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After 11 Years, a Police Leader Hits Turbulence

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In Texas, a Backlash Against Student Testing

nytimes.com - When Christopher Chamness entered the third grade last year, he began to get stomach aches before school. His mother, Edy, said the fire had gone out of a child who she said had previously gone joy...

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Protesters gathered Saturday outside Dallas ISD board president's house | Dallas ISD Blog | dallasnews.com

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Protesters gathered Saturday outside Dallas ISD board president's house

by Matthew Haag/Reporter
Upset about recent decisions by the Dallas ISD school board, protesters chanted and marched Saturday morning outside one of board president Lew Blackburn's houses. The six demonstrators, led by community activist Joyce Foreman, expressed their displeasure with the board's controversial decision last month to close 11 DISD campuses. But the main purpose of Saturday's protest was to voice their dissatisfaction with Blackburn. "Alan King is supposed to be the superintendent but Lew Blackburn runs it," Foreman said. "He either needs to change his ways or leave the district."AX098_3D22_9.jpgSaturday was not the first run in between Foreman and Blackburn. During the board meeting where trustees decided to shutter the campuses, Blackburn accused Foreman of trying to excite the audience and had her
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Schools Matter: Occupy the Unions #ows

Schools Matter: Occupy the Unions:

Occupy the Unions

by Judy Rabin
Lois Weiner, a professor at New Jersey City University, has an excellent article in the Winter issue ofNewPolitics titled Teacher Unionism Reborn, Weiner makes a case for occupying the unions.

If teachers unions are to continue to exist as a meaningful form of workers’ representation, members need to transform them — and fast. The future of the movement depends on activists realizing that they, not staff or officers on the state and national levels, have to be the catalysts for change. Just as there is no escape from building the union at the base, there is no getting around the hard work of developing authentic alliances with parents and community activists, coalitions that acknowledge historic inequalities and support communities in

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Grumpy Educators: 2012: States Where Parents Oppose Excessive Standardized Testing

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2012: States Where Parents Oppose Excessive Standardized Testing

by Sandra

2012: States Where Parents Oppose Excessive Standardized Testing



Texas in the news. Parent opposition to excessive testing and teaching to the test continues to grow, and they are not the only ones it seems.

The New York Times quotes Robert Scott, the commissioner of the Texas
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Student Assessments Facing Stiff Backlash in Texas - NYTimes.com

Student Assessments Facing Stiff Backlash in Texas - NYTimes.com:

In Texas, a Backlash Against Student Testing

By MORGAN SMITH
Published: February 4, 2012

When Christopher Chamness entered the third grade last year, he began to get stomach aches before school. His mother, Edy, said the fire had gone out of a child who she said had previously gone joyfully to his classes.

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One day, when he was bored in class, Christopher broke a pencil eraser off in his ear canal. It was the tipping point for Ms. Chamness, a former teacher, and she asked to observe his Austin elementary school classroom. What she saw was a “work sheet distribution center” aimed at preparing students for the yearly assessments that they begin in third grade and that school districts depend upon for their

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Reflections on Teaching » Blog Archive » Week 19: New Horizons

Reflections on Teaching » Blog Archive » Week 19: New Horizons:


Week 18: What happens with the sub, stays with the sub…

by alicemercer
audio tour number 18
I’m coming back after some time off for a conferences. That combined with time off for an illness earlier in the month, and my kids have had more sub time than I would have liked. I’ve been fortunate to have some really good subs in the classroom (2 regulars), so I’m following the rule of letting them do what they do, and be grateful for it.
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Week 19: New Horizons

by alicemercer
LE 19
I’m trying to get back in a routine after being out of the classroom due to union business. In addition, I have gotten a student teacher in my classroom, so I’m trying to introduce and incorporate her into our classroom routines.
I’ll start with the bad and the ugly. There is a point you hit around January or February when the kids can lose it. Maybe they realize they’re only half-way through the year (or there-abouts), maybe with fifth graders they’re hitting some emotional intersection they’re having a a hard time negotiating, maybe this winter the weather has been too nice, and maybe I’ve been out of the classroom too much? Whatever the reason my class did not start the week well. It wasn’t just my class, but the entire school. It was frankly, a little embarrassing to introduce the student teacher to my class the way it was on Monday, and even Tuesday. On the other hand, having a new teacher in the room is a great excuse to review the rules and procedures.
Enough of the griping….What was good about this week? Well they settled down largely by Thursday
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Bradenton Herald: Unsavory Prison Politics | Scathing Purple Musings

Bradenton Herald: Unsavory Prison Politics | Scathing Purple Musings:

Bradenton Herald: Unsavory Prison Politics

by Bob Sikes

The privatization lines have blurred in Florida. Few any longer even bother to dispute the fact that Florida’s republican-dominated legislature is engaged in attempted to privatize the state’s education apparatus via any means possible. The privatization template is currently placed over the state’s prison system. Like on education, republicans don’t seem to mind that their efforts are easily labeled as not being above-board. The editors of theBradenton Herald write:

The Legislature’s push toward the privatization of prisons in the state’s southern counties encountered a political maelstrom this week as Senate Republicans became embroiled in a squabble that could doom the ill-advised measure.

In an exercise of raw political power, Senate President Mike Haridopolos abruptly stripped Sen.

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Teachers Don't Suck ! #edreform #sosmarch

Teachers Don't Suck !:

Back to the Future

Back in the “old days” of teaching, the 1960s and 1970s, teachers and the teaching profession fought long and hard to gain bargaining rights and respect. Prior to that time, salary negotiations, employee grievances and teacher rights were unheard of issues.
Only by “stand up” tactics was the tide changed. Teacher strikes and the threat of strikes pervaded the state. Teachers stood tall and demanded respect and fair compensation and benefits. Some people went to jail rather than continue to work as second class citizens without benefits, equitable grievance procedures and a solid (but not extravagant) pension system.
Today, all that was fought for and attained in those bygone years is being lost with little or
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”Setting the record straight”: Washington Post subsidiary disseminates misleading information | Dailycensored.com

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”Setting the record straight”: Washington Post subsidiary disseminates misleading information

by Danny Weil
Washington Post subsidiary Kaplan Higher Education recently surrendered its license to operate a dental assisting educational program in Charlotte, North Carolina after they were exposed misleading students about the accreditation status of the program. As I wrote in the story I broke for Truthout the Washington Post corporation that owns Kaplan entered into settlement with students for [...]
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Seattle Schools Community Forum: The Times Still Doesn't Know How to Read

Seattle Schools Community Forum: The Times Still Doesn't Know How to Read:

The Times Still Doesn't Know How to Read

by Melissa Westbrook
Oh, and now the fighting over charters really starts. Neither bill about charters made it out of committee and some people are really steaming.

Here's an AP story.

Business groups have been pushing the bills, and moderate Democrats have signaled they want to see such reforms approved before considering new taxes. Tom accused McAuliffe of simply following the requests of teachers unions and failing to consider the impacts on students.

That seems a bit backwards. Bring on more spending BEFORE you vote in the money to pay for it?

McAuliffe said she and Tom have been negotiating for weeks and have not been
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