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Here’s What My Two-Period ELL Newcomers Class Looks Like This Year - Last school year, I posted What Happens In A Typical Day During My ELL Newcomers Class. That piece described in detail what happened in my then one-peri...4 hours ago
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Grade Retention Sleight of Hand - There's some new research out, and for whatever reason, folks like Jay Mathews insist on framing it as a victory for grade retention. Instead, it tells u...5 hours ago
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Calls for ceasefire get louder. - As far as I know, this is the most up-to-date list of those in Congress who have signed on to a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. French Presiden...11 hours ago
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Choices - As of today, we clearly have two separate and distinct choices. Do we support Trump and his MAGA movement towards authoritarianism or do we stay the course...12 hours ago
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Looking for love in all the wrong places. - Today marks the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), which was adopted the same year as the Palestinian Nakba.12 hours ago
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Norhtwestern Faculty - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScCBnEyz4hZ0nDG3-IPHBqfiJb9dmvB8qZlwGHloNITPyDz3w/viewform13 hours ago
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Refusal by Muslims to accept Jews as equals is the source of the conflict. - I am copying the response by Chaim Handler on Quora to this question: Why couldn’t Jews and Arabs get along in Palestine? Is Zionism the source of the conf...13 hours ago
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Orlando Sentinel to Zieglers: Resign! I Disagree. - Christian and Bridget Ziegler have been leaders of the extreme rightwing in Florida. They are (or were) close to Governor DeSantis and Donald Trump. But wh...13 hours ago
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Difficult For Whom: A Conversation about Conversations and Systems - Recently, my son did an active-shooter drill at his school. I asked him how it went. He mentioned how it was fine, but a few ... Read More The post Diff...17 hours ago
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Cease Fire Now - The U.S. veto of the UN Security Council Resolution calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza gives a green light for Israel to continue...1 day ago
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"Our national check-writing habit is turning into an enormous problem" by Ron Lieber - Check fraud is growing rapidly, and there’s one big reason: Anyone with a smartphone can download an app and within minutes get access to bundles of sto...1 day ago
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Public School Are Expected To Do a Lot, But They Do Not Cure Loneliness (David Brooks) - Public schools in the U.S., have been asked to solve societal problems since their founding in the mid-19th century. The historical pattern has been that p...1 day ago
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Carnegie vs Carnegie Unit - By Thomas Ultican 12/9/2023 Current president of Carnegie Foundation, Tim Knowles, from the University of Chicago and founding director of Teach for Americ...2 days ago
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Today on Twitter - Don't ask me to call it "X." Here's what I tweeted: *Without notice nor explanation, Seattle Schools has banned international school-based travel for s...2 days ago
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Janresseger: New Book Contrasts What Voucher Proponents Promise to the Inequitable Results - Janresseger: New Book Contrasts What Voucher Proponents Promise to the Inequitable Results Teachers College Press recently published *The School Voucher I...2 days ago
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More Human than Human: Frankenstein as Enduring Question about What Counts as “Human” - As I have examined, my history with Frankenstein as an enduring myth in pop culture is as patch-work as The Monster and the myth themselves. The details of...2 days 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 ...2 days ago
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So Light and Sweet - When I watch a jet fly overhead, it seems to move at a leisurely pace, arching across the sky, trailing a white jet stream in its wake as if some giant...2 days 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...3 days 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...3 days 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...3 days 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...3 days 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...3 days 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.5 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...5 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...5 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...6 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...6 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 ...1 week 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...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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Standardized Tests Lie - Standardized tests are not accurate assessments of student learning. They are corporate propaganda.3 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...3 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...3 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...4 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...4 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...1 month 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...1 month 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...5 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...6 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 more8 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...10 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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Friday, September 4, 2020
Biden Calls School Reopening A 'National Emergency' | 89.3 KPCC
Maurice Cunningham: Why the Waltons and Koch Support Charter Schools | Diane Ravitch's blog
It’s an honor to even be mentioned for US Secretary of Education | Cloaking Inequity
Teacher Tom: And They Are Perfect
I have spent my adult life trying to figure out why parents and society put themselves into a race -- what's the hurry? I keep trying to convey the pleasure every parent and teacher could feel while observing, appreciating and enjoying what the infant is doing. This attitude would change our educational climate from worry to joy. ~Magda Gerber
A Seventh Grader Kicks Edgenuity's Dumb Robograding Butt
A Seventh Grader Kicks Edgenuity's Dumb Robograding Butt
A Seventh Grader Kicks Edgenuity's Dumb Robograding Butt
The story comes to us from Francesca Paris at NPR's Here and Now, and it can serve as our sixty-gazillionth reminder that computer algorithms-- even ones that are marketed as Artificial Intelligence-- cannot grade student work to save their cybernetic lives.
