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Gayle Greene: Higher Education and the Triumph of Hype Over Experience - Recently, I have read alarming articles about state universities eliminating majors in the humanities as a cost-cutting measure while expanding departments...1 hour ago
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New HS curriculum teaches color chemistry and AI simultaneously - North Carolina State University researchers have developed a weeklong high school curriculum that helps students quickly grasp concepts in both color ...1 hour ago
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“Restorative Justice Is Not Just an Alternative to Discipline” - Restorative Justice Is Not Just an Alternative to Discipline is the headline of my latest Education Week column. But done correctly, the practice can creat...5 hours ago
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Mayoral control in the eyes of three NYC parent leaders - The NY State Education Department is holding hearings on Mayoral control, leading up to a report they will submit to the Legislature at the end of March...17 hours ago
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Answer Sheet: Rethinking the Way Teachers Assign Student Grades - Answer Sheet: Rethinking the Way Teachers Assign Student Grades This is a companion piece of sorts to the one below, which looked at the current hand-wrin...22 hours ago
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A Simple Request for a Level Playing Field - “Fighting monsters is the easy part. Back home is where the really scary stuff is.” ― Noelle Stevenson, Lumberjanes, Vol. 3: A Terrible Plan The relentle...23 hours ago
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UK PISA 2022 Results Offer Cautionary Tale for US Reading Reform - From the SAT and National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in the US to Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), student test scores...1 day ago
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Big Grady sends Little Grady to duck public questions about his $5M spy plane - Commissioners approve $5M sheriff's spy plane without any guidelines or safeguards; Commissioner Rick Wilson then claims sheriff adamantly opposes using sc...1 day ago
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NPE Exposes Hillsdale Charter School’s Deception - An invitation to fiction writing. That is how New York Times reporter Mike Winerip characterized the application process of the Charter School Programs o...1 day ago
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"We are in a dangerous moment, and too many people are numb to the implications of a second Trump presidency" -Joyce Vance - Jack Smith has filed his 404(b) notice, advising the Court and Trump of other crimes and bad acts committed by Trump that he intends to offer as ev...1 day ago
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Will Senate Bill 83, Ohio’s Higher Education Destruction Act, Be Enacted? - Today it is hard to predict the future of Senate Bill 83, known as the “higher education destruction act.” Last week, Ohio House Speaker Jason Stephens see...1 day ago
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A Teacher’s Love Letter to Colleagues (Catherine Friesen) - “Catherine Friesen is an educator and lawyer who taught Global History in New York City public schools from 2013 to 2023. During this time, she served as H...1 day ago
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Choice v. Social Justice and Equity - One more sign that the pre-Trump alliance between choicers and social justice folks has completely blown up. Jason Bedrick is a school choice guy at the ...1 day ago
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For a Ceasefire Now. - Instead of heeding the demands of the American people for a ceasefire, Congress just passed a resolution trying to silence our anti-war movement. I vot...1 day ago
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Americans are divided over support for Israel. - Considering how much grief supporters of Israel have been giving anyone who opposes the scorched earth response to the Hamas October 7th attack I am surpri...1 day ago
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Special Education and Degrees of Accommodation - I have to believe that Special Education is one of the most important responsibilities a school district can have. And probably the toughest because every ...1 day ago
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2024 CA U.S. Senate Youth Program Representatives - State Superintendent Tony Thurmond announces California high school student representatives for the 2024 United States Senate Youth Program.2 days ago
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We urge the state to require DOE submit a corrective action plan on class size - December 5, 2023 Dear all: 1. I wanted to let you know that on Friday, Class Size Matters and AQE sent a letter to the State Education Commissioner Betty R...2 days ago
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Adding Fractions Wrong - Everyone knows… (that’s a bad way to start a post) To add fractions: Or, instead of making two separate cases, multiply each numerator by the other denomin...2 days ago
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Don’t look at us! - Republicans have been engaged in a “look over there” strategy. They will do everything they can to distract us from the reality that they can not and will ...3 days ago
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REAL HUMANS VS FAKE HUMANS - There are many benefits of (AI) artificial intelligence. As we learn more about the technology, the dangers of this new alien intelligence are becoming obv...3 days ago
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My Sentiment Exactly - From Common Dreams: Good Fucking Riddance: HK Finally Kicks His Bucket of Blood In gratitude, we mark the death of Henry Kissinger, America's peerless wa...4 days ago
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Video Interviews from Hamas and Gaza - I have just watched some interesting interviews about the Gaza/Hamas war. One is from some of the Hamas fighters who were captured by the Israeli Defence F...4 days ago
