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Nite Cap 11-4-13 #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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Shifting The Mission Of Public Education – redqueeninla
Shifting The Mission Of Public Education – redqueeninla: Shifting The Mission Of Public EducationWritten by redqueeninla in LAUSD I love performance art.  Long ago I had the kick-ass opportunity of participating in a gigantic event, pre-cell-phone-era, with hundreds of dancers who took over the space in Philadelphia’s train station, working in 3D within all the different spaces suffused with diffe
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Written Testimony on the Common Core & Next Generation Sunshine State Standards | Truth in American Education
Written Testimony on the Common Core & Next Generation Sunshine State Standards | Truth in American Education: Written Testimony on the Common Core & Next Generation Sunshine State StandardsFiled in Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level by Shane Vander Hart on November 4, 2013 • 0 CommentsKaren Effrem, MD the President of Education Liberty Watch and co-founder of the Florid
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11-4-13 Jersey Jazzman Teacher Christie Bullied on Ed Show Tonight!
Jersey Jazzman: Teacher Christie Bullied on Ed Show Tonight!Melissa Tomlinson, the teacher who dared to ask Chris Christie a question and got excoriated in the process, will be on MSNBC's The Ed Show tonight, 5 pm EST. I can't wait to hear her side of the story in her own words. Unpresidential behavior.67 by Duke / 1h mark as read  //  saveChristie's Never-Ending War On TeachersWhen Chris Christie
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Rising Weight of Poverty on Public Schools | the becoming radical
Rising Weight of Poverty on Public Schools | the becoming radical: RISING WEIGHT OF POVERTY ON PUBLIC SCHOOLS[This ran without hyperlinks at The Greenville News (November 1, 2013) and The Charleston Post & Courier (November 4, 2013)]According to 1860 census data, South Carolina had the highest percentage (57.2%) of its population as slaves in the U.S. Beaufort County (82.8%) and Georgetown Cou
by mike simpson / 1h 
NYC Public School Parents: NYSED's new scary data dictionary, with elements to be uploaded into inBloom and shared with vendors
NYC Public School Parents: NYSED's new scary data dictionary, with elements to be uploaded into inBloom and shared with vendors: NYSED's new scary data dictionary, with elements to be uploaded into inBloom and shared with vendorsAccording to the new NYSED data dictionary, updated just yesterday, among the mandatory elements to be uploaded to inBloom and shared with vendors are approximately 400 da
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Newark High School students march out, send a message to Chris Christie Blue Jersey - New Jersey progressive politics and news
Blue Jersey - New Jersey progressive politics and news: The Governor Explains What's Wrong With The Governorby: vmarsSat Nov 02, 2013 at 03:24:52 PM EDTDiary rescue from this weekend, when our spiking traffic crashed our site. Promoted by Rosi.So on the weekend before the general election Chris Christie is showing his true colors as he cruises to victory.  At his Somerset headquarters, PNJ has him
by mike simpson / 2h 
NYC Educator: Bet on Bill de Blasio
NYC Educator: Bet on Bill de Blasio: Bet on Bill de BlasioFor my money, Perdido Street School is one of the very best NYC education blogs. I see things regularly I'd never know about if I weren't following him. For example, you won't learn that Bill de Blasio met with Rahm Emanuel over at Gotham Schools. It's certainly worth considering, as Rahm is clearly the scum of the earth, among the very wor
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The charter-school lie: Market-based education gambles with our children - Salon.com
The charter-school lie: Market-based education gambles with our children - Salon.com: The charter-school lie: Market-based education gambles with our childrenNew proof that vouchers and charter schools don't reform education, just subject it to the whims of businessmenBY JEFF BRYANT   574   190   1        more    TOPICS: EDUCATION, SCHOOLS, VOUCHERS, CHARTER SCHOOLS, NEA, MICHELLE RHEE, DIANE RAVI
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Is Wisconsin Ready for the Corporate Reformers of Education? | Uppity Wisconsin
Is Wisconsin Ready for the Corporate Reformers of Education? | Uppity Wisconsin: Is Wisconsin Ready for the Corporate Reformers of Education?Submitted by Sen. K. Vinehout on Mon, 11/04/2013 - 12:44pm“I just don’t understand vouchers, choice, and charter schools,” the man told me. “Could you explain?”Public education is undergoing a radical change. What was predominately a local school governed by
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11-4-13 The Answer Sheet Why is Arne Duncan visiting Haiti?
