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5-11-14 Schools Matter

Schools Matter: KIPP Pre-Ks With 8-9 Hour DaysKIPP's segregated charter reform schools are widely known for their 10 hour days, plus 2 hours of homework each night.  With tons of federal cash soon up for grabs for those who promise to replace the effect of poverty with cultural and character sterilization programs, KIPP has plans to take the lead in the 3-4 year old market.  KIPP would like to sta

by mike simpson / 12min 

5-11-14 Wait What?

Wait What?: On mythical state revenue and a Pelto candidacy for GovernorIn a column entitled, Malloy Finds Revenue in Land of Pretend, Hartford Courant columnist Kevin Rennie explores the “make believe” budget that passed the Connecticut General Assembly last week and the potential impact my possible candidacy for governor. Kevin Rennie, a lawyer and a former Republican state legislator, is one of

by mike simpson / 14min 

5-11-14 @ The Chalk Face

@ THE CHALK FACE: For Mother’s Day, embrace the complicationsIt’s hard for me not to be slightly cynical on special days like this because they’re largely capitalist confections created by skilled marketers. Take a look at how far we’ve come from the original connotations of “Mother’s Day,” from the Zinn History Project. What began as a call to action, now we eat brunch and exchange […]1 by Shaun

by mike simpson / 15min 

5-11-14 LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH Diane Ravitch's blog #thankateacher #EDCHAT #P2

Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Why Empathy for Children MattersA reader posted this comment:   It is obvious that the designers and supporters of CCSS do not have empathy for children. Narcissism is on a spectrum and intensifies with chronic stress. This is evident in how the Common Core Environment has created systemic Narcissism from the top down:   The antith

by mike simpson / 35min 

5-11-14 Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement"

Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement": “District of Columbia Expands Family-Engagement Program”District of Columbia Expands Family-Engagement Program is the title of an Education Week post. Here’s an excerpt: Twenty-one schools will participate in the parent partnership program during the 2014-15 school year. Each participating school receives a grant for up to

by mike simpson / 39min 

5-11-14 Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher

Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.: Mother’s Day.Mom could not be ambivalent about anything. Her two favorite colors were black and white. Mom had little patience for shades of gray. She hated the things she hated. She loved the things she loved. She loved my father for reasons I still don’t entirely understand. She loved her women frie

by mike simpson / 41min 

5-11-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL

Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Four Good Links On Classroom InstructionHere are a number of relatively recent links on classroom instruction: Five Teaching Tips for Helping Students Become ‘Wild Readers’ is by Donalyn Miller, and appeared in Ed Week. What if we approached testing this way? appeared in The Washington Post. I’m adding it to The Best Resour

by mike simpson / 43min 

Don’t Blame the Internet: We Can Still Think and Read Critically, We Just Don’t Want to (Daniel Willingham) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice

Don’t Blame the Internet: We Can Still Think and Read Critically, We Just Don’t Want to (Daniel Willingham) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: Don’t Blame the Internet: We Can Still Think and Read Critically, We Just Don’t Want to (Daniel Willingham)Daniel Willingham is a columnist for RealClearEducation and professor of psychology at the University of Virginia. He also writes

by mike simpson / 43min 

5-11-14 Scathing Purple Musings | Color me purple in Florida ALL Week

Scathing Purple Musings | Color me purple in Florida, red in Washington, dark sky-blue in Israel and public school in Education: New Budget Leaves Florida 50th of 50 States in Per Pupil FundingLooks like all that back-slapping by republican legislators and happy talk about public schools being a “big winner” was poppycock. St. Augustine Record reporter Marcia Lane explains: When Superintendent Joe

by mike simpson / 49min 

5-11-14 With A Brooklyn Accent Go BATs

With A Brooklyn Accent: On the "Civil Rights" Defense of Common CoreIt is a grave error to portray the Common Core Standards as a Civil Rights measure opposed largely by right wing fanatics seeking to undermine pubic education. Not only does this offend people on the right whose views on education and social policy it caricatures, it offends liberals and people on the left who have view

