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Sunday, June 29, 2014

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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 6-29-14Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Oklahoma Rejected Pass-Fail Third Grade Reading TestI am late in reporting this story, but did not want to miss the opportunity to correct my oversight. One of the truly bad ideas that has been adopted in various states is that third graders must pass a reading test or flunk. They can’t advance to fourth grade. This is part of the
by mike simpson / 34min 
6-29-14 Ed Notes Online Week
Ed Notes Online: Eterno on End to Jamaica HS 122 Year History - Farina/deBlasio Silence is Endorsement of Bloomberg Closing Schools Policy“This is the end,” said longtime teacher James Eterno, a 28-year veteran of the school, while choking up. “It’s bittersweet. It’s a celebration, but it feels like a funeral.”Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/queens/24-students-graduate-jamaica-high-
by mike simpson / 38min 
6-29-14 Wait What? - Jonathan Pelto: Gubernatorial Candidate and A Really Nice Guy
Wait What?: Wait What? All Week“Disruptive innovation’ policies hurting state’s children” (By Wendy Lecker)The Corporate Education Reform Industry calls it “Disruptive Innovation.” Translated into English, it describes the process by which an “education reformer” claims that they are improving the quality of education for our children by blowing up and undermining our public schools, turning them
by mike simpson / 43min 
6-29-14 Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher
Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.: Sunday reads.At the NEA RA with the next president of the NEA, Lily Eskelsen Garcia. It’s the final day of the NEA Retired Conference, Happy birthday to my Skokie Organization of Retired Educators (IEA-R) member and fellow Illinois delegate Bob Kaplan. Nine thousand delegates arrive in Denver for NEA
by mike simpson / 45min 
6-29-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: June’s Best Posts From This BlogI regularly highlight my picks for the most useful posts for each month — not including “The Best…” lists. I also use some of them in a more extensive monthly newsletter I send-out. You can see older Best Posts of the Month at Websites Of The Month (more recent lists can be found here). Here
by mike simpson / 51min 
Stephen Krashen Blog 6-29-14
SKrashen: Missing from the debate: Pleasure reading in EnglishSent to the South Chine Morning Post, June 28, 2014.I have participated in the Great Native Speaker Teacher debate in the South China Morning Post (letters by Vaughen Rapatahana, June 11, Michael Shaw, June 17, my letter, June 23, Regina Ip, June 27). Missing from all of these letters, including mine, is any mention of the biggest facto
by mike simpson / 53min 
6-29-14 Curmudgucation Week
CURMUDGUCATION: Being White GuysI'm going to write this companion piece to last night's post about race and gender and then I'm going to set this topic aside (until I don't).Preamble and Disclaimer Let me make two points before I start this exercise in gross generalization. These apply to the previous post as well.1) I cannot possibly speak for everybody in any category and to every person's exper
by mike simpson / 55min 
6-29-14 Perdido Street School Week
Perdido Street School: Time For Dennis Walcott To Just Go The AwayDennis Walcott shares the results of his latest physical for all New Yorkers to rejoice in:Smart government policies to improve longevity and health outcomes for the public are critical. But it is ultimately our own individual responsibility to chart a healthier course for ourselves. You don’t need to run marathons. A modest change
by mike simpson / 56min 
Lisa Nielsen: The Innovative Educator: Collaboration between companies + school district = Connected educators
Lisa Nielsen: The Innovative Educator: Collaboration between companies + school district = Connected educators: Collaboration between companies + school district = Connected educatorsAre you gaga over Google? Do you think Microsoft is magnificent? Do you excel at using Edmodo? Do you think PBS is the perfect platform for digital media content?Wouldn’t it be great to find others in your district us
by mike simpson / 1h 
NYC Educator: The Good, the Bad and the Really Ugly
NYC Educator: The Good, the Bad and the Really Ugly: The Good, the Bad and the Really UglyI learned of the death of Eli Wallach on the way to grade Regents last week in someone else's school.  The star of stage and screen had died at the age of 98.  I will always best remember him as Tuco, "the Ugly," part-time sidekick to Blondie, in Sergio Leone's "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.&
by mike simpson / 1h 

