Latest News and Comment from Education
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Omaha: High School Students Walk Out to Protest Hate Laws
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Yesterday, hundreds of Omaha high school students walked out to protest the
anti-trans legislation moving through the Nebraska legislature. The youth
are o...
2 hours ago
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TN's Law to Ban Drag Shows Gets Dragged by Trump Judge
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To show you how fully authoritarian the Tennessee Taliban (once known as
the TN General Assembly) has become, the outrageous bill that Bill Lee
couldn't ...
3 hours ago
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First all Vegan In-and-Out Burger
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I am thrilled to announce that I have decided to open the nation’s first
all-vegan in-and-out burger joint right here in Kalamazoo! This has been a
dream o...
4 hours ago
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The defeat of a school voucher program reveals the truth within the ‘school choice’ debate
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The momentum for education savings accounts is increasing across the
country, and public education advocates say they will endanger neighborhood
schools....
6 hours ago
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Around The Web In ESL/EFL/ELL
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Eight years ago I began this regular feature where I share a few posts
and resources from around the Web related to ESL/EFL or to language in
general tha...
10 hours ago
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Collective Bargaining: How Might the UFT and the City Reach a Contract Settlement?
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The NYC teacher contract ended on September 30th and the union and
Department of Education/City have been “engaging” for months, an
increasingly contentiou...
15 hours ago
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Math Wars Continue
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From the Chronicle of Higher Education (you can get a free account to
read), *The Divider; Jo Boaler of Stanford is leading the math-instruction
revolut...
18 hours ago
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Betsy DeVos, Paul Vallas and Awake Illinois. Defunding public schools.
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Betsy funded a group that did a FOIA on me as a teacher and union
president. Now she's funding Vallas' run for Chicago mayor.
22 hours ago
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Ain’t No Money in the Middle
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“All I want in life is clarity, and transparency, so I know who is doing
what, and to whom, at all times. My only real enemies in life are liars,
and they’...
1 day ago
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Shanker Blog: Infrastructure Matters
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Shanker Blog: Infrastructure Matters
Towards the end of the summer of 2022, citing a recently-published article, Chester
Finn wondered whether we have see...
1 day ago
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Bill Hangley, Jr.: Abbott's Lesson for Charters: Look In The Mirror...Please (Guest Post)
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*Bill Hangley, Jr., is a free lance writer who worked the education beat in
Philadelphia, and as such he has some thoughts about the charter scene in
Phill...
1 day ago
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Only in America
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Covenant School
Thurston High School
Columbine High School
Heritage High School
Deming Middle School
Fort Gibson Middle School
Buell Elementary Scho...
1 day ago
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Waiting For Life To Happen
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In John Lennon's song "Beautiful Boy," he sings the line, "Life is what
happens while you're busy making other plans." He may have come up with it
all o...
1 day ago
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Rip Van Winkle and U.S. Schooling.
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Washington Irving’s short story about the 18th century ne’er-do-well
Dutch-American farmer in the Catskill Mountains of New York who drank
whiskey and then...
1 day ago
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SPI Addresses Student Financial Literacy Benefits
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State Superintendent Tony Thurmond visits personal finance class and
addresses benefits of financial literacy for students.
1 day ago
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Coming up tomorrow on Hitting Left
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Brother Fred and i talk book/art banning and are joined by Julian Assange's
father and brother John and Gabriel Shipton.
2 days ago
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Betsy DeVos loves Paul Vallas!
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday March 29, 2023 Contact: Cassie Creswell,
Illinois Families for Public Schools, 716-536-9313 BETSY DEVOS’ SUPER PAC
SPENDING...
2 days ago
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SOR Endgame: The Reading Program Boondoggle
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Within a year or so of the initial “science of reading” (SOR) media
campaign launch in 2018, states such as Arkansas banned reading instruction
(three-cuei...
2 days ago
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DeSantis Signs Enormous Universal School Voucher Program into Florida Law
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On Monday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law an outrageously
expensive universal school voucher law that he had pushed through the
Florida legi...
