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Big Education Ape: Ed News Now

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educationnext.org - | Print | NO PDF | Share Spring 2011 / Vol. 11, No. 2 The following essay is part of a forum, written in honor of Education Next’s 10th anniversary, in which the editors assessed the school reform ...

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blogs.edweek.org - Last week, by way of a video posted through something called the Teachers Talk Back Project, I met a former Teach For America intern teacher by the name of John Bilby. He spoke of his relationship ...

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voices.washingtonpost.com - This was written by education historian Diane Ravitch on her Bridging Differences blog, which she co-authors with Deborah Meier on the Education Week website. Ravitch and Meier exchange letters abo...

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parentsacrossamerica.org - Leonie Haimson of Class Size Matters explains why parents need a voice in educational policy. She introduces Karran Royal Harper of the Pyramid Resource Center in New Orleans, where soon, 85 percen...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Michelle RheeFormer DC schools chancellor Michelle Rhee appealed to both ends of the political spectrum today in her visit to the Georgia Capitol, touting vouchers to provide low-income children wi...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - A little of Michelle Rhee's firebreathing style got quenched yesterday when an arbitrator ruled that the first 75 teachers she fired must be hired back and given about $7.5M in back wages. Here's t...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Most dropout prevention programs do not address the profound flaws in the way conventional schools work. That's why, despite pouring millions, if not billions, of dollars into ending the dropout ep...

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A record number of Illinois high school seniors tookcollege-level courses last year, but the percentage who passed the exams remained divided along racial lines, a report released Wednesday found. South suburban Homewood-Flossmoor High School led the nation in the number of African-American students who earned at least a 3 on the AP psychology exam. It is the second straight year the school earned the designation. (Chicago Tribune)


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preaprez.wordpress.com - I told you about this group called The Education Action Group. Their boy, Ben Velderman has filed an Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, demanding all my work emails. That’s a picture of Ben...

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hostedjobs.openhire.com - *Amended* (Those who previously applied need not re-apply) Position Summary: As part of the Department of Education’s (DOE) Office of Talent and New Initiatives, the Senior Director, Teacher Effect...

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preaprez.wordpress.com - When I read that my stalker was an alum of Hope College in western Michigan I was not surprised. Ben Velderman of the Education Action Group is filing a FOIA request with my school district to find...

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good.is - We explore the discrepancies in reporting on major marches and rallies and the feasibility of the numbers attendance claimed, from Beck to Stewart.Which states are using the most energy? And which ...

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openchannel.msnbc.msn.com - By Robert WindremNBC News investigative producer for special projectsIf Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak is forced into exile, he is likely to have access to billions in assets. But if Egypt’s succe...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Dear Diane,"This is not democracy—letting people yell and scream," says Mayor Michael Bloomberg in publicly chiding theprotesters at the meeting of his education advisory board. As UFT President Mi...

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mercurynews.com - SAN FRANCISCO -- The University of California, San Francisco has opened a $123 million stem cell research center in which the school says scientists will be able to work free from federal restricti...

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my.firedoglake.com - House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH)(photo: TalkMediaNews via Flickr) Cross Posted at Legal Schnauzer Progressives could use some positive political news, and here is the best I’ve heard in some time:...

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rdsathene.blogspot.com - The Vendedores Ambulantes (Street vendors) of Alvardo y Wilshire (MacArthur Park) will have a protest today against police brutality by the Sheriffs who patrol the Metro Line stops. The protest wil...

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preaprez.wordpress.com - A visit from my superintendent this morning brought the news that some punks from an anti-union outfit called the Education Action Group had filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request on all...

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connectedprincipals.com - When I was in high school and home for vacations during college, I used to sleep until noon, minimally. When I woke up, my father would tell me over and over, that I “missed the day!” When he was r...

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blog.coreknowledge.org - by Robert PondiscioFebruary 10th, 2011 At This Week in Education, Alexander Russo had an epiphany. “I am finally realizing that one of the main things that divides the reformy types from career ed...

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beinglatino.wordpress.com - by AJ Rodriguez Growing up in the 80s in New York, I remember sitting with my abuela, watching our favourite novela on Channel 47, Atrevete, which starred Venezuelan actress Caridad Canelon. On the...

