Latest News and Comment from Education
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Radical Eyes for Equity: ChatGPT and a New Battle in the Citation Gauntlet for Students and Teachers
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Radical Eyes for Equity: ChatGPT and a New Battle in the Citation Gauntlet
for Students and Teachers
The responses to AI writing in the form of ChatGPT ha...
1 minute ago
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Universal Meals School Food Authority Survey
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This information provides a link and deadline information for a follow up
survey of school food authorities regarding their experiences and concerns
for th...
5 hours ago
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For stressed-out grad students, mindfulness makes big difference
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While recent studies and polls indicate the nation is in the midst of a
mental health crisis, the situation in academia is even more grim: Within
the ...
9 hours ago
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What Will Happen at Cascadia Elementary?
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The Cascadia Elementary School PTA has put together a good primer on the
Highly Capable Cohort program in Seattle Schools.
Notable items:
- *Cascadia i...
10 hours ago
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Florida: Legislature Endorses Universal Vouchers
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Under legislation endorsed today by the Republican supermajority in the
Florida legislature, the state will underwrite vouchers for every student
in the st...
11 hours ago
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Prospects for peace in Ukraine
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The battle for mayor in Chicago
13 hours ago
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Testing and the Love of Reading
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There's a great piece in the Atlantic from author Katherine Marsh that
looks to answer "why kids aren't falling in love with reading."
It's not just the s...
13 hours ago
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Cartoons about ChatbotGPT
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Hard to believe the media storm since this computer program was released
less than six months ago. What is it? What can it do? One useful definition
I have...
14 hours ago
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Proctoring the PSAT
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I don't mind telling you that I hate proctoring. It's not so bad in my own
classes with tests that I've written. But I feel pretty stupid proctoring
the ...
15 hours ago
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Bailey predicts "dark days" if Johnson wins. The whiteness of the skilled trade unions.
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Darren Bailey, the MAGA candidate for Illinois governor defeated in last
year’s election, put out a racist YouTube video warning the other day of
“dark day...
16 hours ago
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Why We Need To Sometimes Mess With People
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*You've gotta mess with people.* ~Utah Phillips
When our dog plays with other dogs, after the initial sniffing ceremony,
she proceeds to engage in beha...
18 hours ago
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Ohio’s Proposed Income Tax Cut for the Rich Would Impose a $929 Million Property Tax Increase on Ohio’s Homeowners and Farmers
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The Ohio House Ways and Means Committee is considering Ohio House Bill 1, a
convoluted and labyrinthine proposal to cut state taxes by substituting a
flat ...
19 hours ago
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Canva Announces A Ton Of Artificial Intelligence Updates
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Boy, Canva’s updates to its features continue to come quickly. They just
announced of bunch of Artificial Intelligence-driven ones that will make
using i...
19 hours ago
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The Oligarchs’ Education Propaganda Distributor
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By Thomas Ultican 3/23/2023 In 2015, the Washington Post reported on the
founding of The 74 Million. Former CNN news anchor Campbell Brown along
with Micha...
1 day ago
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Episode # 69
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https://underthetreepod.com/2023/03/22/episode-69-socialismseriously-with-danny-katch/
1 day ago
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Diane Ravitch in Conversation with Kevin Welner
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Diane and Kevin discuss the Schools of Opportunity Program with
representatives of the award-winning Lincoln High School in Lincoln
Nebraska. .
The post...
1 day ago
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I am a Charter School Abolitionist, and You Should Be, Too
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You can’t reform a system that is at its core inequitable. No matter what
you do, charter schools will always play by one set of rules and authentic
public...
1 day ago
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closer (turn inside out before washing)
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I keep feeling smaller and smaller “I Need My Girl,” The National i tripped
and fell i think tumbling or maybe i just leaned over too far? i could have
bee...
1 day ago
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PTO Leaders from Wards 7 and 8 on March 22
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PTO leaders from ward 7 & 8 DCPS schools discuss experiences as PTO
leaders, what their schools are like, what the budget process for their
schools has bee...