2 days ago
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Calling Out Some “Ban Books, Protect Guns” Hypocrisy
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So much manufactured to-do over protecting children from books instead of
magazines…. The book-blaming, gun-excusing hypocrisy is just too easy to
find amo...
2 days ago
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Celebrate the Life of Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta
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Celebrating Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta
1972- Sacramento
March 31 is Cesar Chavez’s birthday and Cesar Chavez Day – a state holiday
in Californ...
2 days ago
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School-based wellbeing programs benefits from multiple voices
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Health and wellbeing education can be an important addition to a school
curriculum. But for these programs to be effective, they must be delivered
in ...
2 days ago
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The Value(s) of Public Schools
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“The school system prepares your child for success. Honestly, if your
child listens, it’s amazing. The teachers–it’s unreal.” That wise comment
came from...
3 days ago
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Parents, educators, UFT launch court action to block co-location of two Success Academy charters with Queens and Brooklyn public schools
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See below press release about a new lawsuit filed by parents, teachers and
the UFT against the DOE to prevent two charter co-locations in Queens and
Broo...
3 days ago
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Michael Mulgrew Is the Fearmonger-in-Chief
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At left, you can see Unity's new campaign against those of us standing
against further degradation of our health care. Their rationale for calling
us fea...
3 days ago
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California: What’s Wrong with Charter Schools?
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Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
In 2010, I traveled to California to –?Guest post created by a longtime
Northern California parent volunteer edu...
3 days ago
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Some Anniversaries
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COVID shuts down NYC schools (with help from parents and teachers,
resistance from de Blasio and Cuomo, and a late, partial assist from UFT
leadership) Mar...
4 days ago
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EDUCATION REFORM: THE TOWER OF BABEL
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* EDUCATION REFORM: THE TOWER OF BABEL*
The story of the Tower of Babel, as recounted in the Book of Genesis, is a
tale about a group of people who atte...
4 days ago
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Standardized Tests Hurt Asian-American Students, Too, Though Many Get High Scores
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The standardized testing industry can no longer hide behind the myth of the
Asian-American model minority to justify their shady business practices.
4 days ago
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The Science of Reading and The Rejection of Picture Books
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The Science of Reading rejects the importance of picture books to children
learning to read. In 2021, I wrote this, and many parents assumed that
schools s...
5 days ago
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Rep. Jennifer Canady's false abortion testimony violated her oath to Lakeland Christian School
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If lying publicly meant as much to the newly-public Lakeland Christian as
hating gay fellow citizens, LCS leaders would punish Canady like they did
Lakelan...
6 days ago
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David and the Classical Education
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By now, everyone who reads or follows the internet has learned of the
Tallahassee principal who was dismissed from her position because the
teacher of a 6t...
6 days ago
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Where are the folks who brought us the war in Iraq?
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DONATE THE ARCHITECTS OF THE IRAQ WAR: WHERE ARE THEY NOW? They’re all
doing great, thanks for asking. Jon Schwarz March 15 2023, 4:52 p.m. U.S.
Secretary ...
6 days ago
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Thoughts on Mulgrew Whilst at Casino in Schenectady
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I am at the Rivers Casino in Schenectady with some friends this weekend.
Just finished watching FAU (I won some money!) go to the final four and
went to ...
6 days ago
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The Genius of Stop-Sign Organizing
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I am so excited about what it means to organize right now. Not only are
there unprecedented federal resources on the table to spark
transformational change...
1 week ago
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The Oligarchs’ Education Propaganda Distributor
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By Thomas Ultican 3/23/2023 In 2015, the Washington Post reported on the
founding of The 74 Million. Former CNN news anchor Campbell Brown along
with Micha...
1 week ago
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PTO Leaders from Wards 7 and 8 on March 22
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PTO leaders from ward 7 & 8 DCPS schools discuss experiences as PTO
leaders, what their schools are like, what the budget process for their
schools has bee...
