Thursday, October 13, 2011

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Campaign finance filings show wide gaps

ednewscolorado.org - Initial campaign finance filings show Denver school board candidate Happy Haynes has already raised more than $200,000, with three weeks remaining before Election Day. Haynes, a former Denver City ...

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Big bucks fuel DPS board races

denverpost.com - A student works on a number diagram during the first day of school at Amos Steck Elementary on Thursday, August 18, 2011. (AAron Ontiveroz, The Denver Post)More than $500,000 has poured into the De...

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Timothy D. Slekar: Dear Teacher Education Colleagues

huffingtonpost.com - Reports the Website "Schools Matter": In recalibrating what information the Feds will require of ed schools, a graying and sallow Arne announced that his Gates and Broad handlers have come up with ...

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Charters Schools Part III: Cashing In on Education

stateimpact.npr.org - Traditional public school districts and charter schools have long been at odds in Ohio, but that strain is most noticeable when it comes to schools run by for-profit corporations. Ida Lieszkovszky ...

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Short Funds Crimp Tribal Women's Safety Law

womensenews.org - A federal law passed in July was supposed to benefit American Indian and Alaskan Native women who are disproportionately vulnerable to abuse. But tight funding and immunity for non-Indian men are t...

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David Mamet: ‘I did not vote for Obama’ - Tim Mak

politico.com - Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Mamet argues for the conservative vision of society and denounces liberal hypocrisy in an editorial about silk-screening and sushi on Wednesday.In a difficul...

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Emanuel Budget to Include TIF Funds, Fee Hikes

chicagonewscoop.org - Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s proposal to close the city’s 2012 fiscal shortfall will feature funds from tax-increment financing districts, increased sticker costs for drivers of sports-utility vehicles and...

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Hip Hop Genius: Remixing High School Education

edupln.com - learn more and get the book at www.hiphopgenius.org follow on twitter at twitter.com/husslington this video illustrates (literally!) the concept of Hip Hop Genius. these ideas are explored more ful...

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Autism: Law make insurers cover therapy

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The Gloves are Coming Off

saveseattleschools.blogspot.com - Today Sherry Carr's campaign sent out a press release about Kate Martin. What was noted about Kate is truthful to a point. Kate did do and say what it says BUT she has explained all of it and it...

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October 15th Global Protest Info

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Hispanics skip work to protest immigration law

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Lawrence Lessig at Occupy Wall Street – Boing Boing

boingboing.net - By Mark Frauenfelder at 4:31 pm Wednesday, Oct 12[Video Link] Here's Harvard Professor Lawrence Lessig in Boston: "If this movement can be identified as a fight against the corruption that our poli...

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    Charters Continue to Stir Up Controversy -- in Senate, Court, and Home Districts

    NJ Spotlight | Charters Continue to Stir Up Controversy -- in Senate, Court, and Home Districts:

    Charters Continue to Stir Up Controversy -- in Senate, Court, and Home Districts
    In the suburbs, experimental schools end up in court, as plaintiffs and defendants

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    By John Mooney, October 13 in Education |Post a Comment

    In a rare election-season session, the Senate education committee has scheduled for today a hearing on a series of contentious bills that would place new limits and rules on charter schools in the state.

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    But it remains a guessing game at this point as to whether any of them will pass, even as more contentious moves continue to take place outside of Trenton, as local communities contest charter schools in their midst and charters fight back.

    The state earlier this month announced the approval of just four new charter schools for next year, an unexpectedly low count that some attributed to the growing backlash to the expansion of the experimental schools in both urban and suburban communities.

    But the new approvals did little to slow the concerns, as the approval of a new charter school in Cherry Hill –- the lone suburban charter of the four -- drew a quick rebuke from the Cherry Hill

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    NYC Educator: Is It Apathy?

    NYC Educator: Is It Apathy?:

    Is It Apathy?

    by Miss Eyre
    Like all city high schools now, my school administered the PSATs to our sophomores and juniors yesterday. I proctored the first half of the exam, then switched with another teacher to take my lunch. In the staff lounge, a few other teachers who had recently been relieved were working.

