For-Profit College Regulations: Obama Administration Issues Rules

For-Profit College Regulations: Obama Administration Issues Rules

First Posted: 06/ 2/11 12:01 AM ET Updated: 06/ 2/11 08:00 AM ET

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The Obama administration on Thursday issued a series of highly anticipated regulations aimed at cracking down on for-profit colleges and other career training programs that leave students saddled with unmanageable debts and contribute to an unequal share of federal student loan defaults.

The final rules issued by the Department of Education, however, are significantly less stringent than a draft version released last year, giving college programs an additional three years to come in line before possibly losing access to lucrative federal student aid dollars. The changes come after an unprecedented lobbying and campaign financeoffensive over the past year by the for-profit college industry, which derives a vast majority of revenues from federal student loan and grant programs a

Shortcuts, School Reform & Private Foundations | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...

Shortcuts, School Reform & Private Foundations | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...

Another Special Edition Of “Links I Should Have Posted About, But Didn’t” (NOTE: I usually publish this kind of post once-a-week. However, even more links than usual have accumulated during our annual field trip where we take one hundred students to San Francisco, and then during my subsequent recovery time. So, here’s a ...

The Best Resources On Students Using Gestures & Physical Movement To Help With Learning I’m a big fan of encouraging students to accompany learning with gestures and physical movement, particularly, though not exclusively, with English Language Learners. I thought I’d begin a short “The Best…” list on the topic, and ask readers to ...

Shortcuts, School Reform & Private Foundations Author Bob Sutton recently wrote about a report commissioned by the Annie Casey Foundation that examined one of its major funding initiatives related to school reform (the report is titled The Path of Most Resistance). Here is an excerpt from Mr. ...

STAR tests may end for younger kids | Thoughts on Public Education

STAR tests may end for younger kids | Thoughts on Public Education

STAR tests may end for younger kids

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Senate bill would end exam for second graders

Posted on 6/02/11 • Categorized as Assessments, Common Core standards, Dropout prevention, English learners, No Child Left Behind, Standardized tests, Tests

By Kathryn Baron

Reading about SB 740, State Senator Loni Hancock’s (D-Oakland) bill to eliminate second grade STAR testing, took me back to my daughter’s initiation into standardized testing. She puked. “She almost made it out the classroom door,” her second-grade teacher told me with a laugh. Since she didn’t have a fever and nothing happened that night, I brought her back to school the next day. Her classmates applauded when she walked in. Was it stress? Perhaps. She’s in college now and says she still dislikes tests.

Hancock shares that aversion. She’s tried twice to pass similar legislation. Both bills died. SB 740 has made it to the Senate floor, where it will be voted on today. “The second-grad

California Dream Act moves forward - by Kathryn Baron

by Kathryn Baron

The sixth time may be a charm for Los Angeles Assemblyman Gil Cedillo’s crusade to pass a state version of the Dream Act. By a party-line vote of 46-25, the Assembly yesterday approved AB 131 and sent it to the Senate. The bill would let undocumented immigrants who meet in-state tuition requirements, apply for Cal [...]

New Report: Impact of “All-Cuts Budget” by School District « State of Emergency

New Report: Impact of “All-Cuts Budget” by School District « State of Emergency

New Report: Impact of “All-Cuts Budget” by School District

by CTA

As the Governor and the Legislature struggle with ways to close the state budget deficit, education is being further threatened. According to the Legislative Analyst’s Office, an “all-cuts” budget could mean the loss of an additional $4.1 billion in K-12 funding, or $695 per student. Over 20,000 educators received pink slips this year, and school districts are being forced to plan for the worst as they prepare for the next school year. The Legislature must act NOW to prevent this all-cuts scenario from becoming reality.

View a report that shows the potential impact on each school district in the state, as well as the number of educators’ jobs that are currently on the line.

What can you do to stop this? First of all, share the information with your friends, most of the public is unaware of how the State Budget affects them locally. Then use our toll-free number (888-268-4334) and speak directly with your legislator’s office. Tell them you are a constituent and you vote. Then tell them how you feel about the cuts to education and what your priorities are.

solidaridad: LAUSD's Nury Martinez Slanderously calls an Echo Park Mother a Racist

solidaridad: LAUSD's Nury Martinez Slanderously calls an Echo Park Mother a Racist

LAUSD's Nury Martinez Slanderously calls an Echo Park Mother a Racist

by Robert D. Skeels * rdsathene

Ms. Martinez's response to this parent's impassioned speech is so despicable and deplorable, that I will need time to calm down and write an article speaking truth to her corporate power and vicious vindictiveness. To call this mother, who embodies multiculturalism, inclusiveness, and community, a racist goes far beyond the pale. In fact Ms. Martinez should seriously consider stepping down from her position. Unconscionable, but the LAUSD Board Members serving the privatizers and corporate charters have no scruples whatsoever. While the video shows Ms. Martinez tried to backtrack from her initial vicious slanderous attack, it's clear what she said and what her intentions were. Deasy and company want our communities' voices silenced and want us to accept the imposition of privatized schools without any dissent.

I'm a founding member of the Southern California Immigration Coalition, I've stood on the border in Campo California against vile Minutemen, Klansman, Birchers, and other assorted white supremacists. I've dedicated a

Robert D. Skeels on KPFK Pacifica Radio

by Robert D. Skeels * rdsathene

I was interviewed for this story by Ernesto Arce of KPFK News on the day of the LAUSD District 5 runoff election, Tuesday May 17, 2011. The voices of social justice and public school advocacy are beginning to be heard!

