9-4-14 Jersey Jazzman - A Reply To A Reply from @tomamoran

Jersey Jazzman:

A Reply To A Reply from @tomamoran

Tom,Contrary to your beliefs, no one called you a racist. You know this: you put our other criticisms of you in quotes, but not the one where you allege we call you racist.What we said was that you support One Newark, a racist school reorganization policy. Which it is.You say:Maybe you folks should take a pill, and engage people who disagree with you in a civil manner. You might find that I'm not

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9-3-14 Jersey Jazzman - Is "One Newark" Racist?

Jersey Jazzman: Is "One Newark" Racist?Is One Newark, the school reorganization plan for New Jersey largest city, racist? Well...- Under One Newark, "Schools assigned the consequential classifications have substantively and statistically significantly greater shares of low income and black students." That's racist.- Under One Newark, "NPS’s black teachers are far more like

by mike simpson / 27min 

9-4-14 the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness

the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness (the public and scholarly writing by P. L. Thomas, Furman University):

Grade Retention Research

Grade Retention Research Alexander, K.L., Entwisle, D.R., & Dauber, S.L. (1994). On the success of failure: A reassessment of the effects of retention in the primary grades. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. Allensworth, E. M. (2004). Ending Social Promotion: Dropout Rates in Chicago After Implementation of the Eighth-Grade Promotion Gate. Chicago, IL: Consortium for Chicago School Re

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9-3-14 the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness

the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness (the public and scholarly writing by P. L. Thomas, Furman University): The Conversation UK: Keeping children back a year doesn’t help them read betterKeeping children back a year doesn’t help them read better2 by plthomasedd / 14h 9-2-14 the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindnessthe becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy o

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4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 9-4-14

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit:

State Of California Awards Common Core Test Contract

Tests to cost $9.55 per student per year (with a limit of 1 million students) - plus $17.75 per student (with no limit) to score the tests.  There are 3.6 million students in CA – though not all will take the test every year. By John Fensterwald, EdSource Today | http://bit.ly/1pt3lR7   Source: Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium. California and eight other dark green states

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Deasy on his critics: CONSTANT ATTACKS ARE ‘POLITICALLY MOTIVATED’

by Michael Janofsky in LA School Report | http://bit.ly/1psUsqS Posted on September 3, 2014 2:53 pm  ::  Under withering criticism over the iPad program, a new student-tracking computer system and discordant relations with the teachers union, LA Unified Superintendent John Deasy said today that the attacks feel politically motivated at the expense of his agenda to improve the lives of district

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Letters Pro+Con As Utla Asks Deasy To Put Himself In “Teacher Jail”

Union calls for Deasy to report to 'teacher jail' during iPad inquiry By Stephen Ceasar , LA Times | http://lat.ms/1uBXq0P Sept. 4, 2014  ::  Los Angeles teachers union president Alex Caputo-Pearl on Wednesday called on L.A. Schools chief John Deasy to report to “teacher jail” — district offices that house instructors who are facing allegations of misconduct

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LA Times: the story retold — SUPT. DEASY’S EARLY AND AVID SUPPORT OF iPADS UNDER INTENSE SCRUTINY

Critics question Deasy video – and much more –  promoting iPads before bidding began By Howard Blume and James Rainey | http://lat.ms/1vS847t Supt. John Deasy appeared in a 2011 video for Apple promoting the iPad, saying it would "change the landscape of education." (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times) Sept 4, 2014, 5:04 AM  ::  The pitch came from a smiling man in a jacket and tie,

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ALL THE SUPERINTENDENT’S MEN by Martin Eden

Found scattered at the LA School report | http://bit.ly/YdmgdD smf: “Martin Eden” is the name of a commenter on the LA School Report who has introduced a parallel John Deasy and crew in a parallel LAUSD that malfunctions in a parallel literary universe. Martin’s posts appear uninvited but welcome among the other posts, hardboiled and noir. But first: A joke, found on my daughter’s Facebook

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YESTERDAY

NEW ED ®EFORM GROUP DEBUTS: The revolving door revolves …and hits ex-Mayor Tony in the butt!

Education Post aims to take the sting out of national conversations about school reform Peter Cunningham, the former communications guru for U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan, is leading the organization. Bruce Reed, president of the Broad Foundation, said the idea for Education Post originated with his organization. Former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa  is leading the

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4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 9-3-14

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: DEASY: “Dear LAUSD Family, I would like to speak to you personally…” but instead here are two links to the same memo I sent to the Board of Ed yesterdayan email blast sent to all LAUSD employees From: Superintendent John Deasy [superintendent_john@LAUSD.NET]Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2014 2:39 PMTo: LAUSD_EMPLOYEES@LIST.LAUSD.NETSubject: Ed-Blast: C

by mike simpson / 1min 

9-4-14 Hemlock on the Rocks

Hemlock on the Rocks:

AFT leaders talk tough...while backing down | SocialistWorker.org

http://socialistworker.org/2014/07/22/tough-talk-while-backing-down AFT leaders talk tough...while backing downAFT President Randi Weingarten THE AMERICAN Federation of Teachers (AFT) leadership is straining to balance growing unrest among union members and their strategy of making concessions in the name of "partnership." That effort was on display at the union's convention July 11-14

by Rene Diedrich / 35min 

Dropout Nation » Thoughts: Jindal and Ravitch Division

http://dropoutnation.net/2014/07/24/thoughts-jindal-and-ravitch-division/ Thoughts: Jindal and Ravitch Division Bobby Jindal's Politics of Personal Destruction: One of the less-settling themes of Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal's tenure has been his penchant for being petty in dealing with his opponents and even otherwise allies. As I mentioned in yesterday's piece on Jindal's faltering anti-Common C

by Rene Diedrich / 29min 

Randi Weingarten : " Boycott Walmart!" IS SHE JUST CATCHING ON ABOUT THIS? I guess she is nit shopping suer stores anyway... But self-respecting teachers haven't shopped at Wally World ( self respecting teachers have not shopped at Wally World in years.)