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Moms for Liberty Founder Involved in Ménage à Trois - There’s a title I never expected to write. Then again, so many “morality police” fail to police themselves first and foremost, making their public shaming ...4 days ago
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California Virtual Academies Spotlighted Again! - By Thomas Ultican 12/3/2023 California Virtual Academies (CAVA) received an unfair labor practices complaint from their teachers union. As part of contract...4 days ago
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Improving Public Schools (#14): Ban Cell Phones! - A simple way to improve public schools would be to institute a complete and total ban of all cell phones and so-called smart watches. Banning these ubiqui...6 days ago
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Gossip - What other people say about me is none of my business. It's a rationale that pops up for me when I feel judged by others, when I suspect or know that so...1 week ago
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The Sky is Falling, or is it? - Well, this is the first anniversary of the introduction of Generative AI in the form of ChatGPT to the world of education. Before it was a week old, over o...1 week ago
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UPDATE: GEORGE SANTOS "MAGA POSTER BOY" EXPELLED FROM CONGRESS - Rep. George Santos was expelled from the House — what happens next? Santos' expulsion is effective immediately. There are now 434 members of the House. ...1 week ago
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Saving Kindergarten! Real Teachers Write the Kinderchat Guides with Real Solutions! - In 2022, co-authors Heidi Echternacht and Amy Murray wrote The Kinderchat Guide to the Classroom. They’re the founders of the famous #Kinderchat that sta...1 week ago
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November’s (2023) Useful Parent Engagement Resources – Part One - 6 things principals can focus on to improve family engagement is from Teach Learn Grow. New post on how to help parent support the study skills of school s...1 week ago
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The Problem With How You Discuss Reading - Kids can’t read. At least that’s what we’ve been told to believe by folks trying to dismantle public education. Proponents of this refrain use frivolous ...1 week ago
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Standardized Tests Lie - Standardized tests are not accurate assessments of student learning. They are corporate propaganda.2 weeks ago
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El entrenamiento es como transformaremos a la sociedad - Aquí en People's Action Institute, el entrenamiento y capacitación son fundamentales - Son la base de quienes somos. Para nosotros, es un compromiso. Sabe...2 weeks ago
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The Legacy of the Wide-Awakes and the Hijacking of the American Populist Tradition - By Paul Horton. The Republican assault on American History begins and ends with distortion. The clear intent of attacks on political correctness, books, an...2 weeks ago
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“Federal law requires some kind of accountability measure before graduation whether it be a standardized test or something else. Why can’t the state simply use classroom grades for this measure?” - I am biased. I hate tests and prefer GPA, based on classroom grades. Where does my bias come from? From 30 years as a classroom teacher, who focused on how...3 weeks ago
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Way Down Upon Suwannee River - Florida! Or Floriduh, depending upon your opinion of its educational practices that, like the Dark Arts of the Harry Potter series, are “… Many, Varied, Ev...3 weeks ago
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Site Index - Updated October 28, 2023 - *My Promise * WHEN I STARTED BLOGGING IN 2011, I said I planned to speak up for good teachers. I would not defend bad ones. I began by trying to debunk...5 weeks ago
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Redesigning School Governance: Beyond Mayoral Control - From time to time the legislature passes a bill with a sunset provision, unless the law is reauthorized by a specific date the law reverts to the law it re...5 weeks ago
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It's Done. I resigned yesterday. - Today is my last day, because I had already assigned work in a couple of classes, and I have an obligation to grade that work and enter it into the gradi...1 month ago
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Closing Latinx Heritage Month with Inspiration and Family History 🌟🇲🇽🇺🇸 - 🎉 As Latinx Heritage Month 2023 comes to a close, I want to take a moment to reflect on the incredible journey of resilience and determination that define...1 month ago
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20 Best Mph Programs In New York, NY (2023 Updated) - 20 Best Mph Programs In New York, NY 1. Pace University Rating: (4.2 ) Address: One Pace Plaza, New York, NY 10038... The post 20 Best Mph Programs In...1 month ago
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Keep your nose on - Advice from my mother, “Don’t cut off your nose to spite your face.” FEEDING THE ECONOMY We’ve been told that to keep society running smoothly, people shou...2 months ago
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Will KIPP NYC Be Disqualified (Again) From U.S. News & World Report Best High School Rankings? - There is exactly one KIPP high school in New York City. KIPP NYC College Prep High School was started in 2009 to serve students graduating from KIPP middle...2 months ago
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POSTPONED: Florida’s Impact on Social Studies - POSTPONED: discussion with Florida and DC educators and advocates on the impact of Florida's new laws Continue reading3 months ago
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Rethinking the time spent at school: Could flexibility improve engagement and performance for students and teachers? - Is it possible to reduce the time students spend in classrooms and schools? Would such a reduction be better for learning and retaining teachers? How shoul...4 months ago