1 week ago
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Our critique of the DOE preliminary budget & the capital plan & what should be done instead
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March 17, 2023 Hearings were held on Wed. before the Education committee of
the City Council on the DOE preliminary budget and the Feb. amendment to
the ca...
2 weeks ago
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Louder Than A Riot | Megan's Rule: Being Exceptional Doesn't Make You the Exception
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'It felt like the December 2022 trial of *Tory Lanez *sparked a divide in
hip-hop, but it just stoked the flames of a 50-year-long battle for Black
women...
2 weeks ago
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#LegalizeBlackHistory: Past Lessons to Resist Florida’s Ban on AP African American Studies—and the College Board’s Capitulation
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Past struggles in Florida against slavery, Jim Crow, the Red Scare, and the
Lavender Scare are replete with lessons to build a justice society today.
We ca...
3 weeks ago
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DAILY KOS,who I am, why I will remain
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I have been here long time. According to my profile, I joined on Dec.19,
2003 after first encountering the site while volunteering for Howard Dean
in NH ...
3 weeks ago
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Teachers, Superintendent Greene does not have your back.
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One of the most laughable things Greene said when defending the district's
incompetent handling of books was they were doing it to protect teachers.
Gre...
5 weeks ago
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Why Do Teachers Have Favorites?
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Do educators ever self-reflect on how they feel about their students in
order to better understand how they assess each of their students? What are
the con...
5 weeks ago
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All My New Writing is on Substack
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Come check it out . . . samchaltain.substack.com
1 month ago
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Louisiana legislates student protections from digital device health risks: 4th state to create health and safety guidelines for schools
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by Cindy Eckard www.screensandkids.us @screensandkids on Twitter Children
using digital devices are at risk for several impacts to their health,
especially...
1 month ago
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Still l Rise by Maya Angelou – Black History is Everyday
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You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may
tread me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I’ll rise. Does my
sassiness upse...
1 month ago
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1825
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As early as 1744, Ben Franklin had worried that wood as a fuel for heating
and cooking was becoming scarce in the settled regions of the Thirteen
Colo...
1 month ago
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What ever happend to John Deasy, the Man From Gates?
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* Here's an update on Deasy from 2020*
By Thomas Ultican 7/29/2020
April 21, the Stockton Unified School District (SUSD) board accepted John
Deasy’s let...
1 month ago
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NewsELA Answers Key 2023 [Updated]
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Welcome to our NewsELA Answers key! In this post, we will be providing quiz
keys for a variety of units ...
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2 months ago
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Trainwreck For America
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Between 1990 and 2013, Teach For America grew in size and influence from a
tiny inconsequential alternative placement provider to a $300 million a
year pol...
2 months ago
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Two years later
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It’s been two years since Joe Biden was inaugurated as our 46th President.
His presidency has been an astounding success in many ways. First and
foremost, ...
2 months ago
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Introduction to Improbable Probabilities: The Unlikely Journey of Yong Zhao
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Improbable Probabilities: The Unlikely Journey of Yong Zhao G. Williamson
McDiarmid and Yong Zhao Published by Solution Tree, 2023 Williamson
McDiarmid is...
2 months ago
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What The American Teacher Act Shows Us About Education Now
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In the last year, I’ve visited four different classrooms, three of them
within New York City. During my visits, I noticed similar trends:
well-organized ...
2 months ago
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Claiming Space for History Teaching in a Whitewashing World
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By Paul Horton. History teaching in the United States is at a crossroads.
In many states whitewashing and censorship have replaced Black history and
the hi...
2 months ago
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20 Best Sonography Programs In Bronx, NY (2022 Updated)
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20 Best Sonography Programs In Bronx, NY 1. Springfield Technical Community
College Springfield Technical Community College is a Public
Hispanic-serving ...
4 months ago
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Tell Me Again What The Democratic Party Actually Is?
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Well mostly, it’s a collection of folks striving to see that the Party
winds up looking like what they envision…
4 months ago
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Testimony to the CPS Truancy Task Force
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I prepared testimony for one of two public hearings held by the Chicago
Public Schools Truancy Task Force, a body mandated by state legislation.
