Sunday, January 19, 2014

1-19-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum

Note to B. Gates - Education is NOT a Business

In a classic "aw shucks, we tried and keep in mind, education, if run like a business would do a lot better" interview, Bill Gates spoke with the Wall Street Journal. He somewhat humbly says, "It's been about a decade of learning." Kind of true but it's also been a decade of experimenting with other people's children. (But I think Bill, like a writer at Forbes who had writte

by Melissa Westbrook / 3min

Seattle Schools This Week

Monday, January 20thNo School in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. DayWednesday, January 22ndSchool Board Meeting, starting at 4:15 pm. Agenda. Note: there is to be an Executive Session after the Board meeting for 30 minutes. Action Items- removal (basically) of open choice seats in high school from the New Student Assignment Plan Transition Plan for 2013-2014. I think this would be the beginni

by Melissa Westbrook / 42min

1-18-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum Week

Seattle Schools Community Forum:Seattle Schools Community ForumComments and an Open Forum BlogWe can all feel this way sometimes. by Melissa Westbrook / 14h Friday Open ThreadFun math challenges via UW's Computer Science and Engineering department. Former School Board President Kay Smith-Blum will have her name on the scholarship wall at JSCEE via a constituent, Eleanor Towes, for Smith-Blum's se

by mike simpson / 38min

1-19-14 Jersey Jazzman

Jersey Jazzman:

Newark Charters: Let's Please Get the Facts Right

Laura Waters:Look to our charters. At KIPP's TEAM Academy Charter School in Newark students attend school from 7:30-4:00 Mondays through Fridays and also go to school two Saturdays a month. The school year begins in August and goes through June. TEAM's students regularly outperform peers at other area schools despite similar demographics. [emphasis mine]Facts:TEAM has a substantially higher female

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1-18-14 Jersey Jazzman Jammin' All Week

Jersey Jazzman:Jersey Jazzman Jammin' All WeekNewark State Superintendent Cami Anderson: "First Amendment? What's That?"I guess we now know why Chris Christie lauded Newark's state-appointed superintendent, Cami Anderson, at his distraction from Bridgegate State of the State address: they are kindred spirits. Both love to bully underlings, and neither brooks dissent:Councilman Baraka as

by mike simpson / 42min

Four Newark Principals Get Bullied Out of School By Female Christie Clone- Coalition for Public Education/Coalición por la Educación Pública

Coalition for Public Education/Coalición por la Educación Pública:

Four Newark Principals Get Bullied Out of School By Female Christie Clone-
But the Fight Is On for POWER Over the Schools!

Councilman Ras Baraka's Mass Meeting to Stop School Closings held at Hopewell Baptist Church on Muhammad Ali Ave in Newark, New Jersey on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday 1-15-14.

Things move quickly in the world of education. Allow me to recap the events of this fast breaking story…

As in several cities across the country, Newark is facing daunting public school closures. Many schools are being shut completely while others have plans to be turned in to charters. Parents have been protesting these closuresfor weeks and they’re understandably upset.

Four Newark School District Principals have been suspended indefinitely for speaking out against these closures at a meeting. Think they might have spoken out of turn? Watch. You can feel their passion and frustration…

Unfortunately, the NSD superintendent Cami Anderson is not on their side. She was previously employed by New Leaders for New Schools, Teach for America, and trained by the Broad Academy. These are not pro-public school institutions.

“Teachers are as a class the members of a community most likely to have informed and definite opinions as to how funds allotted to the operation of the schools should be spent. Accordingly, it is essential that they be able to speak out freely on such questions without fear of retaliatory dismissal.” Pickering v Board of Education United States Supreme Court, 1968

Jersey Jazzman stated:

Cami Anderson is a public servant; she is in her position to serve the students, the parents, the citizens… and yes, the teachers and principals of Newark. They are the ones who are in the schools every day, working and striving to overcome the disgusting segregation and racism and sexism and classism that afflicts their students. They are the ones who know how hard it is for the beautiful,

Register Today. United Opt Out. Denver. March 28th – 30th. | United Opt Out National

REGISTER TODAY. UNITED OPT OUT. DENVER. MARCH 28TH – 30TH.

Join United Opt Out, March 28th – 30th, 2014 in Denver, CO.

“Why Denver?” Good question.

