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Special Nite Cap: Catch Up on Today's Post 3/16/17

Special Nite Cap: Catch Up on Today's Post 3/16/17

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Skipping Down the Bipartisan Path Toward Big Data | Truth in American Education

Trump budget casualty: After-school programs for 1.6 million kids. Most are poor. - The Washington Post

by mike simpson / 14min

Trump budget casualty: After-school programs for 1.6 million kids. Most are poor. - The Washington Post : Trump budget casualty: After-school programs for 1.6 million kids. Most are poor. Every weekday, 700 children from some of the poorest parts of the Atlanta area stay after school for three hours with Wings for Kids, a program that aims to bolster not only academic performance but also social

Hundreds of Sacramento city teachers rally to protest lack of progress over contract talks with Sacramento City Unified | The Sacramento Bee

by mike simpson / 22min

Hundreds of Sacramento city teachers rally to protest lack of progress over contract talks with Sacramento City Unified | The Sacramento Bee : Sacramento City teachers union vows protest rally Thursday at trustee meeting The Sacramento City Teachers Association vowed on Thursday that hundreds of teachers will rally in protest outside Sacramento Unified School District trustee meeting at 5 p.m. ov

Opt Out 2.0: Adding Tech Concerns to the Conversation – Wrench in the Gears

by mike simpson / 26min

Opt Out 2.0: Adding Tech Concerns to the Conversation – Wrench in the Gears : Opt Out 2.0: Adding Tech Concerns to the Conversation Earlier today I posted the following comment on Diane Ravitch’s March 12 post “Send a Message to Betsy DeVos: Opt Out of Federally Mandated Testing.” I second Former Teacher’s comments regarding the damage interim assessments are doing to the educational process. Opt

Trump's budget takes a meat cleaver to public education | American Federation of Teachers

by mike simpson / 46min

Trump's budget takes a meat cleaver to public education | American Federation of Teachers : Trump's budget takes a meat cleaver to public education The 2018 budget proposal released by the White House on March 16 "takes a meat cleaver to public education" and ignores promised investments in the types of skills, training and other vital family supports that Trump rode to the White House in 2016, A

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Thoughts on the Future of Public Education, Part 1

by mike simpson / 4h

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Thoughts on the Future of Public Education, Part 1 : Thoughts on the Future of Public Education, Part 1 Pearson , the education publisher, suffered a huge loss in February of this year. From The Guardian : Pearson has reported a pre-tax loss of £2.6bn for 2016, the biggest in its history, after a slump at its US education operation. The profit warning was prompted

Skipping Down the Bipartisan Path Toward Big Data | Truth in American Education

by mike simpson / 4h

Skipping Down the Bipartisan Path Toward Big Data | Truth in American Education : Skipping Down the Bipartisan Path Toward Big Data Comedian George Carlin once observed that “the word ‘bipartisan’ means some larger-than-usual deception is being carried out.” This has certainly been the case in Congress recently, especially on education issues (case in point: the Every Student Succeeds Act, in whi

Trump budget would result in loss of hundreds of millions in education dollars to California | EdSource

by mike simpson / 4h

Trump budget would result in loss of hundreds of millions in education dollars to California | EdSource : Trump budget would result in loss of hundreds of millions in education dollars to California Even as his proposed 2017-18 budget calls for increasing funding for “school choice” programs, President Trump is proposing to cut programs that will result in the loss of hundreds of millions of doll

St. Patrick's Day and today's immigrants - Lily's Blackboard

by mike simpson / 4h

St. Patrick's Day and today's immigrants - Lily's Blackboard : St. Patrick’s Day and today’s immigrants St. Patrick’s Day began as a religious feast day for Ireland’s patron saint. Today, it’s all about celebrating the Emerald Isle and its people: the culture, the history, the cuisine…Kelly green. Given the current discussion about undocumented immigrants and the hostility and fear that some powe

The “Trump Effect” at School? – Education Town Hall Forum

by mike simpson / 4h

The “Trump Effect” at School? – Education Town Hall Forum : The “Trump Effect” at School? Jewish schools and Jewish community center pre-schools have received 126 bomb threats in 2017. (Update: 144 as of March 16; latest from Jewish Daily Forward ) Two DC area schools were among those threatened in late February: the Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School in Rockville and Gesher Jewish Day School in

Forgotten Purpose: Civics Education in Public Schools

by mike simpson / 5h

Forgotten Purpose: Civics Education in Public Schools : Forgotten Purpose: Civics Education in Public Schools ne of the primary reasons our nation’s founders envisioned a vast public education system was to prepare youth to be active participants in our system of self-government. The responsibilities of each citizen were assumed to go far beyond casting a vote; protecting the common good would re

60 Years Ago, Resistance to Integration in Texas Led to School Voucher Plan | KUT

by mike simpson / 5h

60 Years Ago, Resistance to Integration in Texas Led to School Voucher Plan | KUT : 60 Years Ago, Resistance to Integration in Texas Led to School Voucher Plan The Texas Senate Education Committee plans to discuss a bill next week that would allow parents to use taxpayer dollars to send their kids to private schools. The school voucher program is cited as a way to give students — especially low-i

Trump seeks to slash Education Department but make big push for school choice - The Washington Post

by mike simpson / 6h

Trump seeks to slash Education Department but make big push for school choice - The Washington Post : Trump seeks to slash Education Department but make big push for school choice The Trump administration is seeking to cut $9.2 billion — or 13.5 percent — from the Education Department’s budget, a dramatic downsizing that would reduce or eliminate grants for teacher training, after-school programs