The meetin...
4 months ago
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Skin Deep
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She spends so much time on her outward appearance. There is never a hair
out of place. Her makeup is perfect and her clothes are stylish and match
to ...
6 months ago
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Tennis Memories from a Time When Racism and Anti-Semitism Still Prevailed
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I learned tennis at a public park in Brooklyn- Lincoln Terrace- where the
teaching pro was a mailman named Phil Rubell. Almost all the kids who took
lesson...
6 months ago
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There Is A Teacher Shortage.Not.
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THERE IS A TEACHER SHORTAGE. And just to be sure you understand, it’s not
that teachers don’t want to teach. It’s not that there aren’t enough
teachers cer...
7 months ago
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2022 Medley #3 – A teacher shortage, or not?
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A teacher shortage, or not? NOT A TEACHER SHORTAGE I’ve often posted
teacher shortage rants on this blog, and I’ll continue to do so, but the
phrase needs ...
7 months ago
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Reason #1 to pick Dr. Grace over Mr. Walters: The future we’ve already seen
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In 2014, Oklahoma voters corrected the mistake we made in 2010. In 2022,
let’s not make the mistake in the first place. Elect Dr. April Grace
instead. She ...
7 months ago
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*Defeating the Purpose of Education*
*Most people would agree that the primary purpose of education is to
prepare children for a good and productive life. ...
7 months ago
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THERE IS A TEACHER SHORTAGE. NOT!
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There is a teacher shortage.And just to be sure you understand, it's not
that teachers don't want to teach.It's not that there aren't enough
teachers certi...
7 months ago
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Addendum to Mission Hill Statement
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Follow up blog, Dear friends and colleagues, My friend and long-time
colleague, Bonnie Brownstein, had some interesting thoughts about my Blog
in regards t...
8 months ago
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Abortion: Only For Those Who Need It!
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NOTE: This post contains my opinions on Catholicism based on my experiences
as a child in the 1960's and 70's. Take what you like and leave the rest. I
m...
10 months ago
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Want to know the condition of a Philly school building? New map to help.
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[image: Two students walk by a Philadelphia school building.] Aging
infrastructure has been an issue for Philadelphia schools for years. A new
interactive...
11 months ago
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Hello world!
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Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then
start writing!
The post Hello world! first appeared on Just another WordPress site.
11 months ago
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What can we learn by modeling existing variations in school spending and outcomes? (Reprise)
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There are those in the ed reform world who would tell us that existing
public schools and districts are simply inefficient in their use of
existing funding...
11 months ago
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STREET LIFE
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My mom told me, “You should treat all people equally, but don’t bring a
“colored” into the house.” I believed …
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11 months ago
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Schools Matter: Reflecting on Green Dot’s Disastrous Locke Takeover
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*“Green Dot came and made it into more of a jail.” — Chris*
My history of opposing the Green Dot Charter School Corporation back when I
was an activist i...
1 year ago
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Gootloader infection cleaned up
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Dear blog owner and visitors, This blog had been infected to serve up
Gootloader malware to Google search victims, via a common tactic known as
SEO (Search...
1 year ago
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Book Banning Turns to Dick and Jane
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Breaking News: Dateline February 4, 2022 - Parents in Dimwitty, Alabama
have asked the Dimwitty Board of Education to ban the children's primer *Fun
with...
1 year ago
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On the Edge of Silence
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“There is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide.
Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the
fundamen...
1 year ago
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The Howlers of History and How We Must Reclaim the Narrative
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“There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is
proof against all judgments and which cannot fail to keep a man in
everlasting ignor...
1 year ago
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Have You Heard Has a New Website
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TweetHave You Heard has a new website. Visit us at
www.haveyouheardpodcast.com to find our latest episodes and our entire
archive. And be sure to check out...