We are coming to Denver because we have many friends that need our help. We are devoting the entire event to action on three themes: union organizing, corporate education reform basics, and next steps. When we leave, Denver will have a plan of action stating exactly what parents will do, what students will do, what teachers will do, and what community members will do. They will be ready. And others in attendance will have strategies and new knowledge to take back to their own communities.

We will combine the efforts of all who attend to do some of the heavy lifting. Are you ready? If so, join us and we’ll get to work. Register today.

National Activists in attendance to offer their support include: Bess Altwerger, Sam Anderson, Anthony Cody, Tracey Bowen Douglas, Michelle Gunderson, Jim Horn, Rosemarie Jenson, Denisha Jones, Larry Lawrence, Rick Meyer, Mark Naison, Monty Neill, Kris Nielsen, Meg Norris, Tom Poetter, Susan Horton Polos, Becca Ritchie, Pasi Sahlberg, Carmen Scarfaro III, Jocelyn Weeda, and Lois Weiner (tentative).

And of course, the UOO crew: Shaun Johnson, Morna McDermott McNulty, Peggy Robertson (local to Denver), Ruth Rodriguez, Tim Slekar, and Ceresta Smith.

Bios to follow soon for all activists. UOO bios can be found here on our website under “About.”

Keynote by Pasi Sahlberg.

And once again, our focus, keeping our eye on the ball – as we always do at UOO: Reclaiming Our Unions at the Grassroots Level, Corp Ed Reform – What you Need to Know in Order to Take it Down, and What’s Next? The Solutions

Detailed schedule and locations for each day’s activities to follow soon.

Recommended hotel: Embassy Suites Downtown Denver . Use confirmation number: 81614934 and phone number 720-810-5593 in order to reserve your room. 10 King Suites have been reserved – each will hold four people.

Registration required for this event in order to secure your attendance - $20 at eventbrite.

Teach For America is Barking Up the Wrong Tree | Cloaking Inequity

Teach For America is Barking Up the Wrong Tree | Cloaking Inequity:

Teach For America is Barking Up the Wrong Tree

It doesn’t take a Philadelphia lawyer to tell that the man who serves the master one day, and the enemy six, has just six chances out of seven to go to the devil. You are barking up the wrong tree, Johnson. — James Hall, Legends of the West.

Before I respond to the content of Miller’s January 13th post (yes, he already has another post up, dated January 16th, that we will also respond to on Tuesday), I must note that he is getting the authorship of the brief and these responses wrong. The brief itself has two authors, not one. Julian Vasquez Heilig is the first author, and Su Jin Jez is the second author. I, Su Jin Jez, am also the author of the response (Debate Rages: Response to TFA’s Supposition that New Brief is a “Retreat from Evidence”) to his original post and am also the author of this response.

Miller’s post notes two concerns: An issue with using peer-reviewed research (which is the same issue addressed in his first post) and an issue with our having made policy recommendations.

I’ll reiterate, the peer review process is far from flawless but it’s a standard whose goal is to provide some amount of veracity and rigor (We noted this past week in Science Magazine when the same fake article about a cancer “cure” was easily published in 157 for-profit “peer reviewed” journals). We used this standard as a way to reduce accusations of cherry-picking. Yes, we or another set of researchers could undertake a broader review, perhaps encompassing every study that any person has self-published on the impact of TFA. But that would have included studies that have been through no sort of vetting at all – and included evaluations that were funded by TFA itself, which clearly introduces bias. Moreover, a review of every study would have been unnecessarily long. (NEPC asked

Newark school boss Anderson cracks down on critics, suspends five principals in one day | Bob Braun's Ledger

Newark school boss Anderson cracks down on critics, suspends five principals in one day | Bob Braun's Ledger:

Newark school boss Anderson cracks down on critics, suspends five principals in one day

H. Grady James--too successful? — H. Grady James–too successful?

At Newark’s Hawthorne Avenue School, the test scores are up, higher than state-imposed goals—and certainly better than those of the highly touted “Renew” schools favored by the administration. The hallways are quiet. Teachers and administrators get along. And this was all done despite central office’s stripping away of faculty resources and shameful neglect of the building. So, in the crazy, bullying logic of Gov. Chris Christie’s administration of city schools, it was time to suspend the school’s successful principal, H. Grady James. He was just too good to be allowed to stay.

