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New Posts on Parents 4 democratic Schools 1-14-11 Get Involved- Read Education News

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Schools Matter: Will Wake County Citizens Allow the Koch Brothers and the John Birch Society Run Their Schools?

Schools Matter: Will Wake County Citizens Allow the Koch Brothers and the John Birch Society Run Their Schools?

Will Wake County Citizens Allow the Koch Brothers and the John Birch Society Run Their Schools?

by Jim Horn
From Think Progress:
Today in the Washington Post, reporter Stephanie McCrummen detailed how a right-wing campaign in the Wake County area of North Carolina has taken over the school board with a pledge to end a very successful socio-economic integration plan. The integration plan, which created thriving schools in poor African-American parts of the school district along with achieving diversity in schools located in wealthy white enclaves, was a model for the nation.

However, Americans for Prosperity (AFP), the Tea Party group founded and funded by billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch, worked with local right-wing financier (and AFP board member) Art Pope to fundamentally change Wake County’s school board:
“I don’t want us to go back to racially isolated schools,” said Shila Nordone,
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4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: REPORT SEES DISCONNECT BETWEEN NAEP, COMMON STANDARDS + Report

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: REPORT SEES DISCONNECT BETWEEN NAEP, COMMON STANDARDS + Report

REPORT SEES DISCONNECT BETWEEN NAEP, COMMON STANDARDS + Report

BY ERIK ROBELEN | EDWEEK EDUCATION MATTERS BLOG| HTTP://BIT.LY/FNFCU9

  • [Correction: This blog post should have said that the NAEP math items examined in the Brookings Institution study were, on average, two to three years below the 8th grade math recommended by the common-core standards. The algebra items were at about the 6th grade level. The items from the "numbers" strand were at about the 5th grade level.]

January 11, 2011 8:37 AM | A new analysis from the Brookings Institution raises questions anew about what the advent of common standards—and the development of common assessments to complement them—means for the future of NAEP, often called "America's report card." Overall, the report suggests that the coming common exams mean "a new era is dawning for NAEP," though what that future will look like remains murky.

The analysis by Brookings senior fellow Tom Loveless seeks to match up the common standards in mathematics with publicly released test items from the National Assessment of Educational Progress. In algebra, it found that the NAEP items were, on average, two to three years below the 8th grade math recommended by the common-core standards. The study examines NAEP math items from the 8th grade assessment,

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#UCDavis Prof Has Students Vote on Pregnant Student’s Grade « Student Activism

UC Davis Prof Has Students Vote on Pregnant Student’s Grade « Student Activism

UC Davis Prof Has Students Vote on Pregnant Student’s Grade

by Angus Johnston

This one is so messed up in so many ways.

A student in a veterinary medicine class at UC Davis recently gave birth. Her delivery came near the beginning of the semester, and it was unclear how many classes — and quizzes — she would miss. Her professor wasn’t sure how to deal with this situation…

So he asked her fellow students to vote on what her grade should be.

Yep. He instructed the student “presidents” of the class to send around an email proposing six possible approaches to the problem, and announcing that the class would be conducting an online vote on which one to adopt. The choices were these:

a) automatic A final grade
b) automatic B final grade
c) automatic C final grade
d) graded the same as everyone else: best 6 quiz scores out of a possible 7 quiz scores (each quiz only

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This Week In Education: AM News: Could Tucson College Have Done More?

This Week In Education: AM News: Could Tucson College Have Done More?

AM News: Could Tucson College Have Done More?

by Alexander Russo

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College’s Policy on Troubled Students Raises Questions NYT: Some experts say the community college that suspended Jared L. Loughner could have done more to help him... State failed to oversee schools’ policies against hazing Boston Globe: For years, the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education failed to monitor school districts’ compliance with Massachusetts’ antihazing laws, resulting in a checkered enforcement system across the state, according to a review by the state auditor’s office... Writing exercise said to prevent test anxiety Associated Press: A simple writing exercise can relieve students of test anxiety and may help them get better scores than their less anxious classmates, a study has found... Middle-School Friends Are Critical For Future Success Huffington Post: University of Oregon psychologists say the new friendships may directly influence a teenager's potential academic success or future challenges in high school and beyond...

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The Power of Dr. King and Christina Green – Lily's Blackboard

The Power of Dr. King and Christina Green – Lily's Blackboard

The Power of Dr. King and Christina Green

Jan 13th, 2011
by Lily.

