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Dr. Naveed Baqir Voted Off Christina Board of Education
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Tonight, the Christina Board of Education voted to declare Dr. Naveed
Baqir’s seat vacant. With four yes, two no, and one abstention (Baqir),
there is now ...
34 minutes ago
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Quick Board Special Meeting Yields Two Superintendent Candidates
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The meeting started at 4:31 pm with all Board directors present. President
Gina Topp said there is a Mariners playoff game tonight and they hoped to
be d...
1 hour ago
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NIMBU
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Not in my bloody union--UFT Delegate Assembly October 15, 2025
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On this day in 1965
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The first nationwide mass protests against the Vietnam War
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Did The Class of '92 Destroy America
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The Atlantic has published yet another tale of woe about The Terrible State
Of Education, and in it staff writer Idrees Kahloon has played all the
hits, ye...
4 hours ago
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Roundup: 15 #oklaed districts pass bonds, others fail
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[image: Oklahoma school bonds October]Voters in 19 public school districts
across the Oklahoma cast ballots for school bond packages Tuesday, with 15
dis...
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Nancy Bailey's Education Website: Linda McMahon’s Reckless and Scary
Disregard for Special Education History
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Nancy Bailey's Education Website: Linda McMahon’s Reckless and Scary
Disregard for Special Education History
Linda McMahon appears unaware of the past pro...
8 hours ago
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ICE AIN’T NICE: THE UNNECESSARY CRUELTY OF TRUMP’S IMMIGRATION CIRCUS—AND
WHY IT’S FUELING THE OCTOBER 18 NO KINGS UPRISING #NoKingsProtest
#NoKingsOct18 #NoKingsInAmerica
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*ICE AIN’T NICE*
*THE UNNECESSARY CRUELTY OF TRUMP’S IMMIGRATION CIRCUS—AND WHY IT’S FUELING
THE OCTOBER 18 NO KINGS UPRISING*
Picture this: It’s 2025, a...
9 hours ago
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Chicago en mi corazon.
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Ed Johnson’s Fascinating Exchange with AI About the Hypocrisy of Charter
Schools
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Ed Johnson is a systems thinker in Atlanta who frequently points to the
error of fragmenting and privatizing public schools. He is aligned with the
systems...
11 hours ago
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"A Strong, Demanding Love"
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*"I'm not talking about emotional bosh when I talk about love: I'm talking
about a strong, demanding love."* ~MLK
*"The beginning of love is the will to ...
11 hours ago
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Youth screen use can cause problems
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The presence of cellphones can have a negative impact on family
relationships and youth mental health, according to two new studies from
the University ...
11 hours ago
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Alert: Federal Special Education Staffing Gutted Putting IDEA Protections
at Risk
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Hundreds of employees in the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative
Services (OSERS) — including staff in both the Special Education Programs
and...
11 hours ago
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"This year’s Nobel prize committee wound up illustrating the degree to
which Trump is inimical to peace, progress, and prosperity"
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The Nobel Prize Committee announced its annual awards over the last week or
so. Aside from the number of winners based at U.S. universities (which have...
12 hours ago
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Distorting Reality: How Education Makes Us Fear Our Own Voices
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Paul Bloom’s recent essay in The Chronicle of Higher Education, “Why Aren’t
Professors Braver?,” makes a point that resonates beyond universities. He
argue...
13 hours ago
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Diwali Is On Oct. 20th – Here Are Teaching & Learning Resources
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Diwali, the Hindu Festival of Lights, will start on October 20th this
year. . You might be interested in The Best Sites For Learning About Diwali.
17 hours ago
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Still No Kings: Millions to Protest Trump On Saturday
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Still No Kings: Millions to Protest Trump On Saturday: A coalition of civil
rights groups expects the turnout on Oct. 18 will be even bigger than the
fir...
21 hours ago
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Fact Checking “The reading wars are ending. Phonics won.” (Washington Post
Editorial Board)
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[Header Photo by Sincerely Media on Unsplash] The Editorial Board at The
Washington Post published a bold claim: The reading wars are ending.
Phonics won: ...
1 day ago
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Beyond Resilience Katrina at 20
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By Thomas Ultican 10/14/2025 The book “William Franz Public School” is a
well documented work that shines a light on the deep racism in New Orleans
and esp...
1 day ago
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How Will the Federal Budget Conflict, Federal Shutdown, and Federal Layoffs
Affect K-12 Education?
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What will the collapse of Congressional debate about the Fiscal Year 2026
federal budget and the subsequent federal government shutdown mean for the
nation...
1 day ago
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Fear and Harm as Policy: How the Feds Are Traumatizing Children
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Noem's Department of Homeland Security is not targeting the "worst of the
worst" as she claims. Her agency is increasingly targeting the children of
immigr...
2 days ago
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LMS Account Setup & Site Overview Webinars
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This new learning management system will be used as the primary venue for
delivering training content to satisfy your annual mandatory training hours
for P...
2 days ago
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Our special parent privacy briefing rescheduled for Oct. 22
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Oct. 13, 2025 Our special privacy briefing for parents via Zoom has now
been rescheduled for Wed. Oct 22 at 6 PM, and it will be co-sponsored as
well by th...
2 days ago
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“Progressive” Schools
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I’m old enough to remember Ronald Reagan hosting General Electric Theater,
on Sunday nights, when he would look sincerely into the camera and say
“General ...
2 days ago
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Forgotten Mercy: Those Who Want Christianity in Public Schools
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God is love. ~1 John 4:8. Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the
least of these my brothers and sisters, you did it to me. ~Matthew 25:40 Do
no...