by mike simpson / 51min 

5-11-13 Curmudgucation

CURMUDGUCATION: Mixing With PoliticsThere's a great line, usually attributed to Rev Gene Carlson of Wichita, about religious getting involved in politics:When you mix religion and politics, you get politics.His point was that while you may think that political power gives you leverage you need to engineer the social changes you want (in Carlson's case, conservative Christian changes), politics alw

by mike simpson / 54min 

5-11-14 Perdido Street School

Perdido Street School: Daily News Goes After The Little Charter School Crooks But Leaves Big Ones Like Moskowitz And Kenny AloneOne of the lines you sometimes here from charter school proponents and supporters - charters must be free from the same regulations as public schools so they can do their magical "innovation" thing.Of course a lack of regulations also can lead to this: On a quie

by mike simpson / 56min 

NYC Educator: Me--Free and Fair Contract Discussion, UFT Leadership--Crickets

NYC Educator: Me--Free and Fair Contract Discussion, UFT Leadership--Crickets: Me--Free and Fair Contract Discussion, UFT Leadership--CricketsOn Friday I decided it would be a good idea to have a forum in which both sides of the contract proposal are examined. I asked my friend Julie Cavanagh if she would be interested in presenting the con side, and she agreed. I went to my principal and asked if

by mike simpson / 58min 

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inBloom, BloomBoard, and the Undeniable, Corporate Reform “Need” for Student Data | deutsch29

inBloom, BloomBoard, and the Undeniable, Corporate Reform “Need” for Student Data | deutsch29: inBloom, BloomBoard, and the Undeniable, Corporate Reform “Need” for Student DataMay 10, 2014On April 21, 2014, the Gates-funded data warehouse inBloom publicized that it was shutting down.The New York Times called it a “setback for the nearly $8 billion prekindergarten through 12th-grade education techn

by mike simpson / 10h 

@ProfessorJVH with @MHarrisPerry on @MSNBC @MHPshow in NYC 5/17 #brownvboard60 | Cloaking Inequity

@ProfessorJVH with @MHarrisPerry on @MSNBC @MHPshow in NYC 5/17 #brownvboard60 | Cloaking Inequity: @ProfessorJVH with @MHarrisPerry on @MSNBC @MHPshow in NYC 5/17 #brownvboard60Looking forward to joining Melissa Harris-Perry in New York City for MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry Show on May 17, 2014 10 a.m.- 12 p.m. EST for a live panel discussion on Brown vs. Board of Education. My last visit to MHP

by mike simpson / 13h 

Nite Cap 5-10-14 #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2

James Baldwin said it best: "For these are all our children, and we will profit by or pay for whatever they become."A BIG EDUCATION APE NITE CAPStudents Worldwide Join Week of Action to Reclaim Education | PopularResistance.OrgStudents Worldwide Join Week of Action to Reclaim Education | PopularResistance.Org: Students Worldwide Join Week of Action to Reclaim EducationRESIST! STUDENT ACT

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Students Worldwide Join Week of Action to Reclaim Education | PopularResistance.Org

Students Worldwide Join Week of Action to Reclaim Education | PopularResistance.Org: Students Worldwide Join Week of Action to Reclaim EducationRESIST! STUDENT ACTIVISM, STUDENT PROTEST By Roshan Bliss, www.PopularResistanceMay 10th, 2014  Powered by TranslateStudents across the world rallied, held teach-ins, and took to the streets this week as part of the Global Week of Action to Reclaim Educati

by mike simpson / 15h 

Where Shame Is Policy: Inside LA’s ‘Teacher Jail’ | The Nation

Where Shame Is Policy: Inside LA’s ‘Teacher Jail’ | The Nation: Where Shame Is Policy: Inside LA’s ‘Teacher Jail’Using sex as an excuse, Los Angeles has created a disciplinary limbo in which hundreds of teachers languish.JoAnn Wypijewski April 30, 2014   |    This article appeared in the May 19, 2014 edition of The Nation.Share(Shutterstock/hxdbzxy)Iris Stevenson hurt no child, seduced no teenager