1 year ago
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Follow me at Substack
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I've moved. Follow me at Substack
I'm now posting regularly at Substack. You can subscribe for free to my new
Edu/Pol blog at michaelklonsky.substack.com
...
1 year ago
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I’ve moved.
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I’m on Substack now. Five bucks a month to subscribe.
1 year ago
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On Remote Teaching and Learning In an Ongoing Pandemic
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Some recent stories I've been thinking about (all emphases mine). Tennessee:
Gov. Bill Lee’s administration is getting pushback in Memphis on new
Tenness...
1 year ago
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Milwaukee Bradley Foundation at Center of Attacks on U.S. Voting Rights
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The Big Money Behind the Big Lie Donald Trump’s attacks on democracy are
being promoted by rich and powerful conservative groups that are determined
to win...
1 year ago
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Milwaukee Bradley Foundation at Center of Attacks on U.S. Voting Rights
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The Big Money Behind the Big Lie Donald Trump’s attacks on democracy are
being promoted by rich and powerful conservative groups that are determined
to win...
1 year ago
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Aspiring Teachers Get New Help Paying For College
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[image: colorful classroom pattern]
*; Credit: shuoshu/Getty Images*
Cory Turner | NPR
New rules kick in today that will help aspiring teachers pay for c...
1 year ago
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Major victory over a corporate charter school chain and their trade association
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Original post at Robert’s page on Medium. On Tuesday, March 23, 2021, I got
my second big win in court against a charter school corporation. It was
also a ...
2 years ago
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Tips Akses Situs Judi Qq Tanpa Perlu Takut Nawala
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Kegiatan berjudi slot melalui situs judi qq online, sekarang sudah
dilakukan oleh banyak penjudi Indonesia. Tentu, Kamu yang sedang membaca
artikel ini a...
2 years ago
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CEJ’s Virtual Mayoral Candidate Forum; Racial Justice in Public Schools
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On Thursday, February 18th, over 1,000 students, parents, educators,
community members, and activists alike, joined CEJ to hear the mayoral
candidates’ vis...
2 years ago
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Hoping for a Stronger Focus on Public Education in 2021 and Beyond
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Dr. Sandra Stotsky: The road to effective education is paved with local
financial control and parent choice. No federal funding or programs.
The post Ho...
2 years ago
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GA run-offs need your help!
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Extremely important. Volunteer if you can. Thank you if you are already
doing so. Out of state opportunities here: Ralph …
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2 years ago
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Pandemic Teaching – What’s up?
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Responding to the call from Pocketful of Primary to answer questions about
how teaching during the pandemic is going.
2 years ago
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The Threat of Integration
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I have lived in the same house in the Miracle Mile section of Los Angeles
for over 30 years, where up until now I have had little or no interaction
with th...
2 years ago
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New Teacher Evaluation Report Released by the Network for Public Education
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A new report on current teacher evaluation systems throughout the US was
just released by the Network for Public Education. The report is titled,
“Teachers...
2 years ago
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www.job-applications.com
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https://www.job-applications.com/bed-bath-and-beyond-job-application/
2 years ago
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Teacher Creates National Database Tracking COVID-19 Outbreaks in Schools
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Kansas educator Alisha Morris's online coronavirus news-tracker goes viral,
now hosted on a new NEA website.
2 years ago
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School Year 2020-21: We Are Asking the Wrong Questions
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It is perfectly understandable that many in our country want public school
buildings to be open for in person instruction this year. Among the many
hardshi...
2 years ago
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Correction for July 10th Post on School District Audit
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On July 10, 2020 we published a post “School District Caught Manipulating
Attendance Records to Get More Money” which incorrectly cited Valley Park
School ...
2 years ago
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We fight for a democracy worthy of us all!
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The nation stands at a crossroads, said NEA President Lily Eskelsen GarcÃa
in her final keynote address to the 2020 NEA Representative Assembly and
it’s up...
2 years ago
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A Citizens’ Rebellion 2020
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The United States began to form after the rebellion against the King of
England when the settlers in the colonies along the eastern coast reacted
to the in...
