Open Letter to Governor Jerry Brown from UC, CSU and CCC Student Leaders | California Progress Report
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Open Letter to Governor Jerry Brown from UC, CSU and CCC Student Leaders | California Progress Report: Open Letter to Governor Jerry Brown from UC, CSU and CCC Student LeadersbymeganMarch 15, 2012Dear Governor Brown,We are writing you with deep concern about the state's continuing disinvestment from public higher education, and your lack of direct communication with students.When you were elected in 2010, many students hoped that your election would usher in a new era for public higher education in
All Education Matters: Loop 21 - Battle Over Voter ID Bills
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All Education Matters: Loop 21 - Battle Over Voter ID Bills: Loop 21 - Battle Over Voter ID BillsbyCryn JohannsenHere's my latest over at Loop 21:In state after state, Voter ID bills are being passed or proposed. More often than not, Republicans are the ones drafting this legislation and defending the bills, claiming they prevent voter fraud. In addition, Republican politicians have been pushing the idea that voting is a privilege and not a right.You can read the rest of ... more »
Charters serving at-risk students plead for another chance | Philadelphia Public School Notebook
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Charters serving at-risk students plead for another chance | Philadelphia Public School Notebook: Charters serving at-risk students plead for another chancebyDale MezzacappaRecent recommendations from District staff to close two charters pose a difficult dilemma for the School Reform Commission.Should charters whose mission is to take in the students who are most at-risk – those in foster care, children who have suffered trauma, youth returning from juvenile placement – be shut down if their test scores don't match up to the ... more »
For The Love of Self, Get Yourself Checked Out | The Jose Vilson
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For The Love of Self, Get Yourself Checked Out | The Jose Vilson: For The Love of Self, Get Yourself Checked OutbyJoseFor my thirtieth birthday, I got myself two ties, a blue cardigan, a metallic grey collared shirt, and an appointment for a general doctor.The latter item didn’t come so easy, either. The last time I went to the doctor, it was because I had a serious heart scare that turned out to be nothing … but stress, and too ... more »
¿Qué papel juega en su vida la frontera entre EE.UU. y México? | California Watch
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¿Qué papel juega en su vida la frontera entre EE.UU. y México? | California Watch: ¿Qué papel juega en su vida la frontera entre EE.UU. y México?byAshley AlvaradoAshley AlvaradoEn la década desde el 11 de septiembre del 2001, la frontera entre los Estados Unidos y México se ha vuelto un campo de batalla polÃtico y social. Los polÃticos, los medios y las personas que viven - y que mueren - a lo largo del tramo de 2 mil millas entre ... more »
Pink slips arrive in 11,700 LAUSD mailboxes - LA Daily News
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Pink slips arrive in 11,700 LAUSD mailboxes - LA Daily News: Pink slips arrive in 11,700 LAUSD mailboxesByBarbara Jones barbara.jones@dailynews.com 818-713-3710 twitter.com/LADNSchools Staff WriterPosted: 03/15/2012 04:53:33 PM PDTUpdated: 03/15/2012 04:59:34 PM PDTThe last of more than 11,700 pink slips were waiting for Los Angeles Unified employees when they arrived home today, the state-mandated deadline for notifying district workers that they may be laid off in 2012-13.Notices began arriving by certified mail late last week, even as district officials were reworking ... more »
Jersey Jazzman: Yet Another Reason Why We Need Tenure
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Jersey Jazzman: Yet Another Reason Why We Need Tenure: Yet Another Reason Why We Need TenurebyDukeDear lord,what a mess:I have no idea what happened. Maybe the teacher is completely in the wrong, but it's totally inappropriate for the president of a school board to confront a teacher in front of students.Is there any doubt this teacher would become a target of this school board president if she did not have tenure? Again, maybe she should be removed from her job, ... more »
Teacher Layoff Notices - Year 2012 (CA Dept of Education)