A student in LAUSD's virtual school was dismayed when his first history assignment came back an F. It was short written responses, and the score came back instantly, so his mother figured out that it had been graded by the software and not a human being. But we just saw here a short time ago, computer algorithms can't really read, and they don't understand content--which would seem to be a real drawback when scoring history assignments.
This particular virtual school product is from Edgenuity, one of the more widely used school-in-a-can computer products. Its CEO won recognition at the EdTech Awards last year, and the company is in something like 20,000 schools. But it gets plenty of criticism for being standardized to death. It doesn't appear to have a great deal of bench strength when it comes to questions; users talk about how easy it is to just google answers while taking assessments, and Slate discovered that students can do well by just repeatedly taking tests, which turn out to ask mostly the same CONTINUE READING: A Seventh Grader Kicks Edgenuity's Dumb Robograding Butt
Open Letter to Joe Biden: Ed Sec “That Has Been in Public Schools” is Not Enough
Open Letter to Joe Biden: Ed Sec “That Has Been in Public Schools” is Not Enough
Open Letter to Joe Biden: Ed Sec “That Has Been in Public Schools” is Not Enough
Dear Candidate Biden:
On September 01, 2020, I saw part of the interview your wife, Jill, did with CNN contributor, Biana Goldryga, on the topic of K12 education. In that interview, Jill said that you plan to replace Betsy DeVos as US secretary of education “with somebody that has been in the public schools.”
On the surface, that sounds fantastic. On the surface.
The problem is that the education reform movement specializes in its members having temp time “in the public schools” as a resume-padding device designed to catapult them into leadership positions in K12 education, such as district and state superintendents. So, technically, one of these classroom-exiting, sleight-of-experience resume padders could slide right on in as the next secretary of education, without spending but a moment’s time as a classroom teacher, and you, sir, might not know the difference because the person is *technically* able to declare having been “in the public schools.”
In fact, hearing Jill Biden say that you plan to appoint as next ed sec “someone who has been in the public schools” makes me realize that being “in” the public schools doesn’t really commit to having as ed sec someone who has spent time in the classroom at all, much less years enough in the classroom to see a wave of ed trends come and go. I’ll pursue the classroom longevity issue in more detail shortly; for now, I will assume that Jill Biden’s use of “in the public schools” means having been a classroom teacher “in the public schools.”
Let’s return to the education reform movement’s penchant for churning out token teachers who really desire speedy procurement of positions of power and influence over the K12 classroom, not an actual classroom teaching career.
The principal vehicle for this career catapult is ed-reform teacher-temp agency, CONTINUE READING: Open Letter to Joe Biden: Ed Sec “That Has Been in Public Schools” is Not Enough
Serie de módulos sobre la participación de padres - Parent Engagement Modules Series - Migrant (CA Dept of Education)
English version of the Parent Engagement Modules Series
Un factor principal en el desempeño del estudiante y en su bienestar general es que los padres (o los tutores) tengan un papel integral en la vida de sus hijos. Es por eso que la Oficina de Educación Migrante (MEO, por sus siglas en inglés) del Departamento de Educación de California, en colaboración con WestEd, creó la Serie de módulos sobre la participación de padres, con el fin de que los padres desarrollen la capacidad de apoyar a sus hijos en la escuela y en su casa. En el Plan de Prestación de Servicios Estatales de la MEO, un marco curricular para la prestación de servicios relacionados con la educación migrante, se establece la necesidad de apoyar y de aumentar la participación de los padres y de la familia. Estos siete módulos para padres se desarrollaron para darles a los padres y a la familia información y estrategias para tratar temas importantes; por ejemplo, utilización de la disciplina positiva para apoyar el desarrollo de los niños, maneras de criar niños seguros de sí mismos, acoso escolar y otros temas. Todos los módulos están diseñados para que los presente un facilitador, pero los padres también pueden verlos por su cuenta.
