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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 7-18-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all

Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Great Hearts Charter Schools Coming to Texas in ControversyTexas State Commissioner Michael Williams overrode the veto of the state board of education to bring Arizona-based Great Hearts Academy to Texas. The state board thought they could veto the commissioner’s choices. But, well, it didn’t work that way, especially after Great H

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7-18-14 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.: Ten minute drawing. Playing on the beach.by Fred Klonsky / 31min hide  //  saveHinsdale’s Skoda’s weird definition of transparency. Keep the people in the dark.Hinsdale board President Richard Skoda refuses to say how much taxpayer money went into this expensive newsletter. Hinsdale’s board of educati

by mike simpson / 3min 

7-18-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL

Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Nice BBC Video: “Why Reading Matters”Why Reading Matters is an hour-long BBC program did a couple of years ago on how reading — and writing — impact the brain. I wouldn’t show the entire show to students, but there are several very good segments. The entire show is available on Vimeo, which I’ve embedded below, and it’s als

by mike simpson / 4min 

7-18-14 Curmudgucation

CURMUDGUCATION: David Coleman To Fix Inequality in AmericaDavid Coleman is here (well, not here here-- he's actually in Aspen) to explain how the College Board is going to recapture market share by synergistically monetizing its products break down the walls of inequality in education.David Coleman (Common Core writer and current president of the College Board) is deeply concerned with fairness. H

by mike simpson / 6min 

7-18-14 Perdido Street School

Perdido Street School: Some Of What Preet Bharara Will Find In His Cuomo/Moreland InvestigationLiz Benjamin puts today's Cuomo/Moreland news in perspective:US attorney's #morelandcommission investigation moves to new stage as assistant to ex-commish director gets subpoena. http://t.co/VaH0xgf1lv— Liz Benjamin (@CTLizB) July 18, 2014 Mylan Denerstein, counsel to @NYGovCuomo , agreed to be interview

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Paul Horton: Will the Market Destroy Public Education? - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher

Paul Horton: Will the Market Destroy Public Education? - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher: Paul Horton: Will the Market Destroy Public Education?By Anthony Cody on July 18, 2014 9:57 AMGuest post by Paul Horton.The ideology that inspires corporate education reform uses the rhetoric of economic freedom. This rhetoric was developed Austrian economist Frederick Hayek and was translated int

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Vergara Copycat Lawsuit in NY Attacks Teachers Instead of Injustice, Say Experts | janresseger

Vergara Copycat Lawsuit in NY Attacks Teachers Instead of Injustice, Say Experts | janresseger: Vergara Copycat Lawsuit in NY Attacks Teachers Instead of Injustice, Say ExpertsPosted on July 18, 2014 by janressegerIn June of this year, California Superior Court Judge Rolf Treu struck down tenure and seniority protections for California’s K-12 school teachers in the case of Vergara v. California. 

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Hard Skills Are Soft Skills Dependent | WagTheDog

Hard Skills Are Soft Skills Dependent | WagTheDog: Hard Skills Are Soft Skills Dependent “If your emotional abilities aren’t in hand, if you don’t have self-awareness, if you are not able to manage your distressing emotions, if you can’t have empathy and have effective relationships, then no matter how smart you are, you are not going to get very far.”~ Daniel Goleman K-12 education programs shoul

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Another Bizarre Day in Common Core Land: Name Calling and A Gates Funded Organization Wants to Know Your Opinion on CCSS | Missouri Education Watchdog

Another Bizarre Day in Common Core Land: Name Calling and A Gates Funded Organization Wants to Know Your Opinion on CCSS | Missouri Education Watchdog: Another Bizarre Day in Common Core Land: Name Calling and A Gates Funded Organization Wants to Know Your Opinion on CCSSinShareIs a Wyoming survey to determine citizen CCSS opinion part of a revamped PR campaign by the supporters?The CCSS supporter

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The Kid I Didn’t Kill (Ellie Herman) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice

The Kid I Didn’t Kill (Ellie Herman) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: The Kid I Didn’t Kill (Ellie Herman)Taken from “About” in Herman’s blog:My name is Ellie Herman.  If you want to find out what I’m doing here and why, click here on why I’m writing this blog.  I’ve been working on this project since the beginning of September….As for my bio, I’m a writer and English teacher

by mike simpson / 23min 

Organizing and Action - UNITED OPT OUT: The Movement to End Corporate Education Reform

Organizing and Action - UNITED OPT OUT: The Movement to End Corporate Education Reform: Organizing and ActionBY MORNA MCDERMOTT · JULY 17, 2014Don’t let summer pass us by! Now is a great time to begin organzing actions locally and nationally before the next school year begins. UOO state by state are currently being updated and will be ready for fall 2014! Start planning your local/state opt out le

by mike simpson / 28min 

Assets or Liabilities? | Taking Note

Assets or Liabilities? | Taking Note: Assets or Liabilities?by JOHN MERROW on 18. JUL, 2014 in 2014 BLOGSIf you ask professional educators in a public forum whether they view parents as assets or liabilities, the answers will vary only in decibel level: “Assets,” “Our greatest asset,” “invaluable partners,” and so forth.  But what if you caught them off guard, late at night after a few drinks, say

by mike simpson / 30min 

For Sam Pirozzolo Seven Years is Magic southbronxschool

http://www.southbronxschool.com: For Sam Pirozzolo Seven Years is MagicLately on these pages we have been sharing the comedy stylings of Sam Pirozzolo, president of CEC 31 and optical store owner in Queens.Yesterday we shared how Sam claimed that 80% of students are unable to read or write in NYC. We asked for proof, and Sam shared it with a report by the Annenberg Institute.Today, Sam Tweeted out

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NYC Educator: Unity or Non-Unity, You Still Get No Voice in UFT

NYC Educator: Unity or Non-Unity, You Still Get No Voice in UFT: Unity or Non-Unity, You Still Get No Voice in UFTYesterday I wrote a little bit about rigged UFT elections, and I will have more about those tomorrow. Today I'm going to focus on our system of appointing chapter leaders to our schools. Whether or not your chapter leader is Unity, a good one should be able to help you within the schoo

by mike simpson / 36min 

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Water

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Water: WaterIn response to the unraveling situation in Detroit, the United Nations issued a statement out of Geneva last month that said, “Disconnection of water services because of failure to pay due to lack of means constitutes a violation of the human right to water and other international human rights.”Warring factions in Ukraine are using basic necessities of li

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4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: BEFORE BUYING TECHNOLOGY, ASKING ‘WHY?’

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: BEFORE BUYING TECHNOLOGY, ASKING ‘WHY?’: BEFORE BUYING TECHNOLOGY, ASKING ‘WHY?’BY ROSS BRENNEMAN, EDUCATION WEEK TEACHER |  HTTP://BIT.LY/1MZSR3D—Ross BrennemanPublished Online: June 18, 2014 /Includes correction(s): July 15, 2014  ::  District leaders and other advocates of personalized learning frequently say that the approach isn't about technology.

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Stress Impacts Student Performance | WagTheDog

Stress Impacts Student Performance | WagTheDog: Stress Impacts Student PerformanceDecades of research and studies have documented the impact of stress on cognitive performance such as critical thinking, judgment, and decision-making skills.The ability to concentrate, follow directions, process new information, and make good decisions are all greatly diminished and impaired by stress.The high level

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Vergara ruling becomes campaign issue | EdSource

Vergara ruling becomes campaign issue | EdSource: Vergara ruling becomes campaign issueJuly 17, 2014 | By John Fensterwald | No CommentsState Superintendent of Public Instruction candidate Marshall Tuck this week launched a petition calling on his opponent, incumbent Superintendent Tom Torlakson, not to appeal a lawsuit ruling that struck down statutes giving California teachers firing protections

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US Department of Justice blasts California’s English Learner monitoring | 89.3 KPCC