1 by mike simpson / 19h 

Education Law Center | ELC OBTAINS CONFIDENTIAL NJDOE SCHOOL “TURNAROUND” PLAN

Education Law Center | ELC OBTAINS CONFIDENTIAL NJDOE SCHOOL “TURNAROUND” PLAN: ELC OBTAINS CONFIDENTIAL NJDOE SCHOOL “TURNAROUND” PLANPROPOSAL TO BROAD FOUNDATION SEEKS MILLIONS FOR CLOSURES, “RECOVERY DISTRICT”July 31, 2012In response to a request under the NJ Open Public Records Act (OPRA), Education Law Center has obtained a confidential proposal prepared for the Broad Foundation by the NJ Dep

2 by mike simpson / 19h 

The Roller Coaster of Teaching in Finland - Taught by Finland

The Roller Coaster of Teaching in Finland - Taught by Finland: The Roller Coaster of Teaching in Finland05/10/20141 CommentA roller coaster of joys and frustrations. That’s how I would describe my first year of teaching at a Finnish public school.The Joy of More Free TimeI nearly did a somersault the moment I first set eyes on my fulltime teaching schedule in Finland. I discovered that I would tea

1 by mike simpson / 20h 

Leader of ‘Bad Ass Moms’ speaks out | People's TribunePeople's Tribune

Leader of ‘Bad Ass Moms’ speaks out | People's TribunePeople's Tribune: Leader of ‘Bad Ass Moms’ speaks outBy Leslie WillisMay 2014Rousemary Vega, with daughter Zamara, is a mother of four, and a leader in the battle to save our public schools.PHOTO/ANDY WILLISCHICAGO — “How can you celebrate anything when you kill schools and over test our children . . . Stop threatening students and teachers, st

1 by mike simpson / 20h 

Marie Corfield: NJ Ed Truth Squad Call to Action Part 2: When bad things happen to good schools

Marie Corfield: NJ Ed Truth Squad Call to Action Part 2: When bad things happen to good schools: NJ Ed Truth Squad Call to Action Part 2: When bad things happen to good schoolsIn Part 1 I wrote about the recent Congressional vote on a charter school bill. Part 2 is about Newark Superintendent Cami Anderson's plans to convert Hawthorne Avenue School, a successful and beloved neighborhood public sch

3 by mike simpson / 21h 

Why Digital Curriculum is a Bad Idea | Missouri Education Watchdog

Why Digital Curriculum is a Bad Idea | Missouri Education Watchdog: Why Digital Curriculum is a Bad IdeainShareWhatever could go wrong with a medical company pushing a product to students?Missourians and others concerned about the Common Core Initiative and curriculum being online are redeemed.  Representative Mike Lair put $8.00 in the education appropriations budget for tin foil in an attempt to

1 by mike simpson / 21h 

Baraka for Newark mayor | Bob Braun's Ledger

Baraka for Newark mayor | Bob Braun's Ledger: Baraka for Newark mayorRas Baraka                If a city can be a victim, Newark is one. For decades, it has been the victim of an unfair tax system, cynical politicians, suburban dominance of the state Legislature, racism, greed, and a sense that it should be grateful for the pitifully small handouts it gets from the rest of New Jersey.  Most other

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2nd Banana 5-10-14 Recap of Last Week's Best Post #EDchat #EDreform #RealEdTalk #p2

BIG EDUCATION APE 2ND BANANARECAP OF LAST WEEK'S BEST POSTEducation Buzz / AFT urges use of social media to protest kidnapping of Nigerian school girls #BringBackOurGirls,Education Buzz / AFT urges use of social media to protest kidnapping of Nigerian school girls: AFT urges use of social media to protest kidnapping of Nigerian school girlsPublished: May 7, 2014, 2:01 pm, by Carol McGrawThe Americ

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5-10-14 Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement"

Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement": Guest Post: Report From The National Family Engagement ConferenceI’ve previously published short reports on last month’s National Family Engagement Conference. Today, Carrie Rose, Executive Director of the Parent-Teacher Home Visit Project, has written this guest post about it: Parent-Teacher Home Visits Fit DOE’s Vision Re

1 by mike simpson / 23h 

Morning Wink 5-10-14 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2

BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK  AM POSTSBehind the Scenes on the Chicago Teachers Union Anti-Common Core Resolution | deutsch29Behind the Scenes on the Chicago Teachers Union Anti-Common Core Resolution | deutsch29: Behind the Scenes on the Chicago Teachers Union Anti-Common Core ResolutionMay 10, 2014On May 7, 2014, the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) passed a resolution against the Common Core St

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5-11-14 Schools Matter

Schools Matter:

KIPP Pre-Ks With 8-9 Hour Days

KIPP's segregated charter reform schools are widely known for their 10 hour days, plus 2 hours of homework each night.  With tons of federal cash soon up for grabs for those who promise to replace the effect of poverty with cultural and character sterilization programs, KIPP has plans to take the lead in the 3-4 year old market.  KIPP would like to start with kids before age 3, but there is no mon

by Jim Horn / 1min 

5-10-14 Schools Matter All Week

Schools Matter:  Schools Matter All WeekPoor Children Need More High Stakes Standardized TestingHow much longer will this nation and its political and corporate leaders continue to hide behind standardized testing and accountability for teachers while more children and families slip into poverty because of greedy sociopaths? Answer: as long as parents and teachers allow it.Do you think the Acosta

by mike simpson / 8h 

5-11-14 Wait What?

Wait What?:

On mythical state revenue and a Pelto candidacy for Governor

In a column entitled, Malloy Finds Revenue in Land of Pretend, Hartford Courant columnist Kevin Rennie explores the “make believe” budget that passed the Connecticut General Assembly last week and the potential impact my possible candidacy for governor. Kevin Rennie, a lawyer and a former Republican state legislator, is one of the most read and […] The post On mythical state revenue and a Pelto ca

by jonpelto / 4min 

5-10-14 Wait What? All Week

Wait What?:  Wait What? All WeekState agency determines Malloy ally Rev. Kenneth Moales overcharged state by at least $75,000 for day care slotsAccording to an internal audit and investigation conducted by the professional staff at the Connecticut Department of Education, Reverend Moales, Jr., along with his mother and sister, illegally or inappropriately billed the taxpayers of Connecticut for at

by mike simpson / 8h 

5-11-14 @ THE CHALK FACE

@ THE CHALK FACE:

Emeritus Professor Jack Hassard Reviews My Book

I first read of Georgia State University Emeritus Professor Jack Hassard in connection to his work on the Gates funding of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). In my search of Gates’ CCSS spending, I examined spending specific to the keyword “Common Core” with one addition (Fordham Institute). The total Gates CCSS spending from my search was $173.5 million. Hassard broadened […]

1 by deutsch29 / 1h 

A Valuable Research Tool: The “Way Back Machine”

In exposing corporate reformers at their game, I have found that information sometimes “conveniently” disappears from websites once such information is publicized in a less-than-complimentary blog post. There is a way to view web pages that have been removed or otherwise altered: The “Way Back Machine”: https://archive.org/web/web.php The “Way Back Machine” is a search engine […]

1 by deutsch29 / 1h 

On Foma and Mendacity: Letting the Cat Out of the Bag

On Foma and Mendacity: Letting the Cat Out of the Bag. via On Foma and Mendacity: Letting the Cat Out of the Bag.

