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Why Is He Bi? (Sigh)

nytimes.com - WASHINGTON HE was born this way. Bi. Not bisexual. Not even bipartisan. Just binary. Our president likes to be on both sides at once. In Afghanistan, he ...

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Record Salaries for CPS Leaders

chicagonewscoop.org - A week after Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s hand-picked Board of Education voted against granting teachers a 4 percent contractual pay raise, the panel approved raises for CEO Jean Claude Brizard and other...

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Timothy D. Slekar: Deforming the Graduate Degree

huffingtonpost.com - "I actually don't want qualified teachers [ones with graduate degrees] in the classroom. I want highly effective teachers [test score manipulators] in the classroom." -- John Deasy, LAUSD Superinte...

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Young D.C. principal quits and tells why

washingtonpost.com - Bill Kerlina won a plum assignment when he was hired away from Montgomery County in July 2009 to become a principal in Northwest Washington. Phoebe Hearst Elementary was a small, high-performing sc...

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Education Reform: Tragedy and Farce | Dissident Voice

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Education Reform: Tragedy and Farce | Dissident VoiceEducation Reform: Tragedy and Farceby Joseph GrossoWho has spent a good portion of their childhood in a classroom and been able to shake the que...

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Wisconsin Judge Said to Have Attacked Colleague

nytimes.com - CHICAGO — That the members of the Wisconsin Supreme Court were deeply divided has hardly been a secret of late. When the justices this month decided a law curtailing collective bargaining rights fo...

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Prosser grabs female justice by neck

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Gay Manners Get an Update

baycitizen.org - As gay people and issues have become more visible on the American landscape, social etiquette has been scrambling to catch up. People may differ on the issue of gay marriage, but who wants to argue...

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Jersey Jazzman: Not Getting What You Paid For

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Jersey Jazzman: Not Getting What You Paid ForNot Getting What You Paid Forby Duke(Cross-posted from Blue Jersey)The members of the Democratic Hall of Shame just voted to stick it to public workers:...

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Kansas Abortion Battles: New Clinic, New Anti-Regs

womensenews.org - Dr. Mila Means, a family practitioner, is planning to establish an abortion clinic in Wichita, Kan.(WOMENSENEWS)-- CheersDr. Mila Means, a family practitioner, is planning to establish an abortion ...

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Saturday coffee. « Fred Klonsky's blog

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Saturday coffee. « Fred Klonsky's blogSaturday coffee.by Fred KlonskyWhat a beautiful morning! Kind temperature. Blue sky.We had coffee outside. Back at Letizia’s on Division Street in West Town. O...

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Nato admits civilians died in Tripoli bombing raid

telegraph.co.uk - Defence sources said a number of factors could be responsible for a missed target. The bomb could have been laser-guided, and the laser malfunctioned; it could have been a GPS bomb with the wrong g...

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Education Reform: Tragedy and Farce | Dissident Voice

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      What 21st century teaching, learning really means - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

      What 21st century teaching, learning really means - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

      What 21st century teaching, learning really means

      by Valerie Strauss

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      Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach, a former classroom teacher and school administrator, is a widely known speaker and trainer on the use of interactive technology in K-12 education. She is the co-founder (with Will Richardson) of Powerful Learning Practice, LCC, a professional development provider oriented around digital networks, and the co-author of the forthcoming book The Connected Educator (Solution Tree).

      In this interview with education journalist John Norton, published on the website Education Week Teacher,Nussbaum-Beach describes the transformation she believes must take place in teaching and learning practices if elementary and secondary schools are to remain relevant in an era when information and communication technologies will continue to expand exponentially.

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      June’s Best Tweets — Part Two | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...

      June’s Best Tweets — Part Two | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...

      June’s Best Tweets — Part Two

      by Larry Ferlazzo

      Every month I make a short list highlighting my choices of the best resources I shared through (and learned from) Twitter, but didn’t necessarily include them in posts here on my blog. Now and then, in order to make it a bit easier for me, I may try to break it up into mid-month and end-of-month lists (and sometimes I’m a bit late).

      I’ve already shared in earlier posts several new resources I found on Twitter — and where I gave credit to those from whom I learned about them. Those are not included again in this post.

      If you don’t use Twitter, you can also check-out all of my “tweets” on Twitter profile page or subscribe to their RSS feed.

      Here are my picks for June’s Best Tweets — Part Two (not listed in any order):

      Understanding by Design Meets Neuroscience for compelling and memorable learning and executive function by

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      Voucher Advocates’ Facts and Research Misleading « Larry Miller's Blog

      Voucher Advocates’ Facts and Research Misleading « Larry Miller's Blog
      Voucher Advocates’ Facts and Research Misleading Following is an op-ed I wrote about misinformation being spread by voucher advocates. *Judge Milwaukee educational outcomes on the facts* By Larry Miller Milwaukee Journal Sentinel June 25, 2011 |(3) Comments School voucher advocates have had two ...
      Did Judge Prosser Choke Ann Walsh Bradley around the Neck in Self Defense? *Operating on a mandate from the Wisconsin electorate, man’s man Judge David Prosser reached out and choked Judge Ann Walsh Bradley around the neck.* *How will Charlie Sykes spin this violence against women?* Following is an article in the Milwaukee ...
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      Schools Matter: Bitter Lessons from Chasing Better Tests

      Schools Matter: Bitter Lessons from Chasing Better Tests

      Bitter Lessons from Chasing Better Tests

      by P. L. Thomas

      In a New York Times Op-Ed (22 March 2009), E. D. Hirsch Jr. argued, "We do not need to abandon either the principle of accountability or the fill-in-the-bubble format. Rather we need to move from teaching to the test to tests that are worth teaching to."

