DID THE GOVERNOR COMMISSION A BIRD? – Dad Gone Wild

DID THE GOVERNOR COMMISSION A BIRD? – Dad Gone Wild

DID THE GOVERNOR COMMISSION A BIRD?

“Literature, like magic, has always been about the handling of secrets, about the pain, the destruction, and the marvelous liberation that can result when they are revealed. Telling the truth when the truth matters most is almost always a frightening prospect. If a writer doesn’t give away secrets, his own or those of the people he loves; if she doesn’t court disapproval, reproach, and general wrath, whether of friends, family, or party apparatchiks; if the writer submits his work to an internal censor long before anyone else can get their hands on it, the result is pallid, inanimate, a lump of earth.”
― Michael Chabon, Maps and Legends: Reading and Writing Along the Borderlands

Well, that certainly didn’t take long. Yesterday, I wrote about the prior day’s proceedings at the House Education Committee’s Summer study. I wrote about how Chairman Mark White treated the Commissioner of Education like a prom date. I wrote about how Ms. Schwinn continually plays around in the neighborhood of the truth without ever establishing residency. I wrote about a warning delivered by Representative Cerpicky to Mark and Governor Lee’s belle of the ball, ““I don’t ever want to be blindsided by something like this again, OK?” Cepicky said. “I’m just telling you, as representative of District 64. As we move forward, I’m constantly evaluating you.”

In continuing with the prom theme, with Cerpicky in the role of chaperone warning Mark White about his troublesome date, what Penny Schwinn did yesterday – with the Governor serving in the role of enabling parent – was pour liquor in the punch bowl and then burn out of the parking lot, kicking up rocks, in her Firebird convertible with her finger in the air. A finger clearly aimed at Cerpicky and any other state legislator that dared question her,  as the Governor gazed on in affectionate appreciation for his disruptive child, In essence, telling everyone, “She’s a wild one. Can’t control her. She’s going to cause chaos and I’m proud of her for her reckless spirit.”

What I’m referring to, of course, is the Governor’s press conference where Lee and Schwinn CONTINUE READING: DID THE GOVERNOR COMMISSION A BIRD? – Dad Gone Wild

Big Education Ape: REPRESENTATIVE MARK WHITE’S INCREDIBLY FANTASTIC PROM DATE – Dad Gone Wild - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2020/09/representative-mark-whites-incredibly.html

A VERY BUSY DAY Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... The latest news and resources in education since 2007

 Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... | The latest news and resources in education since 2007

A VERY BUSY DAY

Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...

The latest news and resources in education since 2007

 

 

Ed Tech Digest

by Larry Ferlazzo / 4h

Nine years ago, in another somewhat futile attempt to reduce the backlog of resources I want to share, I began this occasional “” post where I share three or four links I think are particularly useful and related to…ed tech, including some Web 2.0 apps. You might also be interested in THE BEST ED TECH RESOURCES OF 2020 – PART ONE , as well as checking out all my edtech resources . Here are this w

New Study Finds That Additional Social Studies Instruction Leads To Better Reading Comprehension

by Larry Ferlazzo / 12h

A new study from the Fordham Institute finds that schools get a bigger bang for their buck when it comes to reading instruction in the elementary grades by increasing Social Studies instructional time rather than increasing time in the Language Arts. At least, that’s the conclusion it pushes. It also points out that the key element is the background knowledge that students gain in social studies

September’s Most Popular Posts

by Larry Ferlazzo / 12h

As regular readers know, at the end of each week I share the five most popular posts from the previous seven days. I thought people might find it interesting to see a list of the ten most popular posts from the previous thirty days. You might also be interested in It’s The Thirteenth Anniversary Of This Blog – Here Are The Forty All-Time Most Popular Posts. Not to mention A LOOK BACK: 2020’S BEST

September’s “Best” Lists – There Are Now 2,193 Of Them!

by Larry Ferlazzo / 12h

Prawny / Pixabay Here’s my regular round-up of new “The Best…” lists I posted this month (you can see all 2,193 of them categorized here ). With the beginning of distance learning, I was only able to post one new one. Fortunately or unfortunately, though, it’s almost time for me to start compiling the “Best of 2020,” so there will be about thirty more coming down the pike over the next three mont

Everything You Wanted To Know About Going To College But Were Afraid To Ask

by Larry Ferlazzo / 12h

geralt / Pixabay I have over 2,100 frequently revised and updated “Best” lists on just about every subject imaginable, and you can find them listed three different ways in three different places (see Three Accessible Ways To Search For & Find My “Best” Lists ). I’m starting to publish a series where each day I will highlight the “Best” lists in a separate category. Today, it’s on Going to College

My Latest BAM! Radio Show Is On Supporting Muslim & Arab Students

by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

My latest ten-minute BAM! Radio Show is on how we can best support Arab and Muslim students. I’m joined in the discussion by Dr. Sawsan Jaber, Dr. Nina Shoman-Dajani, and Abeer Shinnawi, who have also all contributed written commentaries to my Ed Week column. In fact, Dr. Jaber has guest-edited the series, which begins next week. I’m adding it to All My BAM Radio Shows – Linked With Descriptions

Video: “The Largest Star in the Universe – Size Comparison”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

FelixMittermeier / Pixabay I’m adding this new video to The Best Web Tools That Show You Objects To Scale :

Video: “What Your Life Looks Like in Numbers”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

geralt / Pixabay I’m adding this new video from Bright Side to The Best Visualizations Of How People Spend Their Days :

 Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... | The latest news and resources in education since 2007

CURMUDGUCATION: Arne Duncan's New Corporate Edu-biz Job

CURMUDGUCATION: Arne Duncan's New Corporate Edu-biz Job

Arne Duncan's New Corporate Edu-biz Job

f there's one thing we know about folks in the education disruption biz, it's that they are remarkably adept at finding work no matter how much failure they pack into their CV.

