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Abandon Hope All Ye in Seattle Schools - And by hope, I mean the ability to have even one ounce of influence in the direction of the district or conveying any issues to the Board. After yesterda...3 hours ago
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Postsecondary Tuition, Fees and Degrees - Between the 2020-21 and 2022-23 academic years, public 4-year institutions reported approximately a 9 percent decrease in required tuition and fees for ...6 hours ago
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The Plot to Undermine Public Education - The Network for Public Education and the Education Law Center hosted investigative reporter Nick Surgey of Documented, the investigative nonprofit that s...7 hours ago
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How to Improve Public Schools: Involve ‘Outsiders’ - The problem with the truism “It Takes a Village to Raise a Child” is that most villagers have no direct connection to children or to the schools they go to...8 hours ago
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Answer Sheet: The Big Problem(s) With Grades - Answer Sheet: The Big Problem(s) With Grades In the early 20th Century, K-12 schools began developing and implementing systems to grade students, with man...8 hours ago
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NORTH CAROLINA BUDGET: CUTS FUNDING TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS, CASTRATES NC BOARD OF EDUCATION, EXPANDS VOUCHERS - *NORTH CAROLINA BUDGET: CUTS FUNDING TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS, CASTRATES NC BOARD OF EDUCATION, EXPANDS VOUCHERS * In a stunning display of fiscal acrobatics, N...9 hours ago
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Podcast: Education Reform Redux: Challenging the Grift (Bust Ed Pencils) - Podcast: Education Reform Redux: Challenging the Grift (Bust Ed Pencils) See Also Deja Vu All Over Again: The Never Ending Pursuit of “Scientific” Instruct...9 hours ago
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Houston: Mike Miles Will Create “High-Performance” Culture by Pressuring Teachers - https://abc13.com/amp/hisd-superintendent-mike-miles-pushes-accountability-for-teachers-administrators-high-performance-culture/13806311/10 hours ago
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Hope Is Every Bit As Infectious As Cynicism - In most cases, people, even wicked people, are far more naive and simple-hearted than one generally assumes. And so are we. ~Fyodor Dostoevsky Cynici...12 hours ago
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The Grammar of Fetterman's Hoodie - Ties are an emblem of some of the most ridiculous and inescapable parts of human culture. I wore ties for my entire teaching career. I started out of a nee...13 hours ago
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Research Shows State School District Report Cards Do Not Measure the Quality of Public Schools - The state of Ohio released 2023 public school district report cards last week. As usual, the press has reported that the state’s wealthy exurban school di...14 hours ago
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“Become a Conscientious Objector in the Reading Wars” - Become a Conscientious Objector in the Reading Wars is the headline of my latest Education Week column. Teachers’ obligation is to their students. The rese...21 hours ago
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Testimony on the dangers of DOE plans to expand online learning and ed tech - Sept. 20, 2023 See below; testimony here and below for today’s NYC Council hearings on the dangers to both privacy and the quality of education of DOE’s pl...1 day ago
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Dangers of DOE plans to expand online learning and ed tech - Last night I gave a presentation on the ways in which DOE is failing to protect student privacy at a meeting of CEC 15; today I'm testifying on the dange...1 day ago
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Letter from France. The U.S. has the worst healthcare system of the 11 wealthiest nations. - We are on vacation in France. A week in Paris and another in Provence. With the U.S. seeing an uptick in Covid cases we are back to wearing a mask indoors ...1 day ago
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The GOP Is the Party of Corrupt Oligarchy by Ryan Cooper - Texas has been a reliably Republican state for over two decades now, producing national figures like George W. Bush, Ted Cruz, and Rick Perry. Recentl...1 day ago
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2023 National Blue Ribbon Schools Announced - State Superintendent Tony Thurmond congratulates 33 California schools recognized as 2023 National Blue Ribbon schools.2 days ago
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Purposeful Ignorance in Teaching (R. Raoul Meyer) - Public school teachers and university professors often have a hard time saying “I don’t know” to student questions. After all, knowing what you teach and h...2 days ago
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September’s (2023) Useful Parent Engagement Resources – Part One - The #EL Family Toolkit consists of 6 chapters and each chapter includes an overview, family and student rights, questions to ask schools, tips, and #resour...3 days ago
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Bonesaw Jesus attacks Jennifer Canady over 6-week forced birth - No wonder she's hiding from her "terrible thing and terrible mistake." Trump can bring a lot more force than flying bouncy panties to bear on the people wh...3 days ago
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Success Academy Games U.S. News & World Report Best High School Ranking - In the latest U.S. News & World Report Best High School Ranking 2023-2024, the Success Academy High School was ranked the 102nd best high school in the cou...4 days ago
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How Deep Canvass Conversations Can Transform America - Here at People’s Action Institute, we feel the way Jill Murphy, a Michigan schoolteacher who is now a full-time organizer for one of our affiliates, felt w...5 days ago