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dissidentvoice.org - In the spring of 1997, AWPPW Local 672’s union negotiators sat across the table from the company’s management team (which on this day included an eager, young cost analyst, already champing at the ...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Word on the street is that Talib Kweli has already chosen a name for his next album: Prisoner of Conscious. It’s definitely a significant choice for Kweli. He’s always hated the label “conscious ra...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - America needs stronger unions… This piquant idea recently occurred to a New York Times business writer as he contemplated the economic question of the day: Where are all the jobs? It’s the question...

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hispanicprblog.com - We know Hispanics love cell phones, especially smartphones. But now several recent studies have confirmed that marketers looking to reach Hispanics should consider mobile as the primary tactic. Bel...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - A disturbing number of people are blaming public sector unions for states’ current budget crises (also here, hereand here). Their basic argument is that unions have seriously exacerbated budget sho...

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Modern School: California to Modify Parent Trigger Law (Maybe)

Modern School: California to Modify Parent Trigger Law (Maybe)

California to Modify Parent Trigger Law (Maybe)


Trigger Happy Ed Pirate (by Alberto+Cerriteno)
In its first meeting with the new Gov. Brown-appointed majority, the California Board of Education moved to restrict the Parent Trigger law that allows parents to shut down a low-performing schools, fire its teachers and reopen as a private charter school. Board of Ed officials said that the law, as written, was too vague and would be difficult to enforce, thus requiring “cleanup” legislation.

While Parent Trigger cheerleaders are saying that the move is an attempt to derail the law, the Board of Education is merely attempting to fine-tune the law, not do away with it. They did not even take any concrete actions on the law, but simply set up a working group to study it. They say they want to continue supporting parental choice, which sounds like a capitulation to proponents of the parent trigger law, as well as vouchers, charter schools and other anti-education schemes.
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solidaridad: We Demand Democratically Run Public Schools for Echo Parque

solidaridad: We Demand Democratically Run Public Schools for Echo Parque

We Demand Democratically Run Public Schools for Echo Parque

Support public schools and want to keep Camino Nuevo out of Echo Parque? Sign this petition, and if you live in LAUSD district 5, write in candidate Scott Folsom! Together we can stem the tide of school privatization.grab this widget | start a petition | by Care2

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Restore Tax Fairness to California


California has long relied on mostly short-term solutions to our budget problems, which has done us no long-term favors. The health of California's public schools depends on stable tax revenues. It is time to demand action to restore fairness to the system and make sure everyone is paying their fair share. Learn more athttp://www.cta.org/taxfairness
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Education Reform Now debuts anti-seniority television ads | GothamSchools

Education Reform Now debuts anti-seniority television ads | GothamSchools

Education Reform Now debuts anti-seniority television ads

by Anna Phillips

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Education Reform Now — the advocacy organization now chaired by former Chancellor Joel Klein — unveiled a TV spot today that shows relatively senior teachers arguing against seniority.

The ad’s debut corresponds with Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s escalating campaign against the “last-in, first-out” law that requires the city to lay off teachers according to their seniority. It shows three city teachers with

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My stalker and his alma mater. « Fred Klonsky's blog

My stalker and his alma mater. « Fred Klonsky's blog

My stalker and his alma mater.

by Fred Klonsky

When I read that my stalker was an alum of Hope College in western Michigan I was not surprised.

Ben Velderman of the Education Action Group is filing a FOIA request with my school district to find out what I have been saying on school email.

Sample of my work email:

Sent: Monday, January 24, 2011 8:50 AM
To: Frederick Klonsky
Subject: Thank you!

Thank you so much for your help today with my policy project! I looked up the

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Shanker Blog » Unions = Jobs

Shanker Blog » Unions = Jobs

Unions = Jobs

by Randall Garton

America needs stronger unions… This piquant idea recently occurred to a New York Times business writer as he contemplated the economic question of the day: Where are all the jobs? It’s the question on everyone’s minds. Most economic reports indicate that the economy—at least the corporate profit and Wall Street side of it—is recovering slowly. Profits are soaring and U.S. GDP is up, but job creation remains sluggish, at best.