2 days ago
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REVOLUTION(s) at the GOODMAN
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REVOLUTION(s), opening tonight after a week of previews at the venerable
Goodman Theatre, has just been EXTENDED through November 16!!Get your
tickets now!...
2 days ago
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Weekend Quotables
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Chicago neighborhoods gassed... At last, a halt to the Gaza slaughter.
2 days ago
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Vouchers Cause School Closures in Arizona
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Wiping out public schools was always the goal
2 days ago
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Wake Up Call NJ's Bizarre Smear Against Public Education
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One of the reasons I brought this blog back (for the moment, at least) is
that I'm starting to see the same bad arguments surface that I regularly
debunk...
2 days ago
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Best Chair for Back Pain 2025 – Expert Tested
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As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases through the links
below. I spent six months...
2 days ago
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Is Patriotism About Blind Loyalty or Core Values?
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Does this flag still represent me? Or am I a stranger in my own country?
Read more about my thoughts about the flag, Trump, and mourning Charlie
Kirk at ...
3 days ago
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What Causes Low Academic Performance of Urban Children? Teacher
Expectations of Their Students or Residential Segregation? (Richard
Rothstein)
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“Richard Rothstein is a Distinguished Fellow of the Economic Policy
Institute and a Senior Fellow (emeritus) at the Thurgood Marshall Institute
of the NAAC...
3 days ago
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The Inconvenient Success of Mississippi
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It's not just education reform skeptics who are giving the Mississippi
Miracle the side eye
6 days ago
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How NYC parents can opt out of data sharing and better protect their
child’s privacy
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* Important update: Our special privacy briefing via Zoom has been
rescheduled to Wed. Oct. 22 at 6 PM! *
In May 2025, the NYC Department of Educatio...
6 days ago
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The Genius of Our Students
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Yesterday, the MacArthur Foundation named 22 people to their hallowed
fellowship program, often referred to as the “Genius Grant.” The foundation
awards ...
6 days ago
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The Genius of Our Students
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Yesterday, the MacArthur Foundation named 22 people to their hallowed
fellowship program, often referred to as the “Genius Grant.” The foundation
awards ...
6 days ago
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Work Hard, Burn Out, Repeat: The Culture Schools Won’t Quit
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“When you realize someone is trying to hurt you, it hurts less.” “Unless
you love them.” ― Shirley Hazzard, The Transit of Venus I started in the
service...
1 week ago
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How NYC parents can opt out of data sharing and protect their child’s
privacy
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Oct. 6, 2025 In May 2025, the NYC Department of Education revised
Chancellor’s regulations A-820, to authorize DOE and schools to disclose a
category of st...
1 week ago
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Perverse Incentives in Florida’s Middle School Math Acceleration
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Even ExcelinEd’s Levesque Can Smell the Accountabaloney One
of Accountabaloney’s first advocacy efforts involved hand-delivering foam
clown noses to state...
1 week ago
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Don’t Follow Advice from Billionaires
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This is by Julian Vasquez Lustig. —————- When billionaires step onto a
stage, release a book, or tweet some glossy piece of wisdom, the world pays
attentio...
1 week ago
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My AI Defense Plan
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Curious about their loyalties, I asked three of them—starting with
ChatGPT—the same question:
1 week ago
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Don’t Blame Trump. It’s on Reagan (and us)
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I will start with the fun stuff, some grist for dinner and cocktail party
conversations about the cost of going to college these days. Then I will
try to ...
1 week ago
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The Big (Education) Apple
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My trip to NYC for Books, Basslines, and the Beat of Justice
1 week ago
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Retiree Advocate Flyer: NYCE PPO
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for today's Delegate Assembly
2 weeks ago
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September’s Parent Engagement Resources
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Today’s teens struggle with big feelings — and their parents struggle to
have hard conversations with them. A psychologist explains how to help your
kids c...
2 weeks ago
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It's official. I'm taking Crazy Pills.
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Ten years after Ohio had to return $63 million of a $71 million federal
charter school grant to the first Trump Administration, Ohio gets another
$105 mill...
2 weeks ago
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It’s easy to know who not to trust – NYCE PPO (with update)
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What follows is a repost of what I wrote on Substack Wednesday – with some
additional info: There’s a lot of discussion of the proposed new healthcare
plan...
2 weeks ago
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James Kirylo: America’s Peculiar Love Affair
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James D. Kirylo has been a friend of mine for many years and has been a
guest contributor to my blog in the past. Among other books, Kirylo is the
author ...
3 weeks ago
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The Moral Famine: A Poem By Jesse Hagopian
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People are starving in Palestine. "The Moral Famine" confronts Israel’s
starvation siege on Gaza and the world’s complicity in denying it.
3 weeks ago
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Here I go again, making an ask
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We are a majority minority school where we emphasize positive aspects, but
also recognize that we need to address the whole child. Too many of our
young ...
3 weeks ago
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Aguanta, todo va a estar bien
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Los próximos meses nos pondrán a prueba como nunca antes. Como personas que
creemos en la democracia, lo que significa que creemos unos en otros, nos
verem...
3 weeks ago
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Blogoversary #19 — Time to Move on
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Times have changed. I had a nice long run here, but let’s face it, it ended
a while ago. So I’ve moved. I’m not writing much any more, but when I do it
wil...
4 weeks ago
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Is there really a decline in pleasure reading?
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The mainstream media has been full of the bad news: new study shows that
reading for pleasure has declined! Fewer people are reading for fun: From
2003 to ...
