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Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Big Education Ape: 1-25-12 AM Will California Start a National Revolt Against Bad Ideas? EDition #SOTU #edreform

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Zeke Vanderhoek, relentless self-promoter

nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - Zeke Vanderhoek gets more publicity for failure than most people do for success. He got four articles in the New York Times before he even opened his charter school, The Equity Project; bragging ...

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Daily Kos: "American Teacher" - American Hoax

dailykos.com - The movie American Teacher finally premiered in Portland, Oregon, where I live. I had been curious to see it since it was promoted on ABC's Education Nation in September. The movie is said to be b...

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Lessons Shared At California Forum

huffingtonpost.com - STANFORD, Calif. -- Finland is this decade's shiny icon of classroom success, the repeat winner of top results in a global ranking of national school systems. That's why academics, teachers and gov...

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Scrub the Evidence

jerseyjazzman.blogspot.com - Darcie Cimarusti posted some videos of the controversial charter school founder and pastor Amir Khan. Khan is the anti-"marriage equity" crusader who Chris Christie swore he didn't know, even thoug...

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Readers sound off on Eli and the Giants, upstate and down

nydailynews.com - That golden ruleHolbrook, L.I.: To Voicer Michael W. Domis: I totally agree we should be better than our enemies, and we are. Are the Taliban building schools, etc.? And the Golden Rule applies to ...

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Making waves. Backing good guys. « Fred Klonsky

preaprez.wordpress.com - Will Guzzardi in the 39th House District in Chicago. The Chicago Democratic Machine has been famous for promoting the theory of, “Don’t make no waves. Don’t back no losers.” What is surprising is h...

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TRANSCRIPT: Obama's 2012 State Of The Union

foxnews.com - The following is a transcript of President Obama's State of the Union address. Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, members of Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow Americans: Last month, I went t...

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A Non-toxic Kitchen Makeover « MomsRising Blog

momsrising.org - When I first started writing about toxic chemicals, a funny thing would happen. Every few weeks, after devouring a new study or article, I would race through my apartment, bagging up the series of ...

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little dragon tales at moca, february 4

blog.angryasianman.com - New York parents, start the Year of the Dragon with cuteness. Dave Liang of the Shanghai Restoration Project recently released Little Dragon Tales, a collection of traditional Chinese children's so...

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Map: Where the Rich Live

baycitizen.org - President Barack Obama's plan to have the wealthy pay more in taxes would likely affect San Mateo County residents more than those in any other part of the Bay Area. Eight of the region's 10 riches...

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Showdown Averted: ILWU and EGT Reach Agreement

dissidentvoice.org - The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the international conglomerate EGT Development came to a tentative agreement on Monday to resolve their long simmering labor dispute. The...

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TRANSCRIPT: Obama's 2012 State Of The Union

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TRANSCRIPT: Obama's 2012 State Of The Union

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More on Obama's SOTU Proposal on High-School Drop-Outs - Dana Goldstein

More on Obama's SOTU Proposal on High-School Drop-Outs - Dana Goldstein:

More on Obama's SOTU Proposal on High-School Drop-Outs

by Dana Goldstein

I love Twitter! After I published my Nation column on the education proposals in the State of the Union, friend and Obama admin alum Josh Bendor got in touch to alert me to some interesting research on the positive effects of forcing kids to stay in school until age 18. Some of this work was done by Alan Kreuger of Princeton, who is now the chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisors. Another paper, by Philip Oreopoulos, found that "dropping out one year later increases present value income by more than 10 times forgone earnings and more than 2 times the maximum lifetime annual wage."

I still think that alongside any discussion of raising the age of compulsory schooling, we must talk about how

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State asks judge to toss illegal school fees case | California Watch

State asks judge to toss illegal school fees case | California Watch:

State asks judge to toss illegal school fees case

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State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson, the California State Board of Education, the state Department of Education and the attorney general's office all want a judge to drop a lawsuit that seeks to hold the state accountable for school districts that illegally charge students to participate in classes and extracurricular activities.

Mark Rosenbaum, chief counsel of the ACLU of Southern California, will appear today before Judge Carl West in Los Angeles County Superior Court to argue against the lawsuit being thrown out.

The ACLU says it found widespread instances of school districts charging parents and students exorbitant and



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A modest proposal to save test prep | Taking Note

A modest proposal to save test prep | Taking Note:

A modest proposal to save test prep

by JOHN MERROW on 25. JAN, 2012 in 2012 BLOGS

If you live in New York, John will be appearing in discussion with former NYC Schools Chancellor Joel Klein on February 15th. You can purchase tickets here.

