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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Big Education Ape: 11-29-11 AM New Orleans RSD — the ‘miracle’ district EDition #ows #edreform

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Principals Protest Role of Testing

nytimes.com - Rockville Centre, N.Y. Through the years there have been many bitter teacher strikes and too many student protests to count. But a principals’ revolt? “Principals don’t revolt,”...

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New Orleans RSD — the ‘miracle’ district

garyrubinstein.teachforus.org - The Louisiana Department Of Education just released the 2011 School Performance Data. As New Orleans has been hailed as a ‘miracle’ district, I was eager to see the results. As you might know, afte...

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The Dissenter

tnr.com - On July 30, 2011, thousands of public school teachers rallied on the southwest corner of the Ellipse, near the White House. Union members mingled with the occasional communist pamphleteer, and, on ...

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Peabody lecture on educational change in Finland | News

news.vanderbilt.edu - by Jennifer Wetzel | Posted on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011 — 2:03 PMPasi Sahlberg, director general of CIMO, an organization for international mobility and cooperation under the Finnish Ministry of Educ...

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City Council Plans Suit Over Homeless Policy

nytimes.com - Christine C. Quinn, the speaker of the City Council, announced plans Monday to sue the administration of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg over a new policy that imposes stricter requirements on homeless ...

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Teen tweeter 1, Kansas governor 0

latimes.com - Ending a battle that could only have taken place in the brave new world of social media, Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback on Monday apologized for an incident involving a teen who had maligned him on Twit...

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The girl who dared to tweet about Gov. Brownback

cnn.com - By Dean Obeidallah, Special to CNN updated 12:32 PM EST, Mon November 28, 2011Emma Sullivan was ordered by her high school principal to apologize for a tweet critical of Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback.E...

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Steve Lopez: Will tonight mark the end for Occupy L.A.?

latimesblogs.latimes.com - Will police make their move on Occupy L.A. tonight? They won't say, so it's cat and mouse out there, and more than a little surreal at what to this point has been one of the friendliest, most well-...

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Occupy LA campers brace for midnight eviction deadline

reuters.com - By Mary Slosson LOS ANGELES | Mon Nov 28, 2011 1:39am EST LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hundreds of anti-Wall Street protesters who have camped outside Los Angeles City Hall for weeks braced on Sunday fo...

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Occupy L.A.: Religious leaders meet with Villaraigosa, Beck

latimesblogs.latimes.com - Interfaith leaders who have recently become involved in the Occupy movement held a meeting with Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and LAPD Chief Charlie Beck on Monday morning as city official...

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Are we the teachable species? | The Loom

blogs.discovermagazine.com - We know that our species is unique, but it can be surprisingly hard to pinpoint what exactly makes us so. The fact that we have DNA is not much of a mark of distinction. Several million other speci...

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Moms vs Monsanto « MomsRising Blog

momsrising.org - I’m a California mom, and I’m deeply concerned about pesticides. As part of my job with Pesticide Action Network, I’ve learned more than anyone should ever know about pesticides in my body and on t...

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Blue Jersey:: Communicating - One Drip at a Time

bluejersey.com - I love NJ Spotlight. Its web site is a great source of information on the important issues in the Garden State. The organization is run by a bunch of displaced journalists with decades of experien...

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The "Shock Doctrine" Comes to Your Neighborhood Classroom

commondreams.org - "Let's hope the fiscal crisis doesn't get better too soon. It'll slow down reform." -- Tom Watkins, a consultant, summarizes the corporate education reform movement's current strategy to the Sunday...

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    This Week’s “Round-Up” Of Good School Reform Posts & Articles | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…

    This Week’s “Round-Up” Of Good School Reform Posts & Articles | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…:

    Photo Galleries Of The Week

    Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 7 hours ago
    Obviously, photos can be great educational tools with English Language Learners and with any students (see The Best Ways To Use Photos In Lessons). I post about many photo galleries, also called slideshows. To do it in a little more … Continue reading →

    Sage Life Advice — Via David Brooks?

    Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 7 hours ago
    All sense of proportion and insight leaves New York Times columnist David Brooks whenever he writes about education (and, more recently, Occupy Wall Street). However, he periodically hits a home run when he tackles other topics. He did so today … Continue reading →

    The Best Websites For English Language Learner Students In 2011

    Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 8 hours ago
    This list focuses on sites that ELL students would use directly. Of course, many other sites on my other lists can also be used effectively with ELL’s. You might also be interested in: The Best Websites For English Language Learner … Continue reading →

    This Week’s “Round-Up” Of Good School Reform Posts & Articles

    Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 9 hours ago
    Here are some recent good school reform posts and articles: Big expansion, big questions for Teach for America is from The Boston Globe. I’m adding it to The Best Posts & Articles Raising Concerns About Teach For America. What Counts … Continue reading →

    HIV And AIDS Resources — December 1st Is World AIDS Day

    Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 9 hours ago
    December 1st is recognized internationally as World AIDS Day. I’ve just updated The Best Web Resources For Learning About HIV & AIDS. Additional suggestions are welcome….