1 by plthomasedd / 57min 

For Mother’s Day, embrace the complications

It’s hard for me not to be slightly cynical on special days like this because they’re largely capitalist confections created by skilled marketers. Take a look at how far we’ve come from the original connotations of “Mother’s Day,” from the Zinn History Project. What began as a call to action, now we eat brunch and exchange […]

1 by Shaun Johnson / 4min 

All Week 5-10-14 @ THE CHALK FACE

@ THE CHALK FACE : All Week @ THE CHALK FACE The First Official Review of My BookThe first posted review of my newly-released book, A Chronicle of Echoes, comes from retired Chicago teacher and fellow blogger Ken Previti. My book became available on Amazon.com on Sunday, April 27, 2014. I believe Ken bought it immediately. I know that he read it voraciously. Below is part of Ken’s review of A Chro

by mike simpson / 8h 

5-11-14 LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH Diane Ravitch's blog #thankateacher #EDCHAT #P2

Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all:

OECD Sponsors School Level Tests to Foster Test Mania and Its Own Control

The OECD has created tests that schools can administer to their students in order to compare them to the nations of the world. Some schools have gleefully administered the tests, happy to discover how their students compare to children of the same age in the rest of the world. Finnish educator Pasi Sahlberg, a visiting professor at Harvard Graduate School of Education this year, warned that it w

3 by dianeravitch / 51min 

What Would Happen if You Let Joy Enter the Classroom?

From Bellevue, Nebraska, watch a video of classes where joy, caring, and compassion have crowded out rigor and grit. Nothing said about being a global competitor. Nothing about college and career readiness. Just the joy of learning and sharing and caring.

by dianeravitch / 8min

Who or What is the “American Federation for Children”?

This is news you need to know. The American Federation of Children is a rightwing organization that spends heavily to promote vouchers and to support candidates in state and local races who support vouchers. When Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin was under siege for attacking public sector workers, he was honored (along with Michelle Rhee) by the AFS. The AFS is funded by the DeVos family, whose

1 by dianeravitch / 4min 

Why Empathy for Children Matters

A reader posted this comment:   It is obvious that the designers and supporters of CCSS do not have empathy for children. Narcissism is on a spectrum and intensifies with chronic stress. This is evident in how the Common Core Environment has created systemic Narcissism from the top down:   The antithesis of narcissism is empathy. If you have unconditional love for children and can be an empathic,

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Innovation Ohio: State Shortchanges Public Schools, Favors Charters

A new report from Innovation Ohio shows that the state regularly Shortchanges public schools to favor charters. Charter operators give generous campaign contributions to the governor and legislators. “Proponents have long claimed that community or ‘charter’ schools are the cure for much of what ails Ohio’s education system. If only parents had more “choice” over where their children attend school

3 by dianeravitch / 1h 

Why Congress Can’t or Won’t Abandon the Failed NCLB

Thanks to Mercedes Schneider for bringing this article to my attention.   If you have ever wondered why Congress refuses to abandon or revise or do anything to the failed No Child Left Behind, this article explains why.   NCLB declared that all schools would have 100% proficiency by 2014. Even in 2002, after the law was signed, it was already obvious that many members of Congress did not believe t

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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH ALL WEEK LONG Diane Ravitch's blog 5-10-14 #thankateacher #EDCHAT #P2

Diane Ravitch's blogLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH ALL WEEK LONGDIANE RAVITCH'S BLOGIs TFA Recruiting in the Bathrooms at the University of Michigan?A blogger named Democracy Tree reports that TFA is putting up recruitment posters in the toilets at the University of Michigan. Probably it is to recruit teachers for the financially strapped Educational Achievement Authority, where 27% of the teachers are T

by mike simpson / 8h

5-11-14 Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement"

Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement":

“District of Columbia Expands Family-Engagement Program”

District of Columbia Expands Family-Engagement Program is the title of an Education Week post. Here’s an excerpt: Twenty-one schools will participate in the parent partnership program during the 2014-15 school year. Each participating school receives a grant for up to $25,000, Melissa Salmanowitz, spokeswoman for the District’s school system, wrote in an email. According to the release, the Family

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5-10-14 Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement"

Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement": Guest Post: Report From The National Family Engagement ConferenceI’ve previously published short reports on last month’s National Family Engagement Conference. Today, Carrie Rose, Executive Director of the Parent-Teacher Home Visit Project, has written this guest post about it: Parent-Teacher Home Visits Fit DOE’s Vision Re

1 by mike simpson / 7h