James Baldwin said it best:
"For these are all our children, and we will profit by or pay for whatever they become."
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Research Made Me Do It | The Crucial Voice of the People
Research Made Me Do It | The Crucial Voice of the People: Research Made Me Do It “Research” can be defined as a careful investigation to discover facts…and so my Common Core saga began.Asked if I would write an article about the Common Core standards, I hesitated because, already having boxes full of “standards,” I had purposely avoided stepping into that pile of manure again. But, I agreed to loo
Prestigious Dyslexic Lawyer David Boies Now Supports Campbell Brown’s Attacks on Teacher Tenure
Prestigious Dyslexic Lawyer David Boies Now Supports Campbell Brown’s Attacks on Teacher Tenure: Prestigious Dyslexic Lawyer David Boies Now Supports Campbell Brown’s Attacks on Teacher TenureAUGUST 4, 2014 BY NANCY BAILEY LEAVE A COMMENTCampbell Brown was just on Morning Joe again with David Boies as her new Chairman of the Partnership for Education Justice to fight teacher tenure. Remember David
Personalization Depends On The Person - The Jose Vilson
Personalization Depends On The Person - The Jose Vilson: Personalization Depends On The PersonAny so-called innovation deserves a second and third look when it’s brought to kids, even if it’s from Sir Ken Robinson. I sawthis in my timeline, which says the following:“Education doesn’t need to be reformed – it needs to be transformed. The key is not to standardize education, but to personalize it, t
Sacramento Bee and Native advertising is ‘repurposed bovine waste’ - The Washington Post
HBO’s John Oliver: Native advertising is ‘repurposed bovine waste’ - The Washington Post: HBO’s John Oliver: Native advertising is ‘repurposed bovine waste’“Last Week Tonight,” John Oliver’s acclaimed HBO show, is getting journo-wonky on us, airing an 11-minute hit piece last night on the scourge of native advertising among big-time media players. Oliver took viewers on a quick history lesson thro
Tweeter Doesn’t Like Living in an Educational Oligarchy….But….What Can You Do? | Missouri Education Watchdog
Tweeter Doesn’t Like Living in an Educational Oligarchy….But….What Can You Do? | Missouri Education Watchdog: Tweeter Doesn’t Like Living in an Educational Oligarchy….But….What Can You Do?inShareTwitter update: I was in a conversation on why I am against common core with a person who agreed that the adoption of Common Core set up an oligarchy and even though he/she didn’t like living in an oliga
LAUSD’s New Budget Unveils The “Sophie’s Choice” of Education Reform: How School Choice Is Pushed – redqueeninla
LAUSD’s New Budget Unveils The “Sophie’s Choice” of Education Reform: How School Choice Is Pushed – redqueeninla: LAUSD’s New Budget Unveils The “Sophie’s Choice” of Education Reform: How School Choice Is Pushed When we grew our school system from one conducted by itinerant, very young generalists to that of a modern, publicly funded collection of certificated and professional specialists, we deve
Standardized tests punish successful teachers: A plea for Orono’s Waldo Caballero — Opinion — Bangor Daily News — BDN Maine
Standardized tests punish successful teachers: A plea for Orono’s Waldo Caballero — Opinion — Bangor Daily News — BDN Maine: Standardized tests punish successful teachers: A plea for Orono’s Waldo CaballeroIllustration by George Danby Recent years have been hard on teachers. Parents vilify them for not making tractable scholars out of their indifferent — and often out-of-control — children; they a
Why We Should Not Copy South Korea | Diane Ravitch
Why We Should Not Copy South Korea | Diane Ravitch: Why We Should Not Copy South KoreaSecretary Arne Duncan has frequently pointed to the high test scores of students in South Korea as a model for American students to copy. We have heard again and again that we are losing "the global competition" to nations like South Korea where students and parents take tests very seriously. Our studen
Tim Meegan, The Shock Doctrine, our schools, and our children | Reclaim Reform
Tim Meegan, The Shock Doctrine, our schools, and our children | Reclaim Reform: Tim Meegan, The Shock Doctrine, our schools, and our childrenPosted on August 4, 2014by Ken PrevitiTim Meegan is a teacher at Theodore Roosevelt High School who explainedThe Shock Doctrine to school board members and parents alike. As a father and teacher he is living the reality of watching a school board intentionall