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A New Dawn Arises - “Truth can break the gates down, truth can howl in the street; unless truth is pleasing, personable and easy to like, she is condemned to stay whimpering a...6 days ago
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Teachers Describe Chilling Impact of Anti Education Movement - Teachers Describe Chilling Impact of Anti-Education Laws September 1, 2023 SharePrint We are teaching in dangerous times. The right is suppressing elec...1 week ago
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If You Don’t Want Teachers to be Saviors, Don’t Put Them on a Cross - We also need to reform those systems into places that don’t require us to be saviors. We need an education system that actually provides enough to students...1 week ago
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In Case You’re Listening — Annual Blogoversary Post - SEPTEMBER 14, 2006 I started this blog while I was still teaching, in 2006. I had just begun my 31st year as an educator. Just like in previous years, howe...1 week ago
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Florida’s New College Entrance Exam: Is CLT A Trojan Horse for Ideological Indoctrination? - The education community is buzzing about Florida’s new Classic Learning Test (CLT) college entrance exam, a significant departure from traditional standard...1 week ago
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Raising the Bar on Kindergartners: A Nation at Risk Lives On - History is not kind to idlers. ~The Reagan administration’s A Nation at Risk (1983, p.7) In What Happened to Recess and Why are our Children Struggling i...1 week ago
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9/12 - I did not want to write about 9/11 on 9/11. I was in Christopher Columbus High School. Teaching Math. My AP showed me the news, but I assumed that it was a...1 week ago
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Solidarity Forever: Why a United Union Makes Us Strong - George Altomare, a founder of the union passed and by founder we mean it was George who after years of bickering negotiated the merger of factions, the Tea...1 week ago
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Left of Black S13 · E20 | Left of Black | Dr. Kimberly Mack & Groundbreaking Black Rock Band Living Colour's Album 'Time's Up' - In 1988, the world was introduced to the groundbreaking Black rock band, *Living Colour*, with their debut record, *Vivid*, which dominated the charts and...1 week ago
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Abolish School Supply Lists, Too - My son and I ran over to a super convenience store (you’ll know which one) to do some last-minute grocery shopping when we happened upon ... Read More T...1 week ago
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The Worst Medical School In The United States - Deciding which medical school to attend is one of the most important decisions a future doctor can make. While there are... The post The Worst Medical Sc...1 week ago
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My Students Are Writing. That Makes Me Happy. - In my classroom, I am teaching my students about their own writing. The best way to do so is to spend time with each student, reading drafts and discussing...1 week ago
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Multiple acting Oscars in one picture - Not necessarily for that picture. I can think of two pictures in which the actors appearing during their careers won a total of 8 Oscars *Bad Day at Bla...1 week ago
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The Evolution of Propaganda and the Dangerous Lies from PragerU - Back in the old days of the early 2000s, education reform propagandists and other enemies of the unfettered pursuit of knowledge through learning (democr...2 weeks ago
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Sep 27: Florida’s Impact on Social Studies - discussion with Florida and DC educators and advocates on the impact of Florida's new laws Continue reading2 weeks ago
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Teacher Shortage, or Good Job Shortage? - We have long heard the statement that 3 out of every 5 new teachers will leave the profession in the first five years. However, it seems that the survey on...3 weeks ago
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Roll-Back Advanced Placement - By Thomas Ultican 8/29/2023 Advanced Placement (AP) in high school is an assault on good pedagogy. Teacher and author, Annie Abrams, reports, “The College ...3 weeks ago
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Jacksonville Van Winkle - Saturday, a violent racist young white man decided that it was time for him to murder Black people for being Black. I do not apologize if that’s too blunt ...3 weeks 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...1 month ago
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WHY IS ‘WOKE’ DANGEROUS? - July 4, 2023: First and foremost, a “woke” populus scares the stuffing out of grifter politicians. Imagine trying to convince people to ignore facts and bu...2 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...2 months ago
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Got Standards? - When I was teaching I noticed that new standards, objectives, goals, and buzzwords, goals, objectives and standards got rolled out every few years or so, o...2 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...2 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...3 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...3 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...4 months ago
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Learning to Teach the Middle East, Palestine, and Sabra and Shatila - by Paul Horton “Mr. Whorton, we cannot understand a wurd you sayin! You talk waaay tooo fas and you use words that are too big! You talk about places we ne...4 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 more5 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...7 months ago
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1825 - The wife of President John Quincy Adams. As early as 1744, Ben Franklin had worried that wood as a fuel for heating and cooking was becoming scarce ...7 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...7 months ago