Why is Arne Duncan visiting Haiti?: Why is Arne Duncan visiting Haiti?BY VALERIE STRAUSSNovember 4 at 1:13 pmArne Duncan (Charles Rex Arbogast/AP)Education Secretary Arne Duncan travels a lot around the country as the Obama administration’s school reform chief, visiting classrooms and talking up federal education policies. There’s nothing unusual about that — but a trip he began on Monday is.Dunca
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NJ Organizers Win Moratorium on Suspensions | National Opportunity to Learn Campaign | Education Reform for Equity and Opportunity
NJ Organizers Win Moratorium on Suspensions | National Opportunity to Learn Campaign | Education Reform for Equity and Opportunity: NJ Organizers Win Moratorium on SuspensionsPosted on: Monday November 4th, 2013On October 16, education organizers in Paterson, NJ, scored a victory for school discipline reform and theSolutions Not Suspensions initiative. Thanks to the hard work of the Paterson Educa
by mike simpson / 4h 
11-4-13 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: Mercedes Schneider Emails Randi WeingartenI believe that you really do want to support public school teachers. However, I think that in general, you have lost our confidence and our trust.  Just read the comments associated with numerous posts tagged using your name on Diane Ravitch’s blog. The negative sentiment is undeniable. Your choices have provoked this loss of our support..
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11-4-13 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Think You're Proud When Your Kid Gets a Good Grade?This dad couldn't be prouder.   From The Washington Post's The Answer Sheet:Here’s a video that went viral showing a father in Britain reacting strongly when he learned that his son had gotten a ‘C’ in math — which is a passing grade — after first flunking it.The dad is Farnoosh Shahrokhshahi and it was his son, Ar
by mike simpson / 4h 
11-4-13 THE WHOLE CHILD BLOG Throughout November: Supporting Student Success and the Common Core — Whole Child Education
Throughout November: Supporting Student Success and the Common Core — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOGThroughout November: Supporting Student Success and the Common CoreNovember 4, 2013 by Klea Scharberg"Educators need to prepare kids to be career and college ready, but they also need to prepare them for their present world. The Common Core State Standards set out to do that. They'
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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: School reform and the gentrification of our cities
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: School reform and the gentrification of our cities: School reform and the gentrification of our citiesThe now-closed Alfred David Kohn Elementary, 10414 S. State Street in Roseland.As someone who has long been involved with urban school reform, I have tried to make the case that current top-down, corporate-style "school reform" policies have more to do with
by mike simpson / 4h 
What's Next for Mark Hopkins? Parent Strategy Forum
What's Next for Mark Hopkins? Parent Strategy Forum: Dear Community Ally,It is with great enthusiasm that Hmong Innovating Politics (HIP) would like to invite you to an upcoming community strategy forum to discuss the re-purposing of the recently closed Mark Hopkins Elementary School. This event is sponsored by SCUSD Board Member Diana Rodriguez, Assemblymember Dr. Richard Pan and City Councilmemb
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Teens on violence, bullying: Half of high school boys admit to... | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com
Teens on violence, bullying: Half of high school boys admit to... | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com: Teens on violence, bullying: Half of high school boys admit to hitting out of anger COMMENT(2) 1 5 0 6View Larger (Getty)Previous PostsSouthern Poly students rally today against proposed merger with Kennesaw. Will it matter? November 4, 2013APS cheating scandal: The prosecution of educators was a mistak
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The Common Core Doesn’t Cut Literature – It Complements It | NEA Today
The Common Core Doesn’t Cut Literature – It Complements It | NEA Today: The Common Core Doesn’t Cut Literature – It Complements ItNovember 4, 2013 by twalker  Filed under Common Core State Standards, Featured News, Top StoriesLeave a CommentBy Cindy LongWhen it comes to fiction versus nonfiction, the new Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for English Language Arts isn’t “an either or thing,” says
by mike simpson / 4h 
Today: Twitter Chat on #ResourceInequity with 99in5 Student Voice
Student Voice: Today: Twitter Chat on #ResourceInequity with 99in5 Engage with #edujustice student leaders nationwide during a Twitter Chat on #resourceinequity this Monday, Nov. 4 at 8:30 p.m.! Follow #stuvoice and  #resourceinequity to see the conversation, and tweet at those hashtags to join in! We will be sharing student stories about the importance of resources in K-12 learning as well as di
