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Friday, October 5, 2012

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FCMAT » Cali Education Headlines Friday, October 5, 2012

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FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team: *A week before space shuttle Endeavour begins its 12-mile crawl through Los Angeles, officials said the public will have limited access during the two-day trek to the California Science Center in Exposition Park.* Education Headlines *Friday, October 5, 2012* Court OKs lockups for severe truantsA state appeals court says juvenile court judges have the power to lock up youths who repeatedly skip school and ignore court orders to attend classes and follow the rules. Four in alleged soccer team hazing file claims against school distri... more »

Seven Ideas for Meaningful Parent-Teacher Conferences - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher

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Seven Ideas for Meaningful Parent-Teacher Conferences - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher: Seven Ideas for Meaningful Parent-Teacher Conferences by Nancy Flanagan Let me describe the worst parent-teacher conferences I ever attended. Picture a large, echoing gymnasium, with teachers seated behind tables set nearly edge-to-edge around the perimeter; two molded-plastic chairs face each table. In the center of the gym, a roiling mass of hundreds of parents, trying to locate their daughter's teachers, assessing the length of lines. Facing each table, a line of parents... more »

World Teachers'Day | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

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World Teachers'Day | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization: World Teachers' Day 2012: Take a stand for teachers! “Take a stand for teachers!” is the slogan of World Teachers’ Day 2012 (5 October) which UNESCO is celebrating along with its partners, the International Labour Organization, UNDP, UNICEF and Education International (EI). Taking a stand for the teaching profession means providing adequate training, ongoing professional development, and protection for teachers’ rights. All over the world, a quality education offers hope and the promise of a ... more »

Value-Added? | The G Bitch Spot

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Value-Added? | The G Bitch Spot: Value-Added? by G Bitch Go read Michael Deshotels’ Serious Flaws in VAM and Mr. Free’s analysis of value-added [the link in the quote below]. Yet despite all the evidence I am about to present here, all of these actions that are so destructive to the teaching profession and to the education of our children will soon start happening. Pleaseclick on this link to the LAE website for Mr Free’s analysis. For this post I will just summarize one of the most critical findings in his study. The value-added “model” has been criticized before, and only makes... more »

Modern School: Cut Class, Lose Welfare—MI’s Latest Attempt to Bail Itself Out on the Backs of the Poor

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Modern School: Cut Class, Lose Welfare—MI’s Latest Attempt to Bail Itself Out on the Backs of the Poor: Cut Class, Lose Welfare—MI’s Latest Attempt to Bail Itself Out on the Backs of the Poor by Michael Dunn Get to Class, Punk (Image from Flickr, by DonkeyHotey) A new Michigan law (effective October 1) requires all children to be in school full time or the entire family will become ineligible to receive welfare benefits, the Detroit News reports. Furthermore, all new cash-assistance applicants will now be required to prove school enrollment for their children and good attendance in... more »

Missouri Education Watchdog: The Numbers Game In Education

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Missouri Education Watchdog: The Numbers Game In Education: The Numbers Game In Education by Anngie Thomas Friedman, author of *The World is Flat *and most recently *That Used To Be Us, *was interviewed by Jim Fleming on NPR's All Things Considered recently and had this to say about American education, *"Well, if you take the PISA test, which is the best kind of international comparative test on writing, math and science for 15-year-olds, we're right there in the middle of the pack with Slovenia. We are not leaders in these math and science competitions or in the writing competiti... more »

Race to the Top Frozen Out in Fresno - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher

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Race to the Top Frozen Out in Fresno - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher: Race to the Top Frozen Out in Fresno by Anthony Cody Follow me on Twitter at @AnthonyCody Both President Obama and his debate challenger Mitt Romney took time Wednesday night to praise the controversial Race to the Top program, but down where the rubber meets the road, the program is hitting some obstacles. The Department of Education now requires school districts to get formal buy-in from teachers when they apply for Race to the Top funds. This is proving to be a problem as some teachers have bec... more »

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Testing madness, stress driving good teachers out of public schools

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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Testing madness, stress driving good teachers out of public schools: Testing madness, stress driving good teachers out of public schools by Mike Klonsky There's an excellent piece in yesterday's Texas Trib (NYT), "Strain for Teachers Runs Deeper Than Budget Cuts," which gets to the heart of the matter for my pre-service, college of ed students. It's not just massive ed budget cuts, nor the inequities in funding that are driving the best and the brightest away from teaching in urban public schools -- although that helps. *Ms. Peterson taught for 10 y... more »