Choosing Democracy: Welcome to Sacramento Superintendent Josรฉ Banda
Choosing Democracy: Welcome to Sacramento Superintendent Josรฉ Banda: Welcome to Sacramento Superintendent Josรฉ BandaWelcome to Sacramento. We hope that you can establish a positive working relationship with the Board, the community, and the teachers. Developing a positive relationship and sustained, consistent leadership is required for school improvement.We regret the prompt attacks on your cha
8-4-14 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: Campbell Brown Clip from Colbert ShowThe Colbert ReportGet More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,The Colbert Report on Facebook,Video Archiveby Jim Horn / 3min 8-3-14 Schools MatterSchools Matter: From Korea to KIPP: "production, performance, and obedience"Reading the essay by Se-Woong Koo on the South Korean system of educational child abuse, I was struck by how much of wha
8-4-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum Week
Seattle Schools Community Forum: PE at Your Neighborhood Community Center?This was in the Northgate Community Center activities schedule. Apparently, you can get a high school (maybe middle school) PE credit for this class. Have you seen this elsewhere? (Credit to Carolyn Leith for pointing this out.)by Melissa Westbrook / 0min 8-3-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum WeekSeattle Schools Communit
8-4-14 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: Renowned trial lawyer takes on teacher tenureMorning Read: Renowned trial lawyer takes on teacher tenure Celebrated trial lawyer to head group challenging teacher tenure David Boies, the star trial lawyer who helped lead the legal charge that overturned California’s same-sex marriage ban, is
8-4-14 @ 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
Conference report part 2! | Parents Across America
Conference report part 2! | Parents Across America: Conference report part 2!Our second day started out with breakout sessions to discuss how PAA can better support our chapters and affiliates. We came up with a number of great ideas and some volunteers to work on them.PAA Board member Nate HarrisThe final session began with a presentation on Poverty and Education by PAA Board member Nate Harris.
Who can access K-12 students' personal data? No one really knows « Watchdog.org
Who can access K-12 students' personal data? No one really knows « Watchdog.org: Who can access K-12 students’ personal data? No one really knowsBy Mary C. Tillotson / August 4, 2014 / No Comments By Mary C. Tillotson | Watchdog.orgStudents at many public schools are having personal data collected, stored and distributed to third parties without their parents’ knowledge.“I had a
Shanker Blog » Social Capital Matters As Much As Human Capital – A Message To Skeptics
Shanker Blog » Social Capital Matters As Much As Human Capital – A Message To Skeptics: Social Capital Matters As Much As Human Capital – A Message To SkepticsPosted by Esther Quintero on August 4, 2014This is the third post in a series on “The Social Side Of Reform”, exploring the idea that relationships, social capital, and social networks matter in lasting, systemic educational improvement. For
Gates Funds NBC & NPR Education & Common Core Coverage » Politichicks.com
Gates Funds NBC & NPR Education & Common Core Coverage » Politichicks.com: Gates Funds NBC & NPR Education & Common Core CoverageAugust 2, 2014 at 5:00 am / by Kathryn PorterAbout Kathryn PorterColorado PolitiChick Kathryn Porter is a freelance writer and educational consultant for homeschooling families. Specializing in “outside the box” students, she encourages public school pare
Morning Wink 8-4-14 AM Posts #edchat #edreform
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 8-4-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Mercedes Schneider Transcribes Stephen Colbert’s Interview of Campbell BrownMercedes Schneider decided to do something unusual for her birthday. This is what a workaholic does. She transcribed St
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 8-4-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Mercedes Schneider Transcribes Stephen Colbert’s Interview of Campbell BrownMercedes Schneider decided to do something unusual for her birthday. This is what a workaholic does. She transcribed Stephen Colbert’s interview of Campbell Brown, the former CNN anchor who is leading the battle to take the right to due process (aka a fair
