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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 9-15-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all

Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Amy Frogge: A Novel Idea for Real Education Reform!Everyone wants to reform education. Everyone went to school, so everyone has ideas. But Amy Frogge, a member of the Metro Nashville School Board, has a truly novel idea: Let experienced educators lead the way. Think of it. Who knows best what children need? Experienced teachers. Wh

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9-15-14 Wait What? - Three cheers for campaign finance corruption in Connecticut!

Wait What?: Three cheers for campaign finance corruption in Connecticut!Governor Dannel “Dan” Malloy has deposited his check for $6.2 million from the State’s Public Finance System. As a result of Connecticut’s landmark 2005 campaign finance reform bill, in return for raising $250,000 in contributions of under $100, Malloy (and the Republican nominee for governor) have each received $6.2 million i

by mike simpson / 1min 

9-15-14 Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement"

Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement": “Home Visits: Reaching Beyond the Classroom”Home Visits: Reaching Beyond the Classroom is a new nice post over at Edutopia. You might also be interested in The Best Resources For Learning About Teacher Home Visits.2 by Larry Ferlazzo / 4h 9-14-14 Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement"Engag

by mike simpson / 2min 

9-15-14 Ed Notes Online Week

Ed Notes Online: Another March and Why I Ain't Marchin' Anymore - Unless People are going to a bar afterwardsSo after sitting through a meeting on Saturday where the Staten Island march for Eric Garner was raised to the level of the most important civil rights issue of our time - and you were basically supporting racism if you were not there - as about 7 million people weren't - including a few mi

by mike simpson / 4min 

9-15-14 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.: Neil Steinberg compares opposition to Israeli policies and campus rape.“Jeez. Condemning Israel is a classic American college phenomenon, like binge drinking and date rape,” writes the Sun-Times Neil Steinberg. This is so wrong on so many levels. But so typical of what passes for Chicago’s current mai

by mike simpson / 8min 

9-15-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL

Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Research Studies Of The WeekI often write about research studies from various fields 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 are published that it’s hard to keep up. So I’ve started writing

1 by mike simpson / 10min 

The Answer Sheet 9-15-14

Answer Sheet: How to get girls more interested in STEM subjectsWhy are girls underrepresented in STEM classes and careers? What can be done about it? Author Annie Murphy Paul   discusses that in this post. She is a contributing writer  for Time magazine, writes a weekly column about learning for Time.com, blogs about learning for a number of websites and contributes to various publications.  She i

by mike simpson / 13min 

9-15-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Monday! Let Senator Murray know you value Student Data PrivacyThe Senate HELP (Health Education Labor and Pensions committee) is negotiating over the re-authorization of the Education Sciences Reform Act.  We were told that there are Democrats on the committee who are pushing for relaxing limits on access to personal student data, and are saying that researchers sh

1 by mike simpson / 14min 

US Senate Looking To Open Access to Student Data – Call To Action | Missouri Education Watchdog

US Senate Looking To Open Access to Student Data – Call To Action | Missouri Education Watchdog: US Senate Looking To Open Access to Student Data – Call To ActioninShareImportant News In From the Parent Coalition for Student PrivacyRIGHT NOW, the Senate HELP (Health Education Labor and Pensions committee) is negotiating  the re-authorization of the Education Sciences Reform Act.  Some members of t

by mike simpson / 16min 

9-16-14 Hemlock on the Rocks

Hemlock on the Rocks: Common Core: It Seemed Like a Good Idea Until It Existeddeutsch29 posted: "In 2008, Education Next asked 3,200 respondents (700 of whom were public school teachers) about their thoughts on having "the same set of educational standards" in order to "hold schools accountable." Respondents were divided into sub-samples and asked on" Respond to this

by mike simpson / 18min 

9-15-14 Curmudgucation - Granddad Learns About The Common Core

CURMUDGUCATION: Granddad Learns About The Common CoreAs your grandad would not say, "OMG!"The media group 617 has produced a video in support of the Core that is apparently intended to embarrass its opponents into silence. It has decidedly not worked out that way-- you will have a hard time finding the video, which seems to have suffered its own attack of embarrassment, but you can read