Ratification of Chicago teachers contract sets stage for assault on public education

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Ratification of Chicago teachers contract sets stage for assault on public education: Ratification of Chicago teachers contract sets stage for assault on public education By Joseph Kishore 5 October 2012 Chicago teachers have voted to accept a contract supported by both the administration of Democratic Party Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Chicago Teachers Union. The vote on the contract came two weeks after a CTU delegates meeting ended the seven-day-long strike of 26,000 teachers. The new contract includes all the essential demands of Emanuel, including the expansion of the school d... more »

LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 10-5-12 Diane Ravitch's blog

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Diane Ravitch's blog: [image: Click on picture to Listen to Diane Ravitch] ALEC Triumphant in Louisiana by dianerav I wrote a post about radical legislation in Pennsylvania that will authorize the Governor to create a charter commission with power to overturn local decisions. This legislation was written by the corporate-funded organization ALEC. The Louisiana legislature passed the radical ALEC agenda last spring. Teachers lost tenure; unqualified people can become teachers. Test scores determine teachers’ careers. More than half the state’s students are eligible for vouchers, ... more »

Two important points about test-based accountability

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Two important points about test-based accountability: The new Answer Sheet by Valerie Strauss If The Answer Sheet looks different than it did yesterday, you are right. We’ve moved to a new publishing platform, which, hopefully, will make it easier for you to read and see more written and multimedia material. Engaging in an online discussion should be simpler too. At least that’s the hope. Read full article >> Two important points about test-based accountability Posted by Valerie Strauss on October 5, 2012 at 6:30 am - [image: Smaller Text] [image: Larger Text] Text Size -... more »

Modern School: Let Them Eat Bed Pans! Jerry Brown Vetoes Domestic Workers Bill of Rights

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Modern School: Let Them Eat Bed Pans! Jerry Brown Vetoes Domestic Workers Bill of Rights: ' Let Them Eat Bed Pans! Jerry Brown Vetoes Domestic Workers Bill of Rights by Michael Dunn Jerry Brown's Buffet for Domestic Workers (Image from Flickr, by dirty black chucks) California’s “pro-labor” governor Jerry Brown has vetoed the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights (AB 889), authored by Tom Ammiano (San Francisco) and Fiona Ma (Oakland). The law would have allowed nannies, maids, home health care workers and other full-time domestic workers to cook their own meals in their employers’ kitche... more »

Students Last: Invisibility Cloak For All Your Testing Needs

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Students Last: Invisibility Cloak For All Your Testing Needs: Invisibility Cloak For All Your Testing Needs by Students Last Need to hide a few students for upcoming exams? Afraid your school's test scores will be dragged down by low-performing special education students? Certain the English Language Learners will fail to make annual yearly progress? Will students with poor attendance impact your whole school with their lousy test performance? Invisibility Cloak (IC) can help. IC uses a two-prong approach to optimize your student testing population. With our first approach, unde... more »

Must See TV « PWC Education Reform Blog

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Must See TV « PWC Education Reform Blog: Must See TV by pwceducationreform School Board Report for October 3, 2012 Meeting In case you were otherwise occupied, last night the PWC School Board had a meeting and it was rather interesting. If you only want to watch the exciting parts, you can fast forward to the last 15 minutes for the board member comments. As an administrative note, we are scrambling to catch up on our work and will be issuing reports on the school board meetings on September 5 and 19 as soon as possible. We understand those meetings were long, but highly ente... more »

Louisiana Educator: Serious Flaws in VAM

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Louisiana Educator: Serious Flaws in VAM: Serious Flaws in VAM by Michael Deshotels I really hate to post this story because it is so negative. What we need most of all in Louisiana education today is some good news for a change. But it seems like our education hierarchy at the state level comprised as it is of rank amateurs, is destined to make one blunder after another. For now we will just need to keep exposing the truth and keep insisting on accountability at the top so the experienced and qualified professionals in the trenches can do their jobs of educating children withou... more »

Do Schools Reform Society? | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice

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Do Schools Reform Society? | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: Do Schools Reform Society? by larrycuban In an article on Joe Giradi (nyer-jgirardi), manager of the New York Yankees baseball team, Gay Talese said: “Like religion, the game of baseball is founded on aspirations rarely met. It generates far more failure than fulfillment” (p.41). Insert “public schools” in place of “the game of baseball” and you have concisely summarized the history of school reform in the U.S. The similarity between religion, baseball, and public schooling of “aspirations rarely me... more »

UPDATE: IEA rewards pension killers with massive campaign contributions. « Fred Klonsky

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IEA rewards pension killers with massive campaign contributions. « Fred Klonsky: If TRS Director Ingram went rogue on COLAs, why has their been silence from the TRS board? by Fred Klonsky Several days ago I reported on the interview that TRS Director Richard Ingram gave to Crain’s. He called for an end or reduction to retiree cost of living adjustments. This is the second time Ingram seems to have gone rogue in his role as an employee of the Teacher Retirement System. He is work for the TRS Board of Trustees. It is not Ingram’s job to involve himself in specific solutions to a cr... more »

Oakland, Alameda teachers named Alameda County Teacher of the Year - The Education Report - Katy Murphy's blog on Oakland schools

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Oakland, Alameda teachers named Alameda County Teacher of the Year - The Education Report - Katy Murphy's blog on Oakland schools: Oakland, Alameda teachers named Alameda County Teacher of the Year Friday, October 5th, 2012 at 12:02 am in No Comments Congratulations to the two Alameda County teachers of the year: *I’Asha Warfield*, from Oakland’s Frick Middle School, and *Chris Hansen*, from Alameda’s Lincoln Middle School. They learned of the distinction last night, at an awards night organized by the Alameda County Office of Education. Now, they go on to compete for California Te... more »

NYC Educator: No Good Deed Goes Unpunished.

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NYC Educator: No Good Deed Goes Unpunished.: No Good Deed Goes Unpunished. by NYC Educator Actually, in the case of unions, it probably doesn't matter whether the deed was good, bad or otherwise. The editorial pages made up their minds long ago. UFT President Michael Mulgrew wrote an opinion piecein the Daily News, explaining that it is, in fact, Bloomberg who's blocking the much-vaunted evaluation system that we've all been reading about. Mulgrew correctly points out that there is a framework, and that he was instrumental in establishing it. UFT sources have told me that Bloombe... more »

All Things Education: In Virginia, the Bigotry of Crude Expectations

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All Things Education: In Virginia, the Bigotry of Crude Expectations: The Bigotry of Crude Expectations by Rachel Levy Recently (or not so recently by the time I'm posting this), the state of Virginia was granted a waiver from NCLB requirements. This has been a relief for many, but it's also caused further stress, in that it exchanges one yoke for another. Fairfax County, for example, had no plans to evaluate their teachers according to the standardized test scores of their students, but now is being required to due to conditions of the waiver. However, because the goals in the ... more »

Special Late Nite Cap UPDATE 10-4-12 #SOSCHAT #EDCHAT #P2

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*Nite Cap UPDATE**UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE* LAUSD & NO ON PROPOSITION 32 - CONNECTING THE DOTS by Leonard Isenberg [image: Crosby, Stills, Nash.jpg] *(For a national view of public education reform see the end of this blog post)There was a No On Proposition 32concert by Tom Morello and The Nightwatchmen opening forCrosby, Stills, & Nash last night at Nokia Theater in Downtown Los Angeles. On its face Proposition 32 purports to change state * Romney Tax Cut: What's The Point?! by Duke This is out of my usual wheelhouse, but... Romney says he will close a bunch of "loopholes" (mos... more »

Diane in the Evening 10-4-12 Diane Ravitch's blog

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Diane Ravitch's blog: Ideas for an archive? by dianerav Looks like we will get a sizable number of people to write letters to President Obama on October 17. Tim Furman suggests we set up a place to collect copies and share them. I don’t know how to do this. Anyone have an idea? The Invisible Children, Left Out of the Obama-Romney Debate by dianerav Jersey Jazzman wonders how our two candidates for President spent two hours discussing domestic issues without noticing our nation’s greatest scandal: the nearly one in four children who live in poverty. “High-Stakes Testing is Out ... more »

Team Vallas: Saving money by giving the same standardized test to 9th, 10th and 11th graders? - Wait, What?

