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New York Teacher | Edwize

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New York Teacher | Edwize:New York Teacherby W.J. LevayHighlights from the Feb. 2 issue of New York Teacher:Schools with high-needs students most likely to face axTen years into Bloomberg’s education reforms, the New York City school system has come full circle and is now shutting down new high schools at the same rate as old ones. High schools established by Bloomberg represent about 40 percent of all existing high schools and 38 percent of the high schools on the closing ... more »

Join Arne for a Twitter Town Hall on Hispanic Education | ED.gov Blog

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Join Arne for a Twitter Town Hall on Hispanic Education | ED.gov Blog:Join Arne for a Twitter Town Hall on Hispanic EducationPosted on February 2, 2012 by dterryTo follow up on the President’s State of the Union Address—in which critical topics like college affordability, dropout rates, teachers, and job training were addressed—Secretary Duncan will engage with the Hispanic community through a Twitter town hall at 3:00 p.m. ET on February 8. The conversation on Twitter will be conducted in both ... more »

Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top Early Evening Posts #ows #edreform 1-12

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Many in Rosemont Consider Waldorf-Style School - Rosemont, CA PatchBig Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All)-4 minutes agoMany in Rosemont Consider Waldorf-Style School - Rosemont, CA Patch:Many in Rosemont Consider Waldorf-Style SchoolMany families from the Rosemont area send their kids to George Washington Carver School of Arts and Science in Rancho Cordova.By Cody KitauraEmail the author11:15 am Email Print Comment PHOTOS (6) Upload Photos and VideosNote: This is the second part in a series about enrollment at Rosemont High School ... more »

Apple, Textbooks and the Education-Industrial Complex | Lefty Parent

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Apple, Textbooks and the Education-Industrial Complex | Lefty Parent:Apple, Textbooks and the Education-Industrial Complexby Cooper ZaleApple has certainly come a long way as the corporate insurgent (capturing the imagination of my kids and many of their peers) challenging and now outperforming “the man” Microsoft of the computer industry. Of course, Apple has sought brand loyalty from the younger generation for years by marketing their computers to schools, to put them in front of all those young consumers cloistered in those ... more »

Oakland gets serious about school food - The Education Report - Katy Murphy's blog on Oakland schools

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Oakland gets serious about school food - The Education Report - Katy Murphy's blog on Oakland schools:Oakland gets serious about school foodWednesday, February 1st, 2012 at 6:36 pm in health2 Comments »photo by D. Ross Cameron/StaffFor the first time in 15 years, the federal government has rewritten the rules for what must — and can’t — be served in its public school lunchrooms. Meanwhile, some OUSD staff, parents and local organizations are formulating some plans of their own, which they ... more »

RheeFirst! » One more myth (about Rhee) bites the dust

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RheeFirst! » One more myth (about Rhee) bites the dust:One more myth (about Rhee) bites the dustby adminWritten by Guy Brandenburg for his blog. Read the entire post here.“‘Former D.C. schools chancellor Michelle Rhee [...] failed miserably — as she conceded — in recruiting and training great principals, the key to turning a school around. She relied on a slapdash recruitment process and her instincts about which of the administrators she interviewed would be good and which wouldn’t.’What’s more, Rhee ... more »

Many in Rosemont Consider Waldorf-Style School - Rosemont, CA Patch

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Many in Rosemont Consider Waldorf-Style School - Rosemont, CA Patch:Many in Rosemont Consider Waldorf-Style SchoolMany families from the Rosemont area send their kids to George Washington Carver School of Arts and Science in Rancho Cordova.By Cody KitauraEmail the author11:15 am Email Print Comment PHOTOS (6) Upload Photos and VideosNote: This is the second part in a series about enrollment at Rosemont High School and Albert Einstein Middle School. Click here to read part one.For many parents, one of the main ... more »

Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top Early Afternoon Posts 2-2 #ows #edreform

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How Race to the Top is like ‘Queen for a Day’ - The Answer Sheet - The Washington PostBig Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All)-22 minutes agoHow Race to the Top is like ‘Queen for a Day’ - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post:How Race to the Top is like ‘Queen for a Day’by Valerie StraussThis was written by James Arnold, superintendent of Pelham City Schools in Pelham, Ga.By James ArnoldHow wonderful it was when we were told that ... more »

Missouri Education Watchdog: The Global Agenda in America and the Players Setting the Educational Agenda for your Human Capital

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Missouri Education Watchdog: The Global Agenda in America and the Players Setting the Educational Agenda for your Human Capital:The Global Agenda in America and the Players Setting the Educational Agenda for your Human Capitalby stlgretchenWhen I turn on my computer every morning, I wonder what information I will find today relating to education or other matters. When we first started the blog a couple of years ago, there wasn't much on the common core standards, longitudinal data system, etc. But ... more »

Noam Chomsky: The Purpose of Education - THE DAILY RIFF - Be Smarter. About Education.