http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2014/09/the-wal-mart-ization-of-education-wal.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FeIOnDP+%28Big+Education+Ape%29 The Wal-Mart-ization of Education: Wal-Mart Wants Classrooms to Run More Like a Business, Teachers Are Fighting BackAs part of Wal-Mart's back-to-school marketing efforts, the company recently launched

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Pearson: Inside the Belly of a Very Troubled Beast | Alan Singer

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alan-singer/pearson-inside-the-belly-_b_5749708.html Pearson: Inside the Belly of a Very Troubled Beast "And the noise was in the beast's belly like unto the questing of thirty couple hounds." -Le Morte d'Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory, Book 1, chapter XIX, c. 14769Being trapped in the belly of the beast is scary. In the Old Testament, Jonah was trapped in th

by Rene Diedrich / 1h 

Schools Matter: Ravitch Lashes Out at Union Misleadership Critique

http://www.schoolsmatter.info/2014/07/ravitch-lashes-out-at-union.html Schools Matter "Hope. It is the only thing stronger than fear. A little hope is effective. A lot of hope is dangerous. Spark is fine, as long as it's contained."--President Snow, The Hunger Games    When Diane Ravitch spoke at the National Association of School Psychologists in February 2012, her hefty speaking fee

by Rene Diedrich / 3h 

Accountability - ChangeTheLAUSD

http://www.changethelausd.com/accountability.html Accountability - ChangeTheLAUSD"It was controversial?"- John Deasy (1)At the beginning of this month, Superintendent Deasy was mocking opponents of his plan "to provide an iPad to every Los Angeles student, teacher and school administrator." (2) Yesterday he cancelled the project as the controversy grew over mounting evidence o

by Rene Diedrich / 6h 

Burned out teachers, too, deserve day in court | EdSource

http://edsource.org/2014/burned-out-teachers-too-deserve-day-in-court/66545#.VAgXktq9KSN Burned out teachers, too, deserve day in courtAugust 24, 2014 | By Dave Orphal / commentary | 29 Comments Dave OrphalMy friend is being fired from her teaching job. As sad and sympathetic as I am for my friend, I can't say that I am surprised. I've known this teacher for several years, and I've seen the burn

by Rene Diedrich / 6h 

JACKIE LACEY DISTRICT ATTORNEY Recognizes LAUSD Laws, Concessions to "PRVACY"

by Rene Diedrich / 6h 

Teachers Vs the Public: : Do Reformers Consider All Options? Book Review

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YESTERDAY

Martin Eden : ALL THE SUPERINTENDENT'S MEN PART2

Martin Eden on September 3, 2014 5:26 pm at 5:26 pm said:ALL THE SUPERINTENDENT'S MENThis urgent appeal was sent out today from somewhere in the bowels of Beaudry.LETTER FROM THE TEACHER JAILLife is so cruel and unfair.Is justice to be found anywhere?The inmates here in LAUSD Teacher Jail read with sorrowful outrage John Deasy's plaintive lament over his recent woes. "It feels like a witch hu

by Rene Diedrich / 7h 

From Last November : LAUSD BOE GUSH OVERBTHE IPAD ROLL OUT-- We are committed to this '

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/06/lausd-ipad-status-good_n_4226209.html LAUSD iPad Status Looks Good, School Board Vows 'We Are Committed To This. We Will Move Forward' After taking a second, deeper look at Los Angeles Unified's controversial iPad project, school board members reiterated their support Tuesday for the plan to equip all 600,000 students with tablet computers while hearing ab

by Rene Diedrich / 7h 

Martin Eden: ALL THE SUPERINTENDENT’S MEN

The Board was meeting in a half hour, but Deasy had plenty of last minute prepping to consider.He tried to take assurance from The Boys who said, "Everything is gonna be fine, John. Relax. You put out some bland, milquetoast statement of how the iPad Third Wave is going to be changed. Now at the Board meeting, apologize only for the 'appearance' of impropriety, but don't forget to act indigna

by Rene Diedrich / 8h 

Union Demands "Teacher Jail" For Schools Chief | NBC Southern California

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Union-Demands-Teacher-Jail-For-Schools-Chief-273795871.html Union Demands "Teacher Jail" For Schools Chief Teachers are calling for Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent John Deasy to be sent to "teacher jail" in response to stumbling, multi-million dollar technology changes the education chief championed. Leaders of United

by Rene Diedrich / 9h 

9-3-14 Hemlock on the Rocks

Hemlock on the Rocks: NPR Whitewashes Charter Schools and Disaster Capitalism in New Orleans | the becoming radicalNPR WHITEWASHES CHARTER SCHOOLS AND DISASTER CAPITALISM IN NEW ORLEANS It was bad enough when NPR whitewashed the "grit" narrative, but now NPR is whitewashing charter schools and disaster capitalism in New Orleans. Framed as "remarkable changes," erasing public sc

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