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Teacher Layoff Notices - Year 2012 (CA Dept of Education): State Schools Chief Tom Torlakson IssuesStatement on Teacher Layoff NoticesSACRAMENTO—State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson issued the following statement regarding the issuance of thousands of preliminary layoff notices to California teachers:"Teachers across the state have rightly come to dread March 15. Though the very future of our state depends on California’s teachers, today many will receive a layoff notice that suggests just the opposite—and will now spend months in ... more »
NYC Public School Parents: The utter failure of Chancellors Klein and Walcott to protect our children from abuse
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NYC Public School Parents: The utter failure of Chancellors Klein and Walcott to protect our children from abuse: The utter failure of Chancellors Klein and Walcott to protect our children from abusebyLeonie HaimsonI will be on WNBC news at 11 PM tonight, talking about the total failure of the DOE to protect our children from sexual abuse and harassment. After aflood of reportsrecently revealed there were staff who continued to work in our schools years after charges of misconduct had ... more »
Joel Klein and Condoleezza Rice Assess Needs of Public Education From The "National Security" Perspective
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Parent Advocates - ParentAdvocates.org: Former NYC DOE Chief Executive Officer Joel Klein and Former Sec. of State Condoleezza Rice Assess Needs of Public Education From The "National Security" PerspectiveFrom the desk of Betsy Combier: It is fascinating how our government pays people to write about successes that the global community knows are actually failures. I wrote an article about "Education Policy Becomes A Matter of National Security" in 2004, before I found out that Joel Klein took Vincent Foster's office ... more »
How Can We Build Trust Between Parents & Teachers? - Classroom Q&A With Larry Ferlazzo - Education Week Teacher
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How Can We Build Trust Between Parents Teachers? - Classroom QA With Larry Ferlazzo - Education Week Teacher: How Can We Build Trust Between Parents Teachers?ByLarry FerlazzoonMarch 14, 2012 10:29 PMKanwal Sachdeva asks:I enjoyed reading your article on 'how to make students learn to listen'. My question is- How do we make parents to listen to the teachers? You know, for the students who need more help, the parents are not available to talk or they will not really listen. ... more »
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Yarbrough: Charter schools may be boondoggles | Online AthensBig Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All)-17 minutes agoYarbrough: Charter schools may be boondoggles | Online Athens: Yarbrough: Charter schools may be boondogglesByDICK YARBROUGHPublishedTuesday, March 13, 20126commentsFollow ArticleSHARETWEETPRINTEMAILVote up!+1Vote down!One more time, let me go over my concerns about the charter school constitutional amendment bill in the state Senate. I don’t have a problem with charter schools. My problem is that nobody seems to be talking about for-profit charter schools.Call me ... more »
Seattle Schools Community Forum: New T-Shirt: I Survived the Executive Committee Meeting (Part 1)
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Seattle Schools Community Forum: New T-Shirt: I Survived the Executive Committee Meeting (Part 1): New T-Shirt: I Survived the Executive Committee Meeting (Part 1)byMelissa WestbrookPeople have often asked me, "Why don't you run for office?" The painful slog that is sometimes the Board meetings and/or committee meetings is one reason. Today's Executive Committee meeting was one such experience. Started at 8:30 am and ran probably till noon (probably because I left at 11:45 am). This is Part 1.Not that it ... more »
Opinion: Warning signs from the education community - NorthJersey.com
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Opinion: Warning signs from the education community - NorthJersey.com: Opinion: Warning signs from the education communityWEDNESDAY MARCH 14, 2012, 5:53 PMBY RICHARD W. RILEY AND ARTHUR LEVINETHE RECORDPAGES:12DISPLAY ON ONE PAGE|PRINT|E-MAILTHE LATEST national teacher survey brings tough news. Previous research shows that a good teacher is the single most important in-school factor in improving student achievement, but this latest report reveals that the teaching profession in the United States is deeply troubled.According to the bellwether MetLife Survey of the American ... more »
Child and Adult Care Food Program - Year 2012 (CA Dept of Education)