    The Best Theory Of Knowledge Resources In 2011

    Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 10 hours ago
    As regular readers know, I teach an International Baccalaureate “Theory of Knowledge” class. Our school structures our IB program a bit differently from many others by having a whole lot of students take individual IB classes and we have relatively … Continue reading →

    Dilbert On The Difference Between Correlation and Causation

    Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 23 hours ago
    Here’s the Dilbert comic strip on the difference between correlation and causation:

    Research Studies Of The Week

    Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 1 day ago
    I often write about research studies from various field and how they can be applied to the classroom. I write individual posts about ones that I think are especially significant, and will continue to do so. However, so many studies … Continue reading →

    The Best Reflective Posts I’ve Written About My Teaching Practice In 2011

    Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 1 day ago
    The end-of-year lists continue…. Most of the titles are self-explanatory. You might also be interested in: The Best Reflective Posts I’ve Written About My Teaching Practice — 2010 The Best Reflective Posts I’ve Written About My Teaching Practice — 2009 … Continue reading →

    Thoughts On Today’s NY Times Column By Carol Dweck

    Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 1 day ago
    I’m a fan of much of Professor Carol Dweck’s work, and have often written in this blog (and in my book) about how I’ve applied her research in the classroom, especially around praising effort instead of intelligence. A few months … Continue reading →

    “What A Crummy Weekend This Turned Out To Be!”

    Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 1 day ago
    “What A Crummy Weekend This Turned Out To Be!” is the tagline of today’s Zits comic strip, and its a perfect illustration of the point Nobel Winner Daniel Kahneman has made about the value of how things end. I applied … Continue reading →

    The Best Articles (And Blog Posts) Offering Practical Advice To Teachers In 2011

    Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 2 days ago
    The title of this “The Best…” list is pretty self-explanatory. What you’ll find here are blog posts and articles this year (some written by me, some by others) that were, in my opinion, the ones that offered the best practical … Continue reading →

    What Was The Best Education-Related Book You Read This Year?

    Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 2 days ago
    As I do every year, I’m asking that readers leave a comment with the title and author of their favorite education-related that they read this calendar year. In addition, I ask that they leave a sentence or two describing why … Continue reading →

    How’s This For A Rube Goldberg Machine?

    Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 2 days ago
    Here’s the newest addition to The Best Resources For Learning About Rube Goldberg Machines: Melvin the Machine by HEYHEYHEY from Dezeen on Vimeo.

    “The World Is Where We Live” Is A Pretty Amazing Forty Second Video

    Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 2 days ago
    The World Wildlife Fund created this amazing forty second video: The world is where we live from WWF on Vimeo. It publicizes another pretty impressive creation of theirs — My World.
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    The Educated Reporter: Chicago Teachers Speak Up On Using Student Test Scores in Evaluations

    The Educated Reporter: Chicago Teachers Speak Up On Using Student Test Scores in Evaluations:

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    Chicago Teachers Speak Up On Using Student Test Scores in Evaluations

    by Emily Richmond
    The teachers union in the nation's third-largest school district have concerns about using student test scores as a measure of an educator's effectiveness, according to this story from the Chicago Tribune. It's worth noting (again, and even again) that there is no consensus among researchers as to the best way to factor in standardized test data when it comes to teacher evaluations. Many districts and states are moving at high speed toward using student data as a factor in evaluating teachers, in part because of federal incentives that offer desperately needed funding in exchange for pledges to reform. In case you missed it, the National Council on
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    Common Core standards pose dilemmas for early childhood - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

    Common Core standards pose dilemmas for early childhood - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post:

    Common Core standards pose dilemmas for early childhood

    by Valerie Strauss

    This was written by Samuel J. Meisels, president of Erikson Institute, a graduate school in child development located in Chicago.

    By Samuel J. Meisels

    After a decade of concerns and criticisms about the lack of rigorous national standards in the No Child Left Behind Act, we now have a set of ambitious standards for use nationwide — the Common Core State Standards. Since their formulation two years ago, these standards have been adopted by 45 states, were made a precondition for funding in the Race to the Top competition, and have begun to influence the development of new curricula and assessments. But early childhood education — concerned with children from birth to the end of third grade — seems nearly an afterthought in the standards. Not only do they end (or begin) at kindergarten, ignoring more than half of the early childhood age range, they simply don’t fit what we know about young children’s learning and development.

