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Martha Woodall — 'What Happens When Charter Schools Fail' : NPR

npr.org - Enlarge iStockphoto.com Research from Stanford University showed that while Philadelphia had a slightly higher percentage of charter schools outperforming traditional public schools, the city also ...

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Marcia Alesan Dawkins: Taking ‘Bad Teacher’ to School Film ReviewTruthdig

truthdig.com - Posted on Jun 26, 2011imdb.comCameron Diaz goes to school in “Bad Teacher.” By Marcia Alesan DawkinsLet’s be honest. Teachers don’t get into the profession for the money. Nowadays they don’t get in...

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The reform pretenders - The Answer Sheet

washingtonpost.com - --This was written by Carol Corbett Burris, the principal of South Side High School in New York. She was named the 2010 New York State Outstanding Educator by the School Administrators Association...

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The last straw: A letter to the Wisconsin State Journal by Grant Petty |

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - The last straw: A letter to the Wisconsin State Journal by Grant Petty |The last straw: A letter to the Wisconsin State Journal by Grant PettyI received permission to publish this letter from Grant...

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Chicago Shopping

chicagotribune.com - By Noreen S. Ahmed-Ullah, Tribune reporter 4:59 p.m. CDT, June 26, 2011 In the coming days, Chicago Public Schools officials plan to hand out pink slips to about 1,000 teachers.The layoffs include ...

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Jean Hagen Profile

tcm.com - Jean Hagen ProfileTo movie audiences, Jean Hagen will forever be Lina Lamont, the shrill-voiced silent movie star who Debbie Reynolds has to dub in Singin' in the Rain (1952). It was a tour de forc...

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EducationSee all

Budget Cuts in the Classroom: What's on the School Chopping Block?

time.com - Parents and students joined teachers and other school staffers at a Los Angeles protest against school budget cuts on May 13, 2011. Kevork Djansezian / Getty Images The slow pace of America's econo...

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In the UK, teachers are walking out over pensions. I’m just sayin’. « Fred Klonsky's blog

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - In the UK, teachers are walking out over pensions. I’m just sayin’. « Fred Klonsky's blogIn the UK, teachers are walking out over pensions. I’m just sayin’.by Fred KlonskyI’m just sayin’ is all.Two...

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Sac City School Board to Evaluate Superintendent Tuesday - Rosemont, CA Patch

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Sac City School Board to Evaluate Superintendent Tuesday - Rosemont, CA PatchSac City School Board to Evaluate Superintendent TuesdayThe school board will meet on Monday and Tuesday.By Cody Kitaura...

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PoliticsSee all

Shared Sacrifice: U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (Vermont)

sanders.senate.gov - Dear Mr. President, This is a pivotal moment in the history of our country. Decisions are being made about the national budget that will impact the lives of virtually every American for decades to ...

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Ohio Gov. Kasich -- 'Thanks Koch Bros."

schoolingintheownershipsociety.blogspot.com - In an "unlisted video" which Gov. Kasich recorded using state resources, he tells the Koch Industries astroturf group Americans For Prosperity: "... in the four months that I've been Governor, we...

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Israeli Actor Impersonated Activist in Video Attacking Gaza Flotilla

thelede.blogs.nytimes.com - A YouTube video featuring a man who presented himself as an American gay-rights activist disillusioned with the Gaza flotilla campaign has been exposed as a hoax. The man in the video, who introduc...

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Spingarn principal: Teacher told special ed student to ‘shut up’ and ‘go to sleep’ prior to attack - D.C. Schools Insider

washingtonpost.com - Spingarn High School Principal Gary Washington says there is more to the story of the teacher who was attacked in her classroom last month by a special education student. Prior to the incident, acc...

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Confessions of a Partially Proficient Parent: Making board games

ednewsparent.org - Last week, my daughter was in a Girl Scout day camp, and thus we both got a break from planning play dates and finding creative ways to dodge the heat – and, even more menacing, summertime boredom....

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When I Retire | Edwize

edwize.org - [Editor's note: Mr. Foteah is a third-year teacher in an elementary school in Queens. He blogs at From the Desk of Mr. Foteah, where this post originally appeared.] I recently wrote about how havin...

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Bachmann Compares Self to Gay Rapist Clown Serial Killer

gawker.com - Maureen O'Connor —Kicking off her presidential campaign in Waterloo, Iowa, Michele Bachmann explained the geographic significance to Fox News: "Well what I want them to know is just like, John Wayn...

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Sacramento Press / Davis Music Festival: photos

sacramentopress.com - The inaugural Davis Music Festival, consisting of 20 musical acts playing 5 different venues in downtown Davis, was held Saturday. With music ranging from a local band of high schoolers to national...

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4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: High concept moviemaking?: BAD TEACHER IS A F-ing COMEDY! + BAD TEACHER MOVIE BOASTS BAD TASTE

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - 4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: High concept moviemaking?: BAD TEACHER IS A F-ing COMEDY! + BAD TEACHER MOVIE BOASTS BAD TASTEHigh concept moviemaking?: BAD TEACHER IS A F-ing COMEDY! ...