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Child and Adult Care Food Program - Year 2012 (CA Dept of Education): State Schools Chief Tom Torlakson Announces New EligibilityGuidelines for Low-Income Families to Qualify for Nutritious MealsSACRAMENTO—More low-income families will be able to afford healthy meals and snacks for their children in day care under new income eligibility guidelines announced today by State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson.Under the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), families with children ... more »
Instructional Materials Acquisitions - Letters (CA Dept of Education)
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Instructional Materials Acquisitions - Letters (CA Dept of Education): Dear County and District Superintendents:INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS ACQUISITIONS FOR NEEDIEST SCHOOLSThe purpose of this letter is to inform you of recent changes in California law pertaining to the use of Instructional Materials Funding Realignment Program (IMFRP) funds.On October 8, 2011, the Governor signed Senate Bill 509 (Chapter 629, Statutes of 2011), which amended CaliforniaEducation CodeSection 1240.3. This amendment allows school districts to purchase the newest adopted instructional materials for pupils i... more »
RheeFirst! » Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee’s six figure television buy in CT
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RheeFirst! » Michelle Rhee’s six figure television buy in CT: Michelle Rhee’s six figure television buy in CTbyadminWritten by Kathleen Megan for The Hartford Courant. Read theentire article here.“[Rhee announced an]advertising campaign is a ‘six-figure television buy’ that includes broadcast and cable ads in the state’s major markets.… ‘Why should CT citizens want to import outsiders like Rhee, when there are so many solid ideas for education reform right here in our own state? Why did the Florida legislature recently ... more »
District answers questions about school lunches | Philadelphia Public School Notebook
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District answers questions about school lunches | Philadelphia Public School Notebook: District answers questions about school lunchesbyGuest bloggerThis guest blog post comes from thePhiladelphia Urban Food and Fitness Alliance. PUFFAsolicited questions from students, parents/guardians, and other community residents and received responses from the Food Services Division of the School District of Philadelphia.1. Why can't our children have organic milk to drink? The total cost allotted to a school lunch is $2.73 and $1.39 is allotted for food, $1.03 for labor ... more »
Daily Kos: The Cult of Personality v. Expertise in the Education Debate
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Daily Kos: The Cult of Personality v. Expertise in the Education Debate: The Cult of Personality v. Expertise in the Education DebatebyplthomasEdDFollowShare4I recently spoke at theCouncil of Educational Facility Planners International (CEFPI) conference in Columbia, SC, charged with the daunting task of speaking on the conference theme, "The Role of Technology in Public Education," while using technology toargue that education needs to heed strong cautions about the lure of technology.At one of the keynote talks, another speaker ended his presentation ... more »
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NYC Educator: No Fair Hearing for You!Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All)-9 minutes agoNYC Educator: No Fair Hearing for You!: No Fair Hearing for You!byNYC EducatorLeo Caseyhas a new columncriticizing the NY Principals who oppose the upcoming evaluation system. He makes some good points.1. Unfettered power of principals can be a disaster, particularly with Bloomberg-indoctrinated Leadership Academy grads. Anyone who doubts that can follow the saga of Peter Lamphere, who appears to have received U ratings for the crime ... more »
Yarbrough: Charter schools may be boondoggles | Online Athens
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Yarbrough: Charter schools may be boondoggles | Online Athens: Yarbrough: Charter schools may be boondogglesByDICK YARBROUGHPublishedTuesday, March 13, 20126commentsFollow ArticleSHARETWEETPRINTEMAILVote up!+1Vote down!One more time, let me go over my concerns about the charter school constitutional amendment bill in the state Senate. I don’t have a problem with charter schools. My problem is that nobody seems to be talking about for-profit charter schools.Call me cynical, but you have to wonder at the enthusiasm of legislators for charter schools, even as they ... more »
Chinese minority students spent time last summer...
