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Paradoxes of the Finland Phenomenon

joebower.org - Have you noticed there's a lot of hullabaloo about Finland's education system lately? I've been paying attention to what the Finns have been doing for a couple years now, but it is only recently t...

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Here’s What’s So Bad About School Choice

edhughesschoolblog.wordpress.com - This week’s Isthmus includes an opinion column by Larry Kaufmann entitled “What’s So Bad About School Choice?” Mr. Kauffmann is identified as “an economic consultant based in Madison.” I bet Mr....

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Inflating the Software Report Card

nytimes.com - The Web site of Carnegie Learning, a company started by scientists at Carnegie Mellon University that sells classroom software, trumpets this promise: “Revolutionary Math Curricula. Revolutionary R...

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DianeRavitch Tension between Cats & dogs is nothing compared to bringing new cat to live with old cat. Now, that's a battle. Scars to prove it.59 minutes ago · reply · retweet · favorite

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studentactivism UK protesters shutting down Westminster Bridge in national healthcare demo. More at #blockthebridge#blockthebill. #OWS54 seconds ago · reply · retweet · favorite

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Daily Kos: Desperately Seeking Someone

dailykos.com - Perhaps it shouldn't be this way. Perhaps the Republican nominee might not be so important were Obama to be facing a challenge, perhaps from his left, in his own party. But with filing deadlines ...

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Black 'Occupy' Protesters Start Occupy The Hood

loop21.com - Malik Rhasaan Malik Rhasaan Supporting Occupy Wall Street, Occupy The Hood seeks to recruit, educate blacks and Latinos The racial makeup of the Occupy Wall Street protests has been a curious, if n...

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Student Tributes to Steve Jobs

huffingtonpost.com - "What is going to happen to Apple now?" one of my students asked me. I paused. "Well," I said. "It's as if Willy Wonka has died." Their eyes went wide. Now this was something they understood. "Sure...

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Who is the next great leader in technology?

thenextweb.com - While we in the tech world are still celebrating the life of Steve Jobs, I’ve seen numerous articles over the past few days that talk about the things he’s accomplished, the impact that he’s had an...

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The Multimillionaire Helping Republicans Win NC : NPR

npr.org - Enlarge iStockphoto.com Millionaire James (Art) Pope poured money into helping a Republican strategy called RedMap succeed in North Carolina. The project is aimed at taking over state legislatures ...

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G.O.P. Anti-Federalism Aims at Education

nytimes.com - Representative Michele Bachmann promises to “turn out the lights” at the federal Education Department. Gov. Rick Perry calls it unconstitutional. Newt Gingrich, the former House speaker, would allo...

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Steve Jobs and drug policy - Glenn Greenwald

politics.salon.com - Now that hordes of Obama defenders are running around justifying the President’s due-process-free assassination of U.S. citizen Anwar Awlaki based on exactly the same claim and mindset — our Presid...

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Too Big to Jail? | Mother Jones

motherjones.com - Jail.org - Inmate Search Criminal records, instant public records & people search & current court records. www.jail.org U.S. Public Records Search Search County & State Court Records, Criminal reco...

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Black Unemployment Dips As Economy Adds Jobs

theroot.com - Recent Congressional Black Caucus Job Fair. (Getty Images) The black unemployment rate dipped slightly last month, while the national rate held steady at 9.1 percent, according to statistics releas...

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More Occupy Wall Street protests planned in Fla.

tbo.com - MIAMI — People in cities throughout Florida are gathering to organize protests similar to the Occupy Wall Street demonstration in New York. Meetings are planned today in Fort Myers, Pensacola, Miam...

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Student Tributes to Steve Jobs

huffingtonpost.com - "What is going to happen to Apple now?" one of my students asked me. I paused. "Well," I said. "It's as if Willy Wonka has died." Their eyes went wide. Now this was something they understood. "Sure...

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Five Reasons I'm Not Flipping Over The Flipped Classroom

theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com - If you've read my thoughts about the Flipped Classroom in USA Today this week, you probably are either in agreement with my caution over the excitement around the flipped classroom made popular by ...

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Too Big to Jail? | Mother Jones

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More Occupy Wall Street protests planned in Fla.

tbo.com - MIAMI — People in cities throughout Florida are gathering to organize protests similar to the Occupy Wall Street demonstration in New York. Meetings are planned today in Fort Myers, Pensacola, Miam...

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Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top AM Posts


The Ultimate Irony of Arresting OccupySac Protesters in Cesar Chavez Park | MyFDL #OCCUPYTOGETHER #ows #OCCUPYWALLSTREET

Big Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All) - 2 hours ago
The Ultimate Irony of Arresting OccupySac Protesters in Cesar Chavez Park | MyFDL:The Ultimate Irony of Arresting OccupySac Protesters in Cesar Chavez ParkBy: john in sacramento Friday October 7, 2011 5:43 pm Tweet Look at the background in the upper right on the screengrab … Sacramento’s Tower BridgeI don’t know a lot about Cesar Chavez (too young) but what I do know is that he was a civil rights and labor rights organizer and leader. And for the City of ... more »

Education Petition: Please Help My Son! expelled from his school for refusing to take the state standardized test!