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Nuclear Regulator: No Danger at Flooded Nebraska Plant

abcnews.go.com - Water from the Missouri River that normally aids in cooling the Fort Calhoun Nuclear Station has now become its worst enemy, as a levee helping to protect electrical transformers at the Nebraska fa...

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Native Bees Worth Billions of Dollars a year, Researchers Say

baycitizen.org - The collapse of honeybee colonies has been widely publicized, but not everybody knows that California's native bee species are also vanishing. They are disappearing as pastures used for grazing are...

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Food Sunday: The Truth about GM Crops, Farmer to Farmer

my.firedoglake.com - I’ll state straight away, I hate/loathe/despise/abhor Monsanto. They are evil, not metaphorically evil, but actually evil. And as for our politicians who should have protected us from Monsanto; w...

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HealthSee all

ASCD Inservice: Petroglyphs to Pie Charts: Getting Started with Infographics

ascd.typepad.com - Infographics combine visuals and text to make information easier to understand, and/or present information in a new way. In her #ISTE11 presentation, "Infographics as a Creative Assessment" (availa...

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The Soul of a Man | The Jose Vilson

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - The Soul of a Man | The Jose VilsonThe Soul of a Manby JoseBellevue Hospital, Between the LayersThe entryways of the remodeled Bellevue Hospital come at incoming patients and visitors in layers aki...

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In the UK, teachers are walking out over pensions. I’m just sayin’. « Fred Klonsky's blog

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Sac City School Board to Evaluate Superintendent Tuesday - Rosemont, CA Patch

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STUDENTS GRADUATE WITHOUT PASSING EXIT EXAM

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - 4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: STUDENTS GRADUATE WITHOUT PASSING EXIT EXAM + SOME NEWPORT-MESA STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN GRADUATION – EVEN WITHOUT PASSING EXIT EXAMHIGH SCHOOL GRADUATIO...

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#sharedsacrificeSee all

Shared Sacrifice: U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (Vermont)

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Video: Local Teacher Gets Inked as Reward for Test Score Gains - The Bay Citizen

Video: Local Teacher Gets Inked as Reward for Test Score Gains

by Adithya Sambamurthy, Reyhan Harmanci

With the current emphasis on test scores, it's no surprise that teachers are finding more unique ways to motivate students. But even for San Francisco, Stanley Richard's offering seems a bit extreme. Starting a few years ago, the science teacher at City Arts and Technology High School, a charter school in San Francisco was, like his colleagues, under pressure to raise some flat scores on a number of school-wide metrics. As Paul Koh, who just ended his time as the school's vice principal, remembered it, the teachers came together in 2008 to think of innovative but cost-effective ways to incentivize test-taking at the project-based learning school. One person offered the idea of dollar-off coupons at the corner store for good test behavior. As you'll see in the video below, Richards came

Culture and the Achievement Gap

Culture and the Achievement Gap A couple of weeks ago, I attended the Education Testing Service’s Achievement Gap Symposium, which addressed research and solutions for our education system in Pre-K-third grade, especially for low-income, minority and African American students. ...

Quick Hits 6.27.11 *The impact of whiteboard technology*. According to some experts, the teacher’s skill with the technology determines the effectiveness in the classroom. (Education Week) *Bill introduced in Ohio Senate attempts to encourage quality in charter ...

A Retrospective Look: Sallie Mae and Student Loan Controversy *We’re celebrating our 5th Anniversary this year. We know a lot can happen in five years, and we’re proud to have done our part in shaping education reform over the years. So, over the next few weeks, we’ll be reflecting on some of our past work ...

This Week In Education: Update: Stop Pretending Charters Are All Like KIPP

Five Best Blogs: The Biggest Hoax In Education History [image: Therapy] The Biggest Hoax in the History of Federal Education Policy? Charlie Barone: Schools can make AYP at least one of two ways and can do so "in any particular year," i.e., 2013, 2014, or 2020 for that matter, if the law continues to ...

Update: Stop Pretending Charters Are All Like KIPP [image: Tumblr_lmvejp8UIz1qhsl72o1_500] Charter supporters slammed me last week for raising quality control issues and raining on their conference week parade even though I'm not ideologically opposed to charters. Today on NPR ('What Happens When ...

Thompson: What It's Really Like To Run A DC School [image: HENDERSON624_1294966260] The Washington Post's Bill Turque explains why DCPS principal Bill Kerlina resigned a job that could have been perfect -- and for which Kerlina seemed particularly well-suited. I hope readers will extrapolate from the ...

How standardized testing is being expanded - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

How standardized testing is being expanded

By Valerie Strauss

This was written by Lisa Guisbond, a policy analyst for the nonprofitNational Center for Fair & Open Testing, known as FairTest. The report, Flawed Massachusetts Teacher Evaluation Proposal Risks Further Damage to Teaching and Learning, is available here.