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Lying Liars of the NYC DOE - The APPR travails continue. When last I blogged I shared how my principal, XXXXXXXX XXXXX of PS XXX did an end run around me. I was refused to be obser...4 months ago
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Announcing The 2023 Black Education Matters Award Winners—Meet The Young Changemakers Challenging Educational Injustice! - We are excited to announce the 2023 Black Education Matters Award winners: Marta Sisay and Joyin Akinola. These two exceptional young people have done extr...5 months ago
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Vote NO on the UFT Contract. Here is Why: - The best reason to vote no on this contract is this: UFT Unity* lied* to us in 2018. They misrepresented that contract. It was predicated on deals we wer...5 months ago
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What Is The Most Important Subject In School? A Comprehensive Analysis - Education is a crucial aspect of our lives, and the subjects we learn in school shape our...5 months ago
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Let’s talk about Dana Kriznar - There is a good chance she will be DCPS’s interim super come June 2nd, for at least six months, and because the superintendent job will be so unattractiv...6 months ago
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Metaphors in ‘I Have a Dream’ Speech - In this article, we will explore the powerful use of metaphors in Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” ... Read more7 months ago
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Louisiana legislates student protections from digital device health risks: 4th state to create health and safety guidelines for schools - by Cindy Eckard www.screensandkids.us @screensandkids on Twitter Children using digital devices are at risk for several impacts to their health, especially...9 months ago
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What ever happend to John Deasy, the Man From Gates? - * 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...9 months ago
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Tell Me Again What The Democratic Party Actually Is? - Well mostly, it’s a collection of folks striving to see that the Party winds up looking like what they envision…1 year ago
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Testimony to the CPS Truancy Task Force - 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...1 year ago
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Skin Deep - 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 ...1 year ago
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Tennis Memories from a Time When Racism and Anti-Semitism Still Prevailed - 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...1 year ago
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There Is A Teacher Shortage.Not. - 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...1 year ago
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Reason #1 to pick Dr. Grace over Mr. Walters: The future we’ve already seen - 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 ...1 year ago
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THERE IS A TEACHER SHORTAGE. NOT! - 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...1 year ago
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Addendum to Mission Hill Statement - 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...1 year ago
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Abortion: Only For Those Who Need It! - 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...1 year ago
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Want to know the condition of a Philly school building? New map to help. - [image: Two students walk by a Philadelphia school building.] Aging infrastructure has been an issue for Philadelphia schools for years. A new interactive...1 year ago
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Hello world! - 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.1 year ago
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What can we learn by modeling existing variations in school spending and outcomes? (Reprise) - 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...1 year ago
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STREET LIFE - My mom told me, “You should treat all people equally, but don’t bring a “colored” into the house.” I believed … Continue reading →1 year ago
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Schools Matter: Reflecting on Green Dot’s Disastrous Locke Takeover - *“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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Book Banning Turns to Dick and Jane - 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 - “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 - “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...2 years ago
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Have You Heard Has a New Website - 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...2 years ago
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Follow me at Substack - 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 ...2 years ago
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On Remote Teaching and Learning In an Ongoing Pandemic - 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...2 years ago
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Milwaukee Bradley Foundation at Center of Attacks on U.S. Voting Rights - 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...2 years ago
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Milwaukee Bradley Foundation at Center of Attacks on U.S. Voting Rights - 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...2 years ago
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Aspiring Teachers Get New Help Paying For College - [image: colorful classroom pattern] *; Credit: shuoshu/Getty Images* Cory Turner | NPR New rules kick in today that will help aspiring teachers pay for c...2 years ago