by mike simpson / 19min 

9-15-14 Perdido Street School

Perdido Street School: Cuomo Had Black, Hispanic Troopers Removed From His Security ContingentAnother week, another Cuomo scandal:A month before Andrew Cuomo was elected governor in 2010, his top aides met privately with two State Police officials and proposed systematically replacing members of the governor's protective unit, including more than a dozen black troopers who suspected they were remo

by mike simpson / 21min 

Common Core Validation Committee Non-Signer Dylan Wiliam Shares a Couple Thoughts :: Frederick M. Hess

Common Core Validation Committee Non-Signer Dylan Wiliam Shares a Couple Thoughts :: Frederick M. Hess: Common Core Validation Committee Non-Signer Dylan Wiliam Shares a Couple Thoughtsby Frederick M. Hess  •  Sep 15, 2014 at 8:38 amCross-posted from Education Week Print Send RSS ShareThe other week, I wrote a column flagging what I deemed to be five "half-truths" that have been repeated

by mike simpson / 26min 

"The Teacher Wars" Hits the Bestseller List, Plus More

"The Teacher Wars" Hits the Bestseller List, Plus More: “The Teacher Wars” Hits the Bestseller List, Plus MoreI am astounded and thrilled to report that The Teacher Wars has debuted at #8 on the New York Times bestseller list for nonfiction. Here are some new ways to learn about the book:A lovely and perceptive short review from The New Yorker, calling the book “engaging…thorough and fai

by mike simpson / 30min 

Russ on Reading: The False Promise of School Choice

Russ on Reading: The False Promise of School Choice: The False Promise of School ChoiceGovernor Chris Christie was in Camden, New Jersey this week to praise the opening of some new charter schools that he is championing. A great believer in school choice, Christie said that parents should have “more choice, not less.”I would like to take the Governor at his word on this. If I were a Camden parent

by mike simpson / 33min 

There’s Something Happening Here | janresseger

There’s Something Happening Here | janresseger: There’s Something Happening HerePosted on September 15, 2014 by janressegerLast spring in a profound commentary the editors of Rethinking Schools magazine argued that school accountability based on high-stakes standardized tests merely disguises class and race privilege as merit.  While individual children of all economic and racial groups are likely

by mike simpson / 35min 

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES: WEEKEND QUOTABLESBethlehem, Pa. NAACP President Esther Lee "We could end up with segregation in another form," [Esther Lee] said of charter schools. "It's not 1909, but it's close." -- Express TimesChicago principal, Troy LaRaviereThe [custodial] cuts mean “residents of Chicago lose out, and the corporations profit from our loss

by mike simpson / 42min 

Common Core math standards add up to a big money for education companies | The Hechinger Report

Common Core math standards add up to a big money for education companies | The Hechinger Report: Common Core math standards add up to a big money for education companiesTeachers have to be savvy shoppers as glut of new products enters the marketplaceBy Sarah CarrThis story also appeared at:The politically controversial standards curriculum standards known as the Common Core have been in the headli

1 by mike simpson / 44min 

Colorado: Innovation Schools Do Not Mean Less Testing - UNITED OPT OUT: The Movement to End Corporate Education Reform

Colorado: Innovation Schools Do Not Mean Less Testing - UNITED OPT OUT: The Movement to End Corporate Education Reform: Colorado: Innovation Schools Do Not Mean Less TestingBY PEGWITHPEN · SEPTEMBER 15, 2014Voices for Public Education Press Release

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Truancy 2014 - Executive Summary | State of California - Department of Justice - Kamala D. Harris Attorney General

Truancy 2014 - Executive Summary | State of California - Department of Justice - Kamala D. Harris Attorney General: Executive Summary: Every Kid CountsCalifornia’s elementary school truancy crisis is a persistent problem that limits the potential of California’s children and costs school districts and the state billions of dollars each year. High rates of absenteeism interfere with students’ right

