Latest News and Comment from Education
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Are Teacher Strikes Antiquated? How Should Teachers/Teacher Unions Respond to the Current Attacks on Teachers and Public Education?
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At the monthly UFT Delegate Meeting a motion commemorating the creation of
the union on Mach 16, 1960 was introduced. A delegate introduced an
amendment, u...
1 hour ago
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KY: Putting Religion In The Classroom
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It's touted as a bill to protect the religious freedom of public school
employees, but that's not exactly what Kentucky's HB 547 does.
What it does is giv...
2 hours ago
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This and That - March 20, 2023
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*Reminder that tonight is the district's one and only "public" meeting on
the budget.*
*Date*: Monday, March 20, 2023
*Time*: 6 p.m.
*Location*: Join the...
2 hours ago
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Nancy Bailey's Education Website: Will the Future Include Free Democratic Public Schools and Teachers?
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Nancy Bailey's Education Website: Will the Future Include Free Democratic
Public Schools and Teachers?
Will today’s babies grow up with *free* democratic ...
2 hours ago
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Steven Singer: The Importance of Being WOKE!
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Steven Singer, a teacher in Pennsylvania, cannot understand why the word
“WOKE” has become a term of derision, when it means being aware of racial
and soci...
4 hours ago
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Work And Hobbies
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I enjoy cooking. I enjoy eating out as well, but the truth is that I'm
always a little disappointed when 3 p.m. rolls around and I realize I won't
get...
4 hours ago
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Vallas, Paris and the 20th anniversary of the Iraq War.
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This weekend marks the twentieth anniversary of the start of the Iraq War.
It was a war based on two (at least two) lies. The first lie was that Iraq
and S...
5 hours ago
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It's Clear the GOP Is a Party of Death, Not Life by Thom Hartmann
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Here's a very long list that proves it:
— Because they oppose a woman having the right to terminate a pregnancy,
Republicans claim to be the Party of ...
7 hours ago
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Weekend Quotables
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Erasing the Iraq War from history
7 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...
9 hours ago
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ChatGPT Says Sorry Like No Human Could (Janice Cuban)
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I have written posts for this blog about use of ChatGPT by both public and
private school teachers and students (see here, here and here). I will
continue ...
11 hours ago
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What Does ChatGPT Say About The Science of Reading? It May Surprise You
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ChatGPT is raising concerns about the future of learning and advancing a
new way to obtain information. Since many journalists, cognitive
psychologists, ed...
1 day 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...
3 days 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...
3 days ago
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“Freedom From” as Totalitarian Rhetoric
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“But in The Handmaid’s Tale, nothing happens that the human race has not
already done at some time in the past, or that it is not doing now, perhaps
in oth...
3 days ago
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CDE & LACOE Develop Online LGBTQ+ Training Course
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California Department of Education Making Schools Safer and More Supportive
for LGBTQ+ Youth State Department of Education Partnering with Los Angeles
Coun...
3 days ago
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Who Wants to Teach in Florida ?
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*Gov. Ron DeSantis’s culture warmongering has helped produce the highest
teacher vacancy rates in the country.*
Governor of Florida Ron DeSantis visits P...
4 days ago
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CALIFORNIA SCHOOLS ARE MORE SEGREGATED THAN DURING JIM CROW ERA... CHARTER SCHOOLS HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THIS
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*CALIFORNIA SCHOOLS ARE MORE SEGREGATED THAN DURING JIM CROW ERA...
CHARTER SCHOOLS HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THIS*
There is some evidence to suggest that ...
4 days ago
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Ethics-Shmethics--The Mike Mulgrew Story
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*Chapter 21--I Scuttle Health Care for Members*
It isn't easy making contract agreements. You have to sit through all
kinds of meetings, and the city r...
4 days ago
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Associations between teacher and student mathematics, science, and literacy anxiety in fourth grade
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Educational Impact and Implications Statement
We investigated associations among teachers’ and students’ anxiety in
mathematics, science, and literacy....
4 days ago
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Ohio’s Top Education Priority: Fully Fund Expected Phase-In of the Fair School Funding Plan
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In the two months since the Ohio Legislature began its current session, I
have heard very little serious legislative discussion about the state’s
most urge...
4 days ago
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PTO Leaders 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...
5 days ago
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First They Came for the…….