8-4-14 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.: Changing Chicago’s political landscape. Your homework assignment.It wasn’t very hard for us to fill the Logan Square house with people to hear CTU President Karen Lewis speak. We could have doubled the invite list. We were only limited by the size of Mike and Susan’s living room. “This is not an annou
8-4-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: “Detentions make no difference, pupils claim”As any regular reader of this blog or my books knows, I’m not a big fan of using punishment in the classroom (you can see many of my previous posts on the topic here). I know they have their role in very serious offenses, but I’ve been fortunate enough in my teaching career to be
8-4-14 Answer Sheet
Answer Sheet: It’s innovative, but is it really better?The word “innovative” is invoked a lot to describe school reform policies that are alleged to be improvements over what existed before. But is innovative inherently better? Arthur H. Camins answers the question in the folowing post. Camins is the director of the Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education at the Stevens Institut
8-4-14 Wait What? - Jonathan Pelto: Gubernatorial Candidate and A Really Nice Guy
Wait What?: Wait What? Pelto/Murphy 2014 All is well in the Land of OzThe scene in which Governor Dannel “Dan” Malloy says, “CT budget and economy both poised to take off” In the last of a series of articles written by the CT Mirror’s Keith Phaneuf on how the candidates for governor would deal with Connecticut’s $1.4 projected state budget for the year following the November election, Governor
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 8-4-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: Supes Surveyed On Suspensionsfrom Politico Morning Ed and AASA: The School Superintendents Association and the Children's Defense Fund asked 500 school superintendents how and why they use out-of-school suspension. Out of the 92 percent who thought the punishment leads to negative consequences, more than two-thirds of superintendents said lost class tim
the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness (the public and scholarly writing by P. L. Thomas, Furman University)
the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness (the public and scholarly writing by P. L. Thomas, Furman University): Rational and Evidence-Based Responses to Standards Advocates and CriticsBecause the education agendas and discourse by Democrats and Republicans are essentially indistinguishable, as I have argued before, educators have no political party. Educators are similarly trapped
8-4-14 Curmudgucation
CURMUDGUCATION: K12 Defies... Well, EverythingK12 remains the top dog in the junkyard of cyberschooling. It provides an instructive lesson in how a good pile of cash and friends in the right places can keep a business afloat even after people have poked holes in the hull.There was never anything about the organization that didn't look like a red flag. It was set up by hedge fund manager Ronald Pac
8-4-14 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: Former Moreland Co-Chair Kathleen Rice "Assisting" With Federal Prosecutors Looking Into Cuomo's Commission MeddlingSo much Moreland news this morning, hard to get it all on the blog.Here's another piece of news via Ken Lovett of the Daily News: Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice, one of three former co-chairs of Gov. Cuomo’s anti-corruption commission,
The Importance of Emotional Leadership | Connected Principals
The Importance of Emotional Leadership | Connected Principals: The Importance of Emotional Leadershipby George Couros • August 4, 2014 • 0 CommentsIn about my sixth year of teaching, I remember sharing a story about my dogs with my grade 9 students. As I was on my own in a small town where I didn’t know many people, the dogs were a HUGE part of my life and this wasn’t the first or last time I wou
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES: WEEKEND QUOTABLES"We tortured some folks." -- Pres. ObamaColumnist Gene LyonsThis is less a war than an uprising in a concentration camp... --Chicago Sun-TimesBill Clinton “I nearly got him [bin Laden]. And I could have killed him, but I would have to destroy a little town called Kandahar in Afghanistan and kill 300 innocent women and chi
NYC Educator: UFT Leadership Election Is Rigged. Here's How and Why.