1 day ago
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Expect obedient Colleen Burton and Jennifer Canady to vote to kill Lakeland Electric's support of the city
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Powerful people in state government want to force our people-owned utility
to stop funding our quality of life in our city. They want to raise your
taxes a...
1 day ago
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Some Thoughts During the Pause: NYC Retiree Healthcare
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We are at a pause. New York City and the Municipal Labor Committee (the
leaders of the city unions) have agreed on a plan with Aetna/CVS. They
intend to mo...
2 days ago
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Paintings by Rescue Dog Named Van Gogh Raise Thousands for Charity
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Through the end of March, a one-eared painter named van Gogh is auctioning
off his artwork for charity. He isn’t, however, the Dutch Post-Impressionist...
2 days ago
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Will the Education Culture War Backfire on Republicans?
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Will the Education Culture War Backfire on Republicans?: Conservative
screaming about wokeness is a substitute for the old priorities of school
vouchers an...
3 days ago
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Into The Final Weeks of Tennessee’s General Assembly
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“For All in the Family and the many shows it spawned, the generation gap
merged with class distinctions as the new generation seemed less held back
by clas...
3 days ago
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Are Teacher Strikes Antiquated? How Should Teachers/Teacher Unions Respond to the Current Attacks on Teachers and Public Education?
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At the monthly UFT Delegate Meeting a motion commemorating the creation of
the union on Mach 16, 1960 was introduced. A delegate introduced an
amendment, u...
3 days ago
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What Does ChatGPT Say About The Science of Reading? It May Surprise You
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ChatGPT is raising concerns about the future of learning and advancing a
new way to obtain information. Since many journalists, cognitive
psychologists, ed...
4 days ago
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Our critique of the DOE preliminary budget & the capital plan & what should be done instead
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March 17, 2023 Hearings were held on Wed. before the Education committee of
the City Council on the DOE preliminary budget and the Feb. amendment to
the ca...
6 days ago
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Louder Than A Riot | Megan's Rule: Being Exceptional Doesn't Make You the Exception
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'It felt like the December 2022 trial of *Tory Lanez *sparked a divide in
hip-hop, but it just stoked the flames of a 50-year-long battle for Black
women...
6 days ago
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CALIFORNIA SCHOOLS ARE MORE SEGREGATED THAN DURING JIM CROW ERA... CHARTER SCHOOLS HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THIS
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*CALIFORNIA SCHOOLS ARE MORE SEGREGATED THAN DURING JIM CROW ERA...
CHARTER SCHOOLS HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THIS*
There is some evidence to suggest that ...
1 week ago
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First They Came for the…….
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First they came for the transgender kids, and I did not speak out—because I
am not transgender. Then they came for the bisexuals, the gays, and the
lesbi...
1 week ago
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Teacher Unions
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I got this from Diane Ravitch’s blog. Here in Michigan, the Democratic
legislature just re-affirmed our state’s longstanding commitment to working
families...
1 week ago
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Dear Mike Mulgrew: Will I Die, Become Physically Disabled, or Go Insane?
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Dear el Presidenté Mulgrew:
Since you have unilaterally decided that those retirees 65 and over will be
forced to into Mulgrewcare for their golden year...
1 week ago
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For the Dedicated Teacher
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This brief post is for the dedicated teacher. The teacher who is highly
committed in both professional and personal life. The teacher who places at
a premi...
1 week ago
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Leveraging Federal Funds: There's Money To Fix That Problem
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Ever since the passage into law of the American Rescue Plan, Infrastructure
Investment & Jobs Act, CHIPS Act and Inflation Reduction Act, here’s what I
say...
1 week ago
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#LegalizeBlackHistory: Past Lessons to Resist Florida’s Ban on AP African American Studies—and the College Board’s Capitulation
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Past struggles in Florida against slavery, Jim Crow, the Red Scare, and the
Lavender Scare are replete with lessons to build a justice society today.
We ca...
2 weeks ago
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Cheating and ChatGPT (Denise Pope and Drew Schrader)
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Originally posted on Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice:
Denise Pope is co-founder of Challenge Success and senior lecturer,
Stanford Grad...
