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Agenda - 2019 NEA Representative Assembly #REDFORED #CTA #StrongPublicSchools #ra19 #nea #neara19 #houston

Agenda - 2019 NEA Annual Meeting

NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
2019 ANNUAL MEETING SUMMARY OF EVENTS
Houston, Texas

Advance Virtual Policy Hearing Schedule

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    A Note to Readers | Diane Ravitch's blog via @dianeravitch #REDFORED #CTA #StrongPublicSchools #ra19 #nea #neara19 #houston

    A Note to Readers | Diane Ravitch's blog

    A Note to Readers


    Jersey Jazzman: Do Test Scores Go Up When Tests Are Harder?

    by dianeravitch / 44min
    Jersey Jazzman untangles a simpleminded assertion by New Jersey Reformers: Harder Tests Make kids smarterand Cause scores to go up. We have been hearing this claim since NCLB was enacted. And we must ask, what’s the connection between scores going up and learning more? Test prep can drive scores higher too.
    Oklahoma: Teachers Accuse For-Profit Charter Chain of Fraud

    by dianeravitch / 1h
    Former teachers at for-profit Epic charter chain claim they were compelled to inflate enrollment. Charter spokesperson denies it. Administrators at Epic Charter Schools have been allowing, encouraging or pressuring teachers to manipulate students’ enrollment for years in order to improve employees’ bonus pay, according to at least seven former teachers. Four of the teachers allege the practices i
    Gary Rubinstein: This Article is Propaganda for TFA and Charter Schools

    by dianeravitch / 2h
    Gary Rubinstein writes here about an article he was surprised to read in Chalkbeat. He was surprised because he expects more of Chalkbeat. The article lauds a young TFA teacher who has just finished her first year. He writes: The basic premise is that Angelique Hines a first year TFA teacher placed in a brand new charter school in Tennessee is featured in a series of interviews by Chalkbeat calle
    Peter Greene: The Case That Could Shed the Wall of Separation

    by dianeravitch / 6h
    Peter Greene writes here about a case that could knock down the wall of separation between church and state. With two Trump appointees, the Supreme Court appears poised to rule in favor of state support for religious school tuition. Despite the fact that voters overwhelmingly reject vouchers (when the public is asked to voice its view). Despite the fact that studies consistently show that childre

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    A Note to Readers

    by dianeravitch / 9h
    I was traveling in Italy yesterday (birthday) and offline. I just read your lovely comments, and I thank you one and all for your kind words. I am now in a farmhouse in rural Tuscany, and it is as beautiful as represented in the movies. Only moreso.
    My Favorite Cause: Please Support NPE and NPE Action

    85by dianeravitch / 22h
    This is my favorite cause. Please join and support if you want to be part of the Resistance. The Network for Public Education began in 2013, founded by Anthony Cody and me. Since its humble beginnings, the Network has grown to 330,000 followers on its mailing lists. NPE led the protest against the appointment of Betsy DeVos, generating over 100,000 emails to the Senate in a matter of days. Since
    My Father’s Favorite Singers and Favorite Songs

    by dianeravitch / 23h
    My father was born in Savannah, Georgia. He was the youngest of a very large family and the only boy. He was called “Cracker” all his life because of his home state. As a teen, he longed to be on the stage, and he dropped out of high school to give it a try. He was briefly in vaudeville, where he teamed up with a tall beautiful brunette from Savannah named Lillian Wise. They had an act called “Th
    My All-Time Favorite Movie (and a Few Current Favorites)

    by dianeravitch / 1d
    My all-time favorite movie is “ Singin’ in the Rain. ” I have lost track of how many times I have seen it. Every time I see it, I enjoy it all over again. Gene Kelly and Donald O’Connor are a great singing and dancing team. Nineteen-year-old Debbie Reynolds is beautiful, adorable, fresh, a wonderful ingenue. The music is delightful. TCM has an excellent history of the movie, which is about Hollyw
    My Favorite Television Programs

    by dianeravitch / 1d
    There is something I must explain about my taste in entertainment. I don’t like horror films, and I don’t like graphic violence. That considerably narrows the range of what I watch. I want to be entertained or learn, not to be terrified or depressed by what I choose to see. Having said that, I confess that one of my TV favorites (now an oldie) was “The Wire.” It is a series about the long-running