Time to suspend him—and to try to smear his reputation by saying he was involved in some sort of “incident” now under “investigation.” The “incident” was a community meeting at the Hopewell Baptist Church last Wednesday where he spoke, praising the efforts of his students, teachers and parents.

James was one of five principals indefinitely suspended in one day by Cami Anderson, Christie’s agent in Newark. The others were Tony Motley, Bragaw Avenue School; Dorothy Handfield, Belmont-Runyon School; Deneen Washington, Maple Avenue School, and Lisa Brown, Ivy Hill School.

Four of the principals—James, Motley, Handfield, and Washington—had spoken at the community meeting two days earlier. They tried to answer questions from local residents worried about what would happen to their children as Anderson moves toward a wholesale

Everything you need to know about Common Core — Ravitch

Everything you need to know about Common Core — Ravitch:

Everything you need to know about Common Core — Ravitch

BY VALERIE STRAUSS
January 18 at 8:45 am

Diane Ravitch
(Network for Public Education)

Diane Ravitch, the education historian who has become the leader of the movement against corporate-influenced school reform, gave this speech to the Modern Language Association on Jan. 11 about the past, present and future of the Common Core State Standards.

Here’s her speech:

As an organization of teachers and scholars devoted to the study of language and literature, MLA should be deeply involved in the debate about the Common Core standards.
The Common Core standards were developed in 2009 and released in 2010. Within a matter of months, they had been endorsed by 45 states and the District of Columbia. At present, publishers are aligning their materials with the Common Core, technology companies are creating software and curriculum aligned with the Common Core, and two federally-funded consortia have created online tests of the Common Core.
What are the Common Core standards? Who produced them? Why are they controversial? How did their adoption happen so quickly?
As scholars of the humanities, you are well aware that every historical event is subject to interpretation. There are different ways to answer the questions I just posed. Originally, this session was designed to be a discussion between me and

Morning Wink 1-19-14 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2

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1-18-14 Wait What?

Wait What?: A look at Steve Perry’s record of absenteeism and use of social media to bully othersOn Tuesday January 21, 2014 the Hartford Board of Education will hold a special executive session to discuss Capital Prep Principal Steve Perry. The public has the opportunity to address the Hartford Board of Education starting at 5:30 pm. The meeting is taking place that the Journalism and Media Mag

by mike simpson / 0min

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: PRESS RELEASE: NPE NATIONAL CONFERENCE

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: PRESS RELEASE: NPE NATIONAL CONFERENCE: PRESS RELEASE: NPE NATIONAL CONFERENCENetwork for Public Education 2014 National Conference Robin Hiller | Executive Director |robin@networkforpubliceducation.org | (520) 668-4634PRESS RELEASEJanuary 19, 2014The Network for Public Education has announced a national gathering of public education activists. The organization’s fir

by mike simpson / 3min

1-19-14 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.: Bev Johns. We need you at the ISBE board meeting on January 22nd.- Bev Johns, Special Education advocate and activist. We need you at the ISBE Board meeting on January 22. Whether the ISBE Board eliminates special ed class size limits AND the 70/30 rule DEPENDS ON YOU. Will you offer testimony this We

by mike simpson / 9min

Public Education is NOT an Industry | Teachers' Letters to Bill Gates

Public Education is NOT an Industry | Teachers' Letters to Bill Gates: Public Education is NOT an IndustryPosted on January 19, 2014by Teachers'LettersToBillGatesImage courtesy of EdVotes.orgDear Bill,I thought of you while reading Forbes’ 30 Under 30 2014 special report, which celebrates the professional achievements of 20-somethings in a variety of industries, includingeducation. Do you see you

by mike simpson / 26min

LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 1-19-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all

Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Paul Horton: Why We Need to Tell Stories About Our LivesPaul Horton, who teaches history at the University of Chicago Lab School, here ponders a famous remark by David Coleman, architect of the Common Core standards. Coleman said, while giving a speech in New York that was taped, that students need to learn that no one gives a s— a

by mike simpson / 48min

1-19-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL

Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Super Bowl ResourcesIt’s that time of year again — Super Bowl time! I’m writing this before the league championship games are played, but I certainly hope the 49ers will be in it. I’ve just updated, as I do every year, The Best Sites Where ELL’s Can Learn About The Super Bowl. I’ll continue to make new additions over the ne

by mike simpson / 51min

1-19-14 Ed Notes Online

Ed Notes Online: Strange Bedfellows On Cuomo Team: Eva, DFER and MikeyGuess who is joining Cuomo's list of privateers? MEMORANDUMTO: NYSUT Board of DirectorsFROM: Andy Pallotta, Executive Vice PresidentDATE: January 15, 2014RE: NYSUT's Legislative ReceptionOn Monday evening, January 27, 2014, NYSUT will host a Legislative Reception and briefing in the Observation Deck of the Erast

by mike simpson / 55min

1-19-14 Scathing Purple Musings | Color me purple in Florida

Scathing Purple Musings | Color me purple in Florida, red in Washington, dark sky-blue in Israel and public school in Education: Common Core’s Florida “rebranding and messaging is largely political.”Miami Herald reporter Kathleen McGrory spoke with Common Core’s opponents and she found out that they aren’t buying the FLOE spin: TALLAHASSEE — The state education department tried to distance itself

by mike simpson / 1h

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 1-19-14

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: HUNDREDS HONOR LAUSD’s LAMOTTE FOR DEDICATION TO EDUCATIONBy Susan Abram, Los Angeles Daily News | http://bit.ly/1aB68lv < Los Angeles Unified school board member Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte, a lifelong educator who represented South Los Angeles since 2001, died Dec. 5, 2013, at age 80. 1/18/14, 5:18 PM PST | :: A public memorial to honor LAUSD b

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1-19-14 @ The Chalk Face

@ THE CHALK FACE: Don’t drown in the education reform Sea.Do you show up to your classroom, every single day, ready to influence the lives of your students? Do you arrive at your school building, every single day, ready to change the trajectory of your students’ lives? Do you wish to become a teacher that some student…someday…somewhere will always remember? If so, be careful not to […]1 by Angel C

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1-19-14 the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness by P. L. Thomas, EdD

the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness (the public and scholarly writing by P. L. Thomas, Furman University): Intelligence Rating of High School Pupils and Their Achievement in College (1926)Intelligence Rating of High School Pupils and Their Achievement in College (1926).1 by plthomasedd / 16min hide // saveremnant 50: “I would prefer not to”remnant 50: “I would prefer not to

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1-19-14 Perdido Street School

Perdido Street School: BridgeGate, Hoboken/Sandy Relief Funds Scandal May Cost Chris Christie His Chairmanship Of The GOP Governor's AssociationThe scandals are starting to mount for Chris Christie and they're taking their toll.He might have survived BridgeGate, especially after he proved to be so adept at his press conference explaining away the particulars of the scandal and how he had nothing t

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NYC Educator: On Reviving NYSUT

NYC Educator: On Reviving NYSUT: On Reviving NYSUTThere's a new movement in our state union, and Norm Scott has written about it a little. Apparently there is a large rift between NYSUT President Dick Iannuzzi and VP Andy Pallota. The movement seeks to dump Iannuzzi, so as to revive the statewide union. Of course Pallotta comes from the monolithic, top-down Unity-New Action machine that's successf

by mike simpson / 1h

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

Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement": “Keys To Parent Engagement – Relationships, Climate, Communication”Keys To Parent Engagement – Relationships, Climate, Communication is the last in a four-part series I’ve published over at Education Week Teacher. Today’s post highlights responses from Darcy Hutchins and Mai Xi Lee, along with many readers’ comments. Here a

by mike simpson / 1h

Should Principals Stop Visiting Classrooms? | Connected Principals

Should Principals Stop Visiting Classrooms? | Connected Principals: Should Principals Stop Visiting Classrooms?by Sam LeDeaux • January 18, 2014 • 1 CommentNO. This one word reflection could definitively be the end of this post, but I will elaborate…One of my teachers shared this article with me: Should Principals Stop Visiting Classrooms? I think the article got around to making some valid points

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empathyeducates – How Close to Poverty Are You?

empathyeducates – How Close to Poverty Are You?: How Close to Poverty Are You?Photograph; New York Times | Mapping Poverty in AmericaBy John Light | Originally Published at Bill Moyers HQ. January 7, 2014Where can you find concentrated poverty in America? The New York Times put together an interactive map which reveals that almost all American cities have some neighborhoods with poverty rates over