2 weeks ago
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DAILY KOS,who I am, why I will remain
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I have been here long time. According to my profile, I joined on Dec.19,
2003 after first encountering the site while volunteering for Howard Dean
in NH ...
2 weeks ago
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Guns Kill More Children Each Year than Cancer or Car Accidents, But . . .
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Take 9 minutes to see up close how Jon Stewart exposes the oozing hypocrisy
espoused by the callous tools (Nathan Dahm (R-OK) of the gun industry to
prot...
2 weeks ago
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Michigan: For-Profit Charter Schools Are a Disaster
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Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
Cassandra Ulbrich is the former president of the Michigan State Board of
Education. She is also a member of the ...
2 weeks ago
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Welcome to The Season of Myths
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Hello reader. I have not written on this blog in some time. Writer’s block
or just busy? It doesn’t really matter. The important part is I’m back to
writin...
3 weeks ago
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My twitter spat with Core DeAngelis and Talk out of School podcast on the well-funded assault on our public schools
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This morning I got into a twitter spat with Corey DeAngelis, the top
voucher evangelist who, according to his bios, is currently a fellow at the
Manhatt...
3 weeks ago
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Teachers, Superintendent Greene does not have your back.
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One of the most laughable things Greene said when defending the district's
incompetent handling of books was they were doing it to protect teachers.
Gre...
3 weeks ago
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Why Do Teachers Have Favorites?
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Do educators ever self-reflect on how they feel about their students in
order to better understand how they assess each of their students? What are
the con...
4 weeks ago
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All My New Writing is on Substack
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Come check it out . . . samchaltain.substack.com
5 weeks ago
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Louisiana legislates student protections from digital device health risks: 4th state to create health and safety guidelines for schools
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by Cindy Eckard www.screensandkids.us @screensandkids on Twitter Children
using digital devices are at risk for several impacts to their health,
especially...
5 weeks ago
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Still l Rise by Maya Angelou – Black History is Everyday
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You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may
tread me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I’ll rise. Does my
sassiness upse...
5 weeks ago
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1825
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As early as 1744, Ben Franklin had worried that wood as a fuel for heating
and cooking was becoming scarce in the settled regions of the Thirteen
Colo...
5 weeks ago
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What ever happend to John Deasy, the Man From Gates?
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* Here's an update on Deasy from 2020*
By Thomas Ultican 7/29/2020
April 21, the Stockton Unified School District (SUSD) board accepted John
Deasy’s let...
1 month ago
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NewsELA Answers Key 2023 [Updated]
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Welcome to our NewsELA Answers key! In this post, we will be providing quiz
keys for a variety of units ...
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1 month ago
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Trainwreck For America
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Between 1990 and 2013, Teach For America grew in size and influence from a
tiny inconsequential alternative placement provider to a $300 million a
year pol...
2 months ago
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Two years later
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It’s been two years since Joe Biden was inaugurated as our 46th President.
His presidency has been an astounding success in many ways. First and
foremost, ...
2 months ago
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Introduction to Improbable Probabilities: The Unlikely Journey of Yong Zhao
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Improbable Probabilities: The Unlikely Journey of Yong Zhao G. Williamson
McDiarmid and Yong Zhao Published by Solution Tree, 2023 Williamson
McDiarmid is...
2 months ago
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What The American Teacher Act Shows Us About Education Now
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In the last year, I’ve visited four different classrooms, three of them
within New York City. During my visits, I noticed similar trends:
well-organized ...
2 months ago
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Claiming Space for History Teaching in a Whitewashing World
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By Paul Horton. History teaching in the United States is at a crossroads.
In many states whitewashing and censorship have replaced Black history and
the hi...
2 months ago
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20 Best Sonography Programs In Bronx, NY (2022 Updated)
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20 Best Sonography Programs In Bronx, NY 1. Springfield Technical Community
College Springfield Technical Community College is a Public
Hispanic-serving ...
4 months ago
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Tell Me Again What The Democratic Party Actually Is?