1 by mike simpson / 52min 

Map and Charts: Career Academies in California | EdSource

Map and Charts: Career Academies in California | EdSource: Map and Charts: Career Academies in CaliforniaSeptember 14, 2014 | By John C. Osborn and Michelle Maitre | No Comments SHARE THIS ARTICLECheck out our new interactive map on career academies in California high schools for 2013-2014.The programs typically combine college-preparatory academics aligned to a specific career field – health car

1 by mike simpson / 58min 

Relying on Half-Truths in Vergara P.R. Push | InterACT

Relying on Half-Truths in Vergara P.R. Push | InterACT: Relying on Half-Truths in Vergara P.R. PushSEPTEMBER 15, 2014tags: vergara, Wardby David B. CohenWriting in The San Diego Union-Tribune this weekend, San Diego County Superintendent Randy Ward offered lots of rhetoric and insufficient evidence to explain the educational benefits leading to hissupport for the Vergara ruling. At various times o

1 by mike simpson / 1h 

With Tech Taking Over in Schools, Worries Rise - NYTimes.com

With Tech Taking Over in Schools, Worries Rise - NYTimes.com: With Tech Taking Over in Schools, Worries RiseStudents in Oklahoma City. A patchwork of state laws is taking on concerns over third-party collection and use of student data. CreditSue Ogrocki/Associated Press At a New York state elementary school, teachers can use a behavior-monitoring app to compile information on which children have p

1 by mike simpson / 1h 

NYC Educator: On Astorino--Seeing the Forest for the Trees

NYC Educator: On Astorino--Seeing the Forest for the Trees: On Astorino--Seeing the Forest for the TreesThere's not a whole lot of controversy over the fact that our esteemed Governor, Andrew Cuomo, is pretty much a loathsome reptile. After all, he's maintained a Gap Elimination Adjustment over public schools while concurrently imposing a tax cap that's made it almost impossible to compensate for

1 by mike simpson / 1h 

Teachers Union Heads Get First-Hand Look at NJ School-Reform Hot Spots - NJ Spotlight

Teachers Union Heads Get First-Hand Look at NJ School-Reform Hot Spots - NJ Spotlight: TEACHERS UNION HEADS GET FIRST-HAND LOOK AT NJ SCHOOL-REFORM HOT SPOTSJOHN MOONEY | SEPTEMBER 15, 2014Two national leaders visits Camden and Newark districts, tout organized labor’s relevance in local debates over state initiativesLily Eskelsen Garcia, president of the National Education Association, visiting Py

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Armed Teachers Are Not the Answer | Life at the Intersections

Armed Teachers Are Not the Answer | Life at the Intersections: ARMED TEACHERS ARE NOT THE ANSWER This is America. We want to believe that if there is a problem anywhere that involves violence, then we should be able to overcome it with even more violence. But, sometimes that just won’t work.Following the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, the media breathlessly waite

by mike simpson / 11h 

Geaux Teacher!: Louisiana BESE Member Indicted

Geaux Teacher!: Louisiana BESE Member Indicted: Louisiana BESE Member IndictedBESE must remove Walter Lee from the Board of education now that he has been indicted.  It is well overdue.Grand jury indicts Walter Lee againLEE HAS YET TO GO TO TRIAL ON FOUR MORE SERIOUS CHARGES HANDED UP IN JANUARY BY ANOTHER GRAND JURY.(Photo: The Times/file 6MANSFIELD – A DeSoto Parish grand jury has indicted state

1 by mike simpson / 12h 

Week 1: I Belong Here (On Starting Exponents) | The Jose Vilson

Week 1: I Belong Here (On Starting Exponents) | The Jose Vilson: Week 1: I Belong Here (On Starting Exponents) I’ve started my unit on exponents the same exact way for the last five years. I’d give my students the definition of exponent and base, and give them examples of how each of them work. From there, we’d see what happens as I made tables to show growth patterns. What happens as the exponent

1 by mike simpson / 12h 

NYC Public School Parents: Commissioner King and NYSED have failed to implement the new state law on student privacy