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Don’t drown in the education reform Sea. | Ward 8 DC Teacher

Don’t drown in the education reform Sea. | Ward 8 DC Teacher: Don’t drown in the education reform Sea.Leave a commentDo you show up to your classroom, every single day, ready to influence the lives of your students? Do you arrive at your school building, every single day, ready to change the trajectory of your students’ lives? Do you wish to become a teacher that some student…someday…somewhere wil

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YESTERDAY

How Do You Make a Good Teacher? - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher

How Do You Make a Good Teacher? - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher: How Do You Make a Good Teacher?By Nancy Flanagan on January 18, 2014 9:41 PMCheck out this headline, from the Center for Michigan:One in Four Aspiring Teachers Pass New Teacher Test. What's your first thought?Good! This will eliminate the plague of academic dim bulbs inhabiting our classrooms!Clearly, Michigan wi

by mike simpson / 11h

Inspecting a Student Loan Spigot - NYTimes.com

Inspecting a Student Loan Spigot - NYTimes.com: Inspecting a Student Loan Spigot A few days after Christmas, ITT Educational Services, one of the nation’s largest operators of for-profit technical schools, reported some unwelcome news. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau had warned the company that it might seek penalties and remedies against it for possible student loanviolations.ITT maintai

by mike simpson / 11h

Let’s Help NEA’s Dennis Van Roekel Forsake His Common Core “Guessing” | deutsch29

Let’s Help NEA’s Dennis Van Roekel Forsake His Common Core “Guessing” | deutsch29: Let’s Help NEA’s Dennis Van Roekel Forsake His Common Core “Guessing”January 18, 2014It seems that National Education Association (NEA) President Dennis Van Roekel is willing to ignore the “forest” of the spectrum of top-down, punitive, privatizer-friendly, anti-democratic, community-school-destroying reforms in fav

by mike simpson / 11h

VAMboozled! a blog about the issues surrounding teacher evaluation

VAMboozled! a blog about the issues surrounding teacher evaluation: VAMboozled! is a blog about the issues surrounding teacher evaluation, teacher accountability, and value-added models (VAMs) in America’s public schools. VAMboozled! is also about the related issues surrounding America’s educational reform and accountability initiatives, and the federal and state policies being advanced, incentiv

by mike simpson / 11h

V.A.M.: Value Added Measure

V.A.M.: Value Added Measure: Mrs. Scantron's Common-Core Classroom is Made College and Career Ready!by Adam Bergstein / 40min hide // saveGraduation Day, Common-Core Style!by Adam Bergstein / 40min Testman (Based on George Harrison's "Taxman")Let me tell you how it will beThere's one for you, and none for me'Cause I'm the testmanYeah, I'm the testman Should seventy percent be too small

by mike simpson / 11h

Choosing Democracy: Martin Luther King Jr. Economic Justice and Workers' Rights

Choosing Democracy: Martin Luther King Jr. Economic Justice and Workers' Rights: Martin Luther King Jr. Economic Justice and Workers' Rightsby Thomas F. JacksonIn 1968, a united black community in Memphis stepped forward to support 1,300 municipal sanitation workers as they demanded higher wages, union recognition, and respect for black personhood embodied in the slogan “I Am a Man!” Memphis’s bla

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Nite Cap 1-18-14 #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 CAPSeattle Schools Community Forum: The Internet and Free SpeechSeattle Schools Community Forum: The Internet and Free Speech: The Internet and Free SpeechGentle readers, The last couple of months have been something of a strain for me. I was busy f

by mike simpson / 15h

Seattle Schools Community Forum: The Internet and Free Speech

Seattle Schools Community Forum: The Internet and Free Speech: The Internet and Free SpeechGentle readers, The last couple of months have been something of a strain for me. I was busy fighting a petition in court for an order of protection against me, claiming I had harassed someone via this blog and this person feared loss of their job because of the alleged harassment.I will go into some detail

by mike simpson / 17h

Louisiana Educator: Charter Schools Can Vary Greatly

Louisiana Educator: Charter Schools Can Vary Greatly: Charter Schools Can Vary GreatlyThe readers of this blog know that I am very skeptical of many of the charter schools that have proliferated in this state in recent years. I want to make it clear however that I am not opposed to all charter schools, and I do not believe that all charter schools are bad. So let's look at some of the differences