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Well mostly, it’s a collection of folks striving to see that the Party
winds up looking like what they envision…
4 months ago
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Testimony to the CPS Truancy Task Force
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I prepared testimony for one of two public hearings held by the Chicago
Public Schools Truancy Task Force, a body mandated by state legislation.
The meetin...
4 months ago
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Meaningful Change Can Happen Quickly!
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If you are afraid to fail, you won’t succeed. Honored to work with my
colleagues @UKCollegeofEd 🚀💙🔝#results #InnovationZone
#educationalleadership #educ...
5 months ago
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Skin Deep
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She spends so much time on her outward appearance. There is never a hair
out of place. Her makeup is perfect and her clothes are stylish and match
to ...
6 months ago
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Tennis Memories from a Time When Racism and Anti-Semitism Still Prevailed
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I learned tennis at a public park in Brooklyn- Lincoln Terrace- where the
teaching pro was a mailman named Phil Rubell. Almost all the kids who took
lesson...
6 months ago
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There Is A Teacher Shortage.Not.
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THERE IS A TEACHER SHORTAGE. And just to be sure you understand, it’s not
that teachers don’t want to teach. It’s not that there aren’t enough
teachers cer...
7 months ago
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2022 Medley #3 – A teacher shortage, or not?
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A teacher shortage, or not? NOT A TEACHER SHORTAGE I’ve often posted
teacher shortage rants on this blog, and I’ll continue to do so, but the
phrase needs ...
7 months ago
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Reason #1 to pick Dr. Grace over Mr. Walters: The future we’ve already seen
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In 2014, Oklahoma voters corrected the mistake we made in 2010. In 2022,
let’s not make the mistake in the first place. Elect Dr. April Grace
instead. She ...
7 months ago
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*Defeating the Purpose of Education*
*Most people would agree that the primary purpose of education is to
prepare children for a good and productive life. ...
7 months ago
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THERE IS A TEACHER SHORTAGE. NOT!
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There is a teacher shortage.And just to be sure you understand, it's not
that teachers don't want to teach.It's not that there aren't enough
teachers certi...
7 months ago
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Addendum to Mission Hill Statement
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Follow up blog, Dear friends and colleagues, My friend and long-time
colleague, Bonnie Brownstein, had some interesting thoughts about my Blog
in regards t...
8 months ago
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Abortion: Only For Those Who Need It!
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NOTE: This post contains my opinions on Catholicism based on my experiences
as a child in the 1960's and 70's. Take what you like and leave the rest. I
m...
10 months ago
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Want to know the condition of a Philly school building? New map to help.
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[image: Two students walk by a Philadelphia school building.] Aging
infrastructure has been an issue for Philadelphia schools for years. A new
interactive...
10 months ago
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Hello world!
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Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then
start writing!
The post Hello world! first appeared on Just another WordPress site.
10 months ago
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What can we learn by modeling existing variations in school spending and outcomes? (Reprise)
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There are those in the ed reform world who would tell us that existing
public schools and districts are simply inefficient in their use of
existing funding...
11 months ago
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STREET LIFE
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My mom told me, “You should treat all people equally, but don’t bring a
“colored” into the house.” I believed …
Continue reading →
11 months ago
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Schools Matter: Reflecting on Green Dot’s Disastrous Locke Takeover
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*“Green Dot came and made it into more of a jail.” — Chris*
My history of opposing the Green Dot Charter School Corporation back when I
was an activist i...
1 year ago
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Gootloader infection cleaned up
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Dear blog owner and visitors, This blog had been infected to serve up
Gootloader malware to Google search victims, via a common tactic known as
SEO (Search...
1 year ago
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Book Banning Turns to Dick and Jane
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Breaking News: Dateline February 4, 2022 - Parents in Dimwitty, Alabama
have asked the Dimwitty Board of Education to ban the children's primer *Fun
with...
1 year ago
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On the Edge of Silence
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“There is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide.
Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the
fundamen...
1 year ago
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The Howlers of History and How We Must Reclaim the Narrative
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“There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is
proof against all judgments and which cannot fail to keep a man in
everlasting ignor...