US Department of Justice blasts California’s English Learner monitoring | 89.3 KPCC: US Department of Justice blasts California’s English Learner monitoringOfficials with the civil rights division of the U.S. Department of Justice said in a court filing Monday they're troubled California officials did not act on a 2007 student census that found 20,000 English learner students had received no speci

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HIP’s Statement on New Superintendent | Hmong Innovating Politics

[Press Release] HIP’s Statement on New Superintendent | Hmong Innovating Politics: HIP’S STATEMENT ON NEW SUPERINTENDENTJuly 17, 2014 · by Hip Sacramento · in Education, Media & Press. ·Rebuilding Trust and Engaging Diverse Parents Among Challenges for New SuperintendentCommunity Members Optimistic About Collaborating to Better Serve Students and FamiliesSacramento, CA –  On Thursday, the Sacr

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Lesson 3: We Need Better Language to Describe Poverty | Gatsby In L.A.

Lesson 3: We Need Better Language to Describe Poverty | Gatsby In L.A.: Lesson 3: We Need Better Language to Describe Poverty I recently worked with three groups of 8th and 9th grade students. All of the groups are comprised of students of color from families in poverty, which means they qualify for free or reduced-price lunch under a California program whose cutoff is for a family of four is an i

by mike simpson / 11h 

Sacramento City district names Banda as new superintendent - Education - The Sacramento Bee

Sacramento City district names Banda as new superintendent - Education - The Sacramento Bee: Sacramento City district names Banda as new superintendentBy Loretta Kalblkalb@sacbee.comPublished: Thursday, Jul. 17, 2014 - 7:26 pmLet the Games Begin!Sacramento City Unified trustees, as expected, voted Thursday night to name José L. Banda as the district’s new superintendent, concluding a search that b

by mike simpson / 11h 

Lily Eskelsen García: Keynote @ Netroots Nation | Lily's Blackboard

Lily Eskelsen García: Keynote @ Netroots Nation | Lily's Blackboard: Lily Eskelsen García: Keynote @ Netroots NationJul 17th, 2014by Lily.NEA President-elect Lily Eskelsen García is not only now on Twitter (@Lily_NEA) she is also part of the opening keynote at Netroots Nation! Follow the livestream here! Broadcast live streaming video on Ustream

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Nite Cap 7-17-14 #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT

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 CAPEduwonk » Blog Archive » Challenges in American Indian EducationEduwonk » Blog Archive » Challenges in American Indian Education: Challenges in American Indian Education50,000 American Indian students (approximately 7 percent of all American Indi

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Eduwonk » Blog Archive » Challenges in American Indian Education

Eduwonk » Blog Archive » Challenges in American Indian Education: Challenges in American Indian Education50,000 American Indian students (approximately 7 percent of all American Indian students) attend 183 Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) schools across the country—about the same size as the Atlanta Public School system. These students scored significantly below American Indian students attending

by mike simpson / 17h 

What happened to “No bias, no bull”? The new face of CNN’s Campbell Brown | Edwize

What happened to “No bias, no bull”? The new face of CNN’s Campbell Brown | Edwize: What happened to “No bias, no bull”? The new face of CNN’s Campbell BrownFormer CNN talk show host Campbell Brown is all over the headlines these days, but not for her skills as a journalist. Instead, Brown has reinvented herself as the face of attacks on teacher tenure, teacher unions and the teaching profession. 

by mike simpson / 17h 

Education Research Report: Teachers’ Work Hours and Wage Comparisons

Education Research Report: Teachers’ Work Hours and Wage Comparisons: Teachers’ Work Hours and Wage ComparisonsResearchers have good data on teachers' annual salaries but a hazy understanding of teachers’ hours of work. This makes it difficult to calculate an accurate hourly wage and leads policy makers to default to anecdote rather than fact when debating teacher pay. Using data from the American

by mike simpson / 17h 

The Answer Sheet 7-17-14

Answer Sheet: A basic flaw in the argument against affirmative actionA panel of judges from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals just issued a ruling saying that the University of Texas can continue to use race as one factor in undergraduate admissions decisions in an effort to create a diverse student body. The judges were ruling in the high-profile case of a white Texas […]by Valerie Strauss / 

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Reflections on Teaching » Blog Archive » What’s new for NEA?