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Major victory over a corporate charter school chain and their trade association - 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 - 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 - 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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GA run-offs need your help! - Extremely important. Volunteer if you can. Thank you if you are already doing so. Out of state opportunities here: Ralph … Continue reading →3 years ago
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Pandemic Teaching – What’s up? - Responding to the call from Pocketful of Primary to answer questions about how teaching during the pandemic is going.3 years ago
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The Threat of Integration - 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...3 years ago
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New Teacher Evaluation Report Released by the Network for Public Education - 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...3 years ago
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www.job-applications.com - https://www.job-applications.com/bed-bath-and-beyond-job-application/3 years ago
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Teacher Creates National Database Tracking COVID-19 Outbreaks in Schools - Kansas educator Alisha Morris's online coronavirus news-tracker goes viral, now hosted on a new NEA website.3 years ago
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School Year 2020-21: We Are Asking the Wrong Questions - 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...3 years ago
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Correction for July 10th Post on School District Audit - On July 10, 2020 we published a post “School District Caught Manipulating Attendance Records to Get More Money” which incorrectly cited Valley Park School ...3 years ago
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We fight for a democracy worthy of us all! - 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...3 years ago
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A Citizens’ Rebellion 2020 - 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...3 years ago
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Giving Private Schools Federal Emergency Funds Slated for Low-income Students Will Shortchange At-risk Kids - 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...3 years ago
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A Fundamental Redesign of Our Schools - 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...3 years ago
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The Passing Of Chaz 1951-2020 Age 69 - 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...3 years ago
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Thoughts on schooling in the era of COVID-19 - 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? - “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 - 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" - *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...4 years ago
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2019 NAEP Scores: Achievement Gap or …? - Here you go: A ‘Disturbing’ Assessment: Sagging Reading Scores, Particularly for Eighth-Graders, Headline 2019’s Disappointing NAEP Results NAEP 2019: Re...4 years ago
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Glasgow High School In Middle Of Scandal With Fake IEP Meetings & Loss Of Funding - 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...4 years ago
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Cara Menang Bermain Judi Bola Online - Bermain judi bola online tentu saja memiliki kesenangannya tersendiri baik itu mendapatkan keuntungan maupun ketika menantikan hasil skor pada sebuah perta...4 years ago
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What Cory Booker isn’t telling us about the Newark water crisis. - 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 ...4 years ago
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A Storm is Coming! (…again) - A new Commissioner will have as much impact on our state ed system as a new meteorologist will have on … Continue reading →4 years ago
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JerseyCAN Can't Hide From Opioids Crisis Billionaire Founder - [image: Image result for jerseycan] NJ Spotlight needs to stop giving space to billionaire-backed corporate reform groups like JerseyCAN. JerseyCAN does n...4 years ago
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Déjà vu: 2019 ELA Assessment: Dear Board of Regents - 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...4 years ago
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This Week in Education Organizing - February 15, 2019 - 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 - 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 - Permainan Judi Togel Online Mudah Dijalankan Di Indonesia Permainan judi online Indonesia terpercaya kini memang menjadi salah satu tempat bermain game yan...5 years ago
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13 Things I Learned While Blogging for Education Week - 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...5 years ago
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Blockchain: Life on the Ledger - 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...5 years ago
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New York Times piece on '68 Democratic Convention Protest - ‘The Whole World Is Watching’: The 1968 Democratic Convention, 50 Years Later On Aug. 28, 1968, violent clashes in Chicago between demonstrators and the ...5 years ago
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My Letter to the NYS Board of Regents and Commissioner Elia Regarding ESSA Opt Out Provisions - 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...5 years ago
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Corruption on Top of Corruption: How Rahm’s Response to Sexual Abuse of Students Reveals His Core Function - 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...5 years ago
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New Local Businesses in Sacramento - 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...5 years ago
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3rd Grade Reading: Who is Failing? - 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 - 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) - 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 - 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 - 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 sch...5 years ago