2 years ago
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Giving Private Schools Federal Emergency Funds Slated for Low-income Students Will Shortchange At-risk Kids
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Low-income Seattle students began to pick up bagged lunches in March after
their school closed. Karen Ducey/Getty Images Derek W. Black, University of
Sout...
2 years ago
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A Fundamental Redesign of Our Schools
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I climbed the hill leading up to one of my favorite coffee shops in Seattle
this morning to enjoy a coffee while taking in a phenomenal view of the
city o...
2 years ago
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The Passing Of Chaz 1951-2020 Age 69
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I am the son of Chaz and like to inform you that he passed away this
afternoon from the COVID virus. My father passed in peace beside his loved
ones. We ar...
2 years ago
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Thoughts on schooling in the era of COVID-19
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Well, a whole lot has changed since I returned to blogging a month and half
ago. In case you didn't notice, and I'm sure everyone reading this did,
there's...
3 years ago
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What are You Going to Do when Disaster Capitalism Knocks on the Public-School Door?
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“Schools will be closed until at least April 20, after the upcoming spring
break, but could stay closed for significantly longer, Mr. de Blasio said.”
Whe...
3 years ago
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Let The Next Round Of Anti-Semitic Ads Begin
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All four pro-public education candidates came in first in their LAUSD
school board elections, but two will face run-offs in November.
3 years ago
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NAEP scores and "the science of reading"
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*Sent to US News. They just informed me that they no longer publish letters
to the editor. *
*Re: “National reading emergency” November 12*
*[https://www....
3 years ago
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2019 NAEP Scores: Achievement Gap or …?
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Here you go: A ‘Disturbing’ Assessment: Sagging Reading Scores,
Particularly for Eighth-Graders, Headline 2019’s Disappointing NAEP Results
NAEP 2019: Re...
3 years ago
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Glasgow High School In Middle Of Scandal With Fake IEP Meetings & Loss Of Funding
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The quickest way to lose special education funding is to lie about holding
IEP meetings. Such is the case with Glasgow High School in the Christina
School...
3 years ago
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Cara Menang Bermain Judi Bola Online
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Bermain judi bola online tentu saja memiliki kesenangannya tersendiri baik
itu mendapatkan keuntungan maupun ketika menantikan hasil skor pada sebuah
perta...
3 years ago
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What Cory Booker isn’t telling us about the Newark water crisis.
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BY GUY STERLING Guy Sterling, a longtime resident of Newark and a member of
the Newark Water Group, spent almost 30 years as reporter with The
Star-Ledger ...
3 years ago
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A Storm is Coming! (…again)
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A new Commissioner will have as much impact on our state ed system as a new
meteorologist will have on …
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3 years ago
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JerseyCAN Can't Hide From Opioids Crisis Billionaire Founder
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[image: Image result for jerseycan]
NJ Spotlight needs to stop giving space to billionaire-backed corporate
reform groups like JerseyCAN. JerseyCAN does n...
3 years ago
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Déjà vu: 2019 ELA Assessment: Dear Board of Regents
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Dear Board of Regents,
I have copied below an email I sent to you almost a year ago, after the
2018 ELA assessment's computer-based testing failures and mo...
3 years ago
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This Week in Education Organizing - February 15, 2019
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Coalition for Education Justice to Release Report on CRE
Eighty-five percent of public school students in New York City are Black,
Latinx, or Asian and y...
4 years ago
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Black Lives Matter at Schools National week of Action: Feb 4 - Feb 8
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Join the National Week of Actions for Black Lives Matter at Schools.
Starting Monday, February 4th educators in cities across the country will
draw closer...
4 years ago
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Judi Togel
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Permainan Judi Togel Online Mudah Dijalankan Di Indonesia Permainan judi
online Indonesia terpercaya kini memang menjadi salah satu tempat bermain
game yan...
4 years ago
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13 Things I Learned While Blogging for Education Week
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This is the 500th blog I've written as the Teacher in a Strange Land, for
Education Week Teacher. As it turns out, it's also my final blog for
EdWeek. Here...