Reflections on Teaching » Blog Archive » What’s new for NEA?: What’s new for NEA? At last week’s NEA Representative Assembly, a new leadership team was elected that included Lily Eskelsen Garcia as president, Becky Pringle as Vice President, and Princess Moss as Treasurer. They are not the first women or women of color in these positions, but having all three positions filled by women of color is

by mike simpson / 19h 

Ravitch: Campbell Brown Too Pretty to Be Smart -- NYMag

Ravitch: Campbell Brown Too Pretty to Be Smart -- NYMag: Diane Ravitch: Campbell Brown Shouldn’t Worry Her Pretty Little Head About Education PolicyDiane Ravitch has some fair critiques of your work. Photo: Brad Barket/Getty ImagesPaul Farhi profiles Campbell Brown, the former CNN anchor turned education-reform activist, who is working to end strict teacher tenure protections. Naturally, this enra

by mike simpson / 20h 

7-17-14 The Whole Child Blog — Tacoma Public Schools: Measuring the Whole Child

The Whole Child Blog — Whole Child Education: Tacoma Public Schools: Measuring the Whole ChildEducators across the nation are working to improve their students' academic achievement, engage families and communities in learning, and maintain safe and healthy learning environments. But in Washington State's Tacoma Public Schools, educators are being held accountable for all of these responsibilities

by mike simpson / 20h 

Viewing every black student as at-risk: Pathologizing children... | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com

Viewing every black student as at-risk: Pathologizing children... | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com: Posted: 1:14 p.m. Thursday, July 17, 2014Viewing every black student as at-risk: Pathologizing children and creating risk COMMENT(1) 0 0 0 NewView Larger Locking students into labelsPrevious PostsMany complain about schools but don't vote when it matters. And it matters TuesdayJuly 17, 2014A head teach

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7-17-14 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): Morning read: National poll shows public suport for preschoolMorning read: National poll shows public suport for preschool Poll shows support for public preschool funding In a new national poll conducted by a bipartisan research team, respondents voiced their strong support for expanding public preschool,

by mike simpson / 21h 

7-17-14 Curmudgucation

CURMUDGUCATION: Joy and Pain in PLC-landOh, if only we could easily sort all education ideas into perfectly embraceable and easily rejectable. But it's rarely that simple; we have to use the Power of Actual Thinking to separate the usable from the risible.Last week I spent two and a half days in the arms of PLC with colleagues from my school. Our administration is looking longingly at taking the P

by mike simpson / 21h 

Schooling in the Ownership Society: It's Gates' company Microsoft that needs a good "turnaround"

Schooling in the Ownership Society: It's Gates' company Microsoft that needs a good "turnaround": It's Gates' company Microsoft that needs a good "turnaround"Bill Gates is fond of blaming the schools for failing to produce enough highly-skilled workers to grow the economy or enough properly-trained workers for his company. As if that is truly the purpose of PUBLIC education. Ga

by mike simpson / 21h 

ACADEMIC TRACKING: Segregated access to knowledge…hurts!

Concerned Black Parents, Inc.: ACADEMIC TRACKING: Segregated access to knowledge…hurts!: The Big Sort: How Chicago’s school choice system is tracking kids into different high schools based on achievement | Hechinger ReportThe Big Sort: How Chicago’s school choice system is tracking kids into different high schools based on achievement | Hechinger Report: The Big Sort: How Chicago’s school choice s

by mike simpson / 22h 

7-17-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Special Education in our Country - One ViewI haven't seen this education writer before but all I can say is she's good (and a great advocate for Special Education students and their parents.)  Thank you, Dr. Nancy Bailey.  As she says:Let’s take back reform and revive, rally, and recover public schools.Here she takes on Arne Duncan (red mine):The fact is there has

by mike simpson / 22h 

The Big Sort: How Chicago’s school choice system is tracking kids into different high schools based on achievement | Hechinger Report