1 month ago
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The Washington Post Celebrates The 20th Anniversary Of The New Orleans
‘Miracle’
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It has been 20 years since Hurricane Katrina wiped out the New Orleans
schools system causing it to be replaced with all charter school. And it
has been ov...
1 month ago
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Last call for ARC readers: Addicted to Glove
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"Major League" meets "Ted Lasso" with a hint of "Three Men and a Baby" in
this age gap, surprise pregnancy romcom set in the Pacific Northwest.
1 month ago
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Where to Find the Best Unicorn Coloring Pages Online
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Unicorns continue to captivate imaginations across all age groups, from
toddlers discovering their first magical creatures to adults seeking
stress-relie...
2 months ago
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Revisiting Deceitful Claims about School Funding and Outcomes (a thread)
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I’ve had enough. This has to stop. I’ve explained on at least a few
occasions that there exists a cottage industry for whom their bread and
butter is telli...
2 months ago
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What Will Todd Blanche Discuss with Ghislaine Maxwell? One Guess.
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Todd Blanche was Donald Trump's personal lawyer in his criminal trial in
New York City.
2 months ago
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McGrath and Kaminsky: Key Names in the School Policy Debate
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The landscape of American school policy is no longer shaped only behind
closed doors. It’s debated in town halls, on social media, and through
public prote...
4 months ago
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"Didn't do *that*," part 1: new Schofield case developments reveal crucial
10th Circuit/Ledger lie
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The record is clear. Jeremy Scott confessed at least 40 times in a 2017
hearing. He never recanted. The Ledger must retract its lie to force Judge
Kevin Ab...
4 months ago
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Achieve 3000 Answers Key (Updated 2023)
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Are you on the hunt for the most recent Achieve 3000 answers for the year
2023? Your search is over! ...
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5 months ago
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Il Papa è Morto
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Francis brought a distinct pastoral outlook to his papacy. A simple man, he
lived in a small apartment in the guesthouse. He sought to make the church
acce...
5 months ago
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Kemenangan Member Birutoto Main PG Soft Speed Winner
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Kemenangan Member Birutoto Main PG Soft Speed Winner Birutoto – Situs Slot
Gacor Terpercaya
The post Kemenangan Member Birutoto Main PG Soft Speed Winner...
5 months ago
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Trump plays Putin’s Playbook
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Recently Aleksander Dugin was interviewed on CNN, last week, and he stated
that he believes Trump is closer ideologically to President Putin than to
Washin...
6 months ago
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Mike Shulman the ARISE UFT Judenrat
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I was surprised to learn that Mike Shulman has aligned himself with ARISE.
I previously supported him, advocating that the Castle Doctrine could have
bee...
6 months ago
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How Do We Fight Trump?
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Dear Friends, I don’t know when and why it hit me. But I suddenly realized
how serious Trump is about changing the country into something that
horrifies. I...
6 months ago
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Can Students Expect a Relevant Education to be Delivered by Irrelevant
Educators?
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As a veteran teacher of forty years in the classroom, let me be clear,
teachers are not completely at fault for becoming irrelevant in their
profession. It...
7 months ago
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The US Department of Education Should not be Eliminated. Still, it must be
reformed.
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If you don’t have an attention span that lasts long enough to learn what
I’m teaching in this post, start with the conclusion first. Then if you
want to re...
8 months ago
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Site Index - Updated December 31, 2024
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BLOGGER’S NOTE: If you are new to this blog, and interested in the topic of
immigration, I recommend you go right to the massive new post: “How
Immigrat...
9 months ago
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Malcolm & John David Washington Talk NFL, Christopher Nolan & ‘The Piano
Lesson’
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'The Washington brothers built their careers apart—until an irresistible
project drew them together. In The *Piano Lesson*, they tackle a father’s
thorny...
10 months ago
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“I’m Done With Him; He’s A Douchebag” …And Other Tales From Distant Doors
And Stoops
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The Democratic Party has been joining with thousands of allied groups
working feverishly to hold off TFG’s fever-dream. I’ve long…
The post “I’m Done Wit...
11 months ago
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AIN’T IT AWFUL
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As the terrible feelings of dread and angst spread across the world the
great majority of the American people feel powerless before the onslaught
of those ...
1 year ago
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Did Darryl Willie lie or interfere in the whistleblower investgation? Why
not both?
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Willie said below to Action News Jax
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It's troubling for quite a few reasons. First he is saying the board knew
about the complaint an...
1 year ago
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Could This Be Gadfly’s End? Top 12 Articles From 2023 Read By Fewer Than
Ever
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After 9 years of pounding my head against the wall - well, it seems like
the wall is winning.
1 year ago
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Redesigning School Governance: Beyond Mayoral Control
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From time to time the legislature passes a bill with a sunset provision,
unless the law is reauthorized by a specific date the law reverts to the
law it re...
1 year ago
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POSTPONED: Florida’s Impact on Social Studies
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POSTPONED: discussion with Florida and DC educators and advocates on the
impact of Florida's new laws
Continue reading
2 years ago
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Vote NO on the UFT Contract. Here is Why:
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The best reason to vote no on this contract is this: UFT Unity* lied* to us
in 2018. They misrepresented that contract. It was predicated on deals we
wer...
2 years ago
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All My New Writing is on Substack
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Come check it out . . . samchaltain.substack.com
2 years ago
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Testimony to the CPS Truancy Task Force
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I prepared testimony for one of two public hearings held by the Chicago
Public Schools Truancy Task Force, a body mandated by state legislation.
The meetin...