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Team Vallas: Saving money by giving the same standardized test to 9th, 10th and 11th graders? - Wait, What?: Team Vallas: Saving money by giving the same standardized test to 9th, 10th and 11th graders? by jonpelto In order to understand things correctly, we have a question for Team Vallas. As we have come to learn, you all, as the experienced “education reformers” among us, believe that more standardized testing leads to an environment in which students will learn more. With that as one of your guiding principles, Team Vallas determined that Bridgeport students would be better off... more »

students of color "bleach bombed" at university of texas

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students of color "bleach bombed" at university of texas: *students of color "bleach bombed" at university of texas* At the University of Texas in Austin, police are investigating multiple reports that black and Asian students have been targeted and hit with "bleach bombs":*Bleach Balloons Launched at Students of Color at University of Texas*. Four people -- all students of color -- filed reports with the UT police department saying they had been attacked by bleach-filled balloons dropped toward them from high-rise buildings near West Campus. The incidents occurred from June thr... more »

Schools Matter: Schools (Don't?) Matter, Nor Does Creativity

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Schools Matter: Schools (Don't?) Matter, Nor Does Creativity: Schools (Don't?) Matter, Nor Does Creativity by Storm Okay, I'll confess to being less than tactful most of the time. But I gotta tell you, I'm pretty sick of one particular complaint that I hear (rather, read) again and again on education sites and FB pages dedicated to parent organizations against testing regimes in public education: "Your stealing my child's creativity!" First, there's no such thing. ...since the criterion of creativity cannot distinguish between the artist and the nonartist, anyone who calls himse... more »

It is what it is. But what if it’s WRONG? « @ the chalk face

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It is what it is. But what if it’s WRONG? « @ the chalk face: It is what it is. But what if it’s WRONG?2 October 4, 2012 by slekar Last night I attended my local school board meeting to use my three minutes of public comment time to address the board. I was there to continue my comments from last school year on teacher evaluations and why the board should at least think about the consequences when our teachers and principals will be forced to have 50% of their evaluation determined by the invalid high stakes test scores of the children taking these invalid measurements. Here’s wh... more »

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Quotables from last night's Republican primary debate

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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Quotables from last night's Republican primary debate: Quotables from last night's Republican primary debate by Mike Klonsky Debate? What debate?With snarky comments by me Romney: *"High-income people are doing just fine in this economy. They'll do fine whether you're president or I am."* Me: You bet they will. Obama: *"You know, I suspect that, on Social Security, we've got a somewhat similar position*." Me: Did you really say that? Obama: *"For -- so if you're -- if you're 54 or 55, you might want to * * * * *

Shanker Blog » Assessing Ourselves To Death

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Shanker Blog » Assessing Ourselves To Death: Assessing Ourselves To Death by Matthew Di Carlo I have two points to make. The first is something that I think everyone knows: *Educational outcomes, such as graduation and test scores, are signals of or proxies for the traits that lead to success in life, not the cause of that success*. For example, it is well-documented that high school graduates earn more, on average, than non-graduates. Thus, one often hears arguments that increasing graduation rates will drastically improve students’ future prospects, and the performance of the ec... more »

Choice?? When and why? « Deborah Meier on Education

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Choice?? When and why? « Deborah Meier on Education: Choice?? When and why? by debmeier Re Choice. I just got an e-mail from someone who expresses surprise that anyone would not want choices between schools. Interesting. We’re led to believe that everyone wants school choice. But it’s more complex than that. Some surely do–for whatever reasons–and what should we do then? We have to balance lots of “goods” vs “bads” and figure out what we’re willing to trade off for what we value even more? Or how we can minimize the bad and maximize the good!!! When we pretended that all schools... more »

Diane R. goes to Texas | Parents Across America

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Diane R. goes to Texas | Parents Across America: Diane R. goes to Texas by pureparents From PAA founding member Karen Miller: When I found out Diane was speaking at the school board/administrators convention, I asked her if she’d extend her stay and she agreed to remain an extra day. Lorie (Barzano, of PAA affiliate Coalition-SAUS) did a fantastic job with local arrangements, including a parent/teacher/community meeting at a high school in a low income area subject to takeover. I’ll let her describe that wonderful event (see below). We worked closely with the school board/admin... more »