    Today Is My Birthday

    100+by dianeravitch / 1d
    I was born 81 years ago in St. Joseph’s Hospital in Houston, Texas, at 12:01 am. Eighty is the new 60. No, the new 50. Or 40. I am third of eight children. My mother was born in Bessarabia and came to this country when she was 9 years 
    Big Education Ape: My Favorite Things | Diane Ravitch's blog @dianeravitch - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2019/07/my-favorite-things-diane-ravitchs-blog.html




    Big Education Ape: KEEP UP/ CATCH UP WITH DIANE RAVITCH'S BLOG A site to discuss better education for all - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2019/06/keep-up-catch-up-with-diane-ravitchs_29.html

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    New Orleans becomes first major American city without traditional schools | The Lens

    New Orleans becomes first major American city without traditional schools | The Lens

    New Orleans becomes first major American city without traditional schools

    On a typically hot July 1 in south Louisiana, when many students and educators are enjoying long holiday vacations, New Orleans has quietly become the first major American city without any traditional schools.
    The Orleans Parish school district has teetered on the edge of an all-charter district for years. Each year the number of the district’s direct-run schools has dwindled as some have closed and others have converted or been taken over by charter organizations. During the 2018-2019 school year, the district ran just three schools directly, and that was only after unexpectedly taking control of two struggling charter schools. 
    The last school to convert, McDonogh 35 Senior High School, is doing so as part of a two-part plan to shut down the traditional school and restart it as a charter. The historic school needed a reset after years of declining scores, Superintendent Henderson Lewis Jr. said last year when he announced the changes. 
    “My goal is to bring McDonogh 35 back into its premiere position as an academically successful, first-tier high school and this is the best step forward,” Lewis said in December. 
    Each of the last three years, the district has been poised to become all-charter, but each time, charter groups have withdrawn applications to run schools, or district officials have decided to change course. The district wound up waiting an extra year to hand McDonogh 35 over to a nonprofit. 
    That group, InspireNOLA, has grown with a wave of charter operators that followed the state’s post-Katrina intervention in New Orleans’ public schools. 
    Charter schools in New Orleans are run by nonprofit groups that receive a contract from either the state or the district. In exchange for the ability to select curriculum, staff and set their own calendars, they must meet certain academic and financial standards each year. Charter schools receive a 5-year contract and if they pass an initial review after three years they are able to apply for a renewal. Renewal contracts can last anywhere between three and 10-years depending on the school’s performance. 
    Kennedy High parent sues school over graduation problems | The Lens - https://thelensnola.org/?p=306329 by @martajewson on @thelensnola

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    Cruelty and Chaos 2020 – #CloseTheCamps – with special guest Sandra Cordero of Families Belong Together | Eclectablog

    Cruelty and Chaos 2020 – #CloseTheCamps – with special guest Sandra Cordero of Families Belong Together | Eclectablog

    Cruelty and Chaos 2020 – #CloseTheCamps – with special guest Sandra Cordero of Families Belong Together

    Sandra Cordero on Twitter: @Sandipatticee
    Families Belong Together on Twitter: @Fams2gether
    Families Belong Together’s website: FamiliesBelongTogether.org
    Find a #CloseTheCamps protest near you on July 2nd and attend by clicking HERE.
    To Immigrants With Love’s website: ToImmigrantsWithLove.com
    Immigrant Families Together’s website: ImmigrantFamiliesTogether.com
    J. Courtney Sullivan at The New York Times: How Regular Americans Can Help Reunite Migrant Families
    Jordan Zakarin on Twitter: @JordanZakarin
    Progressives Everywhere on Twitter: @Progressives50
    Progressives Everywhere website: ProgressivesEverywhere.org
    A Democratic Presidency isn't going to solve the Mitch McConnell problem | Eclectablog - https://www.eclectablog.com/?p=69862 on @Eclectablog



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