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Pardon The Swag — The Jose Vilson

thejosevilson.com - Pre-Birthday Celebration at Mom's HouseIn celebration of my forthcoming birthday tomorrow (Monday, the 24th), I started sharing secrets to (my) life in my Facebook statuses. Here they were: Secret ...

TheJLV

Save Our Schools March and National Call to Action

dailykos.com - Sun Jan 23, 2011 at 02:45:11 AM PST Save Our Schools March and National Call to ActionFor the future of our children, we demand the following . . . * Equitable funding for all public school ...

teacherken

What do you want to talk about during this week's (1/25) #edchat? (via @web20classroom)

twtpoll.com - Total: 43 votes 1) Is Portfolio Assessment a viable alternative to Summative Assessment Testing? [ 16% (7 votes) ] 2) Will Merit Pay be applicable to all teachers regardless of their subject, o...

tomwhitby

What the President Should Say

huffingtonpost.com - The president will have to devote a big part of his State of the Union speech to the economy, but which economy? Corporate profits are up but jobs and wages remain in the doldrums. People with lots...

TeacherSabrina

Is KIPP abandoning the neediest students?

pheedcontent.com - The Knowledge Is Power Program, the nation’s and the District’s most successful charter school network, has a new official name, KIPP, and a new approach to raising achievement for disadvantaged ch...

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ASCD Inservice: Educators Hit the Hill to Close Gaps & Rewrite ESEA

ASCD Inservice: Educators Hit the Hill to Close Gaps & Rewrite ESEA

Educators Hit the Hill to Close Gaps & Rewrite ESEA

ASCD educators are in Washington this week, seizing the opportunity to shape education for the next decade, if not longer. Along with specific objectives in their own states, these educators will bring tenets of the just-released 2011 ASCD Legislative Agenda to meetings with their state representatives.

It includes emphasis on well-rounded, career- and college-ready students, whole child education, multiple measures (not just multiple tests) of student achievement, closing international and domestic achievement gaps, and a complete rewrite of ESEA.

Also, the Legislative Agenda notably calls for a major shift in approach to U.S. education policy. "Currently, schools that make AYP get a pat on the back, and those that don't get punished, said ASCD Policy Director David Griffith at last night's

The Answer Sheet - Test scores and economic competitiveness

The Answer Sheet - Test scores and economic competitiveness

Test scores and economic competitiveness

By Valerie Strauss

It has become a common refrain among politicians and school reformers that the performance of American students on international tests is a reflection of the country's ability to compete economically. Here's a different view, written by William J. Mathis of Goshen, Vermont. He is the managing director of the National Education Policy Center and a former Vermont superintendent. The views expressed are his own.

By William J. Mathis
What does international economic competitiveness have to do with kids’ test scores?

Not much.

If we look at it from a jobs perspective, 70 percent of United States jobs

Daily Kos: I am a liberal, and I belong to a union

Daily Kos: I am a liberal, and I belong to a union

I am a liberal, and I belong to a union

by teacherken

Liberals and unions gave this country

.. the 8 hour day
.. paid holidays
.. paid vacations
.. sick pay
.. medical insurance
.. pensions
.. workplace safety
.. Social Security
.. Medicare
.. Medicaid
.. GI Bills
.. student loans and grants for college

Reform and the Teachers’ Unions - NYTimes.com

Reform and the Teachers’ Unions - NYTimes.com

Reform and the Teachers’ Unions

Published: January 23, 2011

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Education officials across the country are increasingly focused on the two critical reform tasks: developing more effective teacher evaluation systems and speeding up the glacial pace of disciplinary hearings for teachers charged with misconduct. The American Federation of Teachers, the country’s second-largest teachers’ union, has wisely chosen to work with state legislatures and local school districts to help shape these new systems rather than try to block them.

Last week the union’s president, Randi Weingarten, released a plan for speeding up disciplinary hearings that is a good starting point for more discussion. Developed by

Duncan, Obama Headed for Fight in Congress on Education Policy, Funding - Bloomberg

Duncan, Obama Headed for Fight in Congress on Education Policy, Funding - Bloomberg

Duncan, Obama Headed for Fight in Congress on Education Policy, Funding

By Kate Andersen Brower - Jan 23, 2011 9:01 PM PT

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President Barack Obama, who has adopted such traditionally Republican principles as charter schools and teacher merit pay, will meet resistance in a divided Congress over spending and the reach of government in the classroom.

He will showcase his argument for an education overhaul in his State of the Union address tomorrow, Education Secretary Arne Duncan says.

Obama wants to replace President George W. Bush’s “No Child Left Behind” law, which required student testing and demanded that schools show “adequate yearly progress,” with his own plan for tracking of student progress and training teachers. While Bush benefited from a

NJ Spotlight | Opinion: Deception, Fiscal Irresponsibility, School Vouchers

NJ Spotlight | Opinion: Deception, Fiscal Irresponsibility, School Vouchers

Opinion: Deception, Fiscal Irresponsibility, School Vouchers

The school voucher program can't deliver on its promises, but it can help subsidize private schools across the state

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By Gordon MacInnes, January 24 in Opinion |Post a Comment

If you watched the Senate budget committee’s hearing on the Christie voucher bill, you would never know that New Jersey is bankrupt. Or that we are in the midst of the most severe crisis to afflict the state since the Great Depression:

New Jersey cannot save the jobs of half of the police force in its most dangerous city, Camden. Nor the jobs of one-third of its firefighters.

Thousands of teachers have been laid off in a state where students consistently achieve at the highest level in the country (except for Massachusetts). School boards are told there can be no relief for rapidly rising special education costs.

The governor says we cannot afford a prosperity-building rail tunnel to New York City because the

Last Stand for Children First: LS4C1 announces exciting new test grid wallpaper

Last Stand for Children First: LS4C1 announces exciting new test grid wallpaper

LS4C1 announces exciting new test grid wallpaper

by Last Stand for Children

We hear at LastStand are very excited to announce a partnership with Pearson Testing International to produce this fine one of a kind wallpaper based on the latest educational research into the learning styles of infants.