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First they came for the transgender kids, and I did not speak out—because I
am not transgender. Then they came for the bisexuals, the gays, and the
lesbi...
5 days ago
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Maybe This Job Isn’t for You
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“You can’t stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to
you. You have to go to them sometimes.” — Winnie the Pooh Over the years,
ther...
6 days ago
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Super-connected Texas/Florida GOP operative James Dunn's criminal and grifter resume is incredible
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A quick, digestible primer for curious Texans and others. It's hard to
believe it when you see it all summarized. And yet, it's real.
6 days ago
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Teacher Unions
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I got this from Diane Ravitch’s blog. Here in Michigan, the Democratic
legislature just re-affirmed our state’s longstanding commitment to working
families...
6 days ago
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Dear Mike Mulgrew: Will I Die, Become Physically Disabled, or Go Insane?
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Dear el Presidenté Mulgrew:
Since you have unilaterally decided that those retirees 65 and over will be
forced to into Mulgrewcare for their golden year...
1 week ago
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For the Dedicated Teacher
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This brief post is for the dedicated teacher. The teacher who is highly
committed in both professional and personal life. The teacher who places at
a premi...
1 week ago
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Stay Woke, Public School Teachers
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True education comes not from corporate academic standards or standardized
test gatekeepers. It comes from teachers.
1 week ago
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Math Puzzle: Defective Question?
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McRib doesn’t do counting, so when a student brought him this tricky
counting question, he asked me. And I thought his wording was ambiguous, so
I asked hi...
1 week ago
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Leveraging Federal Funds: There's Money To Fix That Problem
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Ever since the passage into law of the American Rescue Plan, Infrastructure
Investment & Jobs Act, CHIPS Act and Inflation Reduction Act, here’s what I
say...
1 week 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...
2 weeks ago
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Cheating and ChatGPT (Denise Pope and Drew Schrader)
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Originally posted on Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice:
Denise Pope is co-founder of Challenge Success and senior lecturer,
Stanford Grad...
2 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 ...
2 weeks ago
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March’s (2023) Useful Parent Engagement Resources – Part One
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Teens open up at night. Parents should embrace that is from The Washington
Post. Partnering with Ukrainian Families: Tips for Schools
|https://t.co/dV2ekqY...
2 weeks ago
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Guns Kill More Children Each Year than Cancer or Car Accidents, But . . .
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Take 9 minutes to see up close how Jon Stewart exposes the oozing hypocrisy
espoused by the callous tools (Nathan Dahm (R-OK) of the gun industry to
prot...
2 weeks ago
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Michigan: For-Profit Charter Schools Are a Disaster
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Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
Cassandra Ulbrich is the former president of the Michigan State Board of
Education. She is also a member of the ...
2 weeks ago
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Welcome to The Season of Myths
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Hello reader. I have not written on this blog in some time. Writer’s block
or just busy? It doesn’t really matter. The important part is I’m back to
writin...
2 weeks ago
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Grassroots Education Network- February 2023 Newsletter
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The September 2019 Grassroots Newsletter highlights the amazing work of
many of the 135 advocacy groups that have joined us in the fight for public
ed.
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2 weeks ago
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My twitter spat with Core DeAngelis and Talk out of School podcast on the well-funded assault on our public schools
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This morning I got into a twitter spat with Corey DeAngelis, the top
voucher evangelist who, according to his bios, is currently a fellow at the
Manhatt...
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...
3 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...
3 weeks ago
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11 MAGA Ladies against Public Education
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By Thomas Ultican 2/20/2023 For the past few years, I have been
increasingly impressed by the work of Boston’s Maurice Cunningham. He is a
political scienc...
3 weeks ago
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All My New Writing is on Substack
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Come check it out . . . samchaltain.substack.com
4 weeks 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...
4 weeks 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...
5 weeks 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...
5 weeks 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...
5 weeks 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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1 month 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...
1 month 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 ...
3 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…
3 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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Meaningful Change Can Happen Quickly!
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If you are afraid to fail, you won’t succeed. Honored to work with my
colleagues @UKCollegeofEd 🚀💙🔝#results #InnovationZone
#educationalleadership #educ...
5 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...
6 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 ...
6 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 ...
6 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...
7 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...
10 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.
10 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 …
Continue reading →
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
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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 ...
1 year 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...
1 year 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 García
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...
2 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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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 no...
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...
5 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...
6 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...
11 years ago
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