Jersey Jazzman: Christie Criticizes Pro-Voucher Rally (Unless He's a Hypocrite)

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Christie Criticizes Pro-Voucher Rally (Unless He's a Hypocrite)

by Duke

This past week, pro-voucher forces in New Jersey bussed kids in from local Catholic schools to rally in support of a school voucher bill.

Chris Christie condemned that rally; he thinks it is wrong to take kids out of school for a protest:

"The schools did a lousy job in really permitting all these students to walk out in the middle of the school day. Their parents send them there not to protest. They send them there to learn. And I have no problem with students protesting. They have absolutely every right to exercise their first amendment rights. But they should exercise their first

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If by Rudyard Kipling

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If by Rudyard Kipling:If you can keep your head when all about youAre losing theirs and blaming it on you;If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,But make allowance for their doubting too:If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,Or being hated don't give way to hating,And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;If you can dream---and not make dreams your master;If you can think---and not make ... more »

Illinois charters lack transparency | catalyst-chicago.org

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Illinois charters lack transparency | catalyst-chicago.org:Illinois charters lack transparencyIn Massachusetts, the public can easily find financial information forcharters, including how much money they bring in, where that moneycomes from—including private sources—and how much the schools spend onteacher salaries and other expenses. In Illinois, it is nearly impossible to get a good read on similarfinancial information from charters. Doing so, however, could helpdirect policy, serve as a guide for future charter schools and giveauthorizers specific information about which charter ... more »

Does an abstract curriculum lead to an inability to define purpose of task? | The Classroom Sooth

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Does an abstract curriculum lead to an inability to define purpose of task? | The Classroom Sooth:Does an abstract curriculum lead to an inability to define purpose of task?by classroomsoothI teach law, and I try very hard to get my students to form solid arguments, often finding this challenging and frustrating. ”Why can’t they clearly articulate what I know they know?” or “why on earth would they use that piece of evidence when it doesn’t really coincide with what the ...more »

Programs Tying Federal Money to Policy Outcomes May Be at Risk - NYTimes.com

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Programs Tying Federal Money to Policy Outcomes May Be at Risk - NYTimes.com:Programs That Tie Funds to Effectiveness Are at RiskNicole Bengiveno/The New York TimesThe Obama administration has expanded the home-visiting program created by the Bush administration.By ANNIE LOWREYPublished: December 2, 2011RECOMMENDTWITTERLINKEDINE-MAILPRINTREPRINTSSHAREWASHINGTON — Policy experts and academics consider home-visiting programs — where nurses counsel teenage mothers and other at-risk parents — to be among the most effective social interventions. The programs slash the incidence of negle... more »

Horrid Truths and Beautiful Lies: American Dis-Education « Cooperative Catalyst

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Horrid Truths and Beautiful Lies: American Dis-Education « Cooperative Catalyst:Horrid Truths and Beautiful Lies: American Dis-Educationby Jabreel ChisleyThe American education system has become complacent with its failures, its atrocities, and its inadequacies. It’s become complacent with the system of hindrance and destruction that murders the potential that so many children who are hungry for equitable education posses. These atrocities and failures of gross amplitude are so habitually seen as acceptable and are often deemed as successes on the systems part ... more »

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Schools Matter: Rsponding to the EconomistBig Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All)-6 hours agoSchools Matter: Rsponding to the Economist:Rsponding to the Economistby skrashenThe importance of quality libraries: What the research saysSent to The Economist, Dec 2“Checked out” (Dec 3) asks us not to “underestimate the symbolic role libraries play as a visible public good.” Libraries play much more than a symbolic role.Study after study has shown that reading achievement is higher when children have access to better school and public ... more »

KOCH OUT NEWS | www.kochwatch.org

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News | www.kochwatch.org:NewsDecember 2, 2011- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Republicans withdraw redistricting lawsuit with state Supreme CourtDecember 2, 2011- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Nonstop campaigning has begun in Walker recallDecember 2, 2011- NPR: Wisconsin Gov. Wants Protesters To Pay For SecurityDecember 2, 2011- Cap Times: Biz Beat: Wisconsin Southern buyer calls Koch its largest customerDecember 1, 2011- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Walker administration would charge Capitol protesters for police, cleanupDecember 1, 2011- Chicago Tribune: Capitol protesters on the hook f... more »

Efforts to Promote Diversity & Reduce Racial Isolation Education - Hispanically Speaking News

