Special Nite Cap - Catch Up on Today's Post 4/29/15
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CCSA's Ref Rodriguez's PUC Lakeview Charter Academy Audit
CCSA's Ref Rodriguez's PUC Lakeview Charter Academy Audit: Big Education Ape: L.A. Unified delays release of audit on school with ties to candidate - LA Times http://bit.ly/1DKMhP2CCSA's Ref Rodriguez's PUC Lakeview Charter Academy Audit by Robert D. SkeelsCCSA's Ref Rodriguez's PUC Lakeview Charter Academy Audit:
The Library Stayed Open in Baltimore…
The Library Stayed Open in Baltimore…: The Library Stayed Open in Baltimore…APRIL 29, 2015 BY NANCY BAILEY LEAVE A COMMENTLast night, a former librarian whom I’ve gotten to know through FB, posted an article about how the library did not close in Baltimore during the height of the unrest. I found this almost spiritual in its significance. Libraries to me are filled with hope and meaning.The librar
You're Nobody 'Till Somebody Kills You: Baltimore, Freddie Gray and the Problem of History | Yohuru Williams
You're Nobody 'Till Somebody Kills You: Baltimore, Freddie Gray and the Problem of History | Yohuru Williams: You're Nobody 'Till Somebody Kills You: Baltimore, Freddie Gray and the Problem of HistoryAs residents of Maryland and the nation brace for what could potentially be another night of civil unrest in Baltimore, it is important to pause and reflect on what has brought us to the current momen
S.F. school board sticks with Teach for America - SFGate
S.F. school board sticks with Teach for America - SFGate: S.F. school board sticks with Teach for America After a heated debate and a two-week delay, the San Francisco school board Tuesday decided to stick with the status quo, voting to hire 15 Teach for America interns for the next school year, the same number as last year.The vote was a compromise. Superintendent Richard Carranza wanted the boar
In Major Anti-Labor Case, Union-busters No Longer Even Pretend Unions Don’t Benefit Workers - Working In These Times
In Major Anti-Labor Case, Union-busters No Longer Even Pretend Unions Don’t Benefit Workers - Working In These Times: In Major Anti-Labor Case, Union-busters No Longer Even Pretend Unions Don’t Benefit WorkersApril Bain, a Los Angeles teacher and the plaintiff in Bain v. CTA, says her union has benefitted her greatly, and she wants to keep receiving those benefits. She just doesn't want to pay for
Robert Putnam - And Why Community Schools Matter | Martin J. Blank
Robert Putnam - And Why Community Schools Matter | Martin J. Blank: Robert Putnam - And Why Community Schools Matter We shook hands with Robert Putnam, author of Our Kids, a terribly important new book about the opportunity gap last week. Better yet, when we explained that we were the director of the Coalition for Community Schools and National Coalition Chair respectively, he gave us a hearty smi
L.A. Unified delays release of audit on school with ties to candidate - LA Times
L.A. Unified delays release of audit on school with ties to candidate - LA Times: L.A. Unified delays release of audit on school with ties to candidateAn audit of a charter school co-founded by a Board of Education candidate has been withheld from public release at the request of a school board member, L.A. Unified district officials have confirmed.Two well-placed district sources said that the re
Celebrate Fraud, Corruption and Lack of Accountability: National Charter Schools Week #charterschoolsweek
Celebrate Fraud, Corruption and Lack of Accountability: National Charter Schools WeekBig Education Ape: solidaridad: New Report Finds Over $200 Million in Fraud and Abuse at Charter Schools http://bit.ly/1QHhxYbBig Education Ape: Disclosure differs for charter schools run by for-profit firms | The Charlotte Observer The Char... http://bit.ly/1bDNP5VBig Education Ape: California charter schools vul
Charter school group is political force in L.A. Unified board election - LA Times
Charter school group is political force in L.A. Unified board election - LA Times: Charter school group is political force in L.A. Unified board electionLos Angeles mayors once played the role of kingmaker in school board elections.Both Richard Riordan and Antonio Villaraigosa took on the teachers union, leading campaigns to raise money for favored candidates. When those candidates won, the mayors
Why Are All the Teachers White? - Education Week Teacher