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Noam Chomsky: The Purpose of Education - THE DAILY RIFF - Be Smarter. About Education.:Noam Chomsky: The Purpose of Educationby CJ Westerberg"Education is really aimed at helping students get to the pointwhere they can learn on their own. . . " - Noam Chomsky Video BelowNoam Chomsky, Institute Professor and Professor Emeritus at MIT, presented "The Purpose of Education" recently at the "Learning without Frontiers" Conference in London.Video runs about 20 minutes and topics include the role of technology and ... more »

Life in Rahm’s Chicago. Thursday edition. « Fred Klonsky

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Life in Rahm’s Chicago. Thursday edition. « Fred Klonsky:Life in Rahm’s Chicago. Thursday edition.by Fred KlonskyBears’ founder George Halas. He went to Crane High School, one of Rahm’s closing targets. The Halas family tell The Mayor to keep Crane open as a neighborhood school.Parents United for Responsible Education reports on their website:It’s refreshing to hear that at least one powerful Chicago family is willing to come out publicly against Mayor Emanuel’s relentless attack on neighborhood schools.According to the Chicago Journal, ... more »

RheeFirst! » Rhee’s expertise on Alabama education and any pay-outs to her challenged

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RheeFirst! » Rhee’s expertise on Alabama education and any pay-outs to her challenged:Rhee’s expertise on Alabama education and any pay-outs to her challengedby adminWritten by AEA for AL.com. Read the entire article here.“Why does Alabama need a so-called expert from Washington D.C. to advise us what to do?” said Dr. Henry Mabry, AEA executive secretary. “Her group sneaks into the state to talk about education reform without even informing our state school superintendent and our state school board members.“Finally, we ... more »

Support PURE! » Parents expose CPS longer day baloney

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Parents United for Responsible Education » Blog Archive » Parents expose CPS longer day baloney:Parents expose CPS longer day baloneyby adminI’m sharing, with permission, the report from a parent meeting at Mt. Greenwood school last week with CPS representatives pushing the 7.5 hour day. The notes indicate CPS’s position that there will be no extra money to implement the extended day. The parents also expose several CPS statements as pure baloney, including the CEO Chief of Staff’s claim that Mt. ... more »

19th, 20th & 21st, Century Education « My Island View

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19th, 20th 21st, Century Education « My Island View:19th, 20th 21st, Century Educationby tomwhitbyA personal observation: Back when I began my early education, the year was 1952. I don’t believe Pre-K even existed back then, so I started my education in Kindergarten. There is no doubt in my mind that in my early education I was exposed to educators who were students of a 19th Century education. Those teachers were teaching content to kids using methods they had learned in ... more »

Value-added teacher evaluation goes on trial — literally - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

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Value-added teacher evaluation goes on trial — literally - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post:Value-added teacher evaluation goes on trial — literallyBy Valerie StraussThis was written by David B. Cohen, who has been a teacher since 1993 and is in his 13th year of teaching in California public high schools. He is National Board Certified, and is associate director of the Accomplished California Teachers group.This is part of a post that Cohen wrote on the group’s InterACT blogabout value-added ... more »

California Public Schools Need the Millionaires Tax | California Progress Report

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California Public Schools Need the Millionaires Tax | California Progress Report:California Public Schools Need the Millionaires Taxby jeffsonBy Lisa SchiffCalifornia voters will have the opportunity and responsibility this November to take some of the state’s financial matters into their own hands. The Republican no-tax-do-or-die-pledge strangle-hold over the state legislature that makes it literally impossible to raise revenues is being sidestepped by a handful of tax measures presented to the public on the ballot. If ever there were an example of ... more »

Alabama State Senator: Pay Increases for Teachers are Against ‘Biblical Principle’

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Alabama State Senator: Pay Increases for Teachers are Against ‘Biblical Principle’:Alabama State Senator: Pay Increases for Teachers are Against ‘Biblical Principle’by adminCross-posted with permission from Talk2Action. By K12NN contributor Rachel Tabachnick.Rachel TabachnickThis is a new twist on “biblical economics” that I’ve not heard before. According to Alabama State Sen. Shadrack McGill, a 62% pay increase for the state’s legislators in 2007 was necessary, but large increases in teachers’ pay would violate “a biblical principle.” McGill was speaking on January 30 ... more »

Ex-D.C. Superintendent Brings "Big Money" Lobby to Create Alabama Charters Schools | al.com

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Ex-D.C. Superintendent Brings "Big Money" Lobby to Create Alabama Charters Schools | al.com:Ex-D.C. Superintendent Brings "Big Money" Lobby to Create Alabama Charters SchoolsPublished: Thursday, February 02, 2012, 8:57 AM Updated: Thursday, February 02, 2012, 10:28 AM By AEA FollowMichelle Rhee, a highly controversial figure in education is being brought to Alabama to work on charter schools, although there’s been no public disclosure of who is paying her group.Gov. Robert Bentley’s office did not notify the State Board of Education or ... more »

Schooling in the Ownership Society: The turnaround business is booming

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Schooling in the Ownership Society: The turnaround business is booming:The turnaround business is boomingby Mike KlonskyReading WSJ's Market Watch, one can only conclude that the turnaround business is booming.In L.A. Revolution K12, a rapidly growing web-based adaptive software division of Revolution Prep, has joined with the Partnership for Los Angeles Schools to help sixteen of its middle and high schools improve student outcomes in math and English Language Arts. The Partnership is the first school system to implement Revolution K12's ... more »

Shanker Blog » The Perilous Conflation Of Student And School Performance

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Shanker Blog » The Perilous Conflation Of Student And School Performance:The Perilous Conflation Of Student And School Performanceby Matthew Di CarloUnlike many of my colleagues and friends, I personally support the use of standardized testing results in education policy, even, with caution, in high-stakes decisions. That said, I also think that the focus on test scores has gone way too far and their use is being implemented unwisely, in many cases to a degree at which I believe the policies ... more »