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Chinese minority students spent time last summer...: A look inside China’s minority schoolsbySarah ButrymowiczChinese minority students spent time last summer at this school in Southern China’s Yunnan province learning their native language. (Photo by Sarah Butrymowicz)At a middle school in a rural area in China’s Yunnan Province devoted to educating the area’s ethnic minorities, many of the students have a fairly simple career goal in mind: they want to get a job performing traditional minority dances, which would almost certainly ... more »
Dan Walters: Cloudiness over California school funding increases - Education - The Sacramento Bee
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Dan Walters: Cloudiness over California school funding increases - Education - The Sacramento Bee: Dan Walters: Cloudiness over California school funding increasesShareByDan WaltersPublished: Wednesday, Mar. 14, 2012 - 12:00 am | Page 3ALast Modified: Wednesday, Mar. 14, 2012 - 8:10 amEducating 6 million kids is not only the largest single piece of the state budget, but its most popular one – which explains why it always drives the Capitol's annual budget ritual.The school finance picture is even cloudier than usual ... more »
UC Davis pepper-spray report puts spotlight on police officers' rights - Education - The Sacramento Bee
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UC Davis pepper-spray report puts spotlight on police officers' rights - Education - The Sacramento Bee: UC Davis pepper-spray report puts spotlight on police officers' rightsShareBySam Stantonsstanton@sacbee.comPublished: Wednesday, Mar. 14, 2012 - 12:00 am | Page 1ALast Modified: Wednesday, Mar. 14, 2012 - 7:27 amDecades of debate over the public's right to know about police actions vs. officers' rights to privacy are coming to a head as a result of the pepper-spraying of students last November on the UC Davis ... more »
Don’t Shoot the Piano; LAUSD’s Assault on Learning | California Father
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Don’t Shoot the Piano; LAUSD’s Assault on Learning | California Father: Don’t Shoot the Piano; LAUSD’s Assault on LearningbyCalifornia FatherFound this pathetic sight between buildings at our school–a piano abandoned and left naked to the elements. Kind of similar to what LAUSD is doing to our schools. Forget the arts and physical education; we’ll be lucky if we can teach anything pretty soon. With looming cuts, the board of ed is spiffing up theschool-to-prison pipelinemaking sure it’s ready to flush.
Announcing the 2012 Labor-Management Collaboration Conference | ED.gov Blog
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Announcing the 2012 Labor-Management Collaboration Conference | ED.gov Blog: Announcing the 2012 Labor-Management Collaboration ConferencePosted onMarch 14, 2012byGuest BloggerThe invitation to this year’s Labor-Management Collaboration Conference is now open. The conference, titledCollaborating to Transform the Teaching Profession,will take place May 23-24 in Cincinnati, and brings together management and labor teams from across the country.For those interested in attending, please complete the RSVP form (including all three required signatures) and submit it by 5:00 p.m. ET on Mar...more »
Shanker Blog » Technology In Education: An Answer In Search Of A Problem?