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Education Petition: Please Help My Son! | Change.org: Signatures1 out of 1,000PetitioningThe President of the United States (+ 5 others)Created ByGretchen HerreraLexington, SCAbout this PetitionPetition LetterWhy this is ImportantMy 12 year old son was expelled from his school for refusing to take the state standardized test! He is 12 years old with Aspergers and type 1 diabetes!My child had a letter from his endocrinology team not only excusing him from the testing, but explaining why. It was ignored by his ... more »

#Occupy Digest « occupy california #OCCUPYTOGETHER #ows #OCCUPYWALLSTREET

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#Occupy Digest « occupy california:#Occupy Digestby *In the wake of the recent #Occupy movement, we wanted to create a running digest of some helpful resources for information and critiques. (None of the following are endorsements. This list is not comprehensive.)#Occupy News Sources:Indybay – has a lot of news on whats going on particularly in California; for general independent news check out Indymedia.OccupyTogether – from here you can navigate to most of the #Occupy city websitesYourAnonNews (blog)#OccupySF#OccupyLosAngeles#Occupy Critiques/Analysis:

Capitol Alert: Jerry Brown signs California Dream Act

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Capitol Alert: Jerry Brown signs California Dream Act:Jerry Brown signs California Dream ActGov. Jerry Brown today signed legislation allowing undocumented immigrant college students to receive public financial aid, marking California's relatively liberal ground in a bitter row over immigration nationwide.The California Dream Act allows access to public financial aid, including Cal Grants, for undocumented students who came to the country before turning 16 and attended California high schools. Those students already are eligible for in-state tuition, and Brown in July ... more »

Two ways we separate children & why we should care « Cooperative Catalyst

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Two ways we separate children why we should care « Cooperative Catalyst:Two ways we separate children why we should careby Chad SansingSeparation Wall by l a u r aMy wife asked a great question this morning about what I mean when I say that schools sort kids. After all, she posited, isn’t differentiation a kind of sorting – and isn’t differentiation good?Differentiation is good when we negotiate ways for students to learn with students themselves. When we

AB165 or not AB165: SCHOOLS WAIT FOR WORD ON FUNDING

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4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: AB165 or not AB165: SCHOOLS WAIT FOR WORD ON FUNDING - Bill awaiting Brown’s signature could significantly alter funding formula for student activities + smf’s 2c:AB165 or not AB165: SCHOOLS WAIT FOR WORD ON FUNDING - Bill awaiting Brown’s signature could significantly alter funding formula for student activities + smf’s 2cBY TAMMY MARASHLIAN -SENIOR EDUCATION WRITER -SANTA CLARITA SIGNAL | HTTP://BIT.LY/RGENXF“AB 165 would ban school districts from charging students a fee ... more »

The New York Times finds the protests “annoying.” « Fred Klonsky's blog

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The New York Times finds the protests “annoying.” « Fred Klonsky's blog:The New York Times finds the protests “annoying.”by Fred KlonskyThe execution of Marie Antoinette. Talk about being annoying.Some have claimed that the #occupywallstreet protests are unfocused in terms of issues.Others, like Mitt Romney, say the protesters are engaged in class warfare. House leader Eric what’shisname says the same thing.New York Mayor Blloomberg says they remind him of the Vietnam era. How? Well there were street protest
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Grumpy Educators: South Carolina Virtual School sends student packing

Grumpy Educators: South Carolina Virtual School sends student packing:

South Carolina Virtual School sends student packing

On October 8, 2011, South Carolina parent Gretchen Herrera was informed that her son was withdrawn by the virtual public school school officials due to her refusal to allow her son to take further standardized testing. School officials have ignored the complex existing medical condition and doctor's evaluation that the testing exacerbates the condition. The parent received this letter:

Dear Learning Coach,
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4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: THE TROUBLE WITH THE PARENT TRIGGER

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: THE TROUBLE WITH THE PARENT TRIGGER:

THE TROUBLE WITH THE PARENT TRIGGER


Deborah Meier		Bridging Differences

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Deborah Meier and Diane Ravitch have found themselves at odds on policy over the years, but they share a passion for improving schools. Bridging Differences will offer their insights on what matters most in education.

BY DIANE RAVITCH, BRIDGING DIFFERENCE BLOG/ED WEEK | HTTP://BIT.LY/QL18FV

October 4, 2011

Dear Deborah,

There is a move under way to promote something called the "Parent Trigger" as a way to reform schools. It is another one of those deceptive schemes that comes packaged with an alluring name, but whose true purpose is to undermine public education.

