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October 7 Roundup � Student Activism

October 7 Roundup � Student Activism

October 7 Roundup

by Angus Johnston

The Defend Education website now lists 36 demonstrations and other events for tomorrow’s National Day of Action, up from 28 earlier this week. Other sources around the net mention additional actions, and news is still coming in via Twitter and Facebook.

I’ll be updating this post this evening and tomorrow morning as I get a handle on the scope of what’s in store. Stay tuned!

Colleges squeeze out middle-class — Joanne Jacobs

Colleges squeeze out middle-class — Joanne Jacobs

Colleges squeeze out middle-class

by Joanne

High-priced private colleges are “feeling the heat but not ready to compete,” writes Tom VanderArk in the Huffington Post. Middle-class parents won’t to pay $50,000 a year for a second- or third-tier college when they can turn to do-it-yourself learning alternatives, which are improving all the time.

Vander Ark predicts higher education will become “a blend of online and onsite learning and a blend of multiple providers.” School will become “a web of cloud-based applications delivered to multiple devices with ancillary physical services.” Only the best bricks-and-mortar colleges and universities will survive.

Western Governors University, an online collaborative, pioneered using competencies rather than seat time in 1995. “WGU was ahead of its time, but individual progress models will soon be common in K-12 and will

Shanker Blog � A Hypocritical World Bows a Little More Deeply to Workers' Rights

Shanker Blog � A Hypocritical World Bows a Little More Deeply to Workers' Rights

A HYPOCRITICAL WORLD BOWS A LITTLE MORE DEEPLY TO WORKERS’ RIGHTS

by Randall Garton

What to think? The UN Human Rights Council (UNHCR) last week approved by “consensus” the creation of a “Special Rapporteur” on freedom of association and assembly. Special Rapporteurs are empowered to investigate, monitor and recommend solutions to human rights problems. In this instance, the Rapporteur will review members’ compliance with a UN resolution on these fundamental rights.

The first reaction to this development, of course, must be skepticism, leavened with deep suspicion. The UNHRC’s membership is usually heavily weighted toward nondemocratic states which routinely infringe on

The creep culture of the anti-union Tribune. � Fred Klonsky's blog

The creep culture of the anti-union Tribune. � Fred Klonsky's blog

The creep culture of the anti-union Tribune.

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The Trib’s Randy Michaels on the left.

The Chicago Tribune is notorious for its anti-union editorial stand.

A few months ago they ran what was their latest dose of yellow journalism on the alleged over priced teachers

Preschool Accountability Goes High Stakes � The Quick and the Ed

Preschool Accountability Goes High Stakes � The Quick and the Ed

Preschool Accountability Goes High Stakes

by Rob Manwaring

Over the last couple weeks, the education policy world have been busy including Waiting for Superman, the President talking about education on a new show, NBC launching its take on education, processing the DC Mayoral election, the release of a performance pay evaluation. Given all of this, it is not surprising that an important federal policy change proposal flew in under the radar.

Hopefully this post will help bring it the K-12 community’s attention. A while ago, I was comparing preschool and charter school research and writing about the lack of compelling research supporting generic preschool programs, specifically the lack of research supporting the Head Start program. It looks like the Dept of

Innovation Edujob

by Rob Manwaring

Looking for a new job with a cool title? Here it is. You could be the Director of Knowledge Innovation. Now that is a title that could be challenging to live up to. The Stupski Foundation has started a fascinating partnership to support state level innovation. It has created an Innovation Lab Network – a consortium of 6 states – to build state level R&D capacity. The project will develop a sector-wide

The Educated Reporter: Politics and the Facebook billions.

The Educated Reporter: Politics and the Facebook billions.

Politics and the Facebook billions.

by Linda Perlstein

Michelle Rhee is most likely leaving now that Mayor Adrian Fenty was voted out. Depending on whom you read, Ron Huberman may or may not leave Chicago Public Schools now that Mayor Richard Daley is stepping down. It makes sense that much of the journalistic attention about mayoral control to date has focused on what it means for governance while the mayor-schools chief partnership is strong and the mayor is, well, the mayor. But I’m wondering now why little has been written anticipating this aspect of things—asking what might happen if some of that falls apart.