Why Are All the Teachers White? - Education Week Teacher: Why Are All the Teachers White? I am a white teacher.Growing up in the '80s and '90s in Brooklyn, N.Y., I do not remember having a single teacher who did not look like me. Every teacher I've ever had represented “me” in some way or another.By virtue of being born a white child who spoke English as her first (and only) language, I was fortun
8th graders struggle in US history, civics on national exam - Yahoo News
8th graders struggle in US history, civics on national exam - Yahoo News: 8th graders struggle in US history, civics on national examGraphic shows student NAEP scores for civics, geography and history with sample questions; WASHINGTON (AP) — Time for another history lesson.Only about a quarter of eighth graders showed solid performance or better in U.S. history, civics and geography on tests known
The Department of Education Suggests Suspect For-Profit Colleges as Corinthian Stand-ins - MainStreet
The Department of Education Suggests Suspect For-Profit Colleges as Corinthian Stand-ins - MainStreet: The Department of Education Suggests Suspect For-Profit Colleges as Corinthian Stand-ins NEW YORK (MainStreet) — Corinthian Colleges may be gone, but the 16,000 students left in the lurch are still here--and they want to finish their degrees. If you're the Department of Education (ED), you're loo
The problem with education is America’s contempt for teachers | Dallas Morning News
Troy Earl Camplin: The problem with education is America’s contempt for teachers | Dallas Morning News: The problem with education is America’s contempt for teachersAlmost every problem with education in the U.S., from kindergarten to college, can be traced to the same basic thing. And almost every reform of education passed into legislation is founded on this same thing — a fact that suggests the
NAEP - 2014 U.S. History, Geography, and Civics Assessments
NAEP - 2014 U.S. History, Geography, and Civics Assessments: New Results Show Eighth-Graders' Knowledge of U.S. History, Geography, and CivicsON THIS PAGE...Report HighlightsResults at a GlanceAbout the AssessmentsNationally, eighth graders' average scores on the NAEP U.S. history, geography, and civics assessments showed no significant change in 2014, compared to 2010—the last assessment year. Ho
The Trouble With Grading Employees - WSJ
The Trouble With Grading Employees - WSJ: The Trouble With Grading EmployeesPerformance ratings such as ‘meets expectations’ sap workers’ morale, but firms aren’t sure they can do without themCan a year’s worth of work be boiled down to a stock phrase like “meets expectations”?As companies reinvent management by slashing layers of hierarchy or freeing workers to set their own schedules, performanc
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Sacramento City Council votes to keep 4th “R” programs, START intact | The Sacramento Bee The Sacramento Bee
Sacramento City Council votes to keep 4th “R” programs, START intact | The Sacramento Bee The Sacramento Bee: Sacramento City Council votes to keep 4th “R” programs, START intact The Sacramento City Council, faced with closing 4th “R” after-school programs at four Sacramento City Unified School District campuses and cutting ties to another after-school program, voted Tuesday night to support a pla
Chester Finn Worries that “College Ready” Is Damaging “College Educated” | deutsch29
Chester Finn Worries that “College Ready” Is Damaging “College Educated” | deutsch29: Chester Finn Worries that “College Ready” Is Damaging “College Educated”Fordham Institute former president Chester Finn is concerned about the “cheapening” of the meaning of “college educated.”Here is some of Finn’s April 25, 2015, lament:A vast amount of contemporary education policy attention and education refo
95% of Garfield High School’s 11th graders have opted out of the Common Core SBAC | Seattle Education
95% of Garfield High School’s 11th graders have opted out of the Common Core SBAC | Seattle Education: 95% of Garfield High School’s 11th graders have opted out of the Common Core SBACThis just in.95% of the Garfield High School 11th graders in Seattle have opted out of the Common Core SBAC tests.This is the same class that made history when they opted out of the MAP test en masse. Remember that?
Special Nite Cap: Catch Up on Today's Post 4/28/15
Special Nite Cap - Catch Up on Today's Post 4/28/15Special Nite Cap CORPORATE ED REFORMEducation tech funding soars -- but is it working in the classroom? - FortuneEducation tech funding - Fortune: Education tech funding soars -- but is it working in the classroom? Technology has captured the American education system. As it does, the money keeps flowing in — and so do questions about its impact.F