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    Kansas Gov. Brownback’s apology to tweeting student

    by Valerie Strauss

    Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback today admitted that his staff overreacted in getting a student in trouble with her principal after she tweeted something negative about him — and he apologized.

    Here’s the full apology, posted on his Facebook page:

    “My staff over-reacted to this tweet, and for that I apologize. Freedom of speech is among our most treasured freedoms.

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    Library group denounces book destruction at Occupy Wall Street

    by Valerie Strauss

    The American Library Association has denounced the destruction of books at a library set up by Occupy Wall Street when New York police raided a park where protesters were staying earlier this month.

    The ALA, the oldest and largest library association in the world, issued a release that said some of its members who had visited the site before the Nov. 15 raid in Zuccotti Park had praised the People’s Library for having a balanced, catalogued collection of materials that included works of different views.

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    Koch brothers in Michigan. Dirty little secrets. « Fred Klonsky

    Koch brothers in Michigan. Dirty little secrets. « Fred Klonsky:

    Koch brothers in Michigan. Dirty little secrets.

    by Fred Klonsky

    When it comes to the anti-union right-wingers in Michigan, there is no such thing as transparency.

    There are lots of dirty little secrets. There are hidden funders. And there are outright lies.

    Neither the Mackinac Center nor their little brother, the Education Action Group will release the names of their funders.

    The Mackinac Center filed as a 501(c)3 non-profit with the IRS swearing that it does not engage in lobbying activities.

    But yesterday’s reveal of secret emails between State Representative Tom McMillin (R-Rochester Hills) and the

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    NYC Public School Parents: Film Screening and panel discussion on charter schools on Thursday!

    NYC Public School Parents: Film Screening and panel discussion on charter schools on Thursday!:

    Film Screening and panel discussion on charter schools on Thursday!

    by Leonie Haimson
    Come see the movie everyone's talking about; learn the truth about charter schools and what our children really need to succeed!

    What: Screening of the film, The Inconvenient Truth Behind Waiting for Superman

    When: Thursday Dec. 1 at 6 PM

    Where: PS 250, 108 Montrose Ave.

    Panel discussion following the film with Leonie Haimson
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    Schools Matter: Deception 101 - Charter Schools: from co-location to astro-turf parent groups

    Schools Matter: Deception 101 - Charter Schools: from co-location to astro-turf parent groups:

    Deception 101 - Charter Schools: from co-location to astro-turf parent groups

    by Robert D. Skeels * rdsathene


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    Public School advocates Cheryl Ortega and Robert D. Skeels on KPFK's Politics or Pedagogy with John Cromshow November 17, 2011. Posted on November 20, 2011 by #occupyLAUSD

    Support the Paper, Support the Revolt

    by Jim Horn
    You don't have to be from New York to support the effort:
    Join the thousands of educators and concerned citizens across New York State and our country who support our efforts! Everyone is welcome to support the paper!

    Across New York State, there is growing concern about the direction being taken by the State Education Department. In breathtaking speed, State Education officials have made sweeping changes to how our schools operate, how our teachers and principals are evaluated and how our students are assessed.

    As building principals, we applaud efforts aimed towards excellence for all of our students. We
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    Jeb Bush Dodges Accountability for Florida’s Poor Remediation Rate but Wants More FCAT | Scathing Purple Musings

    Jeb Bush Dodges Accountability for Florida’s Poor Remediation Rate but Wants More FCAT | Scathing Purple Musings:

    Jeb Bush Dodges Accountability for Florida’s Poor Remediation Rate but Wants More FCAT

    by Bob Sikes

    Make no mistake. FCAT is Jeb Bush’s baby. He, in fact, has staked his entire reputation on them. It is FCAT which is the basis for the school grade model he touts when he speaks to legislatures all over the country and is one which he believes should replace NCLB’s flawed, rigid guidelines. His foundation has naturally come out in opposition to changes in the way FCAT scores are utilized.

    That is hard to swallow given the “college remediation issue,” said Mary Laura Bragg, director of state policy for former Gov. Jeb Bush’s Foundation for Excellence in Education.

    Bragg, who used to run the education department’s reading initiative, was on the panel with Vogel but did not agree with its recommendation on the three tests in question.

    Emphasis mine.

    Bragg, like her boss, apparently see FCAT as the only benchmark that measures success in Florida’s students.

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