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What "Reformers" Really Want

jerseyjazzman.blogspot.com - This video of corporate reformer Jonah Edelman has been causing a stir in the edu-blogosphere this weekend. You may not want to watch the whole thing (it's down below), as it gets into the weeds of...

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Vocational education funding in US at risk - The Boston Globe

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Vocational education funding in US at risk - The Boston GlobeVocational education funding in US at riskBy Motoko RichNew York Times / July 10, 2011E-mail|Print|Reprints|Comments (3)Text size – +GRE...

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nypost.com - Michael Goodwin Finally, there is a third investigative unit, the Auditor General, which also reports to Walcott. The aide says after analyzing data, it is auditing "60 schools concerning credit re...

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NY Mag: Klein should be well-prepared for fixing Murdoch scandal

schoolingintheownershipsociety.blogspot.com - He took a position with News Corp. after stepping down from his education post in December, and now it looks as if he's got his first big project on behalf of Rupert Murdoch: Klein, a lawyer by tra...

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Let’s get livid. « Fred Klonsky's blog

preaprez.wordpress.com - Mark writes: Audrey’s outrage at being ‘snookered’ by the loonies is probably a distant second to her outrage at being exposed as complicit in the sellout of her members. But it’s not her discomfor...

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School Tech Connect: Stranger and Stranger...

schooltechconnect.com - This site has become muckraker central. Go a head and read the gross Edelman apology, and then tell me if Edelman doesn't remind you a bit of The Talented Mr. Ripley. I'm talking about the abilit...

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Sunday links. « Fred Klonsky's blog

preaprez.wordpress.com - On the Edelman tape Schools Matter says, “Here is a great example of massive ego mixed with manipulative glee that was posted and quickly pulled from the Aspen site, but not before Fred Klonsky cap...

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Sunday links. « Fred Klonsky's blog

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Sunday links. « Fred Klonsky's blogSunday links.by Fred KlonskyOn the Edelman tape Schools Matter says, “Here is a great example of massive ego mixed with manipulative glee that was posted and quic...

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Daily Kos: Let's get rid of the real "entitlement"

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Daily Kos: Let's get rid of the real "entitlement"Let's get rid of the real "entitlement"by rss@dailykos.com (teacherken)which is taxing capital gains at a lower rate than income earned from labor....

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Edmodo - The Educator's PLN

edupln.com - I really used it this year, since the student server we had crashed. It was great. We primarily used it to turn in work (Language Arts assignments--Word, PowerPoint, even images). It was EASY to ge...

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Vocational education funding in US at risk - The Boston Globe

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Vocational education funding in US at risk - The Boston GlobeVocational education funding in US at riskBy Motoko RichNew York Times / July 10, 2011E-mail|Print|Reprints|Comments (3)Text size – +GRE...

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    This Week’s “Links I Should Have Posted About, But Didn’t” | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...

    This Week’s “Links I Should Have Posted About, But Didn’t” | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...
    Online Collaboration Tools I’ve revised and updated The Best Online Tools For Real-Time Collaboration. The newest additions to the list are: Join.me lets you share your screen with up to 250 people and provides text chat. Any Meeting is an online meeting tool that also ...
    This Week’s “Links I Should Have Posted About, But Didn’t” I have a huge backlog of resources that I’ve been planning to post about in this blog but, just because of time constraints, have not gotten around to doing. Instead of letting that backlog grow bigger, I regularly grab a few and list them here with ...
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    In California, the Minority Still Rules | California Progress Report

    In California, the Minority Still Rules | California Progress Report

    In California, the Minority Still Rules

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    By Peter Schrag

    There was a lot of predictable opinion last week that Sacramento Republicans were a little too quick to celebrate their “victory” in forcing Gov. Jerry Brown and the Democrats to pass a budget without new taxes or extensions of expiring taxes.

    According to the overnight wisdom, the Reps missed their chance to extract pension reform, regulatory reform and maybe even a so-called hard spending cap in return for some give in putting tax extensions on the ballot. Even some conservatives urged them to do it and then expect (hope?) that the voters would reject them.

    But given everything that’s been going on both in California and in Washington, the GOP has the Democrats, the governor and the president of the United States all playing on its field by its rules. Democrats are negotiating with one another about what to cut and how much. Nobody is trying to make the strong case for taxes that urgently needs to be made. On that one, Barack Obama wimped out two years ago.