NYC Public School Parents: Commissioner King and NYSED have failed to implement the new state law on student privacy: Commissioner King and NYSED have failed to implement the new state law on student privacySee below letter NYSAPE and CSM wrote to Commissioner King and the Regents about King's failure to implement the new privacy law, passed March 31 as part of the budget.  Not only has he missed

by mike simpson / 12h 

Nite Cap 9-14-14 #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT

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 CAP9-14-14 Curmudgucation - The Antidote to MoneyCURMUDGUCATION: The Antidote to MoneyMoney has poisoned many of the conversations in this country, shaping the debates about everything from wars in foreign lands to the future of American public educ

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9-14-14 Curmudgucation - The Antidote to Money

CURMUDGUCATION: The Antidote to MoneyMoney has poisoned many of the conversations in this country, shaping the debates about everything from wars in foreign lands to the future of American public education. Money has an unprecedented power to control the public discussion simply by taking control of the major media (which are, after all, contained within just six corporations).Ironically, today th

1 by mike simpson / 16h 

Weingarten Hearts Cuomo (By Proxy); Willing to Undercut Teachout via Last-minute Robocall | deutsch29

Weingarten Hearts Cuomo (By Proxy); Willing to Undercut Teachout via Last-minute Robocall | deutsch29: Weingarten Hearts Cuomo (By Proxy); Willing to Undercut Teachout via Last-minute RobocallSeptember 14, 2014Like my writing? Read my newly-released ed “reform” whistle blower, A Chronicle of Echoes: Who’s Who in the Implosion of American Public EducationNOW AVAILABLE ON KINDLE.On September 9, 2014

1 by mike simpson / 16h 

Why hide costs from education investment panel?: Editorial Agenda 2014 | OregonLive.com

Why hide costs from education investment panel?: Editorial Agenda 2014 | OregonLive.com: Why hide costs from education investment panel?: Editorial Agenda 2014Gov. John Kitzhaber presides over the Oregon Education Investment Board in January 2012. (Michael Lloyd/The Oregonian) The Oregon Education Investment Board, created by the Legislature in 2011 at the governor's request, is so ... Kitzhaber.

1 by mike simpson / 17h 

PUBLIC Education Nation Event Registration Survey

PUBLIC Education Nation Event Registration Survey: PUBLIC Education Nation Event Registration This survey is for the purpose of registering in advance for the PUBLIC Education Nation event coming up on Oct. 11, 2014. For details and to make a donation, please go here: http://www.networkforpubliceducation.org/You can also sign up for the event on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/events/71954

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Geaux Teacher!: Helping Reynoldsburg Teachers Helps Our Own

Geaux Teacher!: Helping Reynoldsburg Teachers Helps Our Own: Helping Reynoldsburg Teachers Helps Our OwnSupport Reynoldsburg TeachersWe don't email our supporters often, we know you receive too much already, and we also know that most of our supporters follow us closely on Facebook,Twitter and our blog, but by now you have probably heard that the Columbus suburb of Reynoldsburg has become the fron

2 by mike simpson / 18h 

Foster care youth: Faces of the invisible achievement gap

Foster care youth: Faces of the invisible achievement gap: Faces of the invisible achievement gapRayvon Spencer (photo by Craig F. Walker, The Denver Post) In Colorado, homeless students are nearly twice as likely to graduate from high school as children in the foster care system.That startling statistic is the crux of our Sunday story that examines the academic hurdles facing foster-care kids and

1 by mike simpson / 19h 

9-14-14 Jersey Jazzman - Once Again, @tomamoran Gets Charter Schools Wrong

Jersey Jazzman: Once Again, @tomamoran Gets Charter Schools WrongSo long as Tom Moran, Editorial Page Editor of the Star-Ledger, insists on publishing pieces about education full of omissions and half-truths, I have no choice but to continue to set the record straight and correct him.Today's piece from Moran is about Hoboken Dual Language Charter School (HoLa), a dual-immersion language school I h