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Efforts to Promote Diversity Reduce Racial Isolation Education - Hispanically Speaking News:New Efforts to Promote Diversity Reduce Racial Isolation in EducationToday, the Departments of Justice and Education released two new guidance documents – one for school districts and one for colleges and universities – detailing the flexibility that the Supreme Court has provided to educational institutions to promote diversity and, in the case of elementary and secondary schools, reduce racial isolation among students within the confines of the law. The ... more »

SOUTH BRONX SCHOOL: The SBSB Tour of the New Educators4Excellence Website

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SOUTH BRONX SCHOOL: The SBSB Tour of the New Educators4Excellence Website:The SBSB Tour of the New Educators4Excellence Websiteby noreply@blogger.com (Bronx Teacher)The crack team would like to congratulate Educators4Excellence on the introduction of their new website.Good luck E4E and may the force not be with you.This coincides with E4E's announcement that they have now infiltrated Los Angeles, an announcement that we here at SBSBscooped the entire world with on October 5, 2011. On March 16 in a blog post, I wrote ... more »

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Schools Matter: Rsponding to the EconomistBig Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All)-1 hour agoSchools Matter: Rsponding to the Economist:Rsponding to the Economistby skrashenThe importance of quality libraries: What the research saysSent to The Economist, Dec 2“Checked out” (Dec 3) asks us not to “underestimate the symbolic role libraries play as a visible public good.” Libraries play much more than a symbolic role.Study after study has shown that reading achievement is higher when children have access to better school and public ... more »

Rise like Lions – #OWS and the Seeds of Revolution | OWSnews.org

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Rise like Lions – OWS and the Seeds of Revolution | OWSnews.org:Rise like Lions – OWS and the Seeds of RevolutionDecember 3, 2011 in Uncategorized Powerful New Documentary FilmThis is a non-profit film and has been released free online. Watch Online

Schools Matter: Rsponding to the Economist

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Schools Matter: Rsponding to the Economist:Rsponding to the Economistby skrashenThe importance of quality libraries: What the research saysSent to The Economist, Dec 2“Checked out” (Dec 3) asks us not to “underestimate the symbolic role libraries play as a visible public good.” Libraries play much more than a symbolic role.Study after study has shown that reading achievement is higher when children have access to better school and public libraries, that is, libraries with better holdings and with qualified staff. This has ... more »

Mike Butz, The Prude Deadhead, Hates Blowjobs

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Mike Butz, The Prude Deadhead, Hates Blowjobs:Mike Butz, The Prude Deadhead, Hates BlowjobsMike Butz is a Michelle Rhee fan and has even written for StudentsFirst. He says he's a Democrat, and I am sure he is. But he is very conservative, and now, apparently, he is showing he is also a prude.He is not an educator; never was. He claims to understand science via osmosis. He rants and raves about how teachers, unions and districts don't know what they are ... more »

Dear Colleague Letter from Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Russlynn Ali.

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Dear Colleague Letter from Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Russlynn Ali.:Dear Colleague LetterOFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARYU.S. Department of JusticeCivil Rights DivisionU.S. Department of EducationOffice for Civil Rights MORE RESOURCESDear Colleague Letter PDF (136K)Guidance ESE PDF (290K)Guidance PSE PDF (124K)December 2, 2011Dear Colleague: Today, the United States Department of Education (ED) and the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) are jointly issuing guidance that explains how educational institutions can lawfully pursue voluntary policies to achieve diversity... more »

Occupy SF Protesters to Open People's Reserve Credit Union - San Francisco News - The Snitch #ows #coop

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Occupy SF Protesters to Open People's Reserve Credit Union - San Francisco News - The Snitch:Occupy SF Protesters to Open People's Reserve Credit UnionBy Erin Sherbert Fri., Dec. 2 2011 at 1:10 PMComments (10) Categories: OccupyShare0diggOccupy is doing something besides squatting​A few weeks ago, we got a real kick out of the fact that Occupy Oakland deposited a $20,000 donation it received into Wells Fargo -- one of the many big banks the movement has been actively protesting since September. ... more »

Repairing a Culture of Blame « InterACT #EDreform

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Repairing a Culture of Blame « InterACT:Repairing a Culture of Blameby David B. CohenMaybe we can all agree on a basic starting point: no one is perfect, and every individual and organization should strive for growth and improvement.To go a step further, perhaps we can all agree that it is our shared responsibility to monitor public institutions – including schools, school districts, state and federal governments – and hold them to high standards.What happens when we fall short? Or when ...more »