When California Governor Jerry Brown recently called for fewer standardized tests and less time on test preparation, he probably expected to be praised by the education community. Instead, his proposal has been greeted with cries of outrage from teachers, administrators, and students.

A typical response came from high school teacher Jon Swift of Redwood City. “For years now I have been spending 15-20 percent of my time on test-prep, and I have it down to a science. Now the Governor wants me to teach instead? For what they are paying me? He must be back on the weed.”

Jerry Brown

What is Jerry Brown doing?!?!

Another teacher, who asked to remain anonymous, was even angrier. “Jerry Brown is attacking my livelihood. I use test-prep time to manage my on-line business, selling knitting kits, while my students are

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Big backing for Brown’s tax increase | Thoughts on Public Education

Big backing for Brown’s tax increase | Thoughts on Public Education:

Sacramento school a case study for NCLB waiver - by Kathryn Baron

by Kathryn Baron
A couple hundred children sitting cross-legged covered the floor of the multipurpose room at Oak Ridge Elementary School in Sacramento. Behind them, parents, grandparents, and siblings filled rows of metal folding chairs, while teachers stood beside their students. The room was abuzz with excitement as principal Doug Huscher bounded onto the stage and led everyone [...]

Big backing for Brown’s tax increase - by John Fensterwald - Educated Guess

by John Fensterwald - Educated Guess
The proportion of Californians who favor Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed tax initiative has increased: 72 percent say they support it, compared with 65 percent when asked a month ago, according to the latest poll by the Public Policy Institute of California. Among likely voters, the support is slightly less: 68 percent, up 8 percentage points [...]
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The Educated Reporter: Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Can't Play

The Educated Reporter: Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Can't Play:

Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Can't Play

by Emily Richmond
For one school district in rural south Texas, there will be no Friday Night Lights.

Facing a state takeover due to slumping student achievement, Superintendent Ernest Singleton has canceled athletics – including football – for the Premont Independent School District, which serves the town’s 2,700 residents. According to this terrific story by Christopher Sherman of the Associated Press, the Texas Education Agency was scheduled to assume control of the the district July 1. Premont won a brief reprieve, and is trying desperately to improve its shaky standing. Singleton intends to focus all of the district's limited resources on academics.

As the AP story makes clear, the picture is bigger than just disappointment and heartbreak for this year’s varsity players at Premont High School. The future of the entire community might well be riding on whether Singleton is
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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Rahm's Army

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Rahm's Army:

Rahm's Army

by Mike Klonsky
A busload of paid counter- protesters headed to school closings hearings from St. Stephen's church in Englewood.
It's tough times in the Windy City. Unemployment's high, especially for black youth. The church-run social-service agencies are jumping. Conditions are ripe for recruitment to the mayor's new army of rent-a-protesters to counter the growing mass resistance to neighborhood school closings. Chicago political machine hustlers like Englewood's Rev. Roosevelt Watkins III, do the mayor's dirty work in exchange for control of poverty funds and
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Florida Parent Trigger Legislation Includes Sales Pitch for Florida Virtual School Through Making Teacher Evaluations Public | Scathing Purple Musings

Florida Parent Trigger Legislation Includes Sales Pitch for Florida Virtual School Through Making Teacher Evaluations Public | Scathing Purple Musings:

Florida Parent Trigger Legislation Includes Sales Pitch for Florida Virtual School Through Making Teacher Evaluations Public

by Bob Sikes

Authors of the parent trigger bill are apparently attempting to drum up business for Florida Virtual School via making teacher’s confidential evaluations public.

48 (25) ASSIGNMENT TO TEACHERS.—

49 (a) Each school district shall annually notify the parent
50 of each public school student assigned to a classroom teacher
51 who is teaching out-of-field regarding such assignment. The
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Voice of Authority - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher

Voice of Authority - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher:

Voice of Authority

by Nancy Flanagan

Who speaks for public education?

Policy-makers, who set change in motion with mandates and incentives designed to get them re-elected? School leaders, who find themselves administering policy "solutions" that actually get in the way of what leaders believe is best for the school community they're leading?

Teachers, whose autonomy, professional judgment and organizations are denigrated daily? Parents, who are deeply invested in educational outcomes, but seldom asked for their perspectives on core issues of teaching, learning and decision-making?

Or --do we get our impressions about public schools from the media?

Where do we--as a nation-- get our ideas and beliefs about education?

• A friend works in the admissions office of a small, well-regarded liberal arts college striving to build an

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