Thursday, October 27, 2011

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Shanker Blog » The Ratings Game: New York City Edition

shankerblog.org - Gotham Schools reports that the New York City Department of Education rolled out this year’s school report card grades by highlighting the grades’ stability between this year and last. That is, the...

DianeRavitch

Crisis in the UK education system « theputneydebates

theputneydebates.wordpress.com - In today’s Guardian, columnist Deborah Orr proclaims that there is a literacy crisis in the UK. Her method is not particularly scientific; it is based on the observation that rioters failed to loot...

DianeRavitch

Redefining Teachers as True Professionals

leftyparent.com - So why is it that doctors play a key role in running the institutions (hospitals) where they practice their profession and defining what constitutes quality practice, but teachers generally don’t? ...

DianeRavitch

Cribsheet 26.10.11 | Education | guardian.co.uk

guardian.co.uk - Nick Gibb… he's been told. Photograph: Getty Images Teachers and lecturers have descended on parliament this morning to lobby MPs about pension changes. What's got seven teaching unions united in a...

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Nearly Half of States Link Teacher Evaluations to Tests

online.wsj.com - BY STEPHANIE BANCHERO Nearly two-thirds of states have overhauled policies in the last two years to tighten oversight of teachers, using techniques including tying teacher evaluations to student te...

DianeRavitch

Longer school day or smaller class size?

michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - Research you can use "Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has voiced a preference for expanding school days and years to increase instructional time over reducing class sizes." -- EdweekWhy do Arne ...

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Overcrowding leads to busing angst at PS 194 in Bronx

nydailynews.com - Viorel Florescu for News A long line of parents and students wait in line to register at PS 194 in the Bronx. About 20 years after parents and community leaders fought for a new school in Westchest...

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MinnPost - Franken mixes math, mirth and education

minnpost.com - By Beth Hawkins | Published Wed, Oct 26 2011 8:36 am Courtesy of Al FrankenSen. Al Franken addresses a class at Patrick Henry High School.On Tuesday, Sen. Al Franken stood before a whiteboard at Mi...

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Walcott Takes it On the Hop « Raginghorseblog

raginghorse.wordpress.com - Officially it was billed as the Chancellor’s Conversation On Raising Standards In the Classroom and Chancellor Dennis Walcott was to welcome the audience and Common Core Standards presenter and co–...

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Woeful state of science instruction

toped.svefoundation.org - By California elementary school teachers feel unprepared, under-resourced, unsupported, and under pressure when it comes to teaching science. As a result, they spend scarcely any time on the subjec...

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Concentrated Corporate Control Is Evidence Of Oligarchy

firedoglake.com - Picture of a financial oligopoly (image: D. Garcia, using a program called "Cuttlefish") I’ve read the paper, The Network of Global Corporate Control, and I think it is convincing evidence of the u...

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This Week In Education: Five Best Blogs: Souvlaki For Everyone!

scholasticadministrator.typepad.com - Just say No! EdNext: The Harkin-Enzi bill “lowers the bar,” says the Times, and “backs away from requiring states to have clear student achievement targets for all schools.” What Our Kids Is Doing...

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Bill would allow more Michigan 'cyber' schools

boston.com - LANSING, Mich.—Michigan would allow more "cyber" charter schools under legislation narrowly approved Thursday by the Republican-led state Senate, one of many measures lawmakers are considering to e...

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The Mitchell 20 - Teacher in a Strange Land

blogs.edweek.org - A year ago, we were waiting for Superman, according to the national media. This year, we've been introduced to the realities of the American Teacher--but policymakers are still counting on base eco...

mikeklonsky

Thursday November 3rd for an Empowerment Circle

mommyactivist.blogspot.com - DC GOVERNMENT IS PLANNING ON CLOSING MORE SCHOOLS! · Did you know that the Deputy Mayor for Education (De’Shawn Wright) has hired a Chicago based firm to do a study on how DC neighborhoo...

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OWS in Allentown, Youngstown, Toledo « Beaver County Blue

beavercountyblue.org - Occupying the Rust Belt: In Three Deindustrialized Cities, Protesters Find Friendly Cops, Determination and Despair Americans here are beaten down. But in occupations around the country they have f...

mikeklonsky

Quick Hits (10.27.11)

quickanded.com - Square one. The New York Times editorial board criticized federal lawmakers’ attempt at reauthorizing the Elementary and Secondary Education (ESEA) Act, which earned committee approval last week. T...

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Keeping Busy At The Hechinger Report

scholasticadministrator.typepad.com - October 27, 2011 | Posted At: 04:36 PM | Author: Alexander Russo | Category: Foundation Follies , Media Watch Wondering what the Hechinger Institute/Report has been up to recently ? Me, too. There...

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Quick News Updates

saveseattleschools.blogspot.com - The Governor has laid out her proposed cuts to the budget. For K-12 education there is some sort of accounting sleight of hand to not paying the schools a $330M payment one day and waiting until th...

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Update: Revised data on high school acceptance rates

thenotebook.org - We have received new numbers on high school admissions rates. After the publication of this year's Fall Guide, we heard from several administrators that a chart showing odds of being accepted to se...

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DIVERSE MAGAZINE Education Headlines

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Higher Education Headlines: NEWSCollege Board: Despite Higher Tuitions, Young Adults Increasingly Attending Collegeby Jamaal Abdul-Alim , October 26, 2011The College Board reports that, despite sta...

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The Whole Child Blog « Whole Child Education

whatworks.wholechildeducation.org - Virtually every study that has examined the role of the classroom teacher in the process of educating students has come to the same conclusion: an effective teacher enhances student learning more t...

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More, Better Early Education Could Help

huffingtonpost.com - This article comes to us courtesy of The Hechinger Report. This is the third of a three-part series. Read the first piece, English-Learning Students Far Behind Under English-Only Methods, here. and...

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