Christina Green was nine years old. She was born on a hateful day, September 11, 2001, the day the Twin Towers fell. She died on a hateful day when a man opened fire at a crowd gathered in a Tucson parking lot to meet their Congresswoman.

I just attended a program to celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. that the National Education Association has held for our staff in our auditorium in the basement each year for over twenty years.

Nine year old children danced and played the drums and recited stirring, inspirational words for us. And we applauded and cried and laughed and encouraged.

We are an education union, and we like having children remind us who’s ultimately counting on us to do the right thing.

Dr. King was killed by hate on a hateful day. And yet in that hour’s

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Chambermaids and classroom teachers. « Fred Klonsky's blog

Chambermaids and classroom teachers. « Fred Klonsky's blog

Chambermaids and classroom teachers.

by Fred Klonsky

Penny Pritizker.

Stand for Children arrived in Illinois last fall. The Oregon-based political action committee is part of the corporate education reform machine, but with a narrower focus.

Not so concerned with testing, vouchers or school closings, they target teachers and our unions. They’re going after our collective bargaining rights and all that we have gained over the years in improvements in working

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4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: JORDAN HIGH STAFF MEMBERS MUST REAPPLY FOR THEIR JOBS + TIMES EDITORIAL

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: JORDAN HIGH STAFF MEMBERS MUST REAPPLY FOR THEIR JOBS + TIMES EDITORIAL
JORDAN HIGH STAFF MEMBERS MUST REAPPLY FOR THEIR JOBS + TIMES EDITORIAL Howard Blume in LA Times/LA Now | http://lat.ms/ia1uaz January 13, 2011 | 8:24 am - The immediate reaction was disbelief, disappointment and anger among teachers at Jordan High School, who learned Wednesday that they will have to re-interview for their ...
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER EXPLAINS HIS VOTE ON INCOMING SUPERINTENDENT by Jason Song | LA Times/LA Now blog | http://lat.ms/e3Suuj January 12, 2011 | 6:00 am -- The only school board member who did not vote to hire John Deasy as L.A.'s new schools chief said he did so over procedural concerns, not because he lacks ...
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Good Schools Close, Ed Reformers Shrug « The Core Knowledge Blog

Good Schools Close, Ed Reformers Shrug « The Core Knowledge Blog

Good Schools Close, Ed Reformers Shrug

by Robert Pondiscio
January 14th, 2011

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Imagine the hue and cry–the marches on city hall and the state capitol–if dozens of high-performing charters were forced to close because of budget problems. The heart-rending profiles of children thrown back into failing schools! Bill Gates and Oprah demanding we do what’s best for children! So why the silence and indifference greeting this week’s news that New York City will lose 27 more Catholic schools?

The data doesn’t lie: 99 percent NYC’s catholic school seniors graduate, and 96 percent go to college. Outcomes to die for. Over at Flypaper, Daniella Fairchild notes Fordham’s own estimate that “Catholic school closures have cost U.S. taxpayers at least $20 billion” as their students get absorbed back into public schools. But then she blithely dismisses

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Schools Matter: The Bloomberg/Black School Shutdown List: What Public Input?

Schools Matter: The Bloomberg/Black School Shutdown List: What Public Input?

The Bloomberg/Black School Shutdown List: What Public Input?

by Jim Horn
One must wonder what the thin-lipped edu-Brits who sit at Bloomberg's elbow will do now that their jobs as choreographers of phony public meetings are no longer required. We have the list of targeted schools that was developed with zero pubic input, thanks to the New York Times and an unknown leaker.

See the School Shutdown List

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Damn Good Education Daily

Damn Good Education Daily
Damn Good Education Daily

blogs.ajc.com - Here is a large chunk of Gov. Deal’s State of the State speech that he just delivered at the Gold Dome:The address I deliver today is historically referred to as the State of the State. It is desig...

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nepc.colorado.edu - Review of: Learning About Teaching by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation December 10, 2010 The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s “Measures of Effective Teaching” (M...

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businessweek.com - America's alarm about international rankings of students overlooks some critical components of our education system, Vivek Wadhwa saysBy Vivek WadhwaAmerica has an inferiority complex about its edu...

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salon.com - Early reviews are mixed. Specifically, partisans from both sides of the aisle mocked the entire enterprise relentlessly, while the brain-dead nonpartisan press mostly just repeated No Labels' claim...

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huffingtonpost.com - Though researchers have repeatedly warned of instability and high-error rates as they caution against the use of value-added measures (VAM) of teacher performance for high-stakes purposes, "reforme...

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