NYC Educator: UFT Leadership Election Is Rigged. Here's How and Why.: UFT Leadership Election Is Rigged. Here's How and Why.I know we talk about this often, but it's important to understand that the fundamental nature of selecting our leadership is dishonest and designed to shut us up rather than elicit our participation. The million name ballot is a problem, of course, because almost no one knows
8-4-14 The New Living in Dialogue | hosted by Anthony Cody
Living in Dialogue | hosted by Anthony Cody: Chicago Teachers’ New Political AwakeningBy Michelle Gunderson. What would our city look like if it were run by Chicago teachers alongside other labor and community groups? This was the thought that kept running through my head as we gathered to support the launch of the new United Working Families political organization in Chicago. I have strong hope t
Charter Schools Fail the Test of Justice | janresseger
Charter Schools Fail the Test of Justice | janresseger: Charter Schools Fail the Test of JusticePosted on August 4, 2014 by janressegerSeveral weeks ago I was asked by Northeast Ohio Media Group (The Plain Dealer), as part of a point-counterpoint series on charter schools—pro and con, to contribute a short article. The person who requested the column knew of my concern that it is not possible to
Town Hall Meeting on Local Control of Schools | WeArePCAPS
Town Hall Meeting on Local Control of Schools | WeArePCAPS: Town Hall Meeting on Local Control of SchoolsPosted on August 4, 2014by wearepcapsForty Thousand Philadelphia registered voters signed a petition this Spring to put the question of returning our schools to local control and abolishing the School Reform Commission on the ballot in the form of a non-binding referendum. But before this can h
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Transcript of Campbell Brown’s Interview with Stephen Colbert | deutsch29
Transcript of Campbell Brown’s Interview with Stephen Colbert | deutsch29: Transcript of Campbell Brown’s Interview with Stephen ColbertAugust 3, 2014On August 1, 2014, blogger Jersey Jazzman published an insightful post regarding former CNN news anchor Campbell Brown’s appearance on the Colbert Report on July 31, 2014, as she discussed her intention to abolish teacher job protections “for the chi
Chicago Teachers’ New Political Awakening | Living in Dialogue
Chicago Teachers’ New Political Awakening | Living in Dialogue: Sunday, August 3, 2014 11:13 am Chicago, Electoral Politics, Teachers Unions Michelle Gunderson 0 71 By Michelle Gunderson.What would our city look like if it were run by Chicago teachers alongside other labor and community groups? This was the thought that kept running through my head as we gathered to support the launch of
Celebrated Trial Lawyer to Head Group Challenging Teacher Tenure - NYTimes.com
Celebrated Trial Lawyer to Head Group Challenging Teacher Tenure - NYTimes.com: Celebrated Trial Lawyer to Head Group Challenging Teacher TenureDavid Boies, the star trial lawyer who helped lead the legal charge that overturned California’s same-sex marriage ban, is becoming chairman of thePartnership for Educational Justice, a group that former CNN anchor Campbell Brown founded in part to pursue
Six Years Under the Masthead: Farewell to Ed Week - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher
Six Years Under the Masthead: Farewell to Ed Week - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher: Six Years Under the Masthead: Farewell to Ed WeekBy Anthony Cody on August 3, 2014 1:33 PMThis post marks my last appearance at Education Week, after six eventful years. The summer of 2008 was the beginning of Living in Dialogue, launched with the help of John Norton. In that first year, I wrote about
My remarks to the National Society of High School Scholars
My remarks to the National Society of High School Scholars: My remarks to the National Society of High School Scholarsbyteacherken Tweet 4 Commentswhich I delivered yesterday in Lisner Auditorium at George Washington University.I was invited to speak on behalf of the Educators of Distinction, those educators who had been selected by the student members of the organization.This was the third time
Analysis: Dispute over Common Core gets personal - SFGate
Analysis: Dispute over Common Core gets personal - SFGate: Analysis: Dispute over Common Core gets personalBy MELINDA DESLATTE, Associated PressUpdated 2:03 pm, Sunday, August 3, 2014BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The clash over whether Louisiana's public schools should teach to the Common Core education standards has devolved into a bitter public feud that will have one-time political friends sitting on
Another Reason Why Teachers Need Tenure Part 1(b) southbronxschool
http://www.southbronxschool.com: Another Reason Why Teachers Need Tenure Part 1(b)Libel; a published false statement that is damaging to a person's reputation; a written defamation.I have been wanting to write for a few days about the article in the NY Post last week about a Queens middle school teacher and his relationship with a 14 year old student.Now mind you, in no way is it being brought int
Synthroid® and CCSS | Reclaim Reform
Synthroid® and CCSS | Reclaim Reform: Synthroid® and CCSSPosted on August 3, 2014by Ken PrevitiSynthroid® is prescribed across America for adrenal, thyroid and endocrine disorders of all types.Common Core State Standards compliant high stakes tests (and all of the expensive accompanying computer programs, texts and other publications, teacher assessment programs, school funding, and the legislativ
Nite Cap 8-3-14 #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 CAPempathyeducates – News Flash…All Black People Don’t Think Alike!empathyeducates – News Flash…All Black People Don’t Think Alike!: News Flash…All Black People Don’t Think Alike!By Black&Smart, AKAdemic | Originally Published at Black&Smart