The Big Sort: How Chicago’s school choice system is tracking kids into different high schools based on achievement | Hechinger Report: The Big Sort: How Chicago’s school choice system is tracking kids into different high schools based on achievementBy Linda LuttonThis story also appeared at:This spring, at grammar schools all across Chicago, thousands of eighth graders donned caps and gowns and wa

by mike simpson / 23h 

On the Rocketship | EduShyster

On the Rocketship | EduShyster: On the RocketshipRichard Whitmire’s new book chronicles a bumpy ride for Rocketship charter schools…EduShyster: Your book is meant to chronicle the take-off of a high-performing charter school but to me it read more like a cautionary tale. You made the strongest case I’ve seen for why Silicon Valley-style disruption and education are a mismatch. I’m thinking of Rock

by mike simpson / 23h 

7-17-14 @ The Chalk Face

@ THE CHALK FACE: About the radio showJoin Drs. Shaun Johnson and Tim Slekar LIVE Sundays at 6PM EST and Wednesdays at 7PM EST on Blog Talk Radio for progressive, pro-public education talk radio. Call in to speak live with Tim and Shaun during the show, (805) 727-7111. You can also listen to our Monday "Sunday-Replay" at 7PM EST, and re-broadcasts of the archives every Tuesday and Thursd

by mike simpson / 23h 

Morning Wink 7-17-14 AM Posts #edchat #edreform

BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK  AM POSTSLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 7-17-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Courtney Bowie: Vouchers and Privatization Undermine Educational EquityCourtney Bowie is a senior staff attorney with the ACLU Racial Justice Program. In this article, she describes the ACLU’s e

by mike simpson / 23h 

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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 7-18-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all

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

“Water is a human right.” Thousands march in Detroit.

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Pick a date that I hit 2 million site visits. Win a custom t-shirt.

I’m about 34,000 hits short of 2 million site visits. Pick the date I hit the 2 mil mark and win a custom fredklonsky.com t-shirt in the color of your choice. I’ll update the calendar and post it each day.    

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EduShyster: The Inside Scoop on Why Massachusetts Did Not Lift the Charter Cap

As we all know, the State Senate in Massachusetts voted against lifting the cap on charter schools. This was a shocker. Here is the inside story, told by Edushyster. You won’t see this anywhere else.

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Jeff Bryant: The Media Doesn’t Understand Why Teachers and Parents Are Angry

Jeff Bryant notes that many in the national media were stunned when the NEA called for Secretary Duncan’s resignation. For years, they believed the Secretary’s press releases instead of investigating the festering discontent against his ill-informed policies. Many journalists are oblivious to the protests by teachers–like the one at Garfield High school in Seattle– against the use of student test

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Important Primary Election for Georgia State Superintendent On July 22

Georgia has an important run-off for State Superintendent of Education in the Democratic Party on July 22. If you care about the future of public education in Georgia, please vote. Valarie Wilson came in first in the primary, with 32% of the vote. The runner-up, Alisha Thomas Morgan, received 26%. The Network for Public Education has endorsed Valarie Wilson, a strong supporter of public educatio

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Great Hearts Charter Schools Coming to Texas in Controversy

Texas State Commissioner Michael Williams overrode the veto of the state board of education to bring Arizona-based Great Hearts Academy to Texas. The state board thought they could veto the commissioner’s choices. But, well, it didn’t work that way, especially after Great Hearts hired Governor Rick Perry’s former chief of staff as its lobbyist. Williams was impressed by Great Hearts’ excellent te

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Great Hearts Charter Chain Expands by Having Far Right Political Connections

Great Hearts Charter chain, based in Arizona, was rejected by the Texas state board of education. State Commissioner Michael Williams–not an educator–overturned the state board’s veto. It is not clear that Williams, a Bush family favorite, has this power. But Great Hearts has the right connections. As this story in the Texas Observer explains, “In early June—weeks before Williams reversed the b