1 by mike simpson / 20h 

Differentiation and Common Core—A Strange Combination for Gifted Students

Differentiation and Common Core—A Strange Combination for Gifted Students: Differentiation and Common Core—A Strange Combination for Gifted StudentsSEPTEMBER 14, 2014 BY NANCY BAILEY LEAVE A COMMENTIn looking at different cities and their plans for gifted students, there is one thing most of them now have in common. They advocate differentiation and Common Core. The real buzz word is differentiati

1 by mike simpson / 21h 

Romano: A stand against school testing is long overdue | Tampa Bay Times

Romano: A stand against school testing is long overdue | Tampa Bay Times: Romano: A stand against school testing is long overdueThe voice of the revolution is calm. It is kind. It is the voice of a 59-year-old kindergarten teacher who cares more about her students than her paycheck.his is why Susan Bowles is refusing to give a standardized computer test to a class of 5-year-olds at a Gainesville s

1 by mike simpson / 21h 

9-13-14 All NEW Living in Dialogue - Rebel Girl: Fighting for Student Rights

Home - Living in Dialogue: Rebel Girl: Fighting for Student RightsRebel Girl from Schoolhouse Live on Vimeo. Newark Student Union leader Kristin Towkaniuk, injured last week by police during a student walkout, has long been a thorn in the side of Gov Christie. From leading walkouts to mixing it up at the state legislature, she is a force of nature for student rights. Here she speaks at the Empower

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9-14-14 Wait What? - Another MUST READ article by Connecticut professor Dr. Yohuru Williams

Wait What?: Another MUST READ article by Connecticut professor Dr. Yohuru WilliamsYohuru Williams is Chair and Professor of History at Fairfield University.  Dr. Williams is also a powerful, leading voice for public education, both at the national level and here in Connecticut. His latest column for the Huffington Post is entitled, Lies My Corporate Ed Reformers Told Me: The Truth About Teacher Te

1 by mike simpson / 21h 

9-14-14 Schools Matter

Schools Matter: Indy's John Harris Loflin and José Evans' Big Gig at International ED ConferenceBy Doug MartinBelow is, first, a press release from public school activist John Harris Loflin, director of education and youth issues at the Black and Latin@ Policy Institute.  (Loflin's research has appeared here at Schools Matter in various forms, in my blogs, as well as a guest blog posted by Douglas

1 by mike simpson / 21h 

9-14-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL

Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: “Teachers Should Dress As Students’ Advocate, Not ‘Peer’”Teachers Should Dress As Students’ Advocate, Not ‘Peer’ is my latest Education Week Teacher post. In Part One of a two-part series, four educators – Roxanna Elden, Renee Moore, Jane Fung, and Rebecca Mieliwocki – share their thoughts on how teachers should dress. I’m

by mike simpson / 21h 

iPads for Young Children in School | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice

iPads for Young Children in School | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: iPads for Young Children in SchoolOccasionally, I receive letters from parents concerned about the rollout of 1:1 iPads in their elementary school, especially for five to eight year-olds. The parents who write me may have concerns about the uses of devices in schools but, in this case, the Mom and Dad are con

by mike simpson / 21h 

The Arbitrariness Inherent in Teacher Observations |

The Arbitrariness Inherent in Teacher Observations |: The Arbitrariness Inherent in Teacher Observations In a recent article released in The Journal News, a newspaper serving many suburban New York counties, another common problem is highlighted whereby districts that have adopted the same teacher observational system (in this case as mandated by the state) are scoring what are likely to be very s

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Morning Wink 9-14-14 AM Posts #edchat #edreform

BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK  AM POSTSLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 9-14-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Charter Schools Expand Rapidly in Central Falls, R.I.Remember Central Falls? That is the small district in Rhode Island where the superintendent Frances Gallo decided to fire every staff member

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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 9-15-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all

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

Breaking News: Florida Suspends Online Standardized Tests for K-2, Temporarily

Bedeviled by technical glitches and the growing parent revolution against high-stakes testing, the Florida Department of Education announced it would suspend certain standardized tests for grades K-2, at least for this year.   The announcement came after school systems, including Miami-Dade, ran into technical troubles administering the Florida Assessments for Instruction in Reading to students in

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What Is It Like to Work in a Public School Where Success Academy is Co-Located?