Yes, it's freakin' hilarious.

And so it is with little surprise that we note that Arne Duncan has picked up a new job as the chairman of the board for FullBloom. This comes on top of his job as a partner of the Emerson Collective, Laurene Powell Jobs's--well, we need a new name for something that "uses philanthropy, impact investing, and promoting policy solutions to reimagine some of society's most calcified systems and create new possibilities for individuals, families, and communities."

Here's what CEO Jeffrey Cohen has to say about the momentous acquisition:

“Having a thought leader like Arne help guide our decisions through this time of unprecedented educational disruption is vital as we work to ensure both the safety and engagement of our students,” said CEO Jeffrey Cohen. “We are delighted to welcome Arne to the board. This appointment makes us better as an organization because we know he will hold us to the highest standards when it comes to producing results for the children and clients we serve.”

Yes, Duncan is apparently a thought leader now. Who'd have guessed.

So what is FullBloom? It's a sort of edu-biz conglomerate, a company that has grown through CONTINUE READING: CURMUDGUCATION: Arne Duncan's New Corporate Edu-biz Job

What will a Biden/ Harris Secretary of Education look like? The opposite of DeVos. - Education Votes

What will a Biden/ Harris Secretary of Education look like? The opposite of DeVos. - Education Votes

What will a Biden/ Harris Secretary of Education look like? The opposite of DeVos

By Amanda Menas

During the COVID-19 pandemic, it is more important than ever for local communities to have the power to make decisions for our public schools and be responsible for the education of all students. ALL students should have the legal right to access high-quality learning experiences, but long standing, systemic structures continue to interfere with access to education and opportunity for students of color, and they must be intentionally dismantled. However, the current administration has refused to listen to the educators, the professionals who know the names of the students in their classrooms. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has been distracted by voucher schemes that result in negative impacts on our students, ignoring the growing and often race-based gaps in school funding, programs, and services. We can look to her experiment in Michigan to find the most tragic and cautionary tale.

The future Secretary of Education must fully embrace their roles and responsibilities of curing persistent and often intentional educational inequities so that all students have access to what the best public schools offer. The Biden/Harris administration has already committed to just that. Here are five ways Vice President Joe Biden and his running mate Senator Kamala Harris will make changes to the Department of Education to best support our students and educators:

Biden will fire DeVos on Day One

Joe Biden told then-NEA President Lily Eskelsen García that on his first day in office he would fire Betsy DeVos and nominate an educator for Secretary of Education. With his commitment to including educators in the conversation, a pro-public education ally in Biden’s cabinet would center issues facing students and educators regularly. 

The Department of Education will be Educator-Oriented

“Education should be put more in the hands of educators. You should have more input on what you teach, how you teach it, and when you teach it. You are the ones in the classroom, you should have more input,” Biden said at the NEA 2020 Virtual Representative Assembly in July. He continued, “This is going to be a teacher-oriented Department of Education, and it’s not going to come from the top down—it’s going to come from the teachers up.” Biden also reiterated that when federal funding is allocated to schools, educators should have a say in how it is spent in their local districts.

Biden is pro-public education, DeVos strips funding

Betsy DeVos supports the growing inequality of our public schools and what is referred to as the “Education Industry.” She has schemed to defund public schools — particularly in poor black and brown communities — to build a critical mass of dissatisfaction with neighborhood public schools and increase support for privately managed charters. Where DeVos encourages educators to leave the profession, forces a test-and-punish system, and cuts necessary programming for students, Biden promises to close educator pay gaps, increase diversity, and has promised that he will end federal funding for for-profit charter schools.

Joe and Jill Biden visit schools, DeVos ignores our students

During a 60 minutes interview, Betsy DeVos said “I have not intentionally visited schools that are underperforming.” With Dr. Jill Biden, an educator and long-time NEA member, as first lady, there will always be a partner to educators in the White House. At the beginning of the 2020 school year, Jill embarked on a two-week tour visiting in-person and virtually schools across the country to listen to educators during their first ever virtual or hybrid school year. As someone who taught in a public school, Jill understands the needs of educators and students and the resources they need to be successful. DeVos never attended a public K-12 school, her children never attended public schools, and she never taught in a public school, making her totally disconnected and unqualified to lead the Department of Education and keep our students safe.

Biden rewards educators, DeVos punishes them

“Teachers shouldn’t have to worry about how they are going to make their student loan payments while they are busy educating the next generation,” said Biden. He promises to fix the existing Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program, and simplify it so it actually helps educators. DeVos has denied educators their earned benefits through loopholes and flawed implementation, and has recommended that the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program be eliminated

What will a Biden/ Harris Secretary of Education look like? The opposite of DeVos. - Education Votes