1 year ago
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Have You Heard Has a New Website
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TweetHave You Heard has a new website. Visit us at
www.haveyouheardpodcast.com to find our latest episodes and our entire
archive. And be sure to check out...
1 year ago
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Follow me at Substack
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I've moved. Follow me at Substack
I'm now posting regularly at Substack. You can subscribe for free to my new
Edu/Pol blog at michaelklonsky.substack.com
...
1 year ago
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I’ve moved.
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I’m on Substack now. Five bucks a month to subscribe.
1 year ago
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On Remote Teaching and Learning In an Ongoing Pandemic
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Some recent stories I've been thinking about (all emphases mine). Tennessee:
Gov. Bill Lee’s administration is getting pushback in Memphis on new
Tenness...
1 year ago
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Milwaukee Bradley Foundation at Center of Attacks on U.S. Voting Rights
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The Big Money Behind the Big Lie Donald Trump’s attacks on democracy are
being promoted by rich and powerful conservative groups that are determined
to win...
1 year ago
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Milwaukee Bradley Foundation at Center of Attacks on U.S. Voting Rights
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The Big Money Behind the Big Lie Donald Trump’s attacks on democracy are
being promoted by rich and powerful conservative groups that are determined
to win...
1 year ago
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Aspiring Teachers Get New Help Paying For College
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[image: colorful classroom pattern]
*; Credit: shuoshu/Getty Images*
Cory Turner | NPR
New rules kick in today that will help aspiring teachers pay for c...
1 year ago
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Major victory over a corporate charter school chain and their trade association
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Original post at Robert’s page on Medium. On Tuesday, March 23, 2021, I got
my second big win in court against a charter school corporation. It was
also a ...
1 year ago
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Tips Akses Situs Judi Qq Tanpa Perlu Takut Nawala
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Kegiatan berjudi slot melalui situs judi qq online, sekarang sudah
dilakukan oleh banyak penjudi Indonesia. Tentu, Kamu yang sedang membaca
artikel ini a...
2 years ago
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CEJ’s Virtual Mayoral Candidate Forum; Racial Justice in Public Schools
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On Thursday, February 18th, over 1,000 students, parents, educators,
community members, and activists alike, joined CEJ to hear the mayoral
candidates’ vis...
2 years ago
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Hoping for a Stronger Focus on Public Education in 2021 and Beyond
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Dr. Sandra Stotsky: The road to effective education is paved with local
financial control and parent choice. No federal funding or programs.
The post Ho...
2 years ago
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GA run-offs need your help!
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Extremely important. Volunteer if you can. Thank you if you are already
doing so. Out of state opportunities here: Ralph …
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2 years ago
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Pandemic Teaching – What’s up?
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Responding to the call from Pocketful of Primary to answer questions about
how teaching during the pandemic is going.
2 years ago
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The Threat of Integration
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I have lived in the same house in the Miracle Mile section of Los Angeles
for over 30 years, where up until now I have had little or no interaction
with th...
2 years ago
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New Teacher Evaluation Report Released by the Network for Public Education
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A new report on current teacher evaluation systems throughout the US was
just released by the Network for Public Education. The report is titled,
“Teachers...
2 years ago
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www.job-applications.com
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https://www.job-applications.com/bed-bath-and-beyond-job-application/
2 years ago
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Teacher Creates National Database Tracking COVID-19 Outbreaks in Schools
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Kansas educator Alisha Morris's online coronavirus news-tracker goes viral,
now hosted on a new NEA website.
2 years ago
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School Year 2020-21: We Are Asking the Wrong Questions
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It is perfectly understandable that many in our country want public school
buildings to be open for in person instruction this year. Among the many
hardshi...
2 years ago
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Correction for July 10th Post on School District Audit
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On July 10, 2020 we published a post “School District Caught Manipulating
Attendance Records to Get More Money” which incorrectly cited Valley Park
School ...
2 years ago
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We fight for a democracy worthy of us all!