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11-4-13 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: Jal Mehta Nails the Reasons Why School Reform Has FailedThe Allure of Order provides one of the best single explanations of how and why top-down school reform failed. Elites chose to “colonize” the disrespected teaching profession. Part of the solution, Mehta indicated, was transforming teaching into a real and respected profession.Mehta’s “From Bureaucracy to Profession: Remaking
by mike simpson / 4h 
Cali Education Headlines Monday, November 4, 2013
FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team: Apparently, No StudentsFirst Kiss for Ron and Thomas Calderon in 2011Education HeadlinesMonday, November 4, 2013School superintendent's firing proves expensive for ShandonWhen the Shandon school district's board of trustees decided to fire its superintendent earlier this month before his contract was up, it locked the rural district already s
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Morning Wink 11-4-13 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK  AM POSTSTODAYNJ Education Spending & the Collapse of Equity [Update] | School Finance 101NJ Education Spending & the Collapse of Equity [Update] | School Finance 101: NJ Education Spending & the Collapse of Equity [Update]Posted on November 4, 20130       Rate ThisA while back, I wrote this post on the collapse of educational equity in New Jersey.A few
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NJ Education Spending & the Collapse of Equity [Update] | School Finance 101
NJ Education Spending & the Collapse of Equity [Update] | School Finance 101: NJ Education Spending & the Collapse of Equity [Update]Posted on November 4, 20130       Rate ThisA while back, I wrote this post on the collapse of educational equity in New Jersey.A few years back, I wrote this post to try to clear up the multitude of falsehoods I kept hearing about New Jersey taxes and spendin
by mike simpson / 8h 
Anatomy of a 6,000-hour deficit | HechingerEd Blog
Anatomy of a 6,000-hour deficit | HechingerEd Blog: Anatomy of a 6,000-hour deficitAs we recently reported, by the time a child from a low-income family reaches sixth grade, he or she has spent an estimated 6,000 fewer hours learning than a peer from a wealthy household.How did researchers come up with 6,000 hours? At a Halloween morning conference at the Ford Foundation (one of our funders at The
by mike simpson / 8h 
SPS Show on WBOK at 10:00am today with your host, me! (and the real host Dr Raynard Sanders) | Crazy Crawfish's Blog
SPS Show on WBOK at 10:00am today with your host, me! (and the real host Dr Raynard Sanders) | Crazy Crawfish's Blog: Crazy Crawfish's BlogZesty Louisiana Education PoliticsSPS Show on WBOK at 10:00am today with your host, me! (and the real host Dr Raynard Sanders)Posted on November 4, 20130I will be invading the airwaves AGAIN, today at 10:00 am on WBOK 1230 AM, for the New Orleans Imperative rad
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The Secret Sixty Prepare to Write Standards for 50 Million - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher
The Secret Sixty Prepare to Write Standards for 50 Million - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher: The Secret Sixty Prepare to Write Standards for 50 MillionBy Anthony Cody on July 6, 2009 12:13 PM | 26 CommentsSixty individuals, ONE teacher among them, will write national education standards in the next five months, in a secret process that excludes effective input from students, parents o
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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 11-4-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Mother Crusader: Chris Christie’s Education Policies “Wildly Unpopular”Mother Crusader writes that the confrontation between Governor Chris Christie and teacher Melissa Tomlinson called attention to the governor’s Achilles’ heel. His education policies are “wildly unpopular.” He wants vouchers and charters, not public schools. And
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11-4-13 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: My NY Times Post On Using Music With ELLsMy latest New York Times post for English Language Learners focuses on using music for language development and includes a student interactive, video, and teaching ideas. One of those ideas relates to using West Side Story to initiate a discussion of gangs. I’m adding it to: The Best
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11-4-13 Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.
Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.: November Illinois veto session. Pensions again?  House Speaker Michael Madigan. Like the Cubs winning the World Series in 2014, it could happen. But probably not. The Illinois General Assembly will meet this week in veto session. They are not likely to meet again until the next regular session in Janu
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11-4-13 Wait What?