Módulo 1: Resumen para el facilitador de los Módulos de Participación de Padres y documentos de apoyo
El módulo 1 es una introducción, de entre 15 y 20 minutos, a la Serie de módulos sobre la participación de padres, donde se da una breve presentación de todos los módulos y los documentos de apoyo. En él se indica cómo utilizar los módulos como un recurso para las capacitaciones de padres o como una herramienta informativa para uso personal.
Resumen para el facilitador de los Módulos de Participación de Padres y documentos de apoyo
English version of Facilitator Overview of Migrant Modules and Handouts
Módulo 2: Utilizar disciplina positiva para ser un padre más eficaz
A través del módulo 2, los participantes recibirán información contextual, estrategias de implementación y ejemplos prácticos sobre cómo utilizar la disciplina positiva para ser un padre más eficaz. Podrán reflexionar sobre cómo este material se aplica a su vida diaria, practicar nuevas estrategias y realizar un plan para aplicar las nuevas estrategias.
Utilizar disciplina positiva para ser un padre más eficaz
English version of Using Positive Discipline to Be a More Effective Parent
Módulo 3: Criar a niños seguros de sí mismos implementando objetivos y una actitud orientada al crecimiento
A través del módulo 3, los participantes recibirán información contextual, estrategias de implementación y ejemplos prácticos sobre cómo criar niños seguros de sí mismos implementando objetivos y una actitud orientada al crecimiento. Podrán reflexionar sobre cómo este material se aplica a su vida diaria, practicar nuevas estrategias y realizar un plan para aplicar las nuevas estrategias.
Criar a niños seguros de sí mismos implementando objetivos y una actitud orientada al crecimiento
English version of Growing Self-Confident Children Through Goal Setting and Growth Mindset
Módulo 4: Sistemas escolares y múltiples culturas
A través del módulo 4, los participantes recibirán información contextual sobre los sistemas escolares estadounidenses y las diferencias culturales con otros sistemas y recibirán estrategias prácticas para superar las diferencias, centrándose en ejemplos de las escuelas mexicanas y estadounidenses. Podrán reflexionar sobre cómo este material se aplica a su vida diaria, practicar nuevas estrategias y realizar un plan para aplicar las nuevas estrategias.
Sistemas escolares y múltiples culturas
English version of School Systems and Multiple Cultures
Módulo 5: Ayudar a que su hijo/a tenga éxito en la escuela
A través del módulo 5, los participantes recibirán información contextual, estrategias de implementación y ejemplos prácticos sobre cómo ayudar a que sus hijos tengan éxito en la escuela. Podrán reflexionar sobre cómo este material se aplica a su vida diaria, practicar nuevas estrategias y realizar un plan para aplicar las nuevas estrategias.
Ayudar a que su hijo/a tenga éxito en la escuela
English version of Supporting Your Child to Be Successful in School
Módulo 6: Entender y comunicarse con sus hijos adolescentes
A través del módulo 6, los participantes recibirán información contextual, estrategias de implementación y ejemplos prácticos sobre cómo comunicarse de manera efectiva con sus hijos adolescentes. Podrán reflexionar sobre cómo este material se aplica a su vida diaria, practicar nuevas estrategias y realizar un plan para aplicar las nuevas estrategias.
Entender y comunicarse con sus hijos adolescentes
English version of Understanding and Communicating with Your Teenager
Módulo 7: El acoso escolar: Qué es y cómo ayudar a sus hijos
A través del módulo 7, los participantes recibirán información contextual, estrategias de implementación y ejemplos prácticos sobre cómo ayudar a prevenir y apoyar a los niños en relación al acoso escolar.
El acoso escolar: Qué es y cómo ayudar a sus hijos
English version of Bullying: What It is and How to Help Your Child
Module 1, Facilitator Overview of Migrant Modules and Handouts
Module 2, Using Positive Discipline to Be a More Effective Parent
Module 3, Growing Self-Confident Children Through Goal Setting and Growth Mindset
Module 4, School Systems and Multiple Cultures
Module 5, Supporting Your Child to Be Successful in School
Module 6, Understanding and Communicating with Your Teenager
Module 7, Bullying: What It is and How to Help Your Child
Parent Engagement Modules Series - Migrant (CA Dept of Education)
DeVos Stands Up For Testocracy
DeVos Stands Up For Testocracy
DeVos Stands Up For Testocracy
Thursday, Betsy DeVos issued a letter clarifying the Department of Education's position on postponing the Big Standardized Test this year, and it closes one of the few remaining gaps between DeVos and Arne Duncan.