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IDEA Is Still The Law Of The Land - 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 ...5 years ago
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Education Is a Civic Question - 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...6 years ago
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Education reform should come from within by Wendy Lecker - In her latest Stamford Advocate commentary piece, education advocate Wendy Lecker observes, Education reform should come from within. Wendy Lecker write...6 years ago
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Site News: New Home for Education News & Commentary - 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...6 years ago
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An Open Letter to NC Lawmakers - 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 ...6 years ago
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CANCER IS BACK AND THIS TIME IT HURTS RIGHT OFF THE BAT! - 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 ca...6 years ago
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The Secret to Fixing Schools (My Next Bestseller) - The Secret to Fixing Schools (My next bestseller) Prologue I just finished watching a fascinating documentary on Netflix entitled, “The Secret”. The film p...6 years ago
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Farewell, Sleep - 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...6 years ago
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IBO REPORT: NYC Charter School Costs To Grow More Than Budgeted! - *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 - 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 - 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 - 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...7 years ago
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Prison Gerrymandering: Incarceration Weakens Vulnerable Voting Communities - One person equals one vote: seems simple enough. Unfortunately, that hasn’t worked out for many Americans throughout history, specifically women and peop...7 years ago
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Random Musings and Observations. . . . - 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...7 years ago
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WTU Peterson Slate: Not a 1 Woman Dictatorship - Candi Peterson & GeLynn Thompson Candidates for WTU Prez & GVP 2016By Candi Peterson, WTU Gen. Vice President *Statements or expressions of opinions herein...7 years ago
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WHY SCHOOL START TIMES PLAY A HUGE ROLE IN KIDS’ SUCCESS - Teens are severely sleep-deprived. This needs to change. Rebecca Klein Editor, HuffPost Education| https://t.co/zInVJoy29W evgenyatamanenko via Getty Image...7 years ago
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Feminism-in-Schools Featured at First International Girls’ Studies Association Conference - Leaders in the feminism-in-schools movement recently made history at the inaugural International Girls’ Studies Association (IGSA) conference when we were ...7 years ago
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MY NEW BLOG - 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...7 years ago
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Thank you - 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 - *GLSEN Massachusetts Educator Retreat* *SAVE-THE-DATEMarch 8-10, 2019 • Provincetown, MA* The GLSEN Massachusetts Educator Retreat in Provincetown is a s...8 years ago
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I am Retiring - 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...8 years ago
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Flaws at the Heart of Current Education Reforms - 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… - 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! - As I was reading through education news on several of the news sites I regularly visit, I came...9 years ago
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Kimberly Olson, Broad Superintendents Academy Class of 2005 - 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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Thursday, July 30, 2020
NANCY BAILEY: The Gamble: Reflections Concerning School Openings During Covid-19
Worst Year Ever | Teacher in a strange land
Open schools are the exception, not the rule, around the world - POLITICO
Open schools are the exception, not the rule, around the world
American children are among more than a billion students globally facing a fall without traditional school. Many may never return to the classroom.
Mitchell Robinson: Mike Pence Visits a Libertarian's Private School | Eclectablog
In an email sent Monday, school officials said Pence will visit Thales Academy K-5 to see how school choice works and to advocate for its further implementation.
Thales Academy: A Libertarian’s Fever Dream Come True
How Trump Politicized Schools Reopening, Regardless of Safety | by Diane Ravitch | The New York Review of Books
The Poetry of Teaching | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice
CURMUDGUCATION: Diary of a Socialist Indoctrinator
Mr. G for District 3: Chris Guerrieri's Education Matters: Ron DeSantis's big lie
NYC Educator: NY Times Trashes Unionized Teachers, Presents Barely Researched Nonsense as Fact
Unions are threatening to strike if classrooms reopen, but are also pushing to limit live remote teaching. Their demands will shape pandemic education.
Wow. Those teachers are so unreasonable. They don't want to do anything. This, in fact, is no different than recent claims made in the NY Post. Here's the difference--the Post, at least, ran it on the editorial page, while the Times runs it as a feature. While I don't like either story, at least the Post seems aware of what is and is not opinion.
How they come to conclusions is a little tougher to determine. It's certainly not based on verifiable fact. Perhaps the two (!) reporters on this piece came to an opinion and sought out to prove it. Perhaps they feel their case is valid. However, it isn't.
