Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Nite Cap 11-20-13 #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2


James Baldwin said it best: 

"For these are all our children, and we will profit by or pay for whatever they become."


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Brown’s choice: California ignores annual survey on states’ use of ed data | EdSource Today
Brown’s choice: California ignores annual survey on states’ use of ed data | EdSource Today: Brown’s choice: California ignores annual survey on states’ use of ed dataNovember 20th, 2013 | Add a Comment | By John FensterwaldCalifornia, in gray, is the only state that didn’t report this year to the Data Quality Campaign’s 9th annual analysis. Two states in orange, Arkansas and Delaware, reported a perfect 10 actions to create effective state data policies.California for the first time declined this year to participate in Data Quality Campaign’s annual national survey,creating a hole in the 50-s
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Council holds hearing on funding for public schools | Philadelphia Public School Notebook
Council holds hearing on funding for public schools | Philadelphia Public School Notebook: Council holds hearing on funding for public schoolsby thenotebook on Nov 20 2013 Posted in Latest news="" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; padding: 0px 2px;">Share on emailMore Sharing ServicesCOMMENTS (0)PRINTPhoto: Isaac RiddleCouncil members Mark Squilla, David Oh, and Jannie Blackwell at a hearing on education funding Tuesday.by Isaac RiddleSchool District of Philadelphia chief financial advisor, Matthew E. Stanski, and Lori Shorr, chief education officer for the mayor’s offic
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11-19-13 THE WHOLE CHILD BLOG - Thanks to Millions of Professionals Who Support Our Students Everyday
Thanks to Millions of Professionals Who Support Our Students Everyday — Whole Child Education: Thanks to Millions of Professionals Who Support Our Students EverydaySupported, the fourth tenet of the ASCD Whole Child Initiative, says that each student has access to personalized learning and is supported by qualified caring adults. While teachers, administrators, and parents are often the most recognized adults in the school community, we must also remember the often overlooked adults helping to educate and keep our kids safe—the school support staff. Therby Kristen Pekarek / 3min skip  //  save
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AFT's Harvey Weinstein to Host Screening of MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM - BWWMoviesWorld
AFT's Harvey Weinstein to Host Screening of MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM - BWWMoviesWorld: AFT's Harvey Weinstein to Host Screening of MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOMNovember 2011:502013Print ArticleEmail Link👤by Movies News Desk Related:The American Federation of Teachers and The Weinstein Company are bringing the story of Nelson Mandela's life and his message of social justice, reconciliation
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Investing in the Future | National Opportunity to Learn Campaign | Education Reform for Equity and Opportunity
Investing in the Future | National Opportunity to Learn Campaign | Education Reform for Equity and Opportunity: Investing in the Future: Revenue Options to GiveEvery Child the Opportunity to LearnNew Report is Powerful Advocacy Tool for Fair School FundingToday the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center and the Opportunity to Learn Campaign are pleased to releaseInvesting in the Future: Revenue Op
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Education Spending in Pennsylvania and Philadelphia: Matthew Steinberg and Rand Quinn | Penn GSE Press Room
Education Spending in Pennsylvania and Philadelphia: Matthew Steinberg and Rand Quinn | Penn GSE Press Room: EDUCATION SPENDING IN PENNSYLVANIA AND PHILADELPHIA: MATTHEW STEINBERG AND RAND QUINNProfessors Matthew Steinberg and Rand Quinn are experts on education funding and education policy. In a recent studyprepared for the Philadelphia City Council Committee on Education, Steinberg and Quinn fou
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Does Common Core Matter? An Excellent 2012 Musing by Tom Loveless | deutsch29
Does Common Core Matter? An Excellent 2012 Musing by Tom Loveless | deutsch29: Does Common Core Matter? An Excellent 2012 Musing by Tom LovelessNovember 20, 2013The Education Week article below was written in April 2012 by Brookings Institute member Tom Loveless.In it, Loveless argues why having “common standards” across states will likely produce no monumental gains for states adopting Common Cor
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Who Writes the Songs? | Taking Note