Whatever affect it has on decision-making, putting the school chief’s fate in the hands of a mayor is not

Sex, Profanity and Bankruptcy at the Tribune Company | The Atlantic Wire

Sex, Profanity and Bankruptcy at the Tribune Company | The Atlantic Wire

Sex, Profanity and Bankruptcy at the Tribune Company

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Late last night, The New York Times published a scathing, 4,000-word investigation of the Tribune Company, the parent company of The Chicago Tribune, The Los Angeles Times, WGN America and other properties. The story's message is threefold: Under the leadership of real-estate billionaire Sam Zell, who took over in 2007, the company has gone bankrupt, sacrificed its journalistic integrity and become a veritable "frat house" of lurid and profane behavior. The heavily sourced article details loads of locker-room humor, office trysts and heated anecdotes from aggrieved former employees .

Getting ahead of the story, the Chicago Tribune's chief executive Randy Michaels sent an e-mail to employees instructing them to "ignore the noise" of the

Singapore Math Is “Our Dirty Little Secret” � The Core Knowledge Blog

Singapore Math Is “Our Dirty Little Secret” � The Core Knowledge Blog

Singapore Math Is “Our Dirty Little Secret”

by CKF
October 6th, 2010

Tags: constructivism, Curriculum, math instruction, New York Times, pedagogy,Singapore Math
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The following guest post is from Barry Garelick, a national advisor to NYC HOLD, an education advocacy organization that addresses mathematics education in U.S. schools.

The New York Times ran a story on September 30 about Singapore Math being used in some schools in the New York City area. Like many newspaper stories about Singapore Math, this one was no different. It described a program that strangely sounded like the math programs being promoted by reformers of math education, relying on the cherished staples of reform: manipulatives, open-ended problems, and classroom discussion of problems. The only thing the article didn’t mention was that the students worked in small groups.

Those of us familiar with Singapore Math from having used it with our children are

The Educated Reporter: A charter school teacher on what works.

The Educated Reporter: A charter school teacher on what works.

A charter school teacher on what works.

by Linda Perlstein

I have been disappointed in how the charter debate—the next great thing! the worst thing ever!—obscures what to me is the most important question: What makes successful charter schools successful, and how can those pieces be incorporated in regular public schools that need to improve? The journalism on this is lacking, which is why I was glad to read this post from a teacher at the

U. of I. faculty members, students may ask trustees to reconsider William Ayers Look only at academics in deciding emeritus status, they urge - Chicago Tribune

U. of I. faculty members, students may ask trustees to reconsider William Ayers Look only at academics in deciding emeritus status, they urge - Chicago Tribune

U. of I. faculty members, students may ask trustees to reconsider William Ayers
Look only at academics in deciding emeritus status, they urge

October 05, 2010|By Jodi S. Cohen, Tribune reporter

Following a similar suggestion at the University of Illinois at Chicago campus, faculty and students in Urbana also may ask trustees to reconsider their decision to deny emeritus status to controversial professor William Ayers.

A resolution proposed by student senator Max Ellithorpe, a member of the U. of I. Senate, asks trustees to "look only at (Ayers') body of academic work and service" and states that Chairman Christopher Kennedy should have abstained from discussing Ayers' request for emeritus status at last month's meeting.

The faculty and student concern comes after Kennedy voted against Ayers' appointment, saying he was guided by his conscience and could not support someone who had dedicated a book to the man who assassinated his father, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy. The other trustees, without comment, also voted to deny the title to Ayers, who retired in August after joining UIC as an education professor in 1987.

"Those remarks were quite understandable given Chairman Kennedy's family history, but I don't think they were appropriate

Michelle Rhee Discusses "Waiting for Superman," Charter Schools And Scho...

Michelle Rhee a featured player in the new documentary "Waiting for Superman" discusses the movie, charter schools, school vouchers and are D.C. public schools good enough for high profile politicians' children.

Should school vouchers be made available if a student is not selected to attend a charter school?

