All Education Matters: More Threats To Pell

All Education Matters: More Threats To Pell

More Threats To Pell

by C. Cryn Johannsen

Higher education advocate at U.S. PIRG, Rich Williams, has written an frightening piece for USA Today about Pell. It is at even greater risk of being eviscerated than previously thought. Neoliberals want us to believe that 'austerity measures' are necessary to 'save' the country from falling apart, but they are feeding the public with lies. At a time when Pell and other 'entitlement' programs should be supported and increased, woefully out of touch and I can only assume economically ignorant lawmakers are pushing for the exact opposite.

Here's a snippet:

The U.S. House of Representatives has approved austerity measures that expose this

Schooling in the Ownership Society: Murdoch's fixer, Joel Klein

Schooling in the Ownership Society: Murdoch's fixer, Joel Klein

Murdoch's fixer, Joel Klein

by Mike Klonsky

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From Politico.com

At first glance, it may seem odd for Klein, a lifelong Democrat who worked in Washington in the Clinton White House counsel’s office and in New York as the independent mayor Michael Bloomberg’s schools chancellor, to be the chief defender of the owner of the U.S.’s most powerful conservative media outlets.

More recently, before Murdoch hired Klein, the two men

TEACHING – THE NEW BUSINESS MODEL « Teachers Fight Back

TEACHING – THE NEW BUSINESS MODEL « Teachers Fight Back

TEACHING – THE NEW BUSINESS MODEL

by alkleen

I was very surprised to see a peculiar parent notice at my local grade school. This particular school has gone to great lengths to make sure teachers are treated as if they were in a business profession. Teachers’ pay was dependent on the students’ test scores, but the teacher had other opportunities to make additional money that would come directly from the parents. The parents were given a notice about options available to their students and then told what each of the options would cost. The parents were told to check yes or no for each “service” that a teacher might provide to their student. Here are some examples:

1. A teacher compliment or positive feedback to your child - $10 for the first compliment, $5 for each additional one.

2. A phone call or e.mail home to report some positive occurrence – $5 each call.

3. A hug for your child when they are having a bad day - $15 for the first one, $5 for each additional one.

4. One on one conferencing with your child in order to advise them as how to best handle confrontations with

Blog Articles for H.R.2218: Empowering Parents through Quality Charter Schools Act - U.S. Congress - OpenCongress

Blog Articles for H.R.2218: Empowering Parents through Quality Charter Schools Act - U.S. Congress - OpenCongress

H.R.2218 - Empowering Parents through Quality Charter Schools Act

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07/12/11

Parents United for Responsible Education » Blog Archive » PSAT for ...

Last week I wrote about HR 2218, a House bill that is little more than a giveaway to charter management companies, masquerading as a “parent choice” bill. The bill could be called at any time but probably not for a week ... -

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07/06/11

Parents United for Responsible Education » Blog Archive » PSAT for ...

The House committee's first piece is H. R. 2218, a bill that would expand charter schools while purportedly holding them more accountable. We were optimistic when committee chair George Miller went on the record with his ...

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: UFT leader responds re. bonuses

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: UFT leader responds re. bonuses

UFT leader responds re. bonuses

Following up on yesterday's post...

UFT V.P. Leo Casey responded to my question about the union's position on the ending of the city's bonus plan for paying teachers, a plan which the union had enthusiastically signed onto in 2007. In fairness to Leo, (my comment at the end of yesterday's blog may have

Happy trails. « Fred Klonsky's blog

Happy trails. « Fred Klonsky's blog

Happy trails.

by Fred Klonsky

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A few years back I as at the NEA RA in Dallas.

No offense to the Dallas folks, but it’s not my favorite place. As someone once said, “There’s not much there there.” Some good barbecue. I stood on the white-painted X on the entrance ramp to the freeway where JFK was

Teachers: Don't Leave Out the Parents - THE DAILY RIFF - Be Smarter. About Education.

Teachers: Don't Leave Out the Parents - THE DAILY RIFF - Be Smarter. About Education.

Teachers: Don't Leave Out the Parents

"I think we need to stop assuming we know what parents want
in our classrooms and rather ask them."

Don't Leave Out the Parents

by Mrs. Ripp

Parents - every teacher has an opinion on what their role in the classroom is.

Some people welcome them with open arms, others prefer to keep them in the copy room. Whatever your take is, parents and dealing with them are an inevitable part of our job.
And yet nothing is really mentioned in teacher's education about the role of parents and
just how valuable they can be to our classroom. No one sits you down and explains that
when parents contact you it is probably because they have the best interest of their child
in mind.

I think we should embrace parents and their role in our teaching realm.
I think we need to stop assuming we know what parents want in our classrooms and
rather ask them. I think we should start assuming that parents are truly on our side and not someone who is out to get us.

This does not mean that I suggest they plan our lessons, but most parents know their child much better than we do, so we not ask their advice? Now is the time to reach out and