to this point. He opens with a story of Bill de Blasio's son in Stuyvesant. It's true Stuyvesant is selective, but it's also true that Stuyvesant is far from representa

by mike simpson / 14min 

4-20-14 @ The Chalk Face

@ THE CHALK FACE: My progressive friends prefer demagoguery over truth on education reformMy progressive friends in the broader media have it frequently wrong on corporate education reform, touting views that are hardly socially just. Instead, they mine their neoliberal connections to peddle the same corporate canards. It is obvious to me that mainstream progressive media are so disinterested in e

by mike simpson / 16min 

4-20-14 With A Brooklyn Accent Go BATs

With A Brooklyn Accent: Game On!!! How Common Core Changed the Face of Education Activism in the USTeachers never were treated with much respect in the United States, but until recently they weren't demonized or singled out as responsible for the nation's problems and weaknesses. What has changed? That public education is now viewed as a major opportunity for profitable investment if it can be pri

by mike simpson / 18min 

4-20-14 Perdido Street School Week

Perdido Street School: Andrew Cuomo's Budget Causes SUNY Tuition IncreasesFrom Newsday: Students at Suffolk County Community College will face a tuition increase of $250 this fall, bringing the annual charges to $4,390 at the two-year school. The tuition hike is part of the $208.4 million 2014-15 operating budget that college trustees sent to county officials Friday. The increase comes even though

by mike simpson / 20min 

Pastors: Cami must stop! | Bob Braun's Ledger

Pastors: Cami must stop! | Bob Braun's Ledger: Pastors: Cami must stop!Christie hugs Rev. CarterScores of Newark’s religious leaders—including nationally known ministers and a major supporter of Gov. Chris Christie’s re-election–have repudiated as potentially “catastrophic” the state-imposed “One Newark” plan to close neighborhood schools and “launch” new charter schools in the state’s largest cit

by mike simpson / 25min 

Russ on Reading: David Brooks Hearts Common Core

Russ on Reading: David Brooks Hearts Common Core: David Brooks Hearts Common CoreIf you haven’t heard already, New York Times columnist, David Brooks, the liberals' favorite conservative, wrote a column yesterday supporting the Common Core and characterizing critics on the right and left as members of a “circus.”My blogger colleagues Mercedes Schneider  (deutsch29) and Aaron Barlow (Academe blog)

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Viewpoints: What Sac City schools lose - Viewpoints - The Sacramento Bee

Viewpoints: What Sac City schools lose - Viewpoints - The Sacramento Bee: Viewpoints: What Sac City schools loseBy Jonathan RaymondSpecial to The BeePublished: Sunday, Apr. 20, 2014 - 12:00 amAfter my first 100 days as superintendent in theSacramento City Unified School District, I remember thinking that if we were going to change a culture of “good is good enough” to one of “greatness” – which al

by mike simpson / 33min 

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Choosing Democracy: The Illusion of Public Higher Education

Choosing Democracy: The Illusion of Public Higher Education: The Illusion of Public Higher EducationHoratio AlgerThe Illusion of Public Higher EducationByRodolfo F. AcuñaThe United States is the land of illusions. Like Disneyland, it is more fiction than reality. The American Dream is part of surreal world, constructed as a form of social control that distorts the memory Americans blinding to the

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Nite Cap 4-19-14 #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 CAPMarie Corfield: An open letter to Rowan University President, Dr. Ali A. HoushmandMarie Corfield: An open letter to Rowan University President, Dr. Ali A. Houshmand: An open letter to Rowan University President, Dr. Ali A. HoushmandDear Dr. Housh

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Marie Corfield: An open letter to Rowan University President, Dr. Ali A. Houshmand

Marie Corfield: An open letter to Rowan University President, Dr. Ali A. Houshmand: An open letter to Rowan University President, Dr. Ali A. HoushmandDear Dr. Houshmand,I understand that you have invited Gov. Chris Christie to be the keynote speaker at next month’s commencement ceremonies and that you are bestowing an honorary degree on him. Why?As you well know, Rowan University started out as a 

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you want to know what's wrong with Common Core?

you want to know what's wrong with Common Core?: you want to know what's wrong with Common Core?byteacherkenFollow    Email  16 Comments / 16 NewHow about you take a look at ten minutes of video.  David Coleman lead the language arts team for Common Core, even though he has never been a teacher.  Due warning -  Coleman is now head of the College Board, and in that capacity responsible for both the

by mike simpson / 15h 

Republicans See Political Wedge in Common Core - NYTimes.com

Republicans See Political Wedge in Common Core - NYTimes.com: Republicans See Political Wedge in Common CoreFormer Gov. Jeb Bush of Florida and Gov. Mary Fallin of Oklahoma participated in a discussion with students at KIPP Academy in Oklahoma City in April.CreditJim Beckel/The Oklahoman, via Associated PressWASHINGTON — The health care law may be Republicans’ favorite weapon against Democrats thi

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K-12 News Network | #not4sale #notyourmascot: (Repost) American Indian Graduation Rates and Stereotypical Images On and Off the Field