Wait What?: Capital Prep’s Steve Perry: Here today, gone tomorrowApparently Steven Perry, the principal of Capital Preparatory Magnet School, is actually supposed to show up for his job today. Despite being principal of the school, Steve Perry has missed 20 percent of the schools days this year as he jets around the country giving speeches rather than performing his legal duties.  But thanks to […
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11-4-13 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: An Open Exchange with AFT President Randi WeingartenOn October 26 and 27, 2013, I exchanged a number of emails with American Federation of Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten. I had planned to write a post about Weingarten, which I did on October 27. My post took the form of an open letter to her. I sent it to her for her response […]3 by deutsch29 / 2h 11-3-13 @ The Chalk
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11-4-13 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: Legislature Looks To Turn Moreland Commission Against CuomoAgain, from Fred Dicker at the NY Post:The Democratic leaders of the Legislature may seek to turn the tables on Gov. Cuomo by formally requesting that his anti-corruption Moreland Commission probe Lt. Gov. Bob Duffy’s “questionable’’ dealings with a Rochester business group, The Post has learned.Aides to Assembly Spe
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English language learners demand slang: Teachers try to keep up | Multi-American | 89.3 KPCC
English language learners demand slang: Teachers try to keep up | Multi-American | 89.3 KPCC: English language learners demand slang: Teachers try to keep upJosie Huang | November 4th, 2013, 6:00amSLIDESHOW1 of 3Josie Huang/KPCCJiu Hua Zhang, a 23-year-old student from China, chats with fellow English language learner Donald Chung, 28, of Taiwan.Jiu Hua Zhang stands in front of her classmates read
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No Easy Answers for Performance Management | InterACT
No Easy Answers for Performance Management | InterACT: No Easy Answers for Performance ManagementNOVEMBER 4, 2013tags: business, culbert, forbes, i4cp, management, performance managementby David B. CohenDo private industry and public education systems share challenges? Solutions?Once again, it’s time to try bridging the gap between business and education management.  The increased focus on teacher
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State Board executive director optimistic conflict with feds over testing can be resolved | EdSource Today
State Board executive director optimistic conflict with feds over testing can be resolved | EdSource Today: State Board executive director optimistic conflict with feds over testing can be resolvedNovember 4th, 2013 | Add a Comment | By John FensterwaldDespite a threatening letter last week from an assistant secretary of the federal Department of Education, the executive director of the State Boar
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An Open Exchange With AFT President Randi Weingarten | deutsch29
An Open Exchange With AFT President Randi Weingarten | deutsch29: An Open Exchange With AFT President Randi WeingartenNovember 4, 2013On October 26 and 27, 2013, I exchanged a number of emails with American Federation of Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten. I had planned to write a post about Weingarten, which I did on October 27. My post took the form of an open letter to her. I sent it to
by mike simpson / 9h 
With A Brooklyn Accent: Teachers Enemies are in BOTH Major Parties
With A Brooklyn Accent: Teachers Enemies are in BOTH Major Parties: Teachers Enemies are in BOTH Major PartiesAs we watch, with excitement and some trepidation, how our Hero-BAT Love Light is being given national exposure because of her campaign trail encounter with Republican Gubernatorial candidate Chris Christie, let us remember that there are two other Presidential aspirants in the New York Me
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RICH JAMES: Republicans continue to target Indiana's teachers
RICH JAMES: Republicans continue to target Indiana's teachers: RICH JAMES: Republicans continue to target Indiana's teachers4Print EmailRich James has been writing about state and local government and politics for more than 30 years.11 hours ago  •  By Rich JamesFinally, someone said it.Finally, someone put in perspective what the Republican coup d’etat of Indiana’s public school system is all abo
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Financial backers widen reach in support of vouchers, school choice - The Denver Post
Financial backers widen reach in support of vouchers, school choice - The Denver Post: Financial backers widen reach in support of vouchers, school choiceBy Zahira Torres, Karen E. Crummy and Nancy LofholmThe Denver PostPOSTED:   11/04/2013 12:01:00 AM MST2 COMMENTS There will be a special place for people that steal Public EducationFILE -- A student picks up cards from a puzzle carpet in the clas
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The Educated Reporter: Common Core: Should States Slow Down on Implementing New Assessments?