      This refrain parallels the contradictory messages coming from the Obama administration that claims supporting a change to the culture of testing in NCLB, but then argues for better testing.

      Secretary of Education Duncan, in a speech about NCLB reauthorization (24 September 2009), acknowledged concerns about testing, but immediately took the same position as Hirsch: "Until states develop better assessments--which we will support and fund through Race to the Top--we must rely on standardized tests to monitor progress--but this is an

      Squeeze out unnecessary testing, not librarians

      by skrashen
      Squeeze out unnecessary testing, not librarians

      Sent to the New York Times, June 25, 2011

      The US Department of Education is planning the most massive and expensive testing program ever seen on the planet, far exceeding the already unacceptable level of testing demanded by NCLB. There is no evidence that the new tests will work and plenty of evidence that they will not. If they fail, students and teachers will suffer, but testing companies will keep their profits and will get to try again.

      At the same time, schools are "squeezing out librarians" (June 25). Study after study shows that quality school libraries staffed by a credentialed school librarian are related to higher reading scores.

      For a fraction of the cost of the new standards and tests, which have no research support, we could easily

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      Sunday links. « Fred Klonsky's blog

      Sunday links. « Fred Klonsky's blog

      Sunday links.

      by Fred Klonsky

      As the 9,000 delegates to the NEA RA arrive in Chicago this week, some might want to head over to Whittier School at 23rd and Damen to show support for the parents, teachers and students who are fighting to turn La Casita into a library.

      Tweet this morning from the City of Chicago: Gay Pride Parade today at Halsted, between Belmont and Broadway starting at 12:00pm. Expect additional traffic in the area. Well yes, I do expect there will be additional traffic.

      Wisconsin politics is getting weirder and weirder since Scott Walker arrived. And when you can say that as a

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      Daily Kos: Does the Obama campaign care about other Dems?

      Daily Kos: Does the Obama campaign care about other Dems?

      Does the Obama campaign care about other Dems?

      by rss@dailykos.com (teacherken)
      Good Sunday morning. BEHIND THE CURTAIN -- "Obama looks to lock up big money: President's team eyes those who can max out donations," by Tribune's Tom Hamburger and Matea Gold "Presidential Partners asks supporters to commit $75,800 to the Obama Victory Fund, a joint project of the president's Chicago-based campaign and the Democratic National Committee. That would put Democratic contributors at the maximum they are allowed to give national party committees for the 2012 cycle -- leaving them unable to donate to the party's congressional fundraising entities. .. While Obama continues to woo supporters at inexpensive fundraisers, his meetings with high rollers ... could undercut the image he has tried to craft. About 115 donors have signed up to be Presidential Partners, one of three major programs to offer special access to campaign officials in exchange for contributions. ...

      Those words appeared my daily Politico email, Mike Allen's Political Playbook. So I went to the underlying article in The Chicago Tribune, from which let me offer two brief snips:

      So far, about 115 donors have signed up for Presidential Partners, one of three major donor
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      A Teacher’s Letter to the Editor: FEA Lawsuit – Pensions in Florida « Continuing Change

      A Teacher’s Letter to the Editor: FEA Lawsuit – Pensions in Florida « Continuing Change

      A Teacher’s Letter to the Editor: FEA Lawsuit – Pensions in Florida

      by gatorbonbc

      My Letter to the Editor – Florida:

      There is much talk lately about pensions. Our governor would like us to believe this talk is about fairness. Why should the private sector have to pay into their pensions while the public sector doesn’t? Those were his words, I believe. Well, let us look at this statement? I think when we do, we will realize that it is a lose / lose for both sides, public and private.

      First of all, let’s look at the public side. Public employees must be enrolled in the Florida Retirement System (FRS). It is not optional. We have no choice. FRS is our only option. Well, that doesn’t sound fair, you say. Maybe not… maybe 401ks and other retirement options would better suit our needs. Yet, we have a reason for staying where we are with our FRS pensions. We have collective bargaining written into our State Constitution. That gives us the ability to negotiate our own pensions and FRS. And, be not confused, we have negotiated

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      Saturday, June 25, 2011

      Young D.C. principal quits and tells why - The Washington Post

      Young D.C. principal quits and tells why - The Washington Post

      Young D.C. principal quits and tells why

      Hearst parents and teachers said they were disappointed. PTA President Jen Wilcox said Kerlina’s open-door policy, his efforts to upgrade classroom technology and his easy, energetic manner with kids made him “a breath of fresh air.”

      “He cared about children, and he was a hard-working principal,” veteran teacher Bill Rope said. “He didn’t leave because he wanted to make cupcakes.”

      • ( Bill O'Leary / WASHINGTON POST ) - Bill Kerlina is leaving D.C.’s Hearst and education altogether — to go into the gourmet cupcake business.
      • ( Bill O'Leary / WASHINGTON POST ) - Kerlina said the dysfunction he encountered in D.C. public schools led him to quit this month.

      ( Bill O'Leary / WASHINGTON POST ) - Bill Kerlina is leaving D.C.’s Hearst and education altogether — to go into the gourmet cupcake business.

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      Major changes

      Kerlina taught grade school in Montgomery, rising to assistant principal at Takoma Park Elementary. By 2009, he felt ready to move up, but principal turnover was low in the county. Kerlina was also intrigued by then-Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee’s vow to close the black-white achievement gap. He joined a contingent of Montgomery educators who signed on with Rhee, including Dawn Ellis, who left as Murch Elementary principal this month.

      Kerlina said his interview with Rhee was brief. She quizzed him about reading scores at Takoma Park and asked what he would do for scores at Hearst, where reading proficiency on the citywide test in 2009 was 80 percent and math proficiency was 92 percent. He promised to at least hold them

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