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Queens Teacher: Ocean Hill-Brownsville showed that demonizing teachers unions doesn’t work

Queens Teacher: Ocean Hill-Brownsville showed that demonizing teachers unions doesn’t work

Ocean Hill-Brownsville showed that demonizing teachers unions doesn’t work

You decide: Either view teacher unions as enemy or work with them to achieve mutual goalsBY Jerald Podair

Dignity. I heard that word a lot when I was researching the 1968 Ocean Hill-Brownsville schools crisis. I heard it from parents of black and Puerto Rican children in the schools of the impoverished Ocean Hill-Brownsville section of Brooklyn, who were part of a trial project in local control of public education in that community. Their kids' white teachers didn't think they could learn, the thinking went. They didn't treat their children with dignity.

That is why, in May 1968, the local board charged with running the Ocean
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ASCD Inservice: Teaching Screenagers

ASCD Inservice: Teaching Screenagers

Teaching Screenagers

Students of all ages learn visually and virtually from computers and handheld screens, and the question has become what tools and approaches teachers can use to effectively reach digital learners. How can teachers encourage self-motivated learning? How do teachers' roles change when learning becomes screen-oriented? What practices capitalize on students' penchant for collaboration and social networking? How are classrooms incorporating learning that is visual, informal, interdisciplinary, and multimodal? How are schools handling such prickly issues as plagiarism, cyberbullying, and

In Case You Missed It

by Matthew Swift
Here's your weekly rundown of what's been happening at ASCD: Learn how to maximize student achievement in Douglas Fisher's and Nancy Frey's book, Guided Instruction, which is available for your reading pleasure online. Education expert Robyn Jackson expresses her concern...

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This Week In Education: Turnarounds: The Charlotte-Mecklenberg Model

This Week In Education: Turnarounds: The Charlotte-Mecklenberg Model

Turnarounds: The Charlotte-Mecklenberg Model

by Alexander Russo

image from farm2.static.flickr.comIt's a tailored turnaround, a school reform version of of a poker game where you can toss out a few cards you don't like and get new ones. Here's how it works: take your best principals, offer them a three year stint revamping the district's worst schools (and a raise). They get to bring in eight handpicked

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Students, community to District: 'You broke it' | Philadelphia Public School Notebook

Students, community to District: 'You broke it' | Philadelphia Public School Notebook

Students, community to District: 'You broke it'

by Benjamin Herold on Oct 15 2010 Posted in Latest news

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The District’s handling of West Philadelphia High School has resulted in a sudden, dramatic return of the climate problems that used to plague the struggling neighborhood school, students from the school repeatedly told District officials during a community meeting held Thursday night at Kingsessing Recreation Center.

“Our climate was fixed. But you’ve taken out everybody who fixed [it], so now we have to start from scratch,” said West senior Delaney Foxworth, one of four members of the school’s newly formed senior committee present at the meeting.

Deputy Superintendent Leroy Nunery said the District was focused on the present and was moving swiftly to address the climate issues at the school, including the


Notes from the news, Oct. 15

by Erika Owens

notes from the news imageStudents, community to District: ‘You broke it’ The Notebook blog
The District held a community meeting last night and heard from students who are dealing with the upheaval at West Philly High.

See also: Principal at West Phila. High steps down for now The Inquirer
Top-job shake-up at West Philadelphia High Daily News

PA Passes Historic Resolution to Study School Libraries School Library Journal
The study will assess how many schools have lost libraries and librarians and what effect that has had.

Williams defends charter schools Philadelphia Tribune
State Sen. Williams says a moratorium on new charter schools would "disproportionally affect the Black community."

The defeat of Fenty and Rhee - What is the lesson? The Notebook blog
Superintendent Ackerman also favors a top-down leadership style, but it is unlikely that she'll be following Rhee out the door. The Answer Sheet lists the accomplishments Ackerman claimed when she too left D.C.

See also: Rhee’s big legacy: Being a whirlwind The Answer Sheet
Memo to Philly: At least give Michelle Rhee a call Attytood

Panel weighs obstacles to college success The Notebook blog
The city's chief education officer, Lori Shorr, described ways the city is working to meet Mayor Nutter's goal of 36 percent of Philadelphians having a college degree by 2018.

Reconciling Tech and Content Philly Teacher blog

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U.S. Recruiting Fewer Teachers From Top Ranks Education Week: From the Wires

Education Week: From the Wires

FROM THE WIRES

Student-Led Conferences Benefit Parents, Kids
The practice of holding student-led conferences has been gaining momentum at high schools and middle schools around Washington since the late 1990s.
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UT district considers high school diploma choice
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Gov. Candidates Joust Over Furloughs, School Board
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For-Profit Schools Reel as Rules Affect Enrollment
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Baltimore Teachers Reject Proposed Contract
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Education conference to focus on teacher contracts
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For-Profit College Stocks Tumble On Apollo Warning
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Crowd hurls rocks, epithets at Pa. school band
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Layoff notices sent to 124 Eugene teachers, staff
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Ed Secretary Arne Duncan visits Florida schools, 1st Ld
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US House candidate Miller releases education plan
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SD teen pleads not guilty in school plot case
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163 Haitian students receive welcome in Senegal

U.S. Recruiting Fewer Teachers From Top Ranks

While top-performing nations draw all their teachers from the top-third of the academic pool, the United States draws only 23 percent. (October 15, 2010)

Early Grades Become the New Front in Absenteeism Wars

While efforts to reduce chronic absenteeism typically focus on adolescents, experts say that the early grades are the place to start. (October 14, 2010) | Comments (11)

Okla. Districts Balk at Special Education Vouchers

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Baltimore Teachers Reject Proposed Contract

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Student-Led Conferences Benefit Parents, Kids

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Students walk through the hallway of L.B. Landry High School in New Orleans. The $54 million facility opened this school year.
—Lee Celano for Education Week

New Orleans in Early Phase of School-Building Boom

A $1.8 billion, federally funded effort aims to deal with the physical damage still evident from Hurricane Katrina five years after the storm.(October 15, 2010)

Breast Cancer Bracelets Clash With School Codes

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RI gov candidate Chafee's campaign manager resigns - Boston.com

RI gov candidate Chafee's campaign manager resigns - Boston.com

RI gov candidate Chafee's campaign manager resigns

By Michelle R. Smith
Associated Press Writer / October 15, 2010
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PROVIDENCE, R.I.—The campaign manager for independent Rhode Island gubernatorial candidate Lincoln Chafee resigned Thursday after he acknowledged he received unemployment benefits while listed on the payroll of the Chafee campaign.

J.R. Pagliarini stepped down after inquiries from the media, although he maintains no intentional wrongdoing occurred, according to Mike Trainor, the acting campaign manager, and a statement from Pagliarini. They both called it a political attack, with Trainor saying it was orchestrated by Democratic rival Frank Caprio's campaign.

"This is a chapter out of Karl Rove's playbook," Trainor said. "Attack the strength of your opponent."

Caprio campaign spokesman Nick Hemond said no one in the campaign was

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