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Monday, August 30, 2010
San Jose Unified's online school a first in the Bay Area - Inside Bay Area
San Jose Unified's online school a first in the Bay Area - Inside Bay Area
Rory Reid releases budget plan: Cut bureaucracy, Fund education : The Rebel Yell
Rory Reid releases budget plan: Cut bureaucracy, Fund education : The Rebel YellRory Reid releases budget plan:
Rory Reid releases budget plan:
Cut bureaucracy, Fund education
August 30, 2010 by Haley Etchison
Governor hopeful promises to do opposite of incumbent: give money to higher education
Nevada’s Democratic gubernatorial candidate Rory Reid released a budget plan Thursday that promises to reduce state spending by $3 billion without touching education funding.
The document, called “Moving Nevada Forward,” claims Reid will bridge an almost 50 percent state budget shortfall without raising taxes by consolidating state agencies and eliminating government redundancies. But it holds to the candidate’s campaign claims about a plan that would protect state spending on education and use Nevada’s college system as an engine of economic growth.
Reid is banking on that growth to fill in a $500 million gap in his new budget. He asserts that Nevada
Education secretary praises educators for their courageous look at evaluating teachers, principals | syracuse.com
Education secretary praises educators for their courageous look at evaluating teachers, principals | syracuse.com
View full sizeU.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan (right) speaks during a visit Monday to NYSUT headquarters in Latham, near Albany. Duncan visited the largest the state’s largest union days after New York was awarded nearly $700 million in Race to the Top funds. A round table discussion was held as school administrators from around the state talked about their concerns on education. Listening to Duncan make a point is NYSUT President Richard Iannuzzi.
Education secretary praises educators for their courageous look at evaluating teachers, principals
Published: Monday, August 30, 2010, 5:01 PM Updated: Monday, August 30, 2010, 5:02 PM
View full sizeU.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan (right) speaks during a visit Monday to NYSUT headquarters in Latham, near Albany. Duncan visited the largest the state’s largest union days after New York was awarded nearly $700 million in Race to the Top funds. A round table discussion was held as school administrators from around the state talked about their concerns on education. Listening to Duncan make a point is NYSUT President Richard Iannuzzi.Latham, NY -- U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan today told a coalition of New York State educators who are developing a new teacher evaluation model that they are working in a national spotlight.
The coalition of labor and management represented six school districts, including North Syracuse.
District Superintendent Jerome Melvin, North Syracuse Education Association President John Kuryla and recent past association President Sylvia Matousek were among the group to meet with Duncan for about an hour at the offices of New York State United Teachers in Latham, outside Albany.
“As you guys know, the implications aren’t just for your state or your district, but the country,” Duncan said.
Duncan and the Obama Administration are pushing to have states hold teachers and principals more accountable for student performance, and states, including New York
CPS embraces online learning; charters recast New Orleans education Catalyst Notebook
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In the News: CPS embraces online learning; charters recast New Orleans educationTribune reporter Azam Ahmed takes a look at online learning programs in Chicago Public Schools, which supporters say are inexpensive, flexible and have the potential to revolutionize education. Critics call online learning untested. CPS now offers a battery of online programs, ranging from math and reading enrichment, to a virtual charter school with students learning almost entirely from home. Two years ago, online courses were offered in only a handful of CPS high schools. This year, all high schools will have them.
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Digg | Del.icio.us | Facebook | MailIn the News: City Colleges open admissions; Chicago State's high dropout rateSun-Times columnist Mary Mitchell decries the end of open admissions at Chicago's City Colleges, saying "would mean that many of these students could end up being denied access to higher education. If that is our intent, then things are going to get a lot worse before they get better."
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The Magic Number for Value-Added? � The Quick and the Ed
The Magic Number for Value-Added? � The Quick and the Ed
The Magic Number for Value-Added?
IMPACT, the Washington DC teacher evaluation program put in place by Chancellor Michelle Rhee, gives individual value-added measures a 50% weight in teacher evaluation determinations (for teachers who have value-added scores). The magic number for Race to the Top was also 50%. Los Angeles Unified committed to 30% in California’s losing Race to the Top application.
The Economic Policy Institute’s new brief, which details the many concerns with and limitations to current value-added measures, says that 50% is “unwise.” However, despite EPI’s litany of concerns with value-added, the authors, who include Diane Ravitch, Helen Ladd, and Linda Darling-Hammond, conclude that: “Used
What will mayoral control mean for DC Public Schools if Fenty is ousted in the Democratic primary in two weeks? QUICK Hits � The Quick and the Ed
QUICK Hits � The Quick and the Ed
QUICK Hits
- What will mayoral control mean for DC Public Schools if Fenty is ousted in the Democratic primary in two weeks? (Rick Hess Straight Up)
- When colleges don’t measure up, who’s to blame? (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
- Can the federal grant review process ever be “pure?” (Edspresso)
- How will Wake County’s student reassignment plan affect the district’s prized magnet schools? (The News & Observer)
The Educated Reporter: This is why teachers tell students to check their work.
The Educated Reporter: This is why teachers tell students to check their work.
This is why teachers tell students to check their work.
Wow—what a week to be away! I’m still sweeping up vacation detritus, so I can’t talk long, and I know I am late on this. But allow me to just pop in to say that it puzzles me that a state otherwise deemed deserving of $400 million in grants would not get it because they filled in one answer wrong. Rules are rules, but, um, wow.
U.S. Secretary of Education Gives Remarks on the Next Generation of Assessments Media Advisories | U.S. Department of Education
Media Advisories | U.S. Department of EducationMedia Advisories
Media Advisories
AUGUST 31, 2010
Assistant Secretary to Visit Eugene, Oregon, to Deliver Keynote Address to Teachers and Staff, Hold Roundtable Discussion and Host a Community Conversation with Parents and Students
EUGENE, Ore.—U.S. Department of Education Assistant Secretary Thelma Meléndez de Santa Ana will deliver a keynote address at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 31, at Willamette High School welcoming back teachers and staff of Bethel School District. Later, at 1 p.m.
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U.S. Secretary of Education Gives Remarks on the Next Generation of Assessments to Achieve’s American Diploma Project Leadership Team
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will give remarks at Achieve’s American Diploma Project Leadership Team Meeting in Alexandria, VA at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, September 2.
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: "But she's not there..."
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: "But she's not there..."
I didn't know why the words to this '60s pop tune kept playing in my head. Then I realized, it was all because of Nancy Joanne Vinicor, the teacher who wasn't there. Normally she would have been there, there being teaching 5th graders at Clover Avenue Elementary School in L.A. But instead, Vinicor tells the L.A. Times,
"But she's not there..."
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| The Zombies, 1964 |
But it's too late to say you're sorry.
How would I know, why should I care?
Please, don't bother tryin' to find her,
she's not there. --Zombies
I didn't know why the words to this '60s pop tune kept playing in my head. Then I realized, it was all because of Nancy Joanne Vinicor, the teacher who wasn't there. Normally she would have been there, there being teaching 5th graders at Clover Avenue Elementary School in L.A. But instead, Vinicor tells the L.A. Times,
"I was out of the country this past school year as a Fulbright Teacher, a prestigious program
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