LA schools, ACLU reach agreement on layoffs - Boston.com

LA schools, ACLU reach agreement on layoffs - Boston.com

LA schools, ACLU reach agreement on layoffs

By Raquel Maria Dillon

Associated Press Writer / October 6, 2010

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LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles Unified School District has agreed to cap teacher layoffs at each school at the district-wide average and end layoffs at certain struggling schools to settle a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California.

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ACLU staff attorney David Sapp said the agreement is "groundbreaking," because it limits teacher layoffs based on seniority and marks a major departure from the district's "last hired, first fired" policy.

Officials approved the proposed settlement Tuesday. A judge must approve the agreement.

In February, the ACLU sued the state, which cut education funding to close its

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Community Colleges: The Gateway to Success – ED.gov Blog

Community Colleges: The Gateway to Success – ED.gov Blog

Community Colleges: The Gateway to Success

Yesterday’s summit was a moment to both celebrate the extraordinary accomplishments of community colleges and to take stock of and action on the challenges that lie ahead. For too long, community colleges were underappreciated, underfunded, and misunderstood. Working with modest resources, community colleges now educate almost half of all college students. About half of all first-generation college students and minority students attend community colleges. It is a remarkable record. No other system of higher education in the world does so much to provide access and second-chance opportunities as our community colleges.

Community colleges have never been more important. They are educating the workforce of the future—the radiologic technicians; the registered nurses; the installation experts on solar and wind power; the IT and cyber-security technicians; the displaced workers in need of retraining and new careers; and scientists and other professionals.

President Obama set a goal that the United States will once again having the highest college attainment rate in the world by 2020. If we are to meet that goal, community colleges must lead the way. The math is stark. According to our projections, five million of the eight million additional college graduates needed to meet the 2020 goal will be community college graduates. All of higher education must contribute to reaching this goal. But community colleges will be the linchpin.

The Obama administration has committed unprecedented federal support for community colleges, but the financial pinch on community colleges is brutal—and it is unlikely to fade anytime soon. At the same time, full-time enrollment at community colleges increased nearly 25 percent in the two-year period from 2007 to 2009. Most revenue for community colleges comes from the states—and state revenue shortfalls stemming from the recession are making it tougher and tougher for community colleges to fulfill their promise of open door enrollment policies.

Yesterday’s summit was a beginning point, not an end point. We challenged those at the summit to replicate and take to scale the outstanding examples of community colleges. We have never before had more examples of success of community colleges boosting transfer and graduation rates with a certificate or degree; of schools building partnerships with industry that lead to real jobs; and of effective remedial instruction and online learning. But our students and our nation need success to be the norm, not a sometimes-thing.

In the years ahead, the overarching aim for community colleges must be dramatically boosting college completion and success. This is not about tinkering; it’s about transformation. This is not just about getting more students to enroll; it’s about getting more students to graduation day. To meet the President’s 2020 goal, we project that all institutions of higher education will need to increase their college attainment rates by 50 percent over the next decade.

At present, only one in four community college students earns a degree or certificate, or successfully transfers to universities for their baccalaureate degrees. That has to change if our nation, our communities, and our students are to thrive and remain competitive in the knowledge economy.

For the sake of our students and our nation, let us work together to strengthen community colleges. Let us build the best-educated, most competitive workforce in the world, and let us nurture the citizens of tomorrow.

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A Statement From Dharun Ravi’s Lawyer … But It Doesn’t Say Much � Student Activism

A Statement From Dharun Ravi’s Lawyer … But It Doesn’t Say Much � Student Activism

A Statement From Dharun Ravi’s Lawyer … But It Doesn’t Say Much

by Angus Johnston

An attorney representing Dhuran Ravi, the Rutgers roommate of Tyler Clementi, has released a statement.

Ravi is accused of using a webcam to surreptitiously view and stream video of Clementi in a dorm-room sexual encounter with another man, bragging about the incident on Twitter, and then inviting others to join him in watching Clementi a second time.

The statement, as excerpted by ABC News, read as follows:

Unfortunately, a life has been lost. Out of respect to Tyler Clementi’s family, this is not the time for explanations of defenses or justifications to be made public by an attorney.

In regards to statements made by the prosecuting agencies of their continuing investigation and whether to