by mike simpson / 17h

Coop’s Childhood Part 2 – Play, Play School & Other Explorations | Lefty Parent

Coop’s Childhood Part 2 – Play, Play School & Other Explorations | Lefty Parent: Coop’s Childhood Part 2 – Play, Play School & Other ExplorationsJanuary 18th, 2014 at 13:19Me & Molly age 5Though I was born in the 1950s with all its conventionally stark division of gender roles, my mom and dad were a pretty unorthodox couple, with a much more egalitarian relationship than the norm. They

by mike simpson / 17h

1-4-13 Saturday Now Showing "Witch Hunter" starring Campbell Brown - Corporate Reform News Breakout

Witch Hunter starring Campbell Brown Corporate Reform News Breakout WSJ Hides Conflict Of Interest In Campbell Brown's Latest Teacher Union Smear | Blog | Media Matters for AmericaWSJ Hides Conflict Of Interest In Campbell Brown's Latest Teacher Union Smear | Blog | Media Matters for America: WSJ Hides Conflict Of Interest In Campbell Brown's Latest Teacher Union SmearBlog ››› January 17, 2014 2:

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I Am Among Experts | Connected Principals

I Am Among Experts | Connected Principals: I Am Among Expertsby Dwight Carter • January 18, 2014 • 0 CommentsI attended the Ohio ASCD Conference on Tuesday, January 16th and heard former State Superintendent, Stan Heffner, deliver a compelling keynote presentation. He shared the three main correlates of successful schools: instructional leadership, a positive school climate and culture, and freque

by mike simpson / 20h

Henry A. Giroux | Reclaiming the Radical Imagination: Challenging Casino Capitalism's Punishing Factories

Henry A. Giroux | Reclaiming the Radical Imagination: Challenging Casino Capitalism's Punishing Factories: Henry A. Giroux | Reclaiming the Radical Imagination: Challenging Casino Capitalism's Punishing FactoriesMonday, 13 January 2014 09:14By Henry A. Giroux, Truthout | Op-Ed227font size Print Email(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout)Also listen to the radio interview: Author and Columnist Henry

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Newark Principals Speak Out, Get Suspended by Christie's Superintendent - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher

Newark Principals Speak Out, Get Suspended by Christie's Superintendent - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher: Newark Principals Speak Out, Get Suspended by Christie's SuperintendentBy Anthony Cody on January 18, 2014 12:10 PMNew Jersey is making headlines this month as the bullying tactics of Governor Christie have gone beyond shouting down individual school teachers, which many in the me

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2nd Banana 1-18-14 Recap of Last Week's Best Post #EDchat #EDreform #RealEdTalk #p2 #1u

BIG EDUCATION APE 2ND BANANARECAP OF LAST WEEK'S BEST POSTinBloom, Clever, and Student Privacy: More “Big Data” Considerations | deutsch29inBloom, Clever, and Student Privacy: More “Big Data” Considerations | deutsch29: inBloom, Clever, and Student Privacy: More “Big Data” ConsiderationsJanuary 12, 2014My last few posts have focused on the issue of student data collection, storing, and potential d

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WSJ Hides Conflict Of Interest In Campbell Brown's Latest Teacher Union Smear | Blog | Media Matters for America

WSJ Hides Conflict Of Interest In Campbell Brown's Latest Teacher Union Smear | Blog | Media Matters for America: WSJ Hides Conflict Of Interest In Campbell Brown's Latest Teacher Union SmearBlog ››› January 17, 2014 2:51 PM EST ››› MICHELLE LEUNGThe Wall Street Journal published an op-ed by former CNN anchor Campbell Brown that misleadingly accused teacher unions of "making it more difficult

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Morning Wink 1-18-14 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2

BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSCommon Core Meeting Today 1/18/2014 in Lafayette | Crazy Crawfish's BlogCommon Core Meeting Today 1/18/2014 in Lafayette | Crazy Crawfish's Blog: Crazy Crawfish's BlogZesty Louisiana Education PoliticsCommon Core Meeting Today 1/18/2014 in LafayettePosted on January 18, 20140There is a Common Core meeting being held in Lafayette today as 12:30 at the Park

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