So what do unions have to do with it? Before exploring that issue, let’s review why job creation—or it’s lack—is worrying people who are paid to worry about the economy. According to a recent National Journal article, “The Great Recession wiped out what amounts to every U.S. job created in the 21st Century. But even if the recession had never happened the United States would have entered 2010 with 15 million fewer jobs than

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Camden teacher speaks out


NJEA member and Camden special education teacher Sharon Long talks about how she and other school staff are helping students in these challenging times and why the "Opportunity Scholarship Act" is wrong for New Jersey.
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Michelle Rhee on vouchers, social promotion and putting kids first | Get Schooled

Michelle Rhee on vouchers, social promotion and putting kids first | Get Schooled

Michelle Rhee on vouchers, social promotion and putting kids first

2:58 pm February 10, 2011, by Maureen Downey

Michelle Rhee

Michelle Rhee

Former DC schools chancellor Michelle Rhee appealed to both ends of the political spectrum today in her visit to the Georgia Capitol, touting vouchers to provide low-income children with options beyond failing neighborhood schools and a strong federal Department of Education to hold schools accountable.

Rhee’s theme throughout her comments was the need to put students first. “We have been putting the system first for 30 years and look where that has gotten us,” she said.

And her new education organization — created she says to counter the influence of teacher unions, textbook publishers and other special interests focused on adult agendas – is called

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Ben Velderman is stalking me. « Fred Klonsky's blog

Ben Velderman is stalking me. « Fred Klonsky's blog

Ben Velderman is stalking me.

FEBRUARY 10, 2011
by Fred Klonsky

I told you about this group called The Education Action Group. Their boy, Ben Velderman has filed an Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, demanding all my work emails.

That’s a picture of Ben.

Here’s Ben’s vitae:

Even though Ben’s teaching career lasted a brief two years, he accumulated a storehouse of experiences as the 7th and 8th grade classroom teacher for Zeeland Public Schools’ alternative program.

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Chicagoland Researchers and Advocates for Transformative Education (CReATE): MYTHS AND REALITIES: A PUBLIC FORUM ON CHICAGO SCHOOL REFORM

Chicagoland Researchers and Advocates for Transformative Education (CReATE): MYTHS AND REALITIES: A PUBLIC FORUM ON CHICAGO SCHOOL REFORM

MYTHS AND REALITIES: A PUBLIC FORUM ON CHICAGO SCHOOL REFORM

Tuesday, March 1, 2011
7:00-9:00pm
UIC Forum (725 W. Roosevelt St, Chicago, IL, 60607)

In the midst of campaigns and debates for the 2011 Chicago mayoral
election, we hear many proclamations and promises about what it means
to improve public schools. But how does each candidate compare to
what we know so far from research about the real problems and
solutions? In January 2011, dozens of education researchers from
throughout Chicagoland formed CReATE (Chicagoland Educational
Researchers and Advocates for Transformative Education) and released a
fact sheet, titled, "Chicago School Reform: Myths, Realities, and New
Visions" (available online at http://createchicago.blogspot.com/). To
discuss this fact sheet, and to examine ways that it converges with
the work of community organizations, CReATE invites the people of
Chicago to join this Public Forum as we explore next steps in the
movement to improve public education.

Speakers include:
-Kevin Kumashiro, University of Illinois at Chicago (moderator)
-Leslie Bloom, Roosevelt University
-Sumi Cho, DePaul University
-Gregory Michie, Concordia University Chicago
-Isabel Nunez, Concordia University Chicago
-Therese Quinn, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
-William Watkins, University of Illinois at Chicago
-and more

With responses by:
-Jitu Brown, KOCO (Kenwood-Oakland Community Organization)
-Jackson Potter, CORE (Caucus of Rank and File Educators), Chicago
Teachers Union
-and others

This event is free and open to the public. For more information:
createchicago@gmail.com, and Facebook.
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ASCD Inservice: Where Running Faster in the Wrong Direction Has Got Us

ASCD Inservice: Where Running Faster in the Wrong Direction Has Got Us

Where Running Faster in the Wrong Direction Has Got Us

Wolk_RonMost dropout prevention programs do not address the profound flaws in the way conventional schools work. That's why, despite pouring millions, if not billions, of dollars into ending the dropout epidemic, 7,000 students drop out of school every day.

We can't afford to waste any more young minds. Policymakers and education leaders need to question whether higher standards, more rigorous courses, and tougher high-stakes tests actually prompt students to leave school.

