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Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Kids for Peace- Uplifting Our World through LOVE and ACTION
Kids for Peace- Uplifting Our World through LOVE and ACTION
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: OWNERSHIP SOCIETY NEWS
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: OWNERSHIP SOCIETY NEWS
The education technology entrepreneur who started Blackboard Inc. and pioneered on-line (often teacherless) learning, has joined a new venture, which he claims will "revolutionize" the way academic institutions and their graduates move and use education credentials. Docufide, Inc., the company that makes a huge profit every time you have your high school or college transcripts sent, today unveiled a major leadership role and investment by Matthew L. Pittinsky, Ph.D., Blackboard's co-founder and former CEO and Executive Chairman.
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Race to the Top Commencement Challenge: Calling High Schools - Deadline 2/25 (VIDEO) - Hispanically Speaking News
Race to the Top Commencement Challenge: Calling High Schools - Deadline 2/25 (VIDEO) - Hispanically Speaking News
February 8, 2011 | by HS News Staff
Today, the President launched his second annual Race to the Top Commencement Challenge. The 2011 Race to the Top Commencement Challenge invites public high schools across the country to demonstrate how their school best prepares them for college and a career, helping America win the future by out-educating our competitors, preparing today’s students for the jobs of tomorrow, and achieving President Obama’s goal of having the highest proportion of college graduates in the world by 2020.
Last year, over 1000 schools applied and more than 170,000
Little Birdies Develop at Different Paces « Failing Schools
Little Birdies Develop at Different Paces « Failing Schools
Little Birdies Develop at Different Paces
Little birdies develop at different paces and so do children. In general, pediatricians, early educators, and other informed professionals talk about developmental steps and milestones rather than finite skills that simply must happen by a certain date. However, our national stance has become heavily weighted toward measuring children against standards and ignoring the development of [...]
State board re-examines statewide rights for charters | California Watch
State board re-examines statewide rights for charters | California Watch
State board re-examines statewide rights for charters
The State Board of Education will hold a public hearing today to discuss what has become a thorny question: Under what circumstances should a charter school company be allowed to bypass local district control and operate statewide?
The board has granted statewide status to three charter school organizations since 2006: High Tech High, Pacific Technology School and Aspire Public Schools.
The privilege is a boon to charters. It allows the organizations to start schools wherever they see fit in California, without the risk of being rejected by local school authorities. Some charters see state oversight as better for
Wednesday Churn: Sponsoring Ravitch | EdNewsColorado
Wednesday Churn: Sponsoring Ravitch | EdNewsColorado
Wednesday Churn: Sponsoring Ravitch
What’s churning:
Several entities listed as sponsoring a Feb. 17 talk by education historian and author Diane Ravitch said they’re withdrawing their support after learning her talk will benefit a political group.
Promotional materials for the event, titled “An Evening with Diane Ravitch,” list the University of Colorado at Denver as a host and groups including the University of Northern Colorado, Community College of Denver and Metro State as sponsors.
CU-Denver had agreed to pay $500 for the venue, the Tivoli Student Union, but is now declining that support and
Aurora board drops PE grad requirement
Physical education students at Aurora Central High School do push-ups in class.
The Aurora school board on Tuesday voted 5-2 to eliminate health and physical education from its graduation requirements, while increasing math, science and language requirements.
The move, which will go into effect with this fall’s incoming class of freshmen, is intended to insure that graduates will meet the requirements necessary for admission to a four-year college or university in Colorado.
But it also makes Aurora the only district in the state to abandon all P.E. requirements for high school students
Dad at the Chalkboard: A Bitter Cup of Joe or Beware the Evils of Facebook!
Dad at the Chalkboard: A Bitter Cup of Joe or Beware the Evils of Facebook!
I woke up this morning at my usual ungodly hour to my daily helping of Morning Joe on the television. I keep it on most mornings as I prepare myself to face the day. As I wiped the sleep crud form my eyes and attempted to arrange my thoughts in some sort of cohesive order, Joe Scarborough was talking about an editorial he wrote about the dark, civilization crushing side of Facebook for Politico.
You can find the rant, I mean editorial, here.
The thread of contention that intertwines Mr. Scarborough's piece is that Facebook is "cynically feeding the
A Bitter Cup of Joe or Beware the Evils of Facebook!
I woke up this morning at my usual ungodly hour to my daily helping of Morning Joe on the television. I keep it on most mornings as I prepare myself to face the day. As I wiped the sleep crud form my eyes and attempted to arrange my thoughts in some sort of cohesive order, Joe Scarborough was talking about an editorial he wrote about the dark, civilization crushing side of Facebook for Politico.
You can find the rant, I mean editorial, here.