In a letter to chief state school officers, DeVos noted that there has been a pandemic. She thanked the school leaders for their efforts to meet the needs of all students (forgetting, perhaps, all the times she has recently claimed that most pubic schools haven't done a damn thing) and notes that some of the crew has been bringing up the issue of testing waivers for this school year.
The answer, she says, is a big fat "Nope." She expects that the BS Tests will be given. And she offers this:
As you’ll recall, statewide assessments are at the very core of the bipartisan agreement that forged ESSA. They are among the most reliable tools available to help us understand how children are performing in school. The data from assessments can help inform personalized
support to children based on their individual needs and provide transparency about their progress. There is broad and consistent support for assessments because there is general agreement among CONTINUE READING: DeVos Stands Up For Testocracy
Video: Start off school by watching, “Teaching When The World Is On Fire”
Video: Start off school by watching, “Teaching When The World Is On Fire”
Video: Start off school by watching, “Teaching When The World Is On Fire”
Dr. Lisa Delpit, Sarah Ishmael, Jonathan Tunstall, & Jesse Hagopian on the struggle for racial justice in education.

Our world is literally on fire–whether it’s the climate change fueled fires in California or the police terror fulled fires from the uprising for Black lives–and educators have a special responsibility in this era to help students make sense of the these realities and empower them to help make collective change.
With school starting back, now is a good time to check out this video, hosted by Dr. Lisa Delpit, on “Teaching When The World Is On Fire.”
As part of the 2020 “Reimagining Education: Teaching, Learning, and Leading for a Racially Just Society Summer Institute,” I joined the amazing Dr. Lisa Delpit for a discussion on themes from her newest book, Teaching While the World is on Fire–a book I contributed to with a co-authored chapter with Dr. Wayne Au titled, “How One Elementary School Sparked a Citywide Movement to Make Black Students’ Lives Matter.” Also joining the panel were book CONTINUE READING: Video: Start off school by watching, “Teaching When The World Is On Fire”
The School Reopening Gamble
The School Reopening Gamble
In the next week or so, schools districts all over the country will reopen their buildings as their new year begins. During our pre-service training, a teacher colleague of mine described the process as a “grand experiment.”
But he’s wrong; it’s not an experiment. It’s a gamble.
An experiment, by definition, is a controlled, scientific procedure designed to gain knowledge. When a researcher conducts an experiment, they try, as much as possible, to control for outside factors that may affect an outcome. The goal is to see relationships between causes and effects, and better understand how the world works.
A gamble, on the other hand, is a risky action taken with the hopes of getting a favorable result. A gambler isn’t trying to learn anything – all they want is a win.
America’s school reopening plans aren’t experiments; we aren’t trying to learn more about how COVID-19 spreads, or its effects. We are, instead, making a huge bet: we’re hoping that we’ll get the benefits of sending children into school buildings without making the pandemic worse.
The problem, however, is that a good gambler always knows the odds. Before placing a bet, a gambler weighs the risks of losing against the rewards of winning. Las Vegas is full of CONTINUE READING: The School Reopening Gamble
Talk out of School podcast with Jamaal Bowman and Randi Levine
Talk out of School podcast with Jamaal Bowman and Randi Levine
Talk out of School podcast with Jamaal Bowman and Randi Levine
Check out our latest "Talk out of School" podcast with former principal Jamaal Bowman about his landslide primary win in NY's District16 and what he intends to do for our public schools when he gets to Congress.
Then we spoke to Randi Levine, Policy Director of Advocates for Children, about what she thinks of the city's just-released school reopening plan and whether it does enough for the more than 200,000 students with special needs and the 114,000 students who are homeless. More information below.
More resources:
Jamaal Bowman’s education platform and his ideas for opening schools in a time of COVID-19.
Advocates for Children website
AFC NY Helpline: Call (866) 427-6033 on Monday to Thursday, 10 am to 4 pm
AFC Op Ed on how homeless students deserve special attention in NYC’s school reopening plan
Talk out of School podcast with Jamaal Bowman and Randi Levine
Charter Schools Find Gold in Federal Government Aid to Small Businesses While Black-Owned Firms Get the Shaft - Citizen Truth
During the COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing economic fallout, the charter industry added to systemic inequities that afflict Black communities.
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