    I got to talking to Ms. C., a math teacher. She was proctoring a room of eleventh graders. I asked her how it was going. "Oh, you know," she said with a shrug. "Mostly okay. Two kids" [she named them] "looked at it, said it was too hard, put their heads down, and went to sleep."
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    Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… - This Week’s “Round-Up” Of Good School Reform Posts, Articles & Videos

    Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… - This Week’s “Round-Up” Of Good School Reform Posts, Articles & Videos:

    World Food Day Resources October 16th is the annual “World Food Day” sponsored by the United Nations. I’ve just updated The Best Sites To Learn About World Food Day. Additional suggestions are welcome….
    This Week’s “Round-Up” Of Good School Reform Posts, Articles & Videos There have been quite a few good commentaries on school reform issues over the past week: Unexpected Benefits: A Defense of Teacher Tenure is from Ed Week. I’m adding it to The Best Articles For Helping To Understand Both Why Teacher Tenure Is ...
    Qwiki Revisited Qwiki was the number-one ranked site on The Best Websites For English Language Learner Students — 2010 It’s sort of a multimedia search engine that provides audio support for text, and it’s very engaging. I recently discovered that not only have ...
    “Halloween Card Creator” Every year Oddcast unveils a slightly different and spookier web tool that lets you create a scary Halloween card that you can send to a friend and post on your website, too. This year is no exception. Check out the Halloween Card Creator. It has ..
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    Ravitch: Why Finland’s schools are great (by doing what we don’t) - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

    Ravitch: Why Finland’s schools are great (by doing what we don’t) - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post:

    Ravitch: Why Finland’s schools are great (by doing what we don’t)

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    This was written by education historian Diane Ravitch for her Bridging Differences blog, which she co-authors with Deborah Meier on the Education Week website. Ravitch and Meier exchange letters about what matters most in education. Ravitch, a research professor at New York University, is the author of the bestselling “The Death and Life of the Great American School System,” an important critique of the flaws in the modern school reform movement.

    Dear Deborah,

    I recently returned from a trip to Europe. In Berlin, I spoke at an international education research conference. Researchers from Europe, Asia, and Latin America were very alarmed by the current “reform” movement in the United States, fearful that the same trends — the same overemphasis of standardized testing, the same push for privatization

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    Schools Matter: Resolution submitted to NCTE opposing common core standards and national tests, to be considered at the annual convention.

    Schools Matter: Resolution submitted to NCTE opposing common core standards and national tests, to be considered at the annual convention.:

    Resolution submitted to NCTE opposing common core standards and national tests, to be considered at the annual convention.

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    Resolution on National Standards and Tests

    Submitted to National Council of Teachers of English, Committee on Resolutions, via e-mail, on October 10, 2011, for consideration during the Annual Convention in Chicago, Illinois.

    The movement for national standards and tests is based on these claims: (1) Our educational system is broken, as revealed by US students' scores on international tests; (2) We must improve education to improve the economy; (3) The way to improve education is to have national standards and national tests to reveal whether standards are being met.

    Each of these claims is false. (1) Our schools are not broken. The problem is poverty. Test scores of students

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    State Board to discuss NCLB waiver | Thoughts on Public Education

    State Board to discuss NCLB waiver | Thoughts on Public Education:

    State Board to discuss NCLB waiver - by John Fensterwald - Educated Guess

    by John Fensterwald - Educated Guess

    To no surprise, California took no action Wednesday, the early deadline for states to indicate an intent to seek a waiver from the No Child Left Behind Act. But that doesn’t mean that the state has decided it’s not interested, Sue Burr, Executive Director of the State Board of Education, said this week.

    Burr said she has discussed with the state Department of Education the need for a cost-benefit analysis to compare the impact of the actions needed to qualify for the waiver with the benefits of promised spending flexibility from the law’s requirements. The State Board will discuss issues surrounding a waiver and listen to what the public has to say about the idea at its next meeting, on Nov. 9-10, she said.

    The Board is likely to hear from a divided community, no matter what the numbers say. A


    The seven broken premises of special education in California - by Miriam Kurtzig Freedman

    by Miriam Kurtzig Freedman
    It’s not a typo. It’s meant to be an “e.” Today’s special education system is built on many broken premises that detract from the law’s purpose: to provide students with disabilities (SWD) a free, appropriate public education in the least restrictive (appropriate) environment so that they can learn and make progress. The system should promote [...]
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    Troy Davis « Bill Ayers #ows

    Troy Davis « Bill Ayers:

    Troy Davis

    by billayers

    I was in Europe when the state of Georgia murdered Troy Davis. From there the barbarity of this act is evident and universally condemned. My friend Alice Kim captured my reaction to this horrific legal lynching.

    From Alice Kim, Dancing the Dialectic, September 22, 2011. For Troy

    I feel numb. I feel defeated. I don’t want to read any more stories or news reports or even any more calls to action. Then I feel ashamed. I want to be strong. I want to know what the right thing to say is at this moment for this moment.