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The nation stands at a crossroads, said NEA President Lily Eskelsen García
in her final keynote address to the 2020 NEA Representative Assembly and
it’s up...
2 years ago
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A Citizens’ Rebellion 2020
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The United States began to form after the rebellion against the King of
England when the settlers in the colonies along the eastern coast reacted
to the in...
2 years ago
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Giving Private Schools Federal Emergency Funds Slated for Low-income Students Will Shortchange At-risk Kids
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Low-income Seattle students began to pick up bagged lunches in March after
their school closed. Karen Ducey/Getty Images Derek W. Black, University of
Sout...
2 years ago
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A Fundamental Redesign of Our Schools
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I climbed the hill leading up to one of my favorite coffee shops in Seattle
this morning to enjoy a coffee while taking in a phenomenal view of the
city o...
2 years ago
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The Passing Of Chaz 1951-2020 Age 69
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I am the son of Chaz and like to inform you that he passed away this
afternoon from the COVID virus. My father passed in peace beside his loved
ones. We ar...
2 years ago
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Thoughts on schooling in the era of COVID-19
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Well, a whole lot has changed since I returned to blogging a month and half
ago. In case you didn't notice, and I'm sure everyone reading this did,
there's...
2 years ago
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What are You Going to Do when Disaster Capitalism Knocks on the Public-School Door?
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“Schools will be closed until at least April 20, after the upcoming spring
break, but could stay closed for significantly longer, Mr. de Blasio said.”
Whe...
3 years ago
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Let The Next Round Of Anti-Semitic Ads Begin
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All four pro-public education candidates came in first in their LAUSD
school board elections, but two will face run-offs in November.
3 years ago
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NAEP scores and "the science of reading"
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*Sent to US News. They just informed me that they no longer publish letters
to the editor. *
*Re: “National reading emergency” November 12*
*[https://www....
3 years ago
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2019 NAEP Scores: Achievement Gap or …?
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Here you go: A ‘Disturbing’ Assessment: Sagging Reading Scores,
Particularly for Eighth-Graders, Headline 2019’s Disappointing NAEP Results
NAEP 2019: Re...
3 years ago
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Cara Menang Bermain Judi Bola Online
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Bermain judi bola online tentu saja memiliki kesenangannya tersendiri baik
itu mendapatkan keuntungan maupun ketika menantikan hasil skor pada sebuah
perta...
3 years ago
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What Cory Booker isn’t telling us about the Newark water crisis.
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BY GUY STERLING Guy Sterling, a longtime resident of Newark and a member of
the Newark Water Group, spent almost 30 years as reporter with The
Star-Ledger ...
3 years ago
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A Storm is Coming! (…again)
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A new Commissioner will have as much impact on our state ed system as a new
meteorologist will have on …
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3 years ago
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JerseyCAN Can't Hide From Opioids Crisis Billionaire Founder
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[image: Image result for jerseycan]
NJ Spotlight needs to stop giving space to billionaire-backed corporate
reform groups like JerseyCAN. JerseyCAN does no...
3 years ago
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Déjà vu: 2019 ELA Assessment: Dear Board of Regents
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Dear Board of Regents,
I have copied below an email I sent to you almost a year ago, after the
2018 ELA assessment's computer-based testing failures and mo...
3 years ago
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This Week in Education Organizing - February 15, 2019
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Coalition for Education Justice to Release Report on CRE
Eighty-five percent of public school students in New York City are Black,
Latinx, or Asian and y...
4 years ago
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Black Lives Matter at Schools National week of Action: Feb 4 - Feb 8
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Join the National Week of Actions for Black Lives Matter at Schools.
Starting Monday, February 4th educators in cities across the country will
draw closer...
4 years ago
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Judi Togel
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Permainan Judi Togel Online Mudah Dijalankan Di Indonesia Permainan judi
online Indonesia terpercaya kini memang menjadi salah satu tempat bermain
game yan...
4 years ago
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13 Things I Learned While Blogging for Education Week
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This is the 500th blog I've written as the Teacher in a Strange Land, for
Education Week Teacher. As it turns out, it's also my final blog for
EdWeek. Here...