2 years ago
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Tennis Memories from a Time When Racism and Anti-Semitism Still Prevailed
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I learned tennis at a public park in Brooklyn- Lincoln Terrace- where the
teaching pro was a mailman named Phil Rubell. Almost all the kids who took
lesson...
3 years ago
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There Is A Teacher Shortage.Not.
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THERE IS A TEACHER SHORTAGE. And just to be sure you understand, it’s not
that teachers don’t want to teach. It’s not that there aren’t enough
teachers cer...
3 years ago
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Reason #1 to pick Dr. Grace over Mr. Walters: The future we’ve already seen
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In 2014, Oklahoma voters corrected the mistake we made in 2010. In 2022,
let’s not make the mistake in the first place. Elect Dr. April Grace
instead. She ...
3 years ago
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Want to know the condition of a Philly school building? New map to help.
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[image: Two students walk by a Philadelphia school building.] Aging
infrastructure has been an issue for Philadelphia schools for years. A new
interactive...
3 years ago
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STREET LIFE
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My mom told me, “You should treat all people equally, but don’t bring a
“colored” into the house.” I believed …
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3 years ago
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Schools Matter: Reflecting on Green Dot’s Disastrous Locke Takeover
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*“Green Dot came and made it into more of a jail.” — Chris*
My history of opposing the Green Dot Charter School Corporation back when I
was an activist i...
3 years ago
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Book Banning Turns to Dick and Jane
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Breaking News: Dateline February 4, 2022 - Parents in Dimwitty, Alabama
have asked the Dimwitty Board of Education to ban the children's primer *Fun
with...
3 years ago
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Have You Heard Has a New Website
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TweetHave You Heard has a new website. Visit us at
www.haveyouheardpodcast.com to find our latest episodes and our entire
archive. And be sure to check out...
3 years ago
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Follow me at Substack
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I've moved. Follow me at Substack
I'm now posting regularly at Substack. You can subscribe for free to my new
Edu/Pol blog at michaelklonsky.substack.com
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3 years ago
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I’ve moved.
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I’m on Substack now. Five bucks a month to subscribe.
4 years ago
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Milwaukee Bradley Foundation at Center of Attacks on U.S. Voting Rights
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The Big Money Behind the Big Lie Donald Trump’s attacks on democracy are
being promoted by rich and powerful conservative groups that are determined
to win...
4 years ago
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Milwaukee Bradley Foundation at Center of Attacks on U.S. Voting Rights
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The Big Money Behind the Big Lie Donald Trump’s attacks on democracy are
being promoted by rich and powerful conservative groups that are determined
to win...
4 years ago
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Aspiring Teachers Get New Help Paying For College
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[image: colorful classroom pattern]
*; Credit: shuoshu/Getty Images*
Cory Turner | NPR
New rules kick in today that will help aspiring teachers pay for c...
4 years ago
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Major victory over a corporate charter school chain and their trade
association
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Original post at Robert’s page on Medium. On Tuesday, March 23, 2021, I got
my second big win in court against a charter school corporation. It was
also a ...
4 years ago
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Tips Akses Situs Judi Qq Tanpa Perlu Takut Nawala
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Kegiatan berjudi slot melalui situs judi qq online, sekarang sudah
dilakukan oleh banyak penjudi Indonesia. Tentu, Kamu yang sedang membaca
artikel ini a...
4 years ago
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The Threat of Integration
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I have lived in the same house in the Miracle Mile section of Los Angeles
for over 30 years, where up until now I have had little or no interaction
with th...
4 years ago
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New Teacher Evaluation Report Released by the Network for Public Education
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A new report on current teacher evaluation systems throughout the US was
just released by the Network for Public Education. The report is titled,
“Teachers...
4 years ago
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www.job-applications.com
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https://www.job-applications.com/bed-bath-and-beyond-job-application/
4 years ago
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Teacher Creates National Database Tracking COVID-19 Outbreaks in Schools
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Kansas educator Alisha Morris's online coronavirus news-tracker goes viral,
now hosted on a new NEA website.
5 years ago
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Correction for July 10th Post on School District Audit
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On July 10, 2020 we published a post “School District Caught Manipulating
Attendance Records to Get More Money” which incorrectly cited Valley Park
School ...
5 years ago
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We fight for a democracy worthy of us all!
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The nation stands at a crossroads, said NEA President Lily Eskelsen GarcÃa
in her final keynote address to the 2020 NEA Representative Assembly and
it’s up...
5 years ago
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Giving Private Schools Federal Emergency Funds Slated for Low-income
Students Will Shortchange At-risk Kids
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Low-income Seattle students began to pick up bagged lunches in March after
their school closed. Karen Ducey/Getty Images Derek W. Black, University of
Sout...
5 years ago
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The Passing Of Chaz 1951-2020 Age 69
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I am the son of Chaz and like to inform you that he passed away this
afternoon from the COVID virus. My father passed in peace beside his loved
ones. We ar...
5 years ago
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Let The Next Round Of Anti-Semitic Ads Begin
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All four pro-public education candidates came in first in their LAUSD
school board elections, but two will face run-offs in November.
5 years ago
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The Fight For Our Children
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*The number of suicides among people ages 10 to 24 nationally increased by
56 percent between 2007 and 2017, according to a new federal report showing
the ...
5 years ago
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Love Grow Your Own (but not without the actual growth part)
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The Governor of Virginia, Ralph Northam, recently announced a
grow-your-own type of program for teachers. According to this piece:
On Monday, Governor Ral...