Bennet Kayser vs. Luis Sanchez, LAUSD Board | by Ernesto Arce KPFK News

[click here if you can't listen to this audio]

Lunch in Lombard. Talking with the DuPage Illinois Retired Teachers Association. « Fred Klonsky's blog

Lunch in Lombard. Talking with the DuPage Illinois Retired Teachers Association. « Fred Klonsky's blog

Lunch in Lombard. Talking with the DuPage Illinois Retired Teachers Association.

by Fred Klonsky

I want to thank the DuPage Illinois Retired Teachers Association and their President, Chris Turney, for inviting me to speak at their monthly luncheon today at the Greek Islands in Lombard.

I made 80 new friends.

There are about 30,000 members of the IRTA and Chris says that they were responsible for over 11,000 calls to legislators in opposition to Senate Bill 512, the pension robber.

They wanted to hear about my blog and then we talked about the fight for

Data-Driven Policymaking? In Your Dreams | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice

Data-Driven Policymaking? In Your Dreams | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice

Data-Driven Policymaking? In Your Dreams

by larrycuban

Gathering data to make informed decisions is one thing, using it is another. With computing power so inexpensive and accessible, with so much public and private sector pressure to collect information, practitioners and policymakers have at their fingertips real-time data on everything important. Consider the economy.

Writing in the New Yorker, James Surowiecki (see below) points out that

”[O]ur picture of the economy is more detailed and sophisticated than ever, and that makes it easier for businesses and the government to react quickly to changes in the economy.”

Surowiecki describes the Billion Prices Project designed by two economists that identifies Web-based prices for online goods—more than 500,000 daily or five times the number that federal agencies gather—to tell what is happening now with prices, not a month later as U.S. data do. For those who worry about inflation, the Billion Prices Project noted businesses cutting prices months before government numbers did. Such a project, then,

Macho Man Randy Savage, on Education Reform [And The Beat Goes On] | The Jose Vilson

Macho Man Randy Savage, on Education Reform [And The Beat Goes On] | The Jose Vilson

Macho Man Randy Savage, on Education Reform [And The Beat Goes On]

by Jose

Macho Man Randy Savage and Elizabeth

I know he was probably a Republican, as are most wrestlers, but I honestly just felt like repurposing one of Randy Savage’s best monologues because it’s so relevant to things I see in our education discussions. And hilarious. Let’s do this.

I’m talkin’ bout and the beat goes on, and the beat goes on, and the beat goes on, YEAH! And my fingers are typing right at you, Arne Duncan, it’s Edu-MADNESS, right now, YEAH! Sugar is sweet and so is honey. Teachers are on a roll and we can’t be STOPPED, no! Elizabeth understands what I’m talkin’ about, YEAH! uh-HUH! It’s unbelievable fact distortion, space is the place, Jose Vilson, go down that lonesome highway, YEAH! But don’t be hypnotized, no, privatization doesn’t have to be, you can CONCENTRATE and you can up your mental telepathy, YEAH! But the beat goes on! And let me tell you something right now, talking about the

The School Budget and The Voice of Reason« City School Stories

Notes from the Field « City School Stories

Notes from the Field

by fmurphy

The School Budget and The Voice of Reason

Submitted by Frank Murphy, June 2, 2011

In a time when the School District of Philadelphia faces an enormous budget gap, it seems that Arlene Ackerman is still undeterred from pursuing unnecessary expenditures. The $2.75 billion budget approved by the School Reform Commission yesterday still includes funding for a summer school program. This is one of several budgeted activities (along with Promise Academies, Benchmark testing and contracted services) that have been challenged by parents, educators, advocates and some local elected officials.

None of these individuals are theoretically questioning the appropriateness of conducting a summer school program, per say. The issue in this case is one of priorities. When tough decisions must be made in deciding what we can and cannot afford in fiscally hard times, an eighteen day summer program serving a small percentage of the district’s students isn’t an item at the top of many people’s “to keep” list. Certainly, using

If LAUSD Doesn't Change, Maybe You Should - Ten Signs that You Need to Find a Different Kind of Education for Your Child

If LAUSD Doesn't Change, Maybe You Should - Ten Signs that You Need to Find a Different Kind of Education for Your Child by Jerry Mintz (Si el LAUSD no cambia, tal vez debería - Diez señales de que es necesario encontrar un tipo diferente de educación - Perdaily.com

If LAUSD Doesn't Change, Maybe You Should - Ten Signs that You Need to Find a Different Kind of Education for Your Child by Jerry Mintz (Si el LAUSD no cambia, tal vez debería - Diez señales de que es necesario encontrar un tipo diferente de educación

by Leonard Isenberg

(Mensaje se repite en Español)

(For a national view of public education reform see the end of this blog post)

For those of you who haven't realized it yet, the dysfunction and corruption of purposefully failed public education is not just limited LAUSD, but rather is a nationwide disgrace and scandal. In the months to come, perdaily will connect you to others around the state and country that refuse to accept purposefully corrupt and failed public education.

The following post was written by Jerry Mintz of the Alternative Education Resource Organization (AERO). For those of you who feel trapped, when it comes to viable education options for yourself or your kids, think about connecting with his site and the other we list daily at the end of the article:

Jerry Mintz, Director
Alternative Education Resource Organization (AERO)
417 Roslyn Rd., Roslyn Hts., NY 11577
www.EducationRevolution.org
info@EducationRevolution.org
800-769-4171 (domestic)
516-621-2195 (international)