4 years ago
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Blockchain: Life on the Ledger
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Originally posted on Wrench in the Gears:
I created this video as a follow up to the one I prepared last year on
Social Impact Bonds. It is time to examine...
4 years ago
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New York Times piece on '68 Democratic Convention Protest
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‘The Whole World Is Watching’: The 1968 Democratic Convention, 50 Years
Later
On Aug. 28, 1968, violent clashes in Chicago between demonstrators and the
...
4 years ago
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My Letter to the NYS Board of Regents and Commissioner Elia Regarding ESSA Opt Out Provisions
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commissioner@nysed.gov Regent.cashin@nysed.gov ESSARegComment@nysed.gov
Regent.Rosa@nysed.gov Regent.Reyes@nysed.gov Regent.Chin@nysed.gov
Regent.Young@n...
4 years ago
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Corruption on Top of Corruption: How Rahm’s Response to Sexual Abuse of Students Reveals His Core Function
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Rahm Emanuel’s response to the Chicago Tribune investigation that found CPS
failed to protect hundreds of students from sexual abuse is cowardly. It
is co...
4 years ago
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New Local Businesses in Sacramento
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Starting a new local business in Sacramento is a monumental task, but can
be accomplished with footwork, perseverance and knowledge. One must learn
the loc...
4 years ago
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3rd Grade Reading: Who is Failing?
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Education Trust Midwest has just released its study on third grade reading
and, predictably, the results aren’t great. This study uniquely compares
Michiga...
5 years ago
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Why Poetry? Why Now? – a poem from Linda Christensen and an invitation
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My dear friend Dr. James Avington Miller Jr. sent me a phenomenal book on
poetry called Rhythm and Resistance – Teaching Poetry for Social Justice.
Here is...
5 years ago
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Opting out of the Dinosaur (end of year test)
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Today I sent in a second letter to refuse PARCC/CMAS for my son, Luke. The
first email I sent at the beginning of the year was not sufficient as they
requi...
5 years ago
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Resurrection
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I realized it's Lent, but this blog, bless Jesus Christ, can't wait.
Ok, so with that said, I plan to discuss Class Action suits in existence,
as well as w...
5 years ago
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Chicago Collegiate Charter School Must STOP Expansion Plans
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So I did a little digging into Chicago Collegiate Charter Schools, the tiny
school looking to expand into the empty Kohn Elementary School building. A
scho...
5 years ago
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IDEA Is Still The Law Of The Land
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Unless you've been living under a rock, you know the US Department of
Education (USDOE) rescinded 72 Dear Colleague and other letters of
explanation to s...
5 years ago
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Education Is a Civic Question
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In their final post to end Bridging Differences' decade-long run, Deborah
Meier and Harry Boyte urge readers to put the energy, talents, wisdom, and
hard w...
5 years ago
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Education reform should come from within by Wendy Lecker
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In her latest Stamford Advocate commentary piece, education advocate Wendy
Lecker observes, Education reform should come from within. Wendy Lecker
write...
5 years ago
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Site News: New Home for Education News & Commentary
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Quick! Get over there! The daily education news roundup and education
commentaries that you're probably looking for are now being published over
at The Gra...
5 years ago
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An Open Letter to NC Lawmakers
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An Open Letter to NC State Lawmakers and NC State Superintendent Mark
Johnson: I am a NC native, voter, and public school teacher. I am
addressing you all ...
5 years ago
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CANCER IS BACK AND THIS TIME IT HURTS RIGHT OFF THE BAT!
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APRIL IS STILL POETRY MONTH AND LIBRARY MONTH. MANY WONDERFUL THINGS TO
CELEBRATE.
But in the middle of the month I received some bad news about my can...
5 years ago
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The Secret to Fixing Schools (My Next Bestseller)
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The Secret to Fixing Schools (My next bestseller) Prologue I just finished
watching a fascinating documentary on Netflix entitled, “The Secret”. The
film p...