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North Carolina Plans to Give Out Vouchers Before Court Hearing on Legality

North Carolina won’t wait for a court to rule on vouchers. It will start giving them out next month before the court hearing. “RALEIGH, N.C. — Taxpayer money for private or religious school tuition may start flowing to North Carolina families before a judge rules whether the program is legal. “The state agency in charge of the Opportunity Scholarships late last month advanced to August 15 the dat

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Russ Walsh: I Blog; Therefore, I Am

Russ Walsh has been teaching about literacy for 45 years. He started blogging to share his thoughts. But then he discovered that his views about literacy did not exist in isolation. They were part of a great national debate that involved the Common Core, education reform, charters, and other aspects corporate education reform. He read other bloggers and found that he was engaged as a. Teacher,a re

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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 7-17-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all

Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Courtney Bowie: Vouchers and Privatization Undermine Educational EquityCourtney Bowie is a senior staff attorney with the ACLU Racial Justice Program. In this article, she describes the ACLU’s efforts to stop discrimination against students with disabilities in Wisconsin’s voucher program. Privatization, she says, is promoting segr

by mike simpson / 8h 

7-18-14 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.:

How serious a threat is Karen Lewis to Rahm. Watch as the knives are drawn.

If you’re afraid of Pat Quinn, do you really have the stomach to take on the july on the fifth floor? For those of you on the coasts and down South who are not familiar with the hard-ball nature of Chicago politics, keep an eye on the next 7 months. It will give new life to Mayor Harold Washington’s now famous, “Politics ain’t bean bag.” Tribune columnist Eric “I’ll get it it tomorrow” Zorn and C

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Ten minute drawing. Playing on the beach.

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Hinsdale’s Skoda’s weird definition of transparency. Keep the people in the dark.

Hinsdale board President Richard Skoda refuses to say how much taxpayer money went into this expensive newsletter. Hinsdale’s board of education has no interest in spending money on teacher salaries. And board President Richard Skoda expresses the need for transparency. However, following a press conference in which no members of the community were allowed in. And other members of the board were

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7-17-14 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.: Stephanie Gadlin. Fear and loathing in Chicago. Run Karen. Run.- Stephanie Gadlin is Communications Director for the Chicago Teachers Union A THOUGHT: I am growing uncomfortable with the direction of the tone of the media stories emerging in light of the Sun-Times poll that has CTU President Karen Lew

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7-18-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL

Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL:

Amazon Launches “Kindle Unlimited” For Adults; They Have Version For Young Kids – I Wonder If They’ll Create One For Teens?

© 2008 Claudio Toledo, Flickr | CC-BY | via Wylio In the unlikely event you haven’t already heard, today Amazon launched “Kindle Unlimited,” which is an all-you-can-read service for $9.99 per month using its Kindle or a Kindle app on other devices. You can read all about it at TIME, TechCrunch, and a zillion other places. As I was checking it out, I discovered that Amazon also has something called

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It’s Nelson Mandela International Day — Here Are Related Resources

It’s Nelson Mandela International Day, a day of service celebrated on July 18, Mandela’s birthday (the above image is from Google’s homepage). You might be interested in my very lengthy The Best Sites For Learning About Nelson Mandela.

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Nice BBC Video: “Why Reading Matters”

Why Reading Matters is an hour-long BBC program did a couple of years ago on how reading — and writing — impact the brain. I wouldn’t show the entire show to students, but there are several very good segments. The entire show is available on Vimeo, which I’ve embedded below, and it’s also available on YouTube, though it’s in six separate ten minute segments. I’ve also embedded the first segment b

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7-17-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL

Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: This Week’s “Round-Up” Of Useful Posts & Articles On Education Policy© 2012 Richard Hurd, Flickr | CC-BY | via Wylio Here are some recent useful posts and articles on educational policy issues: Did Obama and Duncan really hear what four teachers told them? is the third in a series of posts at Valerie Strauss’ Washington

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