Who Writes the Songs? | Taking Note: Who Writes the Songs?by JOHN MERROW on 20. NOV, 2013 in 2013 BLOGSI write the songs that make the whole world sing.I write the songs of love and special things.I write the songs that make the young girls cry.I write the songs, I write the songs.No doubt that the Barry Manilow tune is now playing in the heads of most readers.[1]    But who “writes the songs” in
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11-20-13 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: Update on Data Quality Campaign to Judge All Knowledge on Corporate NeedsA Jane Roberts clip from the Memphis Corporate Appeal yesterday on DQC:. . . .In 2012, Tennessee scored six, including that it was among a handful of states taking steps to ensure that teachers — and students training to be teachers — know how to read data so they can better meet student needs. “We’ve seen a l
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Cali Education Headlines Wednesday, November 20, 2013
FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team: Teachers union members, parents protest $1-billion iPad planEducation HeadlinesFCMAT provides links to California K-12 news stories as a service to the industry. However, some stories may not be accessible because of newspapers' subscription policies.Wednesday, November 20, 2013Monterey Peninsula USD prepares to make final settlement payment
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Morning Wink 11-20-13 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK  AM POSTS mark as readLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 11-20-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: As Students Are Buried in Debt, US DOE Pulls in $42.5 Billion in ProfitsThis is an astonishing article. The US Department of Education is making profits from student loans while th
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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 11-20-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: As Students Are Buried in Debt, US DOE Pulls in $42.5 Billion in ProfitsThis is an astonishing article. The US Department of Education is making profits from student loans while the kids go deeper into debt. This is 21st century entrepreneuralism at its worst. Shahien Nasiripour of the Huffington Post writes: The U.S. Department of
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Can We Rescue the Common Core Standards From the Testing Machine? - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher
Can We Rescue the Common Core Standards From the Testing Machine? - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher: Can We Rescue the Common Core Standards From the Testing Machine?By Anthony Cody on November 19, 2013 3:11 PMGuest post by Peter Greene.A recent recurring refrain around and about the comments sections is the notion that the Common Core standards are, in and of themselves, quite fine, a
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Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: “Nominations Open! The 10th Annual Edublog Awards Are Here!”It’s that time again — Nominations Open! The 10th Annual Edublog Awards Are Here! These awards recognized education blogs from around the world, and I think they’re great opportunities to learn about blogs and great work that is out there that all of us might not k
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11-20-13 Fred Klonsky | Running for our pensions. | VOTE 4 Fred Klonsky
Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.: The Chicago Tribune is orgasmic over the possibility of pension destruction., Today the editorial board of The Chicago Tribune have gone positively orgasmic over the possibility that state public employees will lose our pensions on December 3rd. Freeze our cost of living adjustment. Ohhhh. Increase th
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11-20-13 teacherken at Daily Kos
teacherken at Daily Kos: What if . . . . .byteacherkenWhat if we stopped one day, looked at all the work we had done to try to make the world a better place than we found it, and instead realized despite all of our efforts, we had failed?What if we supported political candidates, helped to get them into office, only to find many of them, far too many of them, coopted by the perquisites of office,
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11-20-13 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: The Bizzaro World of Education 2.0The policy of public school consolidation is recipe for disaster. Education “reformers, experts, policy makers” close public schools by using “under-utilization” or “under-performing” seats as an excuse to create larger school sizes. They view the outcome (test scores) as a production problem (teachers) and aim to alter the process (instruction)
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11-20-13 Wait What?