What Obama’s debate performance says about his education policy - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

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What Obama’s debate performance says about his education policy - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post: What Obama’s debate performance says about his education policy By Valerie Strauss In the wake of President Obama’s lackluster performance in his first debate with Mitt Romney, commentators have suggested that part of the president’s problem was that during his time in the White House, he (like (Craig F. Walker/AP)other presidents before him) has rarely been challenged. People don’t interrupt him, tell him he is being obtuse and that he is dead wrong. So what does this have to d... more »

Strong Schools for a Strong Economy Tour - Year 2012 (CA Dept of Education)

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Strong Schools for a Strong Economy Tour - Year 2012 (CA Dept of Education): Schools Chief Tom Torlakson Leads 'Strong Schools for a Strong Economy' Tour SACRAMENTO—State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson launched a month-long statewide tour today highlighting innovative career technical programs that help prepare students for jobs in the 21st-century economy. Partnering with California School Boards Association (CSBA) President Jill Wynns along with teachers, parents, administrators, and school employees, Torlakson said the "Strong Schools for a Strong Economy" ef... more »

Giving Teachers Tools to Stop Bullying: Free Training Toolkit Now Available | ED.gov Blog

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Giving Teachers Tools to Stop Bullying: Free Training Toolkit Now Available | ED.gov Blog: Giving Teachers Tools to Stop Bullying: Free Training Toolkit Now Available Posted on October 4, 2012 by Deborah Temkin Over the past three years, at our annual Federal Partners in Bullying Prevention Summits, we have heard the same call by educators-– teachers want to help stop bullying, but they don’t know how. Most try to help, but few receive training on how to do so. There are bullying prevention trainings available for teachers, but many are very expensive or not based on the best avail... more »

News Flash: Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee had co-conspirators in the attempt to buy this week’s Democratic Primary. - Wait, What?

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News Flash: Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee had co-conspirators in the attempt to buy this week’s Democratic Primary. - Wait, What?: News Flash: Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee had co-conspirators in the attempt to buy this week’s Democratic Primary. by jonpelto Official reports indicate that Connecticut’s primary “education reform” group was part of Rhee’s attempt to influence the outcome of this week’s Democratic Primary It turns out that when Michelle Rhee dumped tens of thousands into this week’s re-vote to select the Democratic nominee in the General Assembly’s 5th Hou... more »

Missing the Real Story on Student Attrition at Charters | Edwize

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Missing the Real Story on Student Attrition at Charters | Edwize: Missing the Real Story on Student Attrition at Charters by Christina Collins At a time when the question of how to best serve our neediest students at all schools is a key focus at the local and national levels, media analyses of the impact of student attrition at charters and district schools can be a useful contribution to the discussion. Unfortunately, an article recently published by SchoolBook misses the key point of this question in its failure to acknowledge that charter attrition’s effects come not from the ... more »

Fail Mary Passes….in the Classroom but Not on the Field « City School Stories

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Fail Mary Passes….in the Classroom but Not on the Field « City School Stories: Fail Mary Passes….in the Classroom but Not on the Field by fmurphy *Notes from the Field* Submitted by Joy of Teaching on October 4, 2012 By now most Americans with any link to media has heard about the (now settled) National Football League Referee strike. This strike between the football officials and the NFL began in late August. The striking officials were replaced with referees from other organizations and were considered sub-par replacement officiates by most media outlets. Almost simultaneously... more »

Teachers stump for Prop. 30; PTA parents push for Prop. 38 - Inside Bay Area

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Teachers stump for Prop. 30; PTA parents push for Prop. 38 - Inside Bay Area: Teachers stump for Prop. 30; PTA parents push for Prop. 38 By Sharon Noguchi snoguchi@mercurynews.com Posted: 10/04/2012 06:16:50 AM PDT Updated: 10/04/2012 07:23:41 AM PDT English teacher Kimberley Gilles put off grading two piles of "To Kill a Mockingbird" essays to staff a phone bank Sunday and urge San Ramon voters to approve Proposition 30, the tax hike to help stabilize California schools and government, and a local bond measure. Susan Canty of Los Altos Hills has been living and breathing Proposi... more »