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    Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES

    Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES

    WEEKEND QUOTABLES

    Mia Culpa
    "I was wrong to state that the teachers’ unions “gave” on teacher effectiveness provisions when the reality is that, indeed, there were long, productive negotiations that led to a better outcome than would have occurred without them." -- Jonah Adelman on Fred Klonsky's blog
    L.A. teachers' career ruined
    "I have no doubt that we are being pre-judged and perceived as bad teachers for, after all, don't we come from a failed school?" -- Jordan
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    Bill seeks standards for charter schools' student demographics | California Watch

    Bill seeks standards for charter schools' student demographics | California Watch

    Bill seeks standards for charter schools' student demographics

    by Joshua Emerson Smith

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    Charter schools sometimes have been accused of trying to force out lower-achieving students while retaining their cream of the crop. In an effort to address this, a new bill in the Assembly would require charter schools to show their student demographics are appropriate for to the neighborhoods they serve.

    The legislation, AB 440, is one of three bills that would, along with increasing demographic requirements, make charter schools pay for the same type of financial audits as public schools, require stricter academic accountability standards, and hold charter schools accountable to state open meeting, public record and


    Community colleges consider cutting off repeat course-takers

    by Erica Perez

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    The California Community Colleges Board of Governors today will consider a policy change that would free up more spaces for new students by limiting the number of times students can repeat certain courses on the state’s dime.

    Community Colleges Chancellor Jack Scott’s proposed policy [PDF] would cut off state funding to community colleges for students who take the same course more than three times. Students could get state funding for a

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    The most sickening part of Atlanta’s cheating scandal - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

    The most sickening part of Atlanta’s cheating scandal - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

    The most sickening part of Atlanta’s cheating scandal

    by Valerie Strauss

    What does it matter to kids if adults change some answers on a standardized test?

    Too much.

    In fact, the most sickening part of the standardized test scandal in Atlanta Public Schools is not how some teachers, principals and administrators cheated to make sure that students got scores that would reflect well on the adults.

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    Renewing our hope in education: ‘August to June’

    by Valerie Strauss

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    This was written by Mark Phillips, professor emeritus of secondary education at San Francisco State Universityand author of a monthly column on education for the Marin Independent Journal .

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    Schools Matter: Race to the Top for Tots: Don't measure the temperature of the fire – put it out! (corrected)

    Schools Matter: Race to the Top for Tots: Don't measure the temperature of the fire – put it out! (corrected)

    Race to the Top for Tots: Don't measure the temperature of the fire – put it out! (corrected)

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    Race to the Top for Tots: Don't measure the temperature of the fire – put it out!

    Stephen Krashen

    The federal government plans to establish detailed standards and assessments to see if children of poverty are ready for kindergarten and are safe and healthy (The "Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge," termed the "Race to the Top for Tots," by the New Brunswick Patch.)

    We already know that millions of children suffer from the effects of poverty: They are children from low-income families who are behind in academics, suffer from food deprivation and lack health care. Please see the careful

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    Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: School counselors fear they will bear burden of cuts and testing

    Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: School counselors fear they will bear burden of cuts and testing

    School counselors fear they will bear burden of cuts and testing

    In the fall, the anticipated consequences of a $4 billion reduction in state financing to school districts will begin to become apparent to Texas students and their parents: fewer teachers, bigger classes and sparse extracurricular programs.--Texas Tribune
    Many counselors worry they will be given more duties on the testing
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    ZombieX: Kelly Gallagher Says Stop Readicide Now (Part 1 of an Interview)

    ZombieX: Kelly Gallagher Says Stop Readicide Now (Part 1 of an Interview)

    ZombieX: Kelly Gallagher Says Stop Readicide Now (Part 1 of an Interview)

    by Zombie X

    ZombieX is a 12-year old public school 7th grader.

    According to “The Zombie Survival Guide,” there is no known way to cure an infected human. Since the creation of the “No Child Left Behind Act,” (NCLB) in 2002 the education system has been producing young mindless zombies. An entire country of zombies might be okay, even preferable, if we were in a communist country or even a monarchy.

    But last time I checked, America is a democracy. In most states, when a person turns eighteen they are given

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