In this post, Daniel Katz, director of secondary education and secondary special education teacher preparation at Seton Hall University in New Jersey, interviews Mindy Rosier about what it is like to work in a public school that shares the same building with one of Eva Moskowitz’s Success Academy charter schools. Rosier is a teacher at PS 811, the Mickey Mantle School, which serves children with s

by dianeravitch / 1min 

NYC Parents and Teachers Criticize Omissions, Distortions in Times’ Article About Moskowitz

The New York City Parents Blog compiled the many complaints of parents and teachers about Daniel Bergner’s article about Eva Moskowitz. Bergner interviewed many critics, but he quoted only two: me and Michael Mulgrew of the UFT. Unlike the magazine article, the post explains that the main reason Mayor de Blasio rejected Moskowitz’s efforts to expand within PS 149 was that it would cause the displ

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York City, Pennsylvania, Protests Attempted Corporate Takeover of Public Schools on Wednesday

For further information contact: Clovis Gallon, 717-487-2530, clo95@hotmail.com Lauri Rakoff, 717-577-8327, lrakoff@psea.org YORK CITIZENS TO SCHOOL BOARD: STOP THE CORPORATE TAKEOVER OF OUR SCHOOLS Community members will march outside School Board, Community Education Council meetings York, Pa. (Sept. 12, 2014) – Parents, educators, and members of the York community are calling on York City Schoo

by dianeravitch / 1min 

Laura H. Chapman on Creativity

Laura H. Chapman, a reader who is an expert curriculum consultant in the arts, wrote the following in response to studies that say that “grit” is unrelated to creativity: “This discussion about creativity should include mention of theoretical and empirical work from the 1950s and 1960s such a J.P. Guilford’s broad view of human intelligence, reworked by Howard Gardner; Getzels & Jackson, “Cre

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Ohio: Where For-Profit Charter Schools Flourish

Bill Phillis founded the Ohio Equity and Adequacy Coalition, which advocates for public schools and exposes for-profit scams. He writes here: ” Imagine Schools, Inc.: For-profit, out- of- state business operation took $44.9 million of Ohio school districts’ funds last school year Imagine Schools, Inc., based in Arlington, VA, has 18 Ohio business centers, authorized by eight different charter s

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Amy Frogge: A Novel Idea for Real Education Reform!

Everyone wants to reform education. Everyone went to school, so everyone has ideas. But Amy Frogge, a member of the Metro Nashville School Board, has a truly novel idea: Let experienced educators lead the way. Think of it. Who knows best what children need? Experienced teachers. Who knows best what’s needed to make schools run more efficiently? The people who have been working in them. Frogge al

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Frank Breslin: Dickens and Standardized Testing

Frank Breslin, retired high school teacher, considers the current obsession with standardized testing in reading and mathematics and laments the neglect of history, foreign languages, science, and everything else that is not tested. He writes: “Reading and math, indeed, must be taught, but much more besides — literature, history, science, world languages, music, art, and, in an age of childhood

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Anthony Cody: Is It a Problem When Gates Funds the Media?

Anthony Cody noted a very interesting exchange of comments about the Gates Foundation on Mercedes Schneider’s blog. Schneider wrote about a perceived conflict of interest when the Gates Foundation funds media and even meets with their representatives. One of her examples was a grant to establish the “Education Lab” at the Seattle Times. The Lab is supposed to report on “success” stories. Focusing

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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 9-14-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all

Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Charter Schools Expand Rapidly in Central Falls, R.I.Remember Central Falls? That is the small district in Rhode Island where the superintendent Frances Gallo decided to fire every staff member at the high school in spring 2010 because of low test scores. Gallo got the support of State Commissioner Deborah Gist, and the firings got

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9-15-14 Wait What? - Three cheers for campaign finance corruption in Connecticut!

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Three cheers for campaign finance corruption in Connecticut!