    “There is nothing to say,” Ronnie Kitchen said when we talked on the phone this morning. Ronnie was the twentieth death row prisoner to be exonerated from Illinois’ death row. We’ve known each other for fourteen


    A note from my partner-in-life

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    Bernardine Dohrn

    Up from the musty subways, two blocks down Broadway, the controlled chaos of Occupy Wall Street leaps into view, part happening (musicians drumming, piles of clothing, an efficient and tasty food service, a library, the medical unit) part street fair (homemade postering, people browsing, the brilliant Beehive Collective art posters, bustling tables of conversation) and part BugHouse Square/Union Square (debates, engaging passers-by, speakers, daily democratic meetings). Liberty Plaza, formerly Zuccotti Park, is long (going East/West) and narrow (up and downtown).

    Occupy Wall Street is entering its 4th week. It’s fresh, a break, visceral bolts of lightning. Pointing fingers at the fat cats, it challenges the gouging 1%. It unites the 99. It (so far) has no program, no demands. It occupies the park at the foot of the stone and glass citadels. Located just two blocks East of the World Trade Center abyss, and blocks West from the Tombs (the massive gulag that cages the poor and people of color, Occupy Wall Street is multiplying, replicable. The titans roost high above all of our cities. This occupation is decentralizing

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    The Educated Reporter: STEM Has A (Facebook) Friend In "Arne"

    The Educated Reporter: STEM Has A (Facebook) Friend In "Arne":

    STEM Has A (Facebook) Friend In "Arne"

    by Emily Richmond
    From the start, part of Education Secretary Arne Duncan's public persona has made good use of his folksy charm. The sleeves rolled up, the casual references to his diverse childhood and adolescence experiences growing up in Chicago -- it works. It's still a little disconcerting to read on the U.S. Department of Education's web site about "Arne" answering questions posed on his Facebook page by "Laura" and "Nils." It feels a little bit like a shout-out to the fan club presidents. What's next? Davy Jones will sing at the prom? Yes, that Brady Bunch reference dates me, alas (although I watched it in reruns, OK?). However, that doesn't mean Duncan approach isn't an effective one, or inappropriate for this day and age of instant and constant information. To be sure, it seems as though he's visibly engaged with the people actually doing the daily business of schooling, rather than simply engaging in policy discussions with the decision makers. I respect that. As for that Facebook discussion, Nils' comment was that we need to give successes in Science, Technology, Engineering and
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    Hyping Education Amid Social and Economic Insecurity | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice

    Hyping Education Amid Social and Economic Insecurity | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice:

    Hyping Education Amid Social and Economic Insecurity

    by larrycuban

    Who said that all Americans should have the following rights?

    The right to a useful and remunerative job in the industries or shops or farms or mines of the nation;

    The right to earn enough to provide adequate food and clothing and recreation;

    The right of every farmer to raise and sell his products at a return which will give him and his family a decent living;

    The right of every businessman, large and small, to trade in an atmosphere of freedom from unfair

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    Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Fordham's "High Flyer" report gets low marks

    Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Fordham's "High Flyer" report gets low marks:

    Fordham's "High Flyer" report gets low marks

    "The report’s flawed analysis and interpretation leads to biased results and to an unsupported conclusion that many high-performing students do not maintain their academic edge while more low-performing students catch up." -- NEPC review of High Flyer
    These days, it's getting tougher for right-wing think tanks to pass off their school reform propaganda as legitimate research. The reason? There's a group of skilled academics over at NEPC, armed with the


    "What do these protesters want, anyway?"

    by Mike Klonsky
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    Gainesville Sun Label’s Rick Scott a Yahoo Politician | Scathing Purple Musings

    Gainesville Sun Label’s Rick Scott a Yahoo Politician | Scathing Purple Musings:

    Gainesville Sun Label’s Rick Scott a Yahoo Politician

    by Bob Sikes

    Cleverly inferring Rick Scott’s loathing of liberalarts, the Gainesville Sun invoked a classic to mock his Neanderthal take on higher education.

    In Scott’s dystopian view of Florida’s future, higher education will devote itself to the turning out of widget makers and drones in hot pursuit of billable hours; degree-bearing worker bees possessed of not a shred of curiosity about the human condition, no understanding of the underpinnings of civilization nor any inkling of what the study of humanity’s past can tell us about its future.

    Scott intends this coming legislative session to “reform” higher education; by which he means abolishing tenure, defunding the liberal arts and relieving professors of the burden of original research so that they may concentrate on filling out the bubbles on their productivity measurement

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