5 years ago
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Another attempted cash grab by the corporate ed crowd in Washington State:
House Bill 2788
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The League of Women Voters has opposed charter schools because they don’t
have boards elected by the voters but instead the corporation running the
schools...
5 years ago
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Some of Our Graduates Don't Even Know How to Tighten a Nut
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Are schools neglecting practical knowledge and skills?
Many of our students are graduating from high school with extremely limited
practical knowledge essen...
5 years ago
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Read to Self: Just a Kid and a Book.
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Date: Monday, January 5, 2020 Place: My classroom Student: Mrs.Mims, could
we start doing Read to Self again because I got this great book for
Christmas an...
5 years ago
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Reminiscences
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I just finished dumping the rest of my lesson plans. I guess I held on to
the calculus ones for so long because I spent so much time working on them
an...
5 years ago
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Just Asking for some Teachers I know.
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Recently Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers stated, We must … recognize that
part of supporting our kids in the classroom means supporting the educators
who t...
5 years ago
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Charging a terrified 10-year-old girl as a criminal is a very bad look for
state attorney Dennis Ward
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What the hell is going on? As a parent, I feel very comfortable using this
exact wording to ask this …
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6 years ago
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Cara Menang Bermain Judi Bola Online
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Bermain judi bola online tentu saja memiliki kesenangannya tersendiri baik
itu mendapatkan keuntungan maupun ketika menantikan hasil skor pada sebuah
perta...
6 years ago
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Blaming Schools for Student Absences is Like Denouncing Doctors for Disease
by Steven Singer
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Originally posted at:
https://gadflyonthewallblog.com/2019/08/25/blaming-schools-for-student-absences-is-like-denouncing-doctors-for-disease/?fbclid=IwAR1LV...
6 years ago
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Jersey journalist roughed up at session sponsored by charter school groups
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The sponsors of an event that doesn’t like journalists An independent New
Jersey journalist was roughed up, his video camera was seized, and he was
ejected...
6 years ago
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K12 Inc. Data Breach Puts thousands of students at risk
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It's hard to believe school districts are still contracting with this
horrible company.
K12 Inc. is the largest for-profit online alternative to actual pub...
6 years ago
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A Critique of Standards-Based Grading
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It first happened to me about ten years ago. I was beginning my third year
of teaching in a new school in Washington, DC. Social studies teachers were
si...
6 years ago
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My First and Last Visit to Hudson Yards
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Figuring I did not need to invite any more darkness and vulgarity into my
head than that provided on a daily basis from Trump’s White House, and
after read...
6 years ago
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Reduced time for testing? Not so fast.
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NYSED and Commish Elia continue to say that the NYS Assessments are of
reasonable length, I completely disagree.
Here is what NYSED states are average expe...
6 years ago
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A Response to NorthJersey.com's Explosive "Cashing in on Charter Schools"
Series
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From NorthJersey.com's Cashing in on Charter Schools series
Please note: THIS is what journalism looks like.
For the better part of a *DECADE* I have wa...
6 years ago
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This Week in Education Organizing - February 15, 2019
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Coalition for Education Justice to Release Report on CRE
Eighty-five percent of public school students in New York City are Black,
Latinx, or Asian and y...
6 years ago
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The World According to Michelle Rhee
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The men behind the curtain fashioning the brave new world of corporate run
education in America! Michelle Rhee is the founder of StudentsFirst, The
New T...
7 years ago
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Libraries, books and overcoming the effect of poverty
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*Published in the New York Times, September 20, 2018*
*To the Editor:*
*Re “Why libraries still matter.”
[https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/08/opinion/sund...
7 years ago
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TSJ's 17th Annual Curriculum Fair
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*TSJ's 17th Annual Curriculum Fair*
*** REGISTER HERE ***
*From Puerto Rico to Chicago:*
*Reclaiming and Reimagining Our Communities*
Saturday, November 1...
7 years ago
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Whose Opinions Matter in Education World?
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It's hard to identify education heroes and sheroes. And perhaps even harder
to pinpoint just whose work is slanted, paid-for and dishonest.
7 years ago
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Blockchain: Life on the Ledger
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Originally posted on Wrench in the Gears:
I created this video as a follow up to the one I prepared last year on
Social Impact Bonds. It is time to examine...
7 years ago
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Book Review: The History of Institutional Racism in U.S. Public Schools
(2018, Garn Press) by Susan DuFresne
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I recently had the privilege of reading Dufresne’s powerful illustrated
history of educational and institutional racism in the United States.
Dufresne blen...
7 years ago
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Corruption on Top of Corruption: How Rahm’s Response to Sexual Abuse of
Students Reveals His Core Function
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Rahm Emanuel’s response to the Chicago Tribune investigation that found CPS
failed to protect hundreds of students from sexual abuse is cowardly. It
is co...
7 years ago
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New Local Businesses in Sacramento
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Starting a new local business in Sacramento is a monumental task, but can
be accomplished with footwork, perseverance and knowledge. One must learn
the loc...
7 years ago
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Lesson Plan: Rhyme and Rhythm in Poetry
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I’ve started a recent unit on poetry with my class. I’m not a poet, and I’m
not a poetry fan (I don’t hate it, but I’m a prose gal), so this makes it
harde...
7 years ago
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The Apotheosis of Betsy DeVos
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Betsy Devos has drawn few headlines in recent months, and that is a good
thing for the Secretary of Education. Her tenure began with Vice President
Mike P...
7 years ago
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A Teacher’s Tale in the Midst of the Terror in our Schools
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Students’ active-shooter plan for teacher in wheelchair: ‘We will carry
you’ Reprinted from Allison Slater Tate Feb. 21, 2018 at 4:58 PM Like
teachers all ...