Governor Dannel “Dan” Malloy has deposited his check for $6.2 million from the State’s Public Finance System. As a result of Connecticut’s landmark 2005 campaign finance reform bill, in return for raising $250,000 in contributions of under $100, Malloy (and the Republican nominee for governor) have each received $6.2 million in public funds to pay […] The post Three cheers for campaign finance cor

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9-14-14 Wait What? - Another MUST READ article by Connecticut professor Dr. Yohuru Williams

Wait What?: Another MUST READ article by Connecticut professor Dr. Yohuru WilliamsYohuru Williams is Chair and Professor of History at Fairfield University.  Dr. Williams is also a powerful, leading voice for public education, both at the national level and here in Connecticut. His latest column for the Huffington Post is entitled, Lies My Corporate Ed Reformers Told Me: The Truth About Teacher Te

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9-15-14 Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement"

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

“Home Visits: Reaching Beyond the Classroom”

Home Visits: Reaching Beyond the Classroom is a new nice post over at Edutopia. You might also be interested in The Best Resources For Learning About Teacher Home Visits.

2 by Larry Ferlazzo / 4h 

9-14-14 Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement"

Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement": Newark Protests Continue….I’ve written many posts about the ongoing controversy in the Newark, New Jersey schools. Here’s the latest update: Parents and Students Continue to Protest Newark Enrollment Plan, Superintendent2 by Larry Ferlazzo / 5h “Duncan Urges PTA to Promote Education Issues in 2016 Presidential Election”Dunc

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9-15-14 Ed Notes Online Week

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Mercedes Rips Up Randi for Robocalls

I love Mercedes Schneider all the time, but send special love when she deals with the Randi the hypocrite issue. And she even has a link to Ed Notes in her post. Triple love, Mercedes.RW's Robocall Support for Cuomo/Against Teachouthttp://deutsch29.wordpress.com/2014/09/14/weingarten-hearts-cuomo-by-proxy-willing-to-undercut-teachout-via-last-minute-robocall/

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Another March and Why I Ain't Marchin' Anymore - Unless People are going to a bar afterwards

So after sitting through a meeting on Saturday where the Staten Island march for Eric Garner was raised to the level of the most important civil rights issue of our time - and you were basically supporting racism if you were not there - as about 7 million people weren't - including a few million black people and probably about 35,000 black NYC teachers - I will take this time to reiterate why I ai

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9-13-14 Ed Notes Online Week

Ed Notes Online: Ed Notes OnlineNYSUT Update: New Organizers Will Not Be UnionizedWe find it deeply disturbing that a majority of the staff currently employed by NYSUT in the legislative department are classified as managers and are not allowed to join a union.....This is coming from some upstate NYSUT people. Remember - Unity Caucus in NYC controls much of NYSUT in NYState which controls the nati

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9-15-14 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.:

Richard Skoda’s dreams.

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Neil Steinberg compares opposition to Israeli policies and campus rape.

“Jeez. Condemning Israel is a classic American college phenomenon, like binge drinking and date rape,” writes the Sun-Times Neil Steinberg. This is so wrong on so many levels. But so typical of what passes for Chicago’s current mainstream journalism. Steinberg is commenting on the University of Illinois’ 8 to 1 vote to support the decision of Chancellor Phyllis Wise. Chancellor Wise  caused a stor

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Highland teachers reject settlement. They’re still on strike.

Teachers discuss the contract offer in Highland, Illinois. And then they reject it. “It’s a respect issue,” said Highland Education Association President ShiAnne Shively. Shively came out of a meeting of teachers and told the press that they had voted to reject the contract proposed settlement. It followed the announcement yesterday that the board, union negotiators and mediator had reached an ag

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9-14-14 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.: Sunday reads.    Gender discrimination as a teacher sparked Susan B. Anthony’s fight for equality. Bob Fioretti is in. Karen Lewis is next. Rahm has got to go. Two sentences from Diane Ravitch. We need not fear Rahm’s deep pockets. There’s plenty of anti-Rahm money out there. The rich have gotten rich

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