4 years ago
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Blockchain: Life on the Ledger
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Originally posted on Wrench in the Gears:
I created this video as a follow up to the one I prepared last year on
Social Impact Bonds. It is time to examine...
4 years ago
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New York Times piece on '68 Democratic Convention Protest
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‘The Whole World Is Watching’: The 1968 Democratic Convention, 50 Years
Later
On Aug. 28, 1968, violent clashes in Chicago between demonstrators and the
...
4 years ago
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My Letter to the NYS Board of Regents and Commissioner Elia Regarding ESSA Opt Out Provisions
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commissioner@nysed.gov Regent.cashin@nysed.gov ESSARegComment@nysed.gov
Regent.Rosa@nysed.gov Regent.Reyes@nysed.gov Regent.Chin@nysed.gov
Regent.Young@n...
4 years ago
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Corruption on Top of Corruption: How Rahm’s Response to Sexual Abuse of Students Reveals His Core Function
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Rahm Emanuel’s response to the Chicago Tribune investigation that found CPS
failed to protect hundreds of students from sexual abuse is cowardly. It
is co...
4 years ago
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New Local Businesses in Sacramento
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Starting a new local business in Sacramento is a monumental task, but can
be accomplished with footwork, perseverance and knowledge. One must learn
the loc...
4 years ago
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3rd Grade Reading: Who is Failing?
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Education Trust Midwest has just released its study on third grade reading
and, predictably, the results aren’t great. This study uniquely compares
Michiga...
5 years ago
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Why Poetry? Why Now? – a poem from Linda Christensen and an invitation
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My dear friend Dr. James Avington Miller Jr. sent me a phenomenal book on
poetry called Rhythm and Resistance – Teaching Poetry for Social Justice.
Here is...
5 years ago
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Opting out of the Dinosaur (end of year test)
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Today I sent in a second letter to refuse PARCC/CMAS for my son, Luke. The
first email I sent at the beginning of the year was not sufficient as they
requi...
5 years ago
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Resurrection
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I realized it's Lent, but this blog, bless Jesus Christ, can't wait.
Ok, so with that said, I plan to discuss Class Action suits in existence,
as well as w...
5 years ago
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Chicago Collegiate Charter School Must STOP Expansion Plans
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So I did a little digging into Chicago Collegiate Charter Schools, the tiny
school looking to expand into the empty Kohn Elementary School building. A
scho...
5 years ago
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IDEA Is Still The Law Of The Land
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Unless you've been living under a rock, you know the US Department of
Education (USDOE) rescinded 72 Dear Colleague and other letters of
explanation to s...
5 years ago
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Education Is a Civic Question
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In their final post to end Bridging Differences' decade-long run, Deborah
Meier and Harry Boyte urge readers to put the energy, talents, wisdom, and
hard w...
5 years ago
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Education reform should come from within by Wendy Lecker
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In her latest Stamford Advocate commentary piece, education advocate Wendy
Lecker observes, Education reform should come from within. Wendy Lecker
write...
5 years ago
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Site News: New Home for Education News & Commentary
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Quick! Get over there! The daily education news roundup and education
commentaries that you're probably looking for are now being published over
at The Gra...
5 years ago
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An Open Letter to NC Lawmakers
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An Open Letter to NC State Lawmakers and NC State Superintendent Mark
Johnson: I am a NC native, voter, and public school teacher. I am
addressing you all ...
5 years ago
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CANCER IS BACK AND THIS TIME IT HURTS RIGHT OFF THE BAT!
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APRIL IS STILL POETRY MONTH AND LIBRARY MONTH. MANY WONDERFUL THINGS TO
CELEBRATE.
But in the middle of the month I received some bad news about my can...
5 years ago
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The Secret to Fixing Schools (My Next Bestseller)
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The Secret to Fixing Schools (My next bestseller) Prologue I just finished
watching a fascinating documentary on Netflix entitled, “The Secret”. The
film p...