Wait What?: How do you spell disaster? Arne DuncanArne Duncan is a buffoon. Unfortunately for the nation’s students, teachers, parents and public education system he also serve’s as the country’s Secretary of Education. Over the past few days, Education Bloggers around the country have been reporting on Duncan’s recent defense of the national corporate education privatization movement. Here are so
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11-20-13 The Answer Sheet
The Answer Sheet: A debate: What do international test scores tell us?I published a post last week, headlined “The fetishization of international test scores,” that, as the title suggests, discusses how school reformers inappropriately obsess about international test scores. Some people in the education world took issue with with my views, including Marc Tucker, president of the non-profit Nationa
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11-20-13 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Yes to the Seattle Council PTSA's Suggestion on the Board AgendaThis just came across my desk and, at this point, I agree.  The agenda is a mess (not to mention the Growth Boundaries plan.  There's now even some mystery motion to change the agenda (with no explanation of what).PTA members,As you know, the position of Seattle Council PTSA is that Seattle Public Scho
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11-20-13 the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness
the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness (the public and scholarly writing by P. L. Thomas, Furman University): RECOMMENDED: English Journal, Vol. 103, No. 2, November 2013English Journal, a flagship publication from NCTE, is currently under the outstanding editorship of Julie and David Gorlewski—who have followed the stellar work of the previous editor, Ken Lindblom. I want to ur
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11-20-13 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: How Much Have Districts Spent On Race To The Top Mandates?A commenter at the Newsday article on Diane Ravitch writes the following:The greatest scam was Andy Cuomo and Obama holding a gun to our head about the $700 million Federal funding and other state aid as well. Cuomo painted the teachers' union as the greedy obstructionists depriving children of their right to learn. T
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Can Knowledge Level The Learning Field For Children?
Shanker Blog » Can Knowledge Level The Learning Field For Children?: Can Knowledge Level The Learning Field For Children?Posted by Esther Quintero on November 20, 2013How much do preschoolers from disadvantaged and more affluent backgrounds know about the world and why does that matter? One recent study by Tanya Kaefer (Lakehead University) Susan B. Neuman (New York University) and Ashley M. Pinkh
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Students Last: A Sitcom Star Is Born?
Students Last: A Sitcom Star Is Born?: A Sitcom Star Is Born?Will Duncan become a television star?Los Angeles - The celebrity news website TMZ is reporting that former Secretary of Education Arne Duncan was spotted at cable and satellite television network TLC corporate headquarters.After handing in his resignation to President Obama earlier today, Arne Duncan then flew to L.A. and met with severa
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The Money Pit at PS 154 in the Bronx southbronxschool.com
http://www.southbronxschool.com: The Money Pit at PS 154 in the BronxSome teachers from PS 154 have shared some concerns with The Crack Team here at SBSB. The biggest concern is the lack of transparency from Dr Alison Coviello; PhD. and Principal when itcomes to the monies being strewn about.With the register down to the mid 400's this year and losing approximately $125,000 due to the low enrollme
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All Things Education: Public education for me but not for thee
All Things Education: Public education for me but not for thee: Public education for me but not for theeAlthough he has since quasi-apologized, Arne Duncan put his foot in his mouth, saying that,It’s fascinating to me that some of the pushback is coming from, sort of, white suburban moms who — all of a sudden — their child isn’t as brilliant as they thought they were and their school isn’t quite a
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Sean Reardon Confirms Further Widening of Segregation by Income | janresseger
Sean Reardon Confirms Further Widening of Segregation by Income | janresseger: Sean Reardon Confirms Further Widening of Segregation by IncomePosted on November 20, 2013 by janressegerNear the end of their new book, Public Education Under Siege, educator Mike Rose and historian Michael B. Katz describe what they believe is the toughest problem for public education in America: “Throughout American
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“Open Letter to Parents About Testing” From New York State School Principals | toteachornototeach
“Open Letter to Parents About Testing” From New York State School Principals | toteachornototeach: “Open Letter to Parents About Testing” From New York State School Principals by Alan SingerThis letter is by New York State principals and is addressed to New York State parents, but it could just as well be addressed to every parent in the United States. Since Barack Obama and Arne Duncan are parent