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Shanker Blog » Technology In Education: An Answer In Search Of A Problem?: Technology In Education: An Answer In Search Of A Problem?byEsther QuinteroIn a recentblog post, Larry Cuban muses about the enthusiasm of some superintendents, school board members, parents, and pundits for expensive, new technologies, such as “iPads, tablets, and 1:1 laptops.”Without any clear evidence, they spend massively on the newest technology, expecting that “these devices will motivate students to work harder, gain more knowledge and skills, and be ... more »
Schools Matter: Solidarity Growing As the War on Teachers Escalates
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Schools Matter: Solidarity Growing As the War on Teachers Escalates: Solidarity Growing As the War on Teachers EscalatesbyJudy RabinMark Naison, professor of African and African American Studies at Fordham University in New York, blogs atWith A Brooklyn Accent.By Mark NaisonAll over the nation, teachers are under attack. Politicians of both parties, in every state, have blamed teachers and their unions for the nation’s low standing on international tests and our nation’s inability to create the educated labor force our economy ... more »
Letter to the Seattle Public School Board about Teach for America, Inc. and the Taylorite agenda | Seattle Education
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Letter to the Seattle Public School Board about Teach for America, Inc. and the Taylorite agenda | Seattle Education: Letter to the Seattle Public School Board about Teach for America, Inc. and the Taylorite agendabyseattleducation2011The letter below to the Seattle Public School Board harkens back to yesterday’s post,Occupy Education Seattle and the “Throw Down” with the Gates Foundation on March1st, when Wayne Au, speaking to a Gates Foundation representative, explains to him about the origin of standardized testing, the Taylorists ... more »
The Segregationist Roots of the Charter School Movement | Education | AlterNet
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The Segregationist Roots of the Charter School Movement | Education | AlterNet: The Segregationist Roots of the Charter School MovementTouted as the cure for what ails public education, charter schools have historical roots that are rarely discussed -- for good reason.1959,As a parent I find it easy to understand the appeal of charter schools, especially for parents and students who feel that traditional public schools have failed them. As a historical sociologist who studies race and politics, however, I am ... more »
NYC Educator: No Fair Hearing for You!
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NYC Educator: No Fair Hearing for You!: No Fair Hearing for You!byNYC EducatorLeo Caseyhas a new columncriticizing the NY Principals who oppose the upcoming evaluation system. He makes some good points.1. Unfettered power of principals can be a disaster, particularly with Bloomberg-indoctrinated Leadership Academy grads. Anyone who doubts that can follow the saga of Peter Lamphere, who appears to have received U ratings for the crime of leading his chapter. Peter had to go to court to have one rating ... more »
Assembly passes ALEC’s special education voucher plan that would divert millions to private schools | Defend Wisconsin
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Assembly passes ALEC’s special education voucher plan that would divert millions to private schools | Defend Wisconsin: Assembly passes ALEC’s special education voucher plan that would divert millions to private schoolsbyItayPrivate school vouchers would be made available to special education students under a bill that has passed the state Assembly on a 55-39 vote Tuesday. It must also pass the Senate this week or it will die for the year.Assembly bill 110would create a statewideSpecial Needs Scholarship Program, which would ... more »
Women are mad as hell in Wisconsin. The war on women is here. |
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Women are mad as hell in Wisconsin. The war on women is here. |: Women are mad as hell in Wisconsin. The war on women is here.bybluecheddarI don’t know if you’ve noticed something different with women in America lately. They seem to be more alarmed and more angry. Part of it is the much-publicized backlash against Rush Limbaugh for his attack against Sara Fluke. * Part of it is a growing alarm over a series of invasive laws against women ... more »
Why Are Many of Our Children’s Teachers Still Students Themselves? | California Progress Report
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Why Are Many of Our Children’s Teachers Still Students Themselves? | California Progress Report: Why Are Many of Our Children’s Teachers Still Students Themselves?bymeganBy Maribel HerediaPlaintiff in Lawsuit Against the Department of EducationFour years ago, my son Joey — who was in first grade at the time — came home from school and said, “Mommy, my teacher wasn’t there today. She went to college.”I figured he had to be mistaken; surely, his teacher had completed college and her professional training. ... more »
The Oakland school district might be finished downsizing - The Education Report - Katy Murphy's blog on Oakland schools
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The Oakland school district might be finished downsizing - The Education Report - Katy Murphy's blog on Oakland schools: The Oakland school district might be finished downsizingTuesday, March 13th, 2012 at 3:55 pm infamilieskindergartenOUSD central officeschool closuresstudentsNo Commentsphoto by Jane Tyska/Bay Area News GroupI meant to postthis storysooner: OUSD’s school closure process — which was supposed to last for two to three years and shrink the district by 20-30 schools — will likely stop after the first round, when the ... more »