By Lisa Guisbond

Parents, teachers, and students: Raise your hands if you think what our schools need is more new tests and a greater emphasis on testing. If not, listen up, because this is exactly what our students and teachers face because of the reactions of Massachusetts, Maryland, Virgina, Ne

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: High concept moviemaking?: BAD TEACHER IS A F-ing COMEDY! + BAD TEACHER MOVIE BOASTS BAD TASTE

High concept moviemaking?: BAD TEACHER IS A F-ing COMEDY! + BAD TEACHER MOVIE BOASTS BAD TASTE

by smf

By smf for 4LAKids News A few years back the most obvious box-office generating film title of all time came out: “Snakes on a Plane”. The title told you everything you needed to know. You didn't expect a chick flick. You didn't expect engaging witty dialogue. You didn't expect Freudian introspection or Kierkegaardian angst in the Swedish countryside. You expected snakes. On a plane. Now we

I wasn’t there, but I was CONNECTED | Connected Principals

I wasn’t there, but I was CONNECTED I wasn’t there. In fact, I was almost literally half-way around the world. It happened at the ISTE conference in Philadelphia, and I’m in Dalian, China. The session was called: What Does it Mean to Be a Tech-Savvy Principal? I followed along on ...

Before you write your mission statement… From: http://www.flickr.com/photos/40731722@N04/4140839345/ The school year has come to a close for many, and many educators and administrators are attending conferences and reworking their schools for the 2011-2012 school year. Often times ...

What my students taught me… If you are a regular reader of my blog you know I will be leaving the classroom and continuing my career in education as an *assistant principal*. I am excited about this transition and I look forward to continuing my growth as an Educator. As you ...

Jersey Jazzman: Charter School Fail

Charter School Fail Unaccountable, non-transparent, politically-connected charter schools are corrupt? Who could have imagined? On Monday's *Fresh Air*, *Philadelphia Inquirer* reporter Martha Woodall details her ongoing investigation into Philadelphia's charter school ...

A NJ Pundit Does His Job Speaking truth to power - and it's a rare and beautiful thing from the increasingly shrill Bob Braun: Jeffrey Keefe, professor at the Rutgers University School of Management and Labor Relations, offers a perspective. The private sector has few winners ...

U.S. Teachers’ Hours Among World’s Longest « Larry Miller's Blog

U.S. Teachers’ Hours Among World’s Longest

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June 25, 2011 Wall Street Journal

By Phil Izzo

1,097: Average number of hours U.S. teachers spend per year on instruction.

Students across the U.S. are enjoying or getting ready for summer vacation, but teachers may be looking forward to the break even more. American teachers are the most productive among major developed countries, according to Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development data from 2008 — the most recent available.

Among 27 member nations tracked by the OECD, U.S. primary-school educators spent 1,097 hours a year teaching despite only spending 36 weeks a year in the classroom — among the lowest among the countries

Governor and Democratic Leaders Announce Budget Deal that Relies on Cuts, Rising Revenues, and a Trigger « State of Emergency

Governor and Democratic Leaders Announce Budget Deal that Relies on Cuts, Rising Revenues, and a Trigger(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — In a Monday afternoon media availability at the state Capitol, Gov. Jerry Brown, Senate President Pro Tempore Darrell Steinberg and Assembly Speaker John Perez announced a budget deal they say will provide the state with a ...

Bee: New Democratic Budget Might Be in Works – Failure of Projected Revenues to Materialize Would Trigger Mid-year Education Cuts The Sacramento Bee’s Kevin Yamamura is reporting that Democratic legislative leaders have been meeting with the governor over a new budget plan that would project an increase of $4 billion in state revenues for the coming year. Under terms of the ...

Save Our Schools NJ: reform our broken charter school law now! « Parents Across America

Save Our Schools NJ: reform our broken charter school law now!

by leoniehaimson

From SOS New Jersey, an affiliate of Parents Across America, working to reform their state’s charter school laws. These principles should be followed in any state. Reform New Jersey’s Broken Charter School Law Save Our Schools NJ is working with lawmakers to reform three significant problems with the existing charter school law Local communities have [...]

In the UK, teachers are walking out over pensions. I’m just sayin’. « Fred Klonsky's blog

In the UK, teachers are walking out over pensions. I’m just sayin’.

by Fred Klonsky

I’m just sayin’ is all.

Two of the countries biggest teaching unions announced the results of a strike ballot, which will lead to the first teachers’ walkout in three decades.
Hundreds of thousands of members will stage walkouts across the summer and will throw schools into chaos.
Both the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), and the National Union of Teachers (NUT), asked nearly 300,000 members if they wanted to take action, which thousands did.
Government officials now fear any proposed action could cause schools to send classes home or close altogether leading to fears children will be turned away

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How standardized testing is being expanded

By Phil Izzo

Two of the countries biggest teaching unions announced the results of a strike ballot, which will lead to the first teachers’ walkout in three decades.

Hundreds of thousands of members will stage walkouts across the summer and will throw schools into chaos.

Both the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), and the National Union of Teachers (NUT), asked nearly 300,000 members if they wanted to take action, which thousands did.

Government officials now fear any proposed action could cause schools to send classes home or close altogether leading to fears children will be turned away