The thread of contention that intertwines Mr. Scarborough's piece is that Facebook is "cynically feeding the
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Rhee's trail of destruction
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Rhee's trail of destruction
Former D.C. Chancellor Michelle Rhee left a trail of devastation in her wake when she left town. In December, the contractor she hired to run Dunbar High School, was given the boot. And yesterday, an arbitrator ruled that the first 75 teachers Rhee fired must be given about $7.5 million in back wages and offered positions with D.C. Public Schools. It's estimated that with an average annual salary of $50,000, each teacher would cash in on $100,000 -- costing the school system $7.5 million while
Rhee's trail of destruction
School Tech Connect: Welfare Queens
School Tech Connect: Welfare Queens
Welfare Queens
This upward redistribution of taxpayer money isn't something the average Joe will hear about; he'll only hear about greedy public sector employees and how they all need to be rounded up. By the way, this New Markets Tax Credits is behind the coming hyper-bubble in charter school construction, a scheme where investors can get casino-magnitude tax credits to make already-profitable construction loans to organizations that will eventually get bailed out by taxpayer money or by vulture philanthropists bent on privatizing public education. Charter
Becoming a Superintendent: A Personal Odyssey* | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice
Becoming a Superintendent: A Personal Odyssey* | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice
Becoming a Superintendent: A Personal Odyssey*
After teaching for many years, I wanted to be an urban superintendent. To do that, I had to get a doctorate. Accepted at Stanford as a middle-aged graduate student, I arrived in 1972 with family in tow. The two years I spent at Stanford was a powerful intellectual experience. I had told David Tyack, my adviser then, (years later my teaching colleague, co-author, and dear friend) that I wanted to get a degree swiftly and find a superintendency.
With an abiding interest in history, I pursued courses that Tyack taught in history of education but also studied political science, organizational sociology, and the economics of education. If motivation and readiness are prerequisites for learning, I had them in excess.
Moving from being a veteran teacher in Cleveland and Washington, D.C. to becoming a researcher, I had to
Queens Teacher: HCZ Parent Speaks
Queens Teacher: HCZ Parent Speaks
HCZ Parent Speaks
Came across a comment yesterday of a person who sends their child to the highly publicized Harlem Children's Zone. Looks like not everyone is happy there.
I’d like to give my input on NYC schools. THEY suck…You have no options….Parents think getting their child into a charter school is the answer. Wrong…My son attends Promise Academy –Harlem Children’s Zone. I travel from the Bronx every morning to get him there. There are behavioral problems that seem to out weight the learning there. I am very involved in my child’s school work…That has never been an issue…My issues is the curriculum they are teaching 4th graders like they are in college….giving lectures and the kids are expected to take notes…. NO TEXTBOOKS. NO points of reference for the parents to assist there
I’d like to give my input on NYC schools. THEY suck…You have no options….Parents think getting their child into a charter school is the answer. Wrong…My son attends Promise Academy –Harlem Children’s Zone. I travel from the Bronx every morning to get him there. There are behavioral problems that seem to out weight the learning there. I am very involved in my child’s school work…That has never been an issue…My issues is the curriculum they are teaching 4th graders like they are in college….giving lectures and the kids are expected to take notes…. NO TEXTBOOKS. NO points of reference for the parents to assist there
NYC Educator: Rate Mayor Bloomberg "F"
NYC Educator: Rate Mayor Bloomberg "F"
Mayor Michael Bloomberg, obsessed with rating everything and everyone but himself, may be learning that only 23% of NYC high school grads are college ready. Naturally, he'll interpret this to mean the teachers are underworked, overpaid, and in need of being fired at will. The truth is this has much wider implications.
What it really says is that the test prep, test now, test later mantra of Bill Gates, Eli Broad, Michael Bloomberg and the other zillionaire educational experts is utter nonsense. Gates can roll out Finland as the model, but the fact is they don't use standardized tests there, they--
Rate Mayor Bloomberg "F"
What it really says is that the test prep, test now, test later mantra of Bill Gates, Eli Broad, Michael Bloomberg and the other zillionaire educational experts is utter nonsense. Gates can roll out Finland as the model, but the fact is they don't use standardized tests there, they--
Shifting the Paradigm in Education « InterACT
Shifting the Paradigm in Education « InterACT
Shifting the Paradigm in Education
Each Friday, our faculty gathers for 90 minutes of professional development. It is a valuable time spent collaborating with colleagues and discussing how to better meet the needs of our students. This year, our school is in the midst of the WASC accreditation process. So, recently our time has been spent examining our school’s practices and the ways we create valuable learning experiences for all our students. Much conversation is focused on the dispositions we hope our students embody when they graduate from our school. There is
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Large Mobilizations Continue at UPR « occupy california
Large Mobilizations Continue at UPR « occupy california
Large Mobilizations Continue at UPR
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Student demonstrations are continuing to shake the University of Puerto Rico, in spite of the successful institution of a $800 fee increase. The first semester of the 2010-11 school year ended only just recently in late January. It was during the end of the first semester that hundreds of students held a sit-in and were all arrested. The second semester began on Monday this week with fresh new protests against the tuition increase and against the severe police repression students have been facing at demonstrations.
On Monday, Judge Rebecca de León Ríos, ruled that the suspension of a student leader and the university’s ban on mass demonstrations were illegal. Protests yesterday were reinforced by trade unionists and were met by riot police reportedly armed with
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