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Week in Class: Week Eleven 2013
Reflections on Teaching » Blog Archive » Week in Class: Week Eleven 2013: Week in Class: Week Eleven 2013About this time of year, I’m feeling as distressed as the paint on this picture. I’m tired. I’m really tired, I’m ready for my first “break”, and thank the gods that we now have the whole week of Thanksgiving off (even if I hate the furlough cut in my pay).I’m going to make this short and sweet
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Kimble's Corner: An Open Letter to the Liberal Media
Kimble's Corner: An Open Letter to the Liberal Media: An Open Letter to the Liberal MediaDear Liberal Media,Today, I turned on the Twitter to discover that yet another liberal media type had fallen for a parody account.   The reporter in question was named Toure (He has an accent over the e, but my keyboard only types American) and he works at CNN.   You can see why I get my news from FOX and Jay
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K-12 News Network | Why This “Suburban Mom” Thinks Arne Duncan’s All Wrong
K-12 News Network | Why This “Suburban Mom” Thinks Arne Duncan’s All Wrong: Why This “Suburban Mom” Thinks Arne Duncan’s All Wrongadmin November 19, 2013 Big Ed, Common Core, Federal Policy, Parents, The Testing Industry 0Last week, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said “white suburban moms” oppose Common Core State Standards because they’ll find out “their child isn’t as brilliant as they thoug
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Next steps for implementing (and mitigating) California’s new science standards | EdSource Today
Next steps for implementing (and mitigating) California’s new science standards | EdSource Today: Next steps for implementing (and mitigating) California’s new science standardsNovember 20th, 2013 | Add a Comment | By Paul Bruno / commentaryPaul BrunoI have been highly critical of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for their vagueness and lack of rigorous scientific content. Now that tho
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Arne Duncan has lost his mind | Crazy Crawfish's Blog
Arne Duncan has lost his mind | Crazy Crawfish's Blog: Crazy Crawfish's BlogZesty Louisiana Education PoliticsArne Duncan has lost his mindPosted on November 19, 20134Arne Duncan (after hanging out with the Mayor of Toronto smoking from a mysterious pipe)Unless you live under rock, if you follow education issues at all you no doubt heard this latest pearl of wisdom from the head of the US Departme
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What Do We Win? | Connected Principals
What Do We Win? | Connected Principals: What Do We Win?November 20, 2013By jgohThe global race to be one of the top five Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) and Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMMS) countries is a debate all around the world at the moment. Countries are endeavouring to find that pedagogical panacea and structural reform that will give them
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H.R.3401: Restorative Justice in Schools Act of 2013 - U.S. Congress - OpenCongress
H.R.3401: Restorative Justice in Schools Act of 2013 - U.S. Congress - OpenCongress:  mark as readBill Introduced: H.R. 3401: Restorative Justice in Schools Act of 2013To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow a local educational agency that receives a subgrant under section 2121 of such Act to use the funds to provide professional development activities that train schoo
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NYC Educator: We Don't Need No Stinking Rules
NYC Educator: We Don't Need No Stinking Rules: We Don't Need No Stinking RulesSo says the Beginning With Children Charter School. Because they used to be a public school, they're bound by the awful UFT Contract, you know, the one that says teachers must be paid a certain number of dollars and work a certain number of hours. Because really, the entire point of being a charter is to do whatever the
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Parent-Teacher Extended Conferences
Parent-Teacher Extended Conferences « Coalition for Educational Justice: Parent-Teacher Extended ConferencesPARENTS!Did your child score a Level 1 or 2 on the NY State exams last year?Come learn activities and strategies to help your child at home!– Sign Up for an Extended Parent-Teacher Conversation NOW –Watch these videos for more information:English | SpanishFlyer:
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Cobb responds on class size: 'The district does know what it... | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com
Cobb responds on class size: 'The district does know what it... | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com: Cobb responds on class size: 'The district does know what it is doing when it comes to teacher allotments.' http://www.classsizematters.org/Previous PostsCobb now knows the problem with class size disparities. How long until district can fix it? November 19, 2013Don't Send Your Kid to School Day: Anyone s
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Changing My Mind on How To Teach Thinking Skills | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice
Changing My Mind on How To Teach Thinking Skills | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: Changing My Mind on How To Teach Thinking SkillsIn the fifth year of my teaching at Cleveland’s Glenville high school–it was the early 1960s–I had already introduced materials to my classes on what was then called “Negro history” (see here and here). I then began experimenting with the direct te