7 years ago
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Social Emotional Data. The new Cash Cow in the Corporate Assessment Industry
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Recently I was asked to allow my son to participate in a survey at school.
The "opt in" survey form specifically stated, "the questions on the survey
rela...
7 years ago
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Education Is a Civic Question
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In their final post to end Bridging Differences' decade-long run, Deborah
Meier and Harry Boyte urge readers to put the energy, talents, wisdom, and
hard w...
8 years ago
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Site News: New Home for Education News & Commentary
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Quick! Get over there! The daily education news roundup and education
commentaries that you're probably looking for are now being published over
at The Gra...
8 years ago
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Should We Be Grateful?
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In an odd turn of events, and with little explanation, Michigan Governor
Rick Snyder has decided to return the state’s School Reform Office back to
the Dep...
8 years ago
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Parents Deserve to Know Who Is Being Appointed to State Board of Ed
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I spent a rather surreal day at NJ Senate's Judiciary Committee meeting
yesterday. This Committee, headed by Democrat Nick Scaturi, is responsible
for a...
8 years ago
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An Open Letter to NC Lawmakers
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An Open Letter to NC State Lawmakers and NC State Superintendent Mark
Johnson: I am a NC native, voter, and public school teacher. I am
addressing you all ...
8 years ago
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The Secret to Fixing Schools (My Next Bestseller)
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The Secret to Fixing Schools (My next bestseller) Prologue I just finished
watching a fascinating documentary on Netflix entitled, “The Secret”. The
film p...
8 years ago
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CPS Targets Special Education Teacher Sarah Chambers
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Here are the remarks from an action we did today at River Point Plaza, a
new development that used over $30 million in TIF funds. CPS claims we are
broke...
8 years ago
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Farewell, Sleep
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Today is the official last day of my spring break. I've done a scientific
survey: My natural bedtime is 2 AM, and my natural wake up time is 9:41
AM. Tom...
8 years ago
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March is nearly over and I didn't do anything for WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH
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I was inspired when I saw this meme I guess it can be called of WOMEN IN
STEM and "IT'S OKAY TO BE SMART" And I began thinking about how the only
subjec...
8 years ago
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REPORT: States With the Best and Worst Schools
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States With the Best (and Worst)Schools
By *Evan Comen, Michael B. Sauter, Samuel Stebbins and Thomas C. Frohlich*
January 20, 2017- http://247wallst.com
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8 years ago
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Test Refusal = People Power
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In recent months, social media has been ablaze with talk of regular folk
taking action to resist the Trump agenda. Protests are a daily occurrence,
and ev...
8 years ago
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Attitude Determines Altitude* (*conditions apply)… and the Importance of
Humane District Themes
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It has been a tumultuous few years in the South Brunswick community,
specifically the South Brunswick School District. All you have to do is
google the dis...
8 years ago
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[video]Perils or Promises: Education in the Age of Smart Machines:
Presentation at the City Club of Cleveland
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On December 14th, 2016, I made a presentation at the City Club of
Cleveland. Watch the presentation The Club’s website or Youtube.
Title: Perils or Promise...
8 years ago
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What Is To Be Done? Trump, the Election, and the Student Loan Crises
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President-elect Donald Trump delivering acceptance speech in New York, NY
on November 9 (Photo Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Ever since now Presi...
8 years ago
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Prison Gerrymandering: Incarceration Weakens Vulnerable Voting Communities
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One person equals one vote: seems simple enough. Unfortunately, that hasn’t
worked out for many Americans throughout history, specifically women and
peop...
9 years ago
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Random Musings and Observations. . . .
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I’ve been gone a while from the blogging scene. Some of my more regular
readers no doubt noticed but did not hassle me about it. Thank you for
that. Sinc...
9 years ago
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WTU Headquarters On The Auction Block: Union Prez Liz Davis Doesn't Pay
Property Tax!
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*June 30th is the last official day of WTU Prez Davis' constitutional term.
Malcolm Barnes explores this unfortunate scandal in the article below. What
r...
9 years ago
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AB 934: A LEGISLATIVE FIX FOR VERGARA?
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By Michael Stratford | in the Politco Morning Education Report | via email
05/24/2016 10:00 AM EDT :: Two national education groups are backing a
Califor...
9 years ago
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To simply say you have a growth mindset does not mean you actually have one
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By definition, you cannot have a growth mindset when learning is anchored
to standardized tests. Standardized tests are a one …
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9 years ago
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MY NEW BLOG
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My new blog will consist of fictitious headlines, meant to be a blend of
humor and satire. I apologize ahead of time if any other satirical site has
simila...
9 years ago
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Thank you
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Dear Readers,
Thank you for visiting *The Perimeter Primate*. This blog is being retired
for the time being. Although I no longer post here, I do still s...
9 years ago
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A brief appearance in the Black Panther documentary
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1969 press conference: From left: Fred Hampton and Bobby Rush (Black
Panthers); Cha Cha Jiminez (Young Lords Organization); Mike Klonsky (SDS) I
have a s...
10 years ago
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GLSEN Massachusetts Educator Retreat
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*GLSEN Massachusetts Educator Retreat*
*SAVE-THE-DATEMarch 8-10, 2019 • Provincetown, MA*
The GLSEN Massachusetts Educator Retreat in Provincetown is a s...
10 years ago
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I am Retiring
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I have some news: I am retiring from the PBS NewsHour and Learning Matters.
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other
conte...