The Educated Reporter: Common Core: Should States Slow Down on Implementing New Assessments?: Common Core: Should States Slow Down on Implementing New Assessments?EWA is holding a one-day seminar for journalists today at George Washington University on the new Common Core State Standards, and I look forward to sharing content from the event with you in the coming weeks. In the meantime, the rollou
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The Kiss of Death to Public Schools: Bill Gates and the Dementors | Seattle Education
The Kiss of Death to Public Schools: Bill Gates and the Dementors | Seattle Education: The Kiss of Death to Public Schools: Bill Gates and the DementorsThis post was submitted by a contributor.I am clarifying this because Suzanne Estey who is running against Sue Peters for Seattle school board, just sent out another nasty gram in an attempt to win her seat on the board even though she has less cre
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Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog: Government Preparing for Impact of Global Warming
Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog: Government Preparing for Impact of Global Warming: "Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog"Government Preparing for Impact of Global WarmingOn Friday November 1, 2013, President Obama order that the government must put " effort to boost preparation in state and local communities for the impact of global warming." Natural disaster are affecting communities, our n
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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES: WEEKEND QUOTABLESCAROL MARINI asked each to name their political heroes.Will Guzzardi said, among others, the late Minnesota Sen. Paul Wellstone and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren. Toni Berrios answered, “My dad.” -- Sun-TimesDANNY SCHECHTERThe super spyboys have had a good run, but now the real world is bursting their bubble with pushback and
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YESTERDAY

Mother Crusader: Could One Angry Wag Of Chris Christie's Finger Derail His Fait Accompli Re-election?
Mother Crusader: Could One Angry Wag Of Chris Christie's Finger Derail His Fait Accompli Re-election?: Could One Angry Wag Of Chris Christie's Finger Derail His Fait Accompli Re-election?Over the course of the last 24 plus hours many of us who follow education issues have read a great deal about Governor Christie's angry finger-wag in the face of yet another teacher. The story has already gone nat
by mike simpson / 18h 
Chris Christie and Why Teaching Intersects With Women's Rights - The Jose Vilson | The Jose Vilson
Chris Christie and Why Teaching Intersects With Women's Rights - The Jose Vilson | The Jose Vilson: Chris Christie and Why Teaching Intersects With Women’s Rightsby JOSE VILSON on NOVEMBER 3, 2013in JOSENJ Governor Chris Christie Yelling At TeacherNormally, I write my short notes, but I’d like to dedicate some time to this issue with New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s othering of a teacher this
by mike simpson / 18h 
APS cheating scandal: The prosecution of educators was a... | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com
APS cheating scandal: The prosecution of educators was a... | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com: APS cheating scandal: The prosecution of educators was a mistake that ought to be reversed COMMENT(5) 2 6 8 17View Larger PHIL SKINNER / AJCNOT GUILTY--SEPTEMBER 6, 2013-ATLANTA: Tamara Cotman (center) talks to the media after being found not guilty in the trial against her in Fulton County Court on Friday Se
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Governor Chris Christie Is a Meanie and a Bully southbronxschool.com
http://www.southbronxschool.com: Governor Chris Christie Is a Meanie and a BullyThe news is out. Governor Chris Christie, he of the wide girth, publicly berated a public school teacher, Melinda Tomlinson, who dared to ask him, “Why are you portraying our schools as failure factories?” In response, Governor Christie responded, “What do you want? I’m tired of you people, do your job”according to Tom
by mike simpson / 21h 
You Shouted Me Down Governor Christie. Now Listen.
You Shouted Me Down Governor Christie. Now Listen.
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Week in Class: Week Nine 2013
Reflections on Teaching » Blog Archive » Week in Class: Week Nine 2013: Week in Class: Week Nine 2013 Actually, this is week eight too, but this photo was so nifty I had to use it…I missed posting last week because I was in Los Angeles all weekend, participating in the California Teachers Association (CTA) State Council. State Council is the governing body of CTA and sets the policy direction for
by mike simpson / 22h 
Nite Cap 11-3-13 #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 CAPTODAYDaily Kos: Leaves on the Current - day 19 post-transplantDaily Kos: Leaves on the Current - day 19 post-transplant: Leaves on the Current - day 19 post-transplantbyteacherkenFollow4 Comments / 4 Newand at least the blood work remains very po
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