K-12 News Network | #not4sale #notyourmascot: (Repost) American Indian Graduation Rates and Stereotypical Images On and Off the Field: #not4sale #notyourmascot: (Repost) American Indian Graduation Rates and Stereotypical Images On and Off the Fieldadmin April 19, 2014 Athletics, Students 0This wonderful piece is re-posted with permission from Dr. Debbie Reese and her American Indians in Children’s

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Welcome Rosemarie Jensen: New UOO Team Member - UNITED OPT OUT: The Movement to End Corporate Education Reform

Welcome Rosemarie Jensen: New UOO Team Member - UNITED OPT OUT: The Movement to End Corporate Education Reform: Welcome Rosemarie Jensen: New UOO Team MemberBY PEGWPEN · APRIL 19, 2014We are excited to announce Rosemarie Jensen as the newest member of the United Opt Out admin. team! Rosemarie has been with United Opt Out from the beginning of our journey.  She has attended every national UOO event

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2nd Banana 4-19-14 Recap of Last Week's Best Post #EDchat #EDreform #RealEdTalk #p2

BIG EDUCATION APE 2ND BANANARECAP OF LAST WEEK'S BEST POST I am middle class, my kids test well, and I opt out | Twin Cities Daily PlanetI am middle class, my kids test well, and I opt out | Twin Cities Daily Planet: I am middle class, my kids test well, and I opt outBy Sarah Lahm, Eyes on EducationApril 11, 2014I am a middle class parent, my kids test well, and I opt out.A few days ago, I publish

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4-19-14 Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice | Just another WordPress.com weblog

Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice | Just another WordPress.com weblog:  Pay-for-Performance for CEOs and TeachersOracle CEO Larry Ellison earns $37,692 an hour. No, that is not a typo or misplaced comma. Ellison’ annual salary ran $78.4 million, much of it in stock option awards. His salary was based on the annual performance of the company’s stock. Oracle’s Board of Directors se

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BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK  AM POSTSNYC Educator: Media Mendacity--NY Post Covers the MTA ContractNYC Educator: Media Mendacity--NY Post Covers the MTA Contract: Media Mendacity--NY Post Covers the MTA ContractI'm always amazed at the audacity with which the truth is twisted in our media. The MTA came to an agreement with Governor Andrew Cuomo over a five year contract, and the Post is upset

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My Easter Post | deutsch29

My Easter Post | deutsch29:

My Easter Post

April 20, 2014

Today is Easter, the Christian celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, Who claimed to be the Messiah prophesied in the Old Testament.

George Friedric Handel wrote about Him in the famous musical composition, Messiah,first performed on Easter Sunday in the Musick Hall in Dublin on April 13, 1742.

I believe Jesus is the Messiah. On September 13, 1981, I made a formal and public declaration of faith in Him. I believe He is faithful to show me how to live in this world, and I believe He will take care of me beyond my death.

I believe Christ loves me profoundly and that my being convinced of His love enables me to love and serve others.

My advocating for public education is inextricable from my faith, for through this blog and through my other involvements on behalf of public education, Christ enables me to contribute productively to my world and to care for people He created and loved enough to die for.

I believe in intelligent design. I am intelligent, and I came from Intelligence.

This month, April 2014, is also special to me in that this time last year, I was diagnosed with “a huge mass” in my abdomen. I wrote about the situation in detail in my Thanksgiving post.

This year, I no longer have that mass. The situation reminded me of the complexity of the human body, of how an issue with my abdomen affected my gall bladder, my nerve sensitivity in my upper chest, water retention in my legs, and pressure to my lungs, my lower back, and particularly my right side.

So much must occur in sync for my body to operate well, and when it operates well, I My Easter Post | deutsch29:

4-20-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all

Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all:

Chile: Dismantling the Most Pro-Market Education System in the World

The following post was written by Mario Waissbluth, President of Educación 2020 Foundation, a Chilean citizen’s movement founded in 2008. Its latest reform proposals (in Spanish) are called “La Reforma Educativa que Chile Necesita”, and were published in April 2013. A book on this subject (in Spanish) is also available. These proposals were mostly adopted by and included in the educational program

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Swedish Experiment in Privatizing Schools Floundering

Scholars such as Henry Levin have earlier warned that the Swedish experiment in privatization is promoting greater social segregation and not improving education.   Reader Chiara Duggan adds this recent Reuters article, with her comment on the failure of market-based reform. Will anyone tell Arne Duncan or will he continue to follow the guidance of (Sir) Michael Barber of Pearson?   Duggan writes:

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A Remarkable Teaching Experience

Read this teacher’s account of her experience in the D.C. public schools before they descended into test-prep obsessive policies.   She raised the money to take her class to her native state of Montana. And what a trip they had!   After you read it, ask yourself this question: Would they have learned more by prepping for the standardized tests or by their extended and amazing field trip?