John Thompson: Family, student deaths reinforce value of teaching - NonDoc

by mike simpson / 6h

Family, student deaths reinforce value of teaching - NonDoc : Family, student deaths reinforce value of teaching M y mother, Betty Thompson , died last week at the age of 89. As such, I haven’t been in the mood for analyzing education policy, but rather predisposed to contemplating deeper issues. At some point, I’m confident the words will come for celebrating my mom’s contributions. Now, the bes

Ed Notes Online: On ESSA Rules Change: Will Opt Out Be Affected?

by mike simpson / 6h

Ed Notes Online: On ESSA Rules Change: Will Opt Out Be Affected? : On ESSA Rules Change: Will Opt Out Be Affected? My initial reaction to ESSA rules changes was the less feds the better, given the past 20 years. Like, liberals supported a fed heavy hand to force states like Mississippi to do better educationally -- good luck with that. The cost to us was testing, wasteful accountability, closing

Try this one trick to improve student outcomes | 89.3 KPCC

by mike simpson / 7h

Try this one trick to improve student outcomes | 89.3 KPCC : Try this one trick to improve student outcomes "Millions of poor, disadvantaged students are trapped in failing schools." So said President Trump at the White House recently. It's a familiar lament across the political spectrum, so much so that you could almost give it its own acronym : PKTIFS (Poor Kids Trapped In Failing Schools). Whe

Confronting the Scheme to Gamble With Connecticut Special Education Funds by Robert Cotto Jr. - Wait What?

by mike simpson / 8h

Confronting the Scheme to Gamble With Connecticut Special Education Funds by Robert Cotto Jr. - Wait What? : Confronting the Scheme to Gamble With Connecticut Special Education Funds by Robert Cotto Jr. In a MUST READ commentary piece published in the CTNewsjunkie , Robert Cotto Jr. reviews the flawed special education proposal submitted by The Connecticut School Finance Project, a corporate educ

Capitalism is Bad for Your Health | Bill Ayers

by mike simpson / 8h

Capitalism is Bad for Your Health | Bill Ayers : Capitalism is Bad for Your Health DEMAND the IMPOSSIBLE!! Medicare—government-run health insurance for the elderly—was fiercely opposed by conservatives and political reactionaries when it was proposed half a century ago: “We are against forcing all citizens . . . into a compulsory government program,” said one; it’s nothing less than “socialized m

CURMUDGUCATION: The Basic Unit of Writing

by mike simpson / 8h

CURMUDGUCATION: The Basic Unit of Writing : The Basic Unit of Writing If you are of a Certain Age, this how you were taught writing-- 1) Learn the parts of speech, sentence parts, and the rest of grammar. 2) Learn how to construct a sentence. 3) Learn how to write several sentences to make a paragraph. 4) Learn how to write several paragraphs to make an essay. That's how we were taught to write.

Case Challenging Segregation As a Violation of State Right to Education Heading to Minnesota Supreme Court - Education Law Prof Blog

by mike simpson / 9h

Education Law Prof Blog : Case Challenging Segregation As a Violation of State Right to Education Heading to Minnesota Supreme Court On Monday, the Minnesota Court of Appeals in Cruz-Guzman v. Minnesota ruled that plaintiffs' challenge to segregation in public schools was non-justiciable under the state constitution. Plaintiffs, among other claims, argued that segregated schools deprive students

Check Out PBS NewsHour’s Fine Report on School Vouchers | janresseger

by mike simpson / 9h

Check Out PBS NewsHour’s Fine Report on School Vouchers | janresseger : Check Out PBS NewsHour’s Fine Report on School Vouchers On Tuesday night, the PBS NewsHour in collaboration with Education Week reporter Lisa Stark aired a short and almost perfectly framed piece on Indiana’s school voucher program. Vice President Mike Pence, who is responsible for the rapid growth of Indiana school vouchers,

Paying the Price for Monica Garcia’s Win

by mike simpson / 10h

Paying the Price for Monica Garcia’s Win : Paying the Price for Monica Garcia’s Win If parents are not happy with the school program, it is a school of choice. They are free (and indeed encouraged) to remove their kids from the school. There are plenty of other public school options for their children. ” – Mr. Tschang, former KIPP Principal As I walked off stage at the only debate in the race for

Charter School With 38% High School Completion Rate Brags About 88% College Completion Rate In USA Today | Gary Rubinstein's Blog

by mike simpson / 10h

Charter School With 38% High School Completion Rate Brags About 88% College Completion Rate In USA Today | Gary Rubinstein's Blog : Charter School With 38% High School Completion Rate Brags About 88% College Completion Rate In USA Today In yesterday’s USA Today there was an article with the enticing title “Charter schools’ ‘thorny’ problem: Few students go on to earn college degrees” This article

Jeff Bryant EON THIS WEEK: Schools Are Falling Apart - Teachers Oppose Trump - Charter School Corruption - School Rankings Suck - College Student Poverty

by mike simpson / 10h

3/16/2017 – What Betsy DeVos Means When She Says ‘Public Schools’ : 3/16/2017 – What Betsy DeVos Means When She Says ‘Public Schools’ March 16, 2017 Subscribe THIS WEEK: Schools Are Falling Apart … Teachers Oppose Trump … Charter School Corruption … School Rankings Suck … College Student Poverty TOP STORY What Betsy DeVos Means When She Says ‘Public Schools’ By Jeff Bryant “Betsy DeVos once calle

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Loyal Trump Supporters Serenade President Trump

by mike simpson / 23h

Jonny Lang - Lie To Me - YouTube : Loyal Trump Supporters Serenade President Trump

Special Nite Cap: Catch Up on Today's Post 3/15/17

by mike simpson / 23h

Special Nite Cap: Catch Up on Today's Post 3/15/17 Featured Post Charter schools’ ‘thorny’ problem: Few students go on to earn college degrees State releases second report potentially more useful than its new dashboard |