5 years ago
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Farewell, Sleep
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Today is the official last day of my spring break. I've done a scientific
survey: My natural bedtime is 2 AM, and my natural wake up time is 9:41
AM. Tom...
5 years ago
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IBO REPORT: NYC Charter School Costs To Grow More Than Budgeted!
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*New York City Charter School Costs To Grow More Than Budgeted!*
Although the preliminary budget forecast of charter school enrollment is
lower than project...
6 years ago
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Education Bloggers Daily Highlights 3/2/2017
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Education Bloggers Daily Highlights 3/1/2017 Education Bloggers Daily
Highlights Courtesy of Big Education Ape A special thank you to education
blogger Mik...
6 years ago
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Attitude Determines Altitude* (*conditions apply)… and the Importance of Humane District Themes
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It has been a tumultuous few years in the South Brunswick community,
specifically the South Brunswick School District. All you have to do is
google the dis...
6 years ago
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Capturing the Spark
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It’s been a long time since InterACT was an active education blog, though I
remain quite proud of what we did here. Those of us who wrote blog posts
here h...
6 years ago
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Prison Gerrymandering: Incarceration Weakens Vulnerable Voting Communities
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One person equals one vote: seems simple enough. Unfortunately, that hasn’t
worked out for many Americans throughout history, specifically women and
peop...
6 years ago
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Random Musings and Observations. . . .
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I’ve been gone a while from the blogging scene. Some of my more regular
readers no doubt noticed but did not hassle me about it. Thank you for
that. Sinc...
6 years ago
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Tweets by sharonoak
6 years ago
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WTU Peterson Slate: Not a 1 Woman Dictatorship
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Candi Peterson & GeLynn Thompson
Candidates for WTU Prez & GVP 2016By Candi Peterson, WTU Gen. Vice President
*Statements or expressions of opinions herein...
6 years ago
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WHY SCHOOL START TIMES PLAY A HUGE ROLE IN KIDS’ SUCCESS
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Teens are severely sleep-deprived. This needs to change. Rebecca Klein
Editor, HuffPost Education| https://t.co/zInVJoy29W evgenyatamanenko via
Getty Image...
6 years ago
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Feminism-in-Schools Featured at First International Girls’ Studies Association Conference
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Leaders in the feminism-in-schools movement recently made history at the
inaugural International Girls’ Studies Association (IGSA) conference when
we were ...
6 years ago
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MY NEW BLOG
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My new blog will consist of fictitious headlines, meant to be a blend of
humor and satire. I apologize ahead of time if any other satirical site has
simila...
6 years ago
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Thank you
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Dear Readers,
Thank you for visiting *The Perimeter Primate*. This blog is being retired
for the time being. Although I no longer post here, I do still s...
7 years ago
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GLSEN Massachusetts Educator Retreat
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*GLSEN Massachusetts Educator Retreat*
*SAVE-THE-DATEMarch 8-10, 2019 • Provincetown, MA*
The GLSEN Massachusetts Educator Retreat in Provincetown is a s...
7 years ago
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I am Retiring
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I have some news: I am retiring from the PBS NewsHour and Learning Matters.
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other
conte...
7 years ago
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Flaws at the Heart of Current Education Reforms
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Originally posted on Creative by Nature:
“Teaching is an art form rooted in the wise and careful use of educational
research and assessment tools. When gove...
8 years ago
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Joanne Barkan: One of my favorite writers on #EdReform…
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I’ve been going through some of my Twitter “favorites” and retweeting them.
I thought I would pass on to you some information about one of my favorite
writ...
8 years ago
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Pay Teachers Less to Improve School Efficiency - hmmm!
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As I was reading through education news on several of the news sites I
regularly visit, I came...
8 years ago
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Kimberly Olson, Broad Superintendents Academy Class of 2005
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Kimberly D. Olson, Colonel, USAF (retired), is currently the Executive
Director of *Grace After Fire*, an online social support network for women
veteran...
12 years ago
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