5 years ago
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Farewell, Sleep
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Today is the official last day of my spring break. I've done a scientific
survey: My natural bedtime is 2 AM, and my natural wake up time is 9:41
AM. Tom...
5 years ago
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IBO REPORT: NYC Charter School Costs To Grow More Than Budgeted!
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*New York City Charter School Costs To Grow More Than Budgeted!*
Although the preliminary budget forecast of charter school enrollment is
lower than project...
6 years ago
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Education Bloggers Daily Highlights 3/2/2017
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Education Bloggers Daily Highlights 3/1/2017 Education Bloggers Daily
Highlights Courtesy of Big Education Ape A special thank you to education
blogger Mik...
6 years ago
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Attitude Determines Altitude* (*conditions apply)… and the Importance of Humane District Themes
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It has been a tumultuous few years in the South Brunswick community,
specifically the South Brunswick School District. All you have to do is
google the dis...
6 years ago
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Capturing the Spark
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It’s been a long time since InterACT was an active education blog, though I
remain quite proud of what we did here. Those of us who wrote blog posts
here h...
6 years ago
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Prison Gerrymandering: Incarceration Weakens Vulnerable Voting Communities
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One person equals one vote: seems simple enough. Unfortunately, that hasn’t
worked out for many Americans throughout history, specifically women and
peop...
6 years ago
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Random Musings and Observations. . . .
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I’ve been gone a while from the blogging scene. Some of my more regular
readers no doubt noticed but did not hassle me about it. Thank you for
that. Sinc...
6 years ago
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Tweets by sharonoak
6 years ago
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WTU Peterson Slate: Not a 1 Woman Dictatorship
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Candi Peterson & GeLynn Thompson
Candidates for WTU Prez & GVP 2016By Candi Peterson, WTU Gen. Vice President
*Statements or expressions of opinions herein...
6 years ago
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WHY SCHOOL START TIMES PLAY A HUGE ROLE IN KIDS’ SUCCESS
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Teens are severely sleep-deprived. This needs to change. Rebecca Klein
Editor, HuffPost Education| https://t.co/zInVJoy29W evgenyatamanenko via
Getty Image...
6 years ago
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Feminism-in-Schools Featured at First International Girls’ Studies Association Conference
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Leaders in the feminism-in-schools movement recently made history at the
inaugural International Girls’ Studies Association (IGSA) conference when
we were ...
6 years ago
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MY NEW BLOG
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My new blog will consist of fictitious headlines, meant to be a blend of
humor and satire. I apologize ahead of time if any other satirical site has
simila...
6 years ago
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Thank you
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Dear Readers,
Thank you for visiting *The Perimeter Primate*. This blog is being retired
for the time being. Although I no longer post here, I do still s...
7 years ago
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GLSEN Massachusetts Educator Retreat
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*GLSEN Massachusetts Educator Retreat*
*SAVE-THE-DATEMarch 8-10, 2019 • Provincetown, MA*
The GLSEN Massachusetts Educator Retreat in Provincetown is a s...
7 years ago
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I am Retiring
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I have some news: I am retiring from the PBS NewsHour and Learning Matters.
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other
conte...
7 years ago
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Flaws at the Heart of Current Education Reforms
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Originally posted on Creative by Nature:
“Teaching is an art form rooted in the wise and careful use of educational
research and assessment tools. When gove...
8 years ago
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Joanne Barkan: One of my favorite writers on #EdReform…
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I’ve been going through some of my Twitter “favorites” and retweeting them.
I thought I would pass on to you some information about one of my favorite
writ...
8 years ago
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Pay Teachers Less to Improve School Efficiency - hmmm!
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As I was reading through education news on several of the news sites I
regularly visit, I came...
8 years ago
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Kimberly Olson, Broad Superintendents Academy Class of 2005
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Kimberly D. Olson, Colonel, USAF (retired), is currently the Executive
Director of *Grace After Fire*, an online social support network for women
veteran...
12 years ago
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TEACHER TOM THIS WEEK IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
Teacher Tom
TEACHER TOM
THIS WEEK IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
Teacher Tom