The power of parents in a public school – Schools of Thought - CNN.com Blogs

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The power of parents in a public school – Schools of Thought - CNN.com Blogs: The power of parents in a public school By *Rose Arce*, CNN [image: The power of parents in a public school] *Editor’s note: **Rose Arce** is a senior producer in CNN’s New York Bureau who is also a regular contributor to Mamiverse.* *(CNN)* - I walked into Room 308 this year and made a beeline to see Luna’s contribution to the Art Wall, a rosy-cheeked self-portrait with an essay on her personal goal: learning to say hello to strangers. Her teacher has no such problem. “Hello, everyone!” Clare O’Connell s... more »

School Tech Connect: Things That Aren't Slogans

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School Tech Connect: Things That Aren't Slogans: Things That Aren't Slogans by noreply@blogger.com (Tim Furman) I'm not a subscriber over at Education Week any more, so I can't comment on Pedro Noriega's recent post,which I hesitate to characterize as "overwrought and under-thought" but only because I'm a bit of a fly on the wall compared to Pedro Noriega. However, there's this: If we really want to change the direction of reform then we have to articulate a clear strategy on how it can be achieved. It can't just be a new set of slogans or a manifesto like that adopted by the C... more »

Missouri Education Watchdog: Your Children Belong to the Government via their Personal Data. The Holy Grail of Education Realized?

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Missouri Education Watchdog: Your Children Belong to the Government via their Personal Data. The Holy Grail of Education Realized?: Your Children Belong to the Government via their Personal Data. The Holy Grail of Education Realized? by stlgretchen Do children tracked from birth by the US government give up individual right to privacy and freedom for the government's "right" to their data? Do you like your data being shared on Facebook? No? Then why is it permissible for the Federal Government to track your child *from birth and this information shared with various agencies and p... more »

Learn from All Successful Schools, Not Just Charters | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights

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Learn from All Successful Schools, Not Just Charters | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights: Learn from All Successful Schools, Not Just Charters by obriena Few would argue with the notion that public education in America needs to improve to ensure that our country remains prosperous in the coming years. And we should look wherever we can for ideas on how we can increase student achievement for each child in the nation. One possible source for these ideas: charter schools. Last week, the Hamilton Project at the Brookings Institution released “Learning from the Succes... more »

FCMAT » Cali Education Headlines Thursday, October 4, 2012

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FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team: Bankrupt Inglewood schools to be governed by local graduate Taylor Education Headlines *Thursday, October 4, 2012* San Diego administrator contests demotionBrenda Campbell, a longtime San Diego Unified School District administrator placed on paid leave the first week of the school year, is now suing her employer in an attempt to be reinstated. Pajaro Valley errs in superintendent salaryThe Pajaro Valley Unified School District owes Superintendent Dorma Baker more than $30,000 because of a payroll error. Sacramento Mayor Johnson hi... more »

Schools Matter: Memphis District to Lose $212 Million to Charter Schools by 2016

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Schools Matter: Memphis District to Lose $212 Million to Charter Schools by 2016: Memphis Raising Most Regressive Taxes to Pay for $212 Million Hole Created by Charter Schools by Jim Horn In June we posted on the Gates-SfC plan for school consolidation in Shelby County, which the State report says will cost Shelby County $212,000,000 over the next four years to pay for the segregated charter chain gangs that are being created to contain, separate, and indoctrinate the next generation of the poor in Memphis. The County solution: raise the sales tax another penny, which will push ... more »

Romney’s Claim That Half of College Grads “Can’t Find Work” Is False. But What’s the Real Story? « Student Activism

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Romney’s Claim That Half of College Grads “Can’t Find Work” Is False. But What’s the Real Story? « Student Activism: Romney’s Claim That Half of College Grads “Can’t Find Work” Is False. But What’s the Real Story? by Angus Johnston In last night’s presidential debate, Mitt Romney made a claim that was specific, shocking, and false. “Fifty percent of college graduates this year,” he said, “can’t find work.” There are a few ways of interpreting this statement, but none of them add up. A study published this summer found that for college graduates under the age of 24, the unemployme... more »

Why We Need Common Core: A Parody - The Educator's PLN

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Why We Need Common Core: A Parody - The Educator's PLN: Why We Need Common Core: A Parody - Added by Thomas Whitby on October 4, 2012 at 9:48am - View Videos A parody on our current educational system...:)