10 years ago
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A Call To Action – Tweet For Principal Jamaal Bowman and CASA Middle School
Students
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Originally posted on Poetic Justice:
First – please watch this amazing video produced by the students and staff
at CASA Middle School in the Bronx. It is b...
10 years ago
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Winter-Spring Speaking Schedule for Feminist Teacher, Ileana Jiménez
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I’m excited to announce my speaking schedule for the remainder of the
winter, spring, and early summer of 2015 (jump to the end for a full list).
Last year...
10 years ago
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Joanne Barkan: One of my favorite writers on #EdReform…
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I’ve been going through some of my Twitter “favorites” and retweeting them.
I thought I would pass on to you some information about one of my favorite
writ...
10 years ago
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New Beginnings: Kickstarter and EdWeek Teacher
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Greetings to InterACT readers one and all! If you’ve been following posts
here recently you might recall that I’m moving my blogging activity to
other loca...
11 years ago
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Pay Teachers Less to Improve School Efficiency - hmmm!
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As I was reading through education news on several of the news sites I
regularly visit, I came...
11 years ago
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Adelaide L. Sanford Charter School
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*“With Adelaide L. Sanford Charter School closing, Newark families must
move on.”* The Star-Ledger (NJ), 6/25/2013
NEWARK — Bobby and Troy Shanks saw the...
12 years ago
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The Empowerment Parents Want: The LSC Model for School Reform
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The Empowerment Parents Want: A Real, Effective Voice in our Children’s
Education As corporate efforts to privatize and capitalize on public
education are ...
13 years ago
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Kimberly Olson, Broad Superintendents Academy Class of 2005
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Kimberly D. Olson, Colonel, USAF (retired), is currently the Executive
Director of *Grace After Fire*, an online social support network for women
veteran...
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Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top Mid Morning Posts #ows #edreform
2011 Unpublished GQ Interview [Mr. Vilson vs. Jose Part 3] | The Jose Vilson:2011 Unpublished GQ Interview [Mr. Vilson vs. Jose Part 3]by JoseMr. Vilson (left) vs. Jose (right)For some reason, GQ Magazine (Yes, Gentlemen’s Quarterly) decided not to publish their interview with me for Man of the Year 2011. Those of us who’ve been occupying and marching on Washington, DC, got a little shine via Time Magazine’s Person of the Year issue as “The Protestor.” Obviously, we can do ... more »
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Reflections on my Schools:Reflections on my Schoolsby Michael RiceI have not really contributed much to this blog so far this school year. Since we are almost finished with first semester, I would like to share some thoughts and observations about Ingraham and Rainier Beach.I can see why there was such outrage at Ingraham last year over the termination of Mr. Floe. He is a very good principal (and in case Mr. Floe reads this, I’m not ... more »
Modern School: Schools and Communities Lose By Outsourcing Lunch Services:Schools and Communities Lose By Outsourcing Lunch Servicesby Michael DunnHuck/Konopacki Labor CartoonsPublic schools get about $1 billion worth of free surplus fruits, vegetables, meat and cheese from the USDA each year which, instead of preparing into healthy fresh meals, they outsource to large corporate food processors like Aramark and Sodexo. The “logic” of this system is that it is supposed to save schools money on labor costs and economies of scale. ... more »
Charter Schools Rarely Closed For Academic Performance: Report:Joy ResmovitsJoy.resmovits@huffingtonpost.comBecome a fan of this reporterGET UPDATES FROM JOY Like717Charter Schools Rarely Closed For Academic Performance: ReportPosted: 12/21/11 08:18 PM ETIn nearly two decades, only 3 percent of charter schools have ever been closed for underperforming, according to a new report released Tuesday.The Center for Education Reform, a pro-charter advocacy group, traced charter-school closures since 1992 in what it called the "first-ever national analysis" of its kind. It found that 15 per...more »
Sacramento Press / The Occupy movement struggles to resonate within the black community:The Occupy movement struggles to resonate within the black communityby Rashad Baadqir, published on December 21, 2011 at 4:33 PMFor the past few months cities across America have seen crowds of protestors taking to the streets angered by the state of the U.S. economy in the wake of noticeable corporate greed, Wall Street failures, and home lending corruption scandals to name a few gripes. In what has become ... more »
ACCS Webcast Meeting Archive - Advisory Commission on Charter Schools (CA Dept of Education):ACCS Webcast Meeting ArchivePast meeting webcasts of the Advisory Commission on Charter Schools (ACCS).The video files contain file markers that allow viewers to skip to a certain portion or section of the meeting. To access the file markers while viewing the videos in Window Media Player (Outside Source) versions 11 or 12:Swich the player to Skin Mode by selecting Ctrl+2.On the menu bar, select View File Markers. ... more »
When Lessons From Education 'Reform' Go Unlearned | OurFuture.org:When Lessons From Education 'Reform' Go Unlearnedby Jeff BryantOne good thing you can say about 2011 is that it is a year in which lots of wrong-headed undertakings finally came to their ignominious conclusions -- including, among others, the Iraq War, the Gadhafi regime, the presidential candidacy of Donald Trump, and "The Oprah Winfrey Show".Also among the train-wrecks is undoubtedly our failed national education policy, No Child Left Behind.Maybe our country has ... more »