Da DEAL: L.A. teachers union drops legal challenge to evaluation system - latimes.com

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L.A. teachers union drops legal challenge to evaluation system - latimes.com:L.A. teachers union drops legal challenge to evaluation systemDecember 2, 2011 | 4:18 pm 20The union for Los Angeles teachers has suspended its legal challenge to a pilot evaluation program that includes using standardized test scores as part of a teacher’s performance review. The union also reserved the right to reactivate the case should talks with the district sour.A joint statement released by L.A. schools Supt. John Deasy and United ... more »

Farmers Join Occupy Wall Street, Calling for Food Justice | OccupyWallSt.org #ows #coop #ucdavis

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Farmers Join Occupy Wall Street, Calling for Food Justice | OccupyWallSt.org:Farmers Join Occupy Wall Street, Calling for Food Justiceby OccupyWallStAs Wall Street’s corrupt influence on the economy has grown, the corporate ownership of our food system has hurt the health and livelihood’s of some of our most vulnerable communities. This Sunday, December 4th food justice activists and occupiers will be traveling from as far as Colorado, Iowa, Maine and Upstate New York to join together for the Occupy Wall Street ... more »

"Teacher Centers 'never missed a beat'." www.nysut.org

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"Teacher Centers 'never missed a beat'." December 02, 2011. NYSUT: A Union of Professionals. www.nysut.org:Teacher Centers 'never missed a beat'Darryl McGrath - NYSUT Communications - December 2, 2011 NYSUT Vice President Maria Neira (standing) speaks to Kenmore teachers Joi Chimera (left) and Elaine Altman at the teacher center event. Photo by El-Wise Noisette.New York State Teacher Centers are not only back up and running, but thriving in an atmosphere of renewed appreciation for their work on behalf of students and ...more »

Teachers’ Union Will Issue Endorsement in Governor’s Race Tomorrow | PubliCola

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Teachers’ Union Will Issue Endorsement in Governor’s Race Tomorrow | PubliCola:Teachers’ Union Will Issue Endorsement in Governor’s Race TomorrowThe Washington Education Association’s political action committee board is interviewing US Rep. Jay Inslee (D-WA, 1) and Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna—the Democratic and Republican 2012 candidates for governor, respectively—tomorrow. Inslee will go first at 11 am and McKenna will follow him at 1:30 (with liveTwitterandFacebookupdates).Even though McKenna hasmadeeducation and education funding the focal point of his campaign,... more »

Saturday coffee + Old school « Fred Klonsky

Saturday coffee. « Fred Klonsky:

Saturday coffee.

by Fred Klonsky

December 1st. Occupy Lincoln Center. The great modern American composer Philip Glass.

Friday morning she runs into my room before the 9:30 kindergarten class arrives and drops an envelope on my desk.

“Your evaluation. Sign it and get it back to me.”

Then my principal scurries out of my room.

By state law my performance as a teacher must be evaluated every two years. Even though I retire in June, it doesn’t matter. This year I am what is known as on evaluation.

Unlike some districts, our evaluation procedures are pretty rigorous. They were designed through negotiations between our union local and the board of education. They provide both opportunities for struggling teachers to

Old school.

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Private funds sway public school reform

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Private funds sway public school reform

Published • Sun, Dec 04, 2011

By Eric T. Campbell
The Michigan Citizen

DETROIT — A newly-created state school district, the Educational Achievement System (EAS), will begin in Fall 2012 as part of Gov. Rick Snyder’s education reform.

At that point, it begins receiving state and federal per-pupil funding. Until then, the new system will operate as the only public district in the nation supported entirely by private donations.

A newly-formed business entity, the Michigan Education Excellence Foundation, is collecting private monies for the operation of the Education Achievement Authority (EAA), the board that will oversee and implement the EAS, a statewide district for “low-performing” public schools.

News reports in October show the EAS is being funded by $2

Occupy Seattle Joins Wave of Building Occupations | OccupyWallSt.org #ows

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Occupy Seattle Joins Wave of Building Occupations

by OccupyWallSt

Last night, undeterred by the city's destruction of their original encampment, hundreds of Occupy Seattlesupporters occupied a vacant warehouse slated for demolition and condo development. After entering, Occupiers erected barricades, held a General Assembly, and began plans to fix up the space for community use.

Using SWAT teams and a ladder truck, police swarmed the warehouse, making 20 arrests and setting an unsettling precedent for the escalating use of military-style tactics against nonviolent occupiers who are