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More on Chile’s Education Reforms

I wrote to Professor Mario Waissbluth, who has previously written for the blog, about the new turn of events in Chile. In his previous posts on the blog, Professor Waissbluth explained that Chile’s free-market system had been an educational disaster. In his last post, before the recent elections, he wrote:   Previously, I wrote in this blog a 3-part sequence describing the Chilean educational syst

by dianeravitch / 4min

Peter Greene: TNTP’s Brilliant Néw Idea

If you have an eye for quackery, as Peter Greene does, you will never run out of material in the world of reform tomfoolery. In this post, Greene has fun with TNTP’s brilliant new way to identify better teachers: multiple-choice test. I kid you not. TNTP used to be called The Néw Teacher Project. According to legend, it was founded by Michelle Rhee, although partisans of Wendy Kopp say it was he

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Why Doesn’t the New York Times Understand the Controversy Over Common Core?

In story after story, the New York Times consistently misses the essence of the controversy surrounding Common Core.   Today’s New York Times gives its lead article on page 1, column right, top of the fold, to the battle raging within the Republican party, about the Common Core. On one side is Jeb Bush, standing up for the Common Core standards (presumably a moderate, let’s not talk about his figh

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Vivian Connell’s Journey: On Her Way

You have read here about the courageous journey of Vivian Connell. She lives in North Carolina, where she was a teacher for many years. In 2010, discouraged by the state legislature’s hostility to teachers and low salaries, she left the classroom to enter law school. She graduated last May with honors. Vivian recently learned she has ALS, Lou Gehrig’s Disease, and she returned to teaching for what

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Advice from a Charter Teacher in Ohio: Regulate Us!

This teacher read the post about Gulen charter schools and wrote the following comment:   This is so eerily similar to my job-it is a shame that there is poor oversight in these types of schools. I work in a Ohio-based charter school. I’m under great stress due to this under performing school. Misleading marketing leads unsuspecting parents to the school with inaccurate curriculum/academic expecta

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Matt Farmer: Graze to the Top, or How a $4.35 Billion Federal Program Became a Laughing Stock

Matt Farmer, a lawyer and public school activist in Chicago, wrote a brilliant satire of the Obama administration’s Race to the Top. You may recognize Matt Farmer as the brilliant litigator who cross-examined and tried billionaire Penny Pritzker in absentia. At the time, Pritzker was a member of the Chicago Board of Education, merrily cutting services for the children in public schools while raisi

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A Gift to Readers of This Blog

Every once in a while, I come across something so delightful that I want to state it with you. Here it is.

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What Myra Blackmon Learned in School About Restorative Justice

Myra Blackmon, a regular columnist for The Online Athens Banner-Herald (Ga.), frequently substitutes in her local elementary school and enjoys it. One day recently, the class of second-graders was rude and undisciplined. When the regular teacher returned, she did not discipline or punish the students. She had each of them write a letter of apology to Ms. Blackmon. Ms. Blackmon was moved. She wri

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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH ALL WEEK LONG Diane Ravitch's blog 4-19-14 #thankateacher #EDCHAT #P2

Diane Ravitch's blogLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH ALL WEEK LONGDIANE RAVITCH'S BLOGDid Brandeis Abandon its Commitment to Debate and Reason?Jon Zimmerman is a colleague of mine at New York University and a fellow historian of education. He uses his deep knowledge of history to write on many topics. He is amazingly prolific. Zimmerman writes: NEWSDAY April 16, 2014 Brandeis Betrays its Educational Missio

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4-20-14 The Answer Sheet

The Answer Sheet:

Who is mucking up science education?

Who is mucking up science education? Scientists or politicians? Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead’s education policy adviser, Mary Kay Hill, has sent a letter to John Friedrich, senior campaigner for Climate Parents, a group dedicated to preserving the Earth’s changing climate, saying that Mead has been concerned that scientists are mucking around with science education. The scientists, it seems […]

by Valerie Strauss / 1min 

Blowing up Peeps: An experiment in thermodynamics

Here’s a video showing a lesson in thermodynamics with Peeps. Yes, Peeps. (If you don’t know what Peeps are, they are marshmallow candies in animal shapes. They used to appear in stores at Easter time but now are found year-round.) Carl Nelson, chief scientist and exhibits director at Imagination Station, a nonprofit science center in Toledo, does […]

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A defense of public education against ‘the wolves of Wall Street’

Sara Stevenson is the librarian at O. Henry Middle School in Austin, Texas, who is sick and tired of assaults on the very notion of public education. Here are her reflections on the value of public education and what is being done to it in the name of  ”‘reform.”   By Sara Stevenson As a lifelong […]

by Valerie Strauss / 2min 

All Week @ The Answer Sheet 4-19-14

The Answer Sheet:All Week @ The Answer SheetArne Duncan dismisses critics: ‘Lots of drama, lots of noise’There he goes again. Education Secretary Arne Duncan went to New York recently and introduced state Education Commissioner John King at a function at New York University, calling him “a remarkable leader” and “as smart and as thoughtful as anyone working in this space.” As for the growing numbe

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