Questions about Common Core and Youngest Learners «Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All)-45 minutes agoQuestions about Common Core and Youngest Learners «: Questions about Common Core and YoungestLearnersDecember 21, 2011 byIrene SegePhoto: Alessandra Hartkopf for Strategies for ChildrenSamuel J. Meisels, president of the Chicago-basedErikson Institute, a graduate school in child development, has raised some provocative questions about theCommon Core State Standards. By working backward from college and career readiness, he argues, the K-12 standards in English and math give ...more »
Stanford professor wins Grawemeyer award for book on inequity in education | The Courier-Journal | courier-journal.com: Stanford professor wins Grawemeyer award for book on inequity in educationLinda Darling-HammondWritten byChris Otts | The Courier-JournalFILED UNDERNewsLocal NewsSchool districts across the country often spend less on instruction for low-income and minority students, and it’s one of the main reasons the United States no longer leads the world in education, as it did 40 years ago.So says Stanford University professor Linda Darling-Hammond, who has ... more »
NEA Teachers Step Up | ED.gov Blog: NEA Teachers Step UpPosted onDecember 21, 2011byArne DuncanLast year the National Education Association (NEA) took a courageous step by creating a Council on Effective Teachers and Teaching’s (CETT) and giving them independence and power to make recommendations to transform the teaching profession. On December 8, they moved forward by releasing the commission’s report. In doing so, NEA leaders showed themselves to be serious partners in reform and strong advocates for students and teachers.The ... more »
New English-Learner Director Named - Year 2011 (CA Dept of Education): State Schools Chief Tom Torlakson Chooses RespectedScholar and Author to Head English Learner EffortsSACRAMENTO—Karen Cadiero-Kaplan, a leading scholar, published author and longtime advocate for students, will lead the California Department of Education's (CDE) efforts to help school districts across the state teach English learners effectively, California Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson announced today.Cadiero-Kaplan is a professor at San Diego State University, where she chairs the Departmen... more »
How school reform gets hijacked by the Billionaire Boys Club: A cautionary tale for the Left | New Politics: How school reform gets hijacked by the Billionaire Boys Club: A cautionary tale for the LeftShareLois WeinerDecember 20, 2011A powerful new video,"The truth behind Stand for Children,"tells a cautionary tale for the Left. Even if you already understand how charter schools have become a vehicle for destruction of public education, take five minutes to watch this concise analysis of how "Stand ... more »
Kevin Johnson wants to strengthen mayor's position - Sacramento Business Journal: Kevin Johnson wants to strengthen mayor's positionSacramento Business Journal by Michael Shaw, Staff WriterDate: Wednesday, December 21, 2011, 11:00am PSTSacramento MayorKevin Johnsonon Wednesday will reveal a renewed effort to increase the power of the mayor position by amending the city’s charter, hoping to garner enough support from the city council to put the issue to voters on the June ballot next year.Johnson’s plan includes additional checks and balances that ... more »
Lawyers Divided on Whether Charter Schools Can Turn Away Students with Disabilities | WUSF Public Media: Lawyers Divided on Whether Charter Schools Can Turn Away Students with DisabilitiesPosted Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 10:12 amListen NowDownload AudioTres Whitlock, 17, has cerebral palsy. He was told he cannot go to Pivot Charter School near Tampa because the school cannot provide all the services he needs.By Sarah GonzalezMIAMI (2011-21-12) -This month, an investigation by StateImpact Florida and the Miami Herald revealed that ... more »
Two national teaching prizes open application processes | Philadelphia Public School Notebook: Two national teaching prizes open application processesbyAvi Wolfman-Arenton Dec 20 2011 Posted inLatest newsCOMMENTS (0)PRINTEMAILTags:professional developmentteacher trainingteachersTwo prestigious and well-financed awards for teaching excellence, theFishman Prizeand theKnowles Science Teaching Fellowship, recently opened their nationwide application processes.The Fishman Prize, awarded by The National Teaching Project, honors up to five “extraordinary” teachers with a $25,000 award and ... more »
Mavericks Charges Charter Schools $350K in Rent, Plus Fees | Scathing Purple Musings: Mavericks Charges Charter Schools $350K in Rent, Plus FeesbyBob SikesThisis sure tobring out a new round of troll attacks. From Lisa Rab in theNew Times:When a private company aims to profit from a taxpayer-funded public school, the extra dough must come from somewhere. ForMavericks in Education Florida, the charter school chain headquartered in West Palm Beach, leasing agreements appear to be one source of cash.Remember, Mavericks is ... more »
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Interview with the Governor: Interview with the GovernorbyMelissa WestbrookPublicola had aninterviewwith Governor Gregoire and she had some interesting things to say about education:PubliCola:It seems more aggressive than the one you laid out.[Gregoire announced a reform proposal last week—AP reporthere— that will put a pilot project of 4-tiered teacher evaluations in play statewide]. It ties teacher evaluations to student test scores, calls for charter schools, and allows the state to step in and take over failing schools. ... more »
Common Core State Standards Resources - Curriculum Instruction (CA Dept of Education): Common Core State Standards ResourcesInformation and frequently asked questions about the new academic content standards adopted by the State Board of Education on August 2, 2010.The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) were developed through a state-led initiative to establish consistent and clear education standards for English-language arts and mathematics that would better prepare students for success in college, career, and the competitive global economy. The California State Board ... more »
Questions about Common Core and Youngest Learners «: Questions about Common Core and YoungestLearnersDecember 21, 2011 byIrene SegePhoto: Alessandra Hartkopf for Strategies for ChildrenSamuel J. Meisels, president of the Chicago-basedErikson Institute, a graduate school in child development, has raised some provocative questions about theCommon Core State Standards. By working backward from college and career readiness, he argues, the K-12 standards in English and math give short shrift to early childhood and the developmental needs of the youngest learners, from birth ... more »