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Officials release vote on Supt. Deasy's job evaluation - latimes.com
Officials release vote on Supt. Deasy's job evaluation - latimes.com:  Teachers union members, parents protest $1-billion iPad planMore than a dozen Los Angeles teachers on Tuesday staged their first protest of a $1-billion plan to provide iPads to every student and teacher, calling the effort misguided and unsustainable.by By Stephen Ceasar... / 9h skip  //  saveOfficials release vote on Supt. De
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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: School community votes and rejects the 'military coup' at Ames Middle School
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: School community votes and rejects the 'military coup' at Ames Middle School: School community votes and rejects the 'military coup' at Ames Middle SchoolThis from the Logan Square School Facilities CouncilAmes activists organize against military coupThe Results Are In!Maldonado's Military Coup at Ames Even Less Popular than Anticipated97% of Parents and 94% of Stude
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Just a Reminder: DBAC (District Advisory Council Budget Advisory Committee) meets6:30 PM, Tuesday Nov. 19, at Espresso Metro(2104 11th Ave at Freeport Blvd.)DAC Nominating Committee meets 8 PM, Tuesday Nov. 19,at Dad's Kitchen(2968 Freeport Boulevard Sacramento)DBAC Meeting Topics for 11/19/13Presentation and discussion of Period 4 (October) fiscal reports on how much your school is receiving and
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MAD - Mothers Respond to Duncan | Truth in American Education
MAD - Mothers Respond to Duncan | Truth in American Education: MAD – Mothers Respond to DuncanFiled in Uncategorized by chascherrie on November 19, 2013 • 0 CommentsPress Release: November 19, 2013FACEBOOK – Miffed Mothers from around the country have their collective hands on their hips in response to U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan’s foot in mouth indictment of “white, suburban moms.” Ju
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Woman's Dream of Autism Center Doused by Officials - Voice of OC | Orange County's Nonprofit Investigative News Agency: Health News
Woman's Dream of Autism Center Doused by Officials - Voice of OC | Orange County's Nonprofit Investigative News Agency: Health News: Woman's Dream of Autism Center Doused by OfficialsStoryComments (2)Image (1)PrintCreate a hardcopy of this pageFont Size:Default font sizeLarger font size7Courtni Laughlin is trying to open a center for adults suffering from autism. (Photo by: Rex Dalton)Related Link
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Hillsboro School District: 3 more storylines from Common Core's rollout | OregonLive.com
Hillsboro School District: 3 more storylines from Common Core's rollout | OregonLive.com: Hillsboro School District: 3 more storylines from Common Core's rolloutYesterday, I posted a story about College Preparatory Mathematics, or CPM, the math curriculum the Hillsboro School Districtadopted this year to align itself with the new Common Core State Standards. If you missed it,click here.While repor
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Children’s Coverage on the Eve of the Affordable Care Act
Children’s Coverage on the Eve of the Affordable Care Act « MomsRising Blog: Children’s Coverage on the Eve of the Affordable Care ActPosted November 19th, 2013 by Say Ahhh!Here’s a good news story on health coverage that the public is largely unaware of. The number of uninsured children continues to decline to historic lows – a remarkable accomplishment given the high childhood poverty rate and t
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Parents' Guide to Student Success - Year 2013
Parents' Guide to Student Success - Year 2013 (CA Dept of Education): State Schools Chief Tom Torlakson Partnering with California PTA to Provide Common Core Resources to ParentsSACRAMENTO—State education officials are working with the California State PTA to get information on the Common Core State Standards into the hands of parents across California, Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Tor
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Privatization is undoing Brown v. Board of Education - Salon.com
Privatization is undoing Brown v. Board of Education - Salon.com: Privatization is undoing Brown v. Board of EducationOur school system is increasingly "separate and unequal" -- and we have Michelle Rhee's political allies to thankPAUL BUCHHEIT, ALTERNETThis article originally appeared on AlterNet.Heartland Institute President Joseph Bast called the public school system a “socialist regi
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Nite Cap 11-18-13 #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
James Baldwin said it best: "For these are all our children, and we will profit by or pay for whatever they become."A BIG EDUCATION APE NITE CAP mark as readChoosing Democracy: Why Good Teachers Embrace CultureChoosing Democracy: Why Good Teachers Embrace Culture: Why Good Teachers Embrace CultureMeeting students where they are often requires knowing, celebrating, and incorporating their
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