Let's look at their first assertion--that unions are threatening to strike. Here's what they say:
On Tuesday, the nation’s second-largest teachers’ union raised the stakes dramatically by authorizing its local and state chapters to strike if their districts do not take sufficient precautions — such as requiring masks and updating ventilation systems — before reopening classrooms. Already, teachers’ unions have sued Florida’s governor over that state’s efforts to require schools to offer in-person instruction.
I'm not entirely sure that's anything so drastic. The fact is Florida is exploding in Corona virus. Deaths just spiked to a record high. The MAGA governor claims students are at less CONTINUE READING: NYC Educator: NY Times Trashes Unionized Teachers, Presents Barely Researched Nonsense as Fact
SSPI Outlines Support for Distance Learning - Year 2020 (CA Dept of Education)

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Educators- Day Day of Resistance - Covid-19
Talking Points & Messaging |
Demands, Target & Tactics |
Demands:
- No reopening until the scientific data supports it
- Police-free schools
- All schools must be supported to function as community schools with adequate numbers of counselors and nurses and community/parent outreach workers
- Safe conditions including lower class sizes, PPE, cleaning, testing, and other key protocols
- Equitable access to online learning
- Support for our communities and families, including moratorium on evictions/foreclosures, cancel rent and mortgages, providing direct cash assistance to those not able to work or who are unemployed, and other critical social needs
- Moratorium on new charter or voucher programs and standardized testing
- Massive infusion of federal money to support the reopening funded by taxing the billionaires and Wall Street
- Sign-on national letter to Trump, Biden and Congressional leaders outlining our demands as outlined above for re-opening
- Local actions on August 3rd in as many cities/areas as possible, all focused on re-opening conditions/ demands, with local discretion on political and corporate/revenue targets,
- Work with Journey for Justice and other groups to organize escalating actions in cities ready to escalate their tactics, i.e. occupy city hall, take over city property for homeless students, bank occupations
Social Media |
Jersey Jazzman: How To Stop Magical Thinking In School Reopening Plans
- Why it's so important to reopen schools.
- Evidence in support of the idea that COVID-19 prevalence is low in children, as is transmission attributable to children.
- Grudging admission that adults work in schools and this may be a problem.
- Finger-wagging at said adults, telling them that life is full of risk and they shouldn't indulge in fear mongering.
- A set of ideas to reopen schools. Many times, the tone of the presentation suggests the author believes no one who leads or works in schools actually could have thought of any of their plans before they did.
- An optimistic call for "creativity" in school reopening plans.
Baker - Green: The Post-Espinoza End Game – School Finance 101
- discrimination on the basis of sex (including LGBTQ status) or race;
- curricular standards and assessments;
- employee professional credentials;
Infamous John Deasy Resigned under Suspicious Circumstances Again | tultican
By Thomas Ultican 7/29/2020
April 21, the Stockton Unified School District (SUSD) board accepted John Deasy’s letter of resignation effective June 15, 2020. His quitting mid-contract marked the third straight superintendent position he ended in a similar fashion. All three time, the resignation came with ethical charges and legal suspicions.
Stockton, California, was a gold rush town established in 1849. Situated 75 miles down the San Joaquin River from the Golden Gate Bridge at the north end of the San Joaquin valley, it is the farthest inland deep water port in California. The waterfront scenes for the movie “On the Waterfront” were shot there.
Brando “On the Waterfront” in Stockton 1954
Stockton is a small city of about 315,000 people and one of America’s most diverse. The demographic makeup is 42.1% Hispanic, 21.6% Asian, 20.8% White and 11.8 % Black. The city has a more than a 20% poverty rate; however, SUSD reports that 82% of their students live in poverty. The district enrolls 40,000 students into 54 schools.
Why Deasy resigned is not clear. Upon his resignation the 209 Times reported,
“Controversial superintendent John Deasy is out of Stockton Unified School District effective June 15th after agreeing to resign tonight amidst an investigation sources tell us into his actions and possible conflict of interests regarding a contract between board trustee Lange Luntao and the organization he is director of on behalf of Mayor Michael Tubbs, Reinvent Stockton Foundation.”
glen brown: SPRINGFIELD – The following is a joint statement from Illinois Education Association President Kathi Griffin and Illinois Federation of Teachers President Dan Montgomery
SPRINGFIELD – The following is a joint statement from Illinois Education Association President Kathi Griffin and Illinois Federation of Teachers President Dan Montgomery