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Two years later - It’s been two years since Joe Biden was inaugurated as our 46th President. His presidency has been an astounding success in many ways. First and foremost, ...8 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…10 months 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...10 months 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...1 year 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...1 year 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 ...1 year 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 →2 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.2 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...2 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...2 years ago
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www.job-applications.com - https://www.job-applications.com/bed-bath-and-beyond-job-application/2 years ago
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Teacher Creates National Database Tracking COVID-19 Outbreaks in Schools - 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 GarcÃa 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...3 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...3 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...3 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...4 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...4 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 can...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...6 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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Wednesday, September 23, 2020
Florina Rodov: Online Charter Schools Are Not a Solution to Education in a Pandemic | Ed Politics
Black Parents: Vanguards of Black Student Advocacy - Philly's 7th Ward
OPINION: Even before the pandemic, students with disabilities and other challenges were being left behind - The Hechinger Report
A Union President to Head the Department of Education? It Could Happen – Intercepts
New Dashboard Tracks Coronavirus Cases In Schools Across 47 States | 89.3 KPCC
Now Here Is a Balanced Discussion of Teachers Unions! | Diane Ravitch's blog
The Harvard Program on Education Policy and Governance is led by Professor Paul Peterson, an advocate for school choice. It would not be off the mark to say that PEPG exists to promote the DeVos agenda. Soon after she was confirmed, PEPG invited her to speak, and her speech was disrupted by Harvard students not affiliated with PEPG. Peterson has been the mentor for a generation of pro-school choice academics, including Jay Greene (University of Arkansas, Department of Education Reform), Patrick Wolf (same, also served as “independent evaluator” of Milwaukee and DC voucher prigrams), and Martin West (Harvard Graduate School of Education). Peterson recently appeared at the White House to support Trump’s call to reopen schools and co-wrote an oped with Dr. Scott Atlas (both are senior fellows at the rightwing Hoover Institution). Dr. Atlas supports Trump’s views that mask-wearing should not be mandatory, that children and adolescents don’t get the virus, th ast schools should reopen without delay, and that lockdowns are unnecessary. In many articles about Dr. Atlas, Peterson is his reliable defender.
The event today asks whether teachers unions can be part of the solution. Michelle Rhee and George Parker. Parker was head of the Washington Teachers Union when Rhee was chancellor. When he stepped down, he went to work for Rhee. He now works for a charter school lobbying group. More than 90% of charters are non-union.
Fall 2020 Colloquium Series: Can Teachers Unions Be Part of the Solution?
The PEPG Colloquium series continues Thursday, Sept. 24, with “Can Teachers Unions Be Part of the Solution?,” a talk by Michelle Rhee, Founder and CEO, StudentsFirst, former Chancellor for District of Columbia Public Schools, and George Parker, Senior Advisor, National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, former President, District of Columbia Teachers Union.
Thursday, Sept. 24
12-1:15 p.m.
Teacher Tom: To Know and to Love
The Challenges of Reopening Public Schools in Fall 2020 | janresseger
Trump Attacks Howard Zinn and the Zinn Education Project — Defend Teaching People’s History Today! – I AM AN EDUCATOR

CURMUDGUCATION: DC: Lessons About Charter Schools
You can get a taste of the mess in the public schools from two pieces of testimonial from Richard Phelps, who came on as Director of Assessment just as Rhee was edging toward the door in 2010.Part One looks at how Phelps worked hard to poll over 500 staff members to come up with concrete improvements for the testing system, which boiled down to a ton of work that was summarily rejected by four central office staff, including Rhee. He was supposed to get the staff to buy in to the crappy existing system, not make it better. The Ed Reform Club. he concluded, was there to exploit DC for its own benefit. Part Two looks at the cheating scandals, most specifically the scandal that never became a story--DCPS's technique of using the test blueprint to teach to the test. In the end, he concludes, despite their rhetoric, school leaders Rhee, Henderson and McGoldrick had no interest in making their system more transparent or accountable.
So in a way, I guess it's not surprising that the charter sector that has blossomed in DC is also filled with the same Ed Reform Club problems. And this comes from looking at a piece, not by a DC charter critic, but by one of their big cheerleaders, who can't help saying some of the quiet parts CONTINUE READING: CURMUDGUCATION: DC: Lessons About Charter Schools
WHAT’S LEFT WHEN THERE ARE NO GOOD OR BAD CHOICES? – Dad Gone Wild
― Rumaan Alam, Rich and Pretty
Let The Charter School Lies Begin | Northridge, CA Patch
"You're saying it's a falsehood and Sean Spicer, our press secretary, gave alternative facts to that."
- Kellyanne Conway
Did School Board Candidate Go AWOL From Her Last Elected Position? | by Carl J. Petersen | Sep, 2020 | Medium
“On May 14, Del Rey Neighborhood Council members voted 9–0 to remove council Secretary Tanya Franklin and Area H Director MeiWah Wong for repeated absences, a violation of council attendance requirements.Neither attended the meeting.”
- The Argonaut
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