I'm not alone—others in education echo this concern. The current strategy for school improvement is "too narrowly focused on an academic, classroom-based approach," write researchers in a recent report from the Pathways to Prosperity Project at Harvard Graduate School of Education. Their report calls for a "broader vision on school reform" and urges the development of a

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SRC: Who's who? | Philadelphia Public School Notebook

SRC: Who's who? | Philadelphia Public School Notebook

SRC: Who's who?

by Paul Socolar on Feb 10 2011

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Commissioner David Girard-diCarlo, whoresigned from the School Reform Commission this week, held a seat on the SRC that was due to expire in January 2014, according to a recent memo from Erin O. Davis, SRC chief of staff. His seat is to be filled by Gov. Tom Corbett. In the meantime, the SRC will have only four members.

Chairman Robert Archie and Commissioner Johnny Irizarry were appointed by Mayor Nutter, and their terms expire January 2013. Gov. Rendell appointed Archie


Ravitch: Turnaround is a national failure

by Helen Gym

Turnaround is a failed measure that’s led to instability in schools and “massive demoralization” among teachers and school officials, said New York University professor and author Diane Ravitch Monday night in New York City.

Ravitch was the featured speaker along with a dynamic panel of parent activists from across the country in an event sponsored by Parents Across America to launch a new national network of parent leaders.

Ravitch, who has risen to significant prominence in the last year in the wake of her book The Death and Life of the Great American School System, remained a sharp critic of current education reform fads, including turnaround which is a major focus of the Ackerman administration.

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The Answer Sheet - Missing the point on Rhee

The Answer Sheet - Missing the point on Rhee

Missing the point on Rhee

Enough oxygen has been sucked out of the air about whether former D.C. schools chancellor Michelle Rhee really raised student test scores through the roof when she taught briefly at a Baltimore school. I still find more telling her admission that she taped her students' mouths shut when she didn’t know what else to do to keep them quiet. (This really happened and it would be a career killer for anybody but Rhee.) The real issue is what she and her supporters say she accomplished but didn’t in D.C. public schools when she was chancellor for about 3 1/2 years before quitting in October when her biggest supporter, Mayor Adrian M. Fenty, was ousted from office. A myth has grown up around Rhee and her D.C. tenure that essentially has her swooping in like an avenging angel ridding the place of bad teachers and setting the troubled school system on
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Diane Ravitch: Keynote address for Parents Across America’s February 7th event (VIDEO) | Democratic Education: A community-based approach to life and learning

Diane Ravitch: Keynote address for Parents Across America’s February 7th event (VIDEO) | Democratic Education: A community-based approach to life and learning

Diane Ravitch: Keynote address for Parents Across America’s February 7th event (VIDEO)

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Parents Across America, a new nationwide organization of parents opposing education deform, held its inaugural event in New York City on February 7, 2011 with Diane Ravitch as the keynote speaker. Here, Diane covers the entire range of education reform efforts. What do you think of the talk?

Diane Ravitch (picture from Boston.com)

Diane Ravitch is a historian of education at New York University. She is a non-resident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. She lives in Brooklyn, N.Y.

She has written many books and articles about American education, including: The Death and Life of the Great American School System (Basic Books, 2010), Left

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Modern School: Poor Little Charter Schools—How to Profit in Poorly Funded California?

Modern School: Poor Little Charter Schools—How to Profit in Poorly Funded California?
Failing Schools or Failing Society? *The following is a reposting of a reposting, so I’m a little ashamed to be doing it (but what the hell, it’s a pretty good letter and deserves a read). * *I’d like to point out that I don’t share the author’s opinion that Obama doesn’t get it. He ...
Poor Little Charter Schools—How to Profit in Poorly Funded California? John Fensterwald notes that while one in every six charter schools is in California, most would be much more profitable if they operated in other states that fund education more liberally than liberal California. (See the study Location, Location, ...
D.C. Teachers’ Late Win Against Rhee *The following is a reposting from Mike Klonsky’s blog. * *D.C. public schools are being saddled with a $7.5 million settlement for the first 75 teachers Michelle Rhee fired during her reign of terror AND they must be offered their jobs back. Perhaps ...
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