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Rocketship Education sputters in expansion, classroom - ContraCostaTimes.com
Rocketship Education sputters in expansion, classroom - ContraCostaTimes.com: Rocketship Education sputters in expansion, classroomBy Sharon Noguchi snoguchi@mercurynews.comPOSTED:   06/28/2014 07:02:16 PM PDT0 COMMENTS| UPDATED:   5 MIN. AGO1/5Cristina Callagy, assistant principal, gets the student body fired up during the morning launch session to get the day started at the Rocketship Spark Acad
by mike simpson / 9h 
Nite Cap 6-28-14 #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 CAPTop Three Summer Reads Recommended for Educators |Top Three Summer Reads Recommended for Educators |: Top Three Summer Reads Recommended for Educators Following up on my most recent post regarding the first external review of my recently released
by mike simpson / 12h 
Top Three Summer Reads Recommended for Educators |
Top Three Summer Reads Recommended for Educators |: Top Three Summer Reads Recommended for Educators Following up on my most recent post regarding the first external review of my recently released book here, I just got word that my book was listed as one of three books to read this summer on Russ Walsh’s “An Educator’s Summer Reading List.”Yeah!!Here is what Russ wrote, specifically:Rethinking Val
by mike simpson / 16h 
Moms who DREAM | MomsRising's Blog
All Blog Posts | MomsRising's Blog: T-Mobile Women: Rape Is No Laughing MatterWe were shocked. We are still shocked. As employees of T-Mobile US, we were deeply disturbed to watch our CEO John Legere launch an expletive-laden presentation about how rival telecommunications companies are “raping” consumers.   "These high and mighty duopolists that are raping you for every penny you have, if th
by mike simpson / 16h 
6-28-14 Saturday Matinée Special "Corporate ED Reform: The Man Behind the Curtain" News Breakout
Saturday Matinée Special "Corporate ED Reform: The Man Behind the Curtain" News BreakoutHarrisburg Sit In: Day 2 | WeArePCAPSHarrisburg Sit In: Day 2 | WeArePCAPS: Harrisburg Sit In: Day 2Posted on June 28, 2014by wearepcapsLights Out at State Capitol: PCAPS Still ThereShare this:by mike simpson / 2h Don’t Cry for Me Arizona | EduShysterDon’t Cry for Me Arizona | EduShyster: Don’t Cry fo
by mike simpson / 19h 
Harrisburg Sit In: Day 2 | WeArePCAPS
Harrisburg Sit In: Day 2 | WeArePCAPS: Harrisburg Sit In: Day 2Posted on June 28, 2014by wearepcapsLights Out at State Capitol: PCAPS Still ThereShare this:
by mike simpson / 21h 
Don’t Cry for Me Arizona | EduShyster
Don’t Cry for Me Arizona | EduShyster: Don’t Cry for Me Arizona Cry for what’s left of your public schools…By Sharon HillArizona schools chief John Huppenthal is sorry. How sorry? Really, really, really, really sorry. That was the message at the press conference that Huppenthal called last week, where he issued a tearful apology for anonymously offensive tweets and comments he’s made since 2011. 
by mike simpson / 22h 
Russ on Reading: An Educator's Summer Reading List
Russ on Reading: An Educator's Summer Reading List: An Educator's Summer Reading ListIt is summer, which means that teachers all over the country are working a summer job to pay the bills, attending graduate courses to improve teaching skills, revising lesson plans in anticipation of the next year and, of course, reading this blog.It has always amused me when acquaintances at various gatherings wo
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Educators Help Keep Political Momentum Going for Expanded Pre-K | NEA Today
Educators Help Keep Political Momentum Going for Expanded Pre-K | NEA Today: Educators Help Keep Political Momentum Going for Expanded Pre-KUntil she appeared before the Seattle City Council in May, elementary school teacher Elizabeth Owen-Twombley had never publicly testified before any group of elected officials. But when the opportunity arose to champion pre-K education, Owen-Twombley wasn’t ab
by mike simpson / 22h 
2nd Banana 6-28-14 Recap of Last Week's Best Post #EDchat #EDreform #RealEdTalk #p2
BIG EDUCATION APE 2ND BANANARECAP OF LAST WEEK'S BEST POST  I graded the AP World History exam and all I got was this lousy racist t-shirtI graded the AP World History exam and all I got was this lousy racist t-shirt: I GRADED THE AP WORLD HISTORY EXAM AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS LOUSY RACIST T-SHIRT"Rampant cultural appropriation, cultural insensitivity, and straight up racism" at annual exa
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Morning Wink 6-28-14 AM Posts #edchat #edreform
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK  AM POSTSNYC Educator: Ms. Tisch and the Fabulous IdeaNYC Educator: Ms. Tisch and the Fabulous Idea: Ms. Tisch and the Fabulous IdeaThank goodness we have great thinkers like Merryl Tisch working for us. If it weren't for her, teachers would still be grading Regents exams of their own students. Back in the bad old days, that would translate into rampant corruption.
by mike simpson / 23h





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