In early 2010, when Arnold Schwarzenegger was governor of California, the state legislature passed the "Parent Empowerment Act." This law is commonly known as the Parent Trigger. It allows a majority of parents in a low-performing school to sign a petition that

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Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… - Research Studies Of The Week

Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… - Research Studies Of The Week:

Research Studies Of The Week

by Larry Ferlazzo


I often write about research studies from various field and how they can be applied to the classroom. I write individual posts about ones that I think are especially significant, and will continue to do so. However, so many studies are published that it’s hard to keep up. So I’ve started writing a “round-up” of some of them each week or every other week as a regular feature:

A new study finds that sharing a common goal with others increases


More On The Marshmallow Experiment

by Larry Ferlazzo


I’ve previously written about a follow-up study released recently on the fortieth anniversary of the Marshmallow Experiment. Here are a few more pieces on the new study, and I’ll be adding this post toMy Best Posts About Helping Students Develop Their Capacity For Self-Control:
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an opinion piece by Fran Tarkenton | Connected Principals

| Connected Principals:

by Gerald Aungst


This past Monday, the Wall Street Journal postedan opinion piece by Fran Tarkenton in which he postulated what the NFL might be like if it had to play by what he called “teachers’ rules.” Tarkenton says:

Each player’s salary is based on how long he’s been in the league. It’s about tenure, not talent. The same scale is used for every player, no matter whether he’s an All-Pro quarterback or the last man on the roster. For every year a player’s been in this NFL, he gets a bump in pay. The only difference between Tom Brady and the worst player in the league is a few years of step increases. And if a player makes it through his third season, he can never be cut from the roster until he chooses to retire, except in the most extreme cases of misconduct.

Tarkenton’s argument is not particularly new—the idea of performance or merit pay for teachers has been around for at least 60 years—but it is increasingly popular with the public. No Child Left Behind created a system for

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Eugenic Legacies Still Influence Education « InterACT

Eugenic Legacies Still Influence Education « InterACT:

Eugenic Legacies Still Influence Education

by David B. Cohen
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"Every student, every day" - a reminder to myself posted in my classroom. (photo: Ramin Rahimian)

One of the most important guiding principles in education is in loco parentis – we are morally and legally obliged to act “in place of the parent” when children are in our care. That principle is the main reason for the sharply negative and visceral reaction I had when I read about John F. Kennedy High School using color-coded identification cards based on student test scores, and then a later article describing a similar program at Cypress High School (both in Orange County, California). According to the Orange County Register, the different

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Brown vetoes API alternative | Thoughts on Public Education

Brown vetoes API alternative | Thoughts on Public Education:

Brown vetoes API alternative

He disagrees over use of data for accountability

Posted on 10/09/11 • Categorized as A to G Curriculum, Assessments, Common Core standards, Data, Jerry Brown, Parent Trigger

By John Fensterwald - Educated Guess

Calling it “yet another siren song of school reform,” Gov. Jerry Brown has vetoed a bill that would have expanded the state’s accountability system to include measures other than standardized tests.

SB 547, the top education priority of Senate President pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, was one of 15 education-related bills that Brown killed on Saturday, the day before the deadline for acting on legislation before him. Among the others: SB 185, a direct challenge of Proposition 209’s

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Schools Matter: So-called LA's Promise isn't all that promising

Schools Matter: So-called LA's Promise isn't all that promising:

So-called LA's Promise isn't all that promising

by Robert D. Skeels * rdsathene
"The bottom line is clear: In attempting to change the mission of public education from one focused on educating kids to one focused on generating private profit, corporate leaders in the 'reform' movement are pursuing a shrewd investment strategy. Millions of dollars go into campaign contributions and propaganda outfits that push 'reform,' and, if successful, those 'reforms' guarantee Wall Street and their investment vehicles much bigger returns for the long haul." — David Sirota

LA's Promise aka MLA Partners Charlatan Board Member Tom Vander Ark and former President and CEO Mike McGilliardPerhaps the most entertaining aspect of listening to the malevolent and misinformed rhetoric of the corporate education reform crowd is how they've mastered the art of elusive promises and shifting goals. Pin them down on any point and it turns out
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Did CPS turn off the computers to keep teachers from #occupychicago? UPDATE: Apparently no. « Fred Klonsky's blog

Did CPS turn off the computers to keep teachers from #occupychicago? UPDATE: Apparently no. « Fred Klonsky's blog:

Did CPS turn off the computers to keep teachers from #occupychicago? UPDATE: Apparently no.

by Fred Klonsky

From a reader:

Hello – I just wanted to let you & all of your follwers know that the CPS email system is down. Not the administrators email system or any other administrative portion of their web sites, just the teacher email. It seems like they just shut it off. My username & password are unrecognized completely. I guess they had sent out a notice to principals that there was going to be an interruption this weekend, but remember the Track E schools are on Fall Intersession and many of those teachers & principals are probably not as dilligent at checking their email during this time. In my opinion, this was done on purpose in order to make it impossible for the thousnds of CPS employees to be able to have easy contact with each other concering the protest marches this Monday. I know it’s their site, but come on, chickenshits. Now I’m for sure going to be there to march on their asses.

UPDATE: See reader comments.
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solidaridad: Make Banks Pay

solidaridad: Make Banks Pay:

Make Banks Pay

by Robert D. Skeels * rdsathene
My dear friend Ernest Savage produced these documenting a local struggle to save a homeowner from foreclosure by their capricious bank. Like the man at the end of the first video says, "you can't foreclose on justice."

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