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California Readies Own Waiver Request - Politics K-12

blogs.edweek.org - So far, 11 have states have gotten wiggle room from No Child Left Behind's accountability system, and 27 more are waiting to hear. Who's not on the list? California, which has already said, basical...
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Wendy Lecker: Follow colleges' advice on what students need

stamfordadvocate.com - "College readiness" are education buzzwords that have taken on a personal dimension for me. I recently visited colleges with my daughters and saw what these institutions value. At each school, stud...
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The Gift That Keeps on Giving « Diane Ravitch's blog

dianeravitch.net - Earlier today, we saw a leaked memo in which Pearson defended the tale of the Hare and the Pineapple. It was field-tested, the spokesman said. It was psychometrically sound. It was just a splendid ...
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Vigilante Leader Was Among Five Shot Dead in Arizona

nytimes.com - GILBERT, Ariz. — The police confirmed Thursday that a former Marine and aspiring politician who led a vigilante border militia group was among five people shot to death on Wednesday in what apparen...
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Why Friday Night?

saveseattleschools.blogspot.com - I had planned, nay, attempted to make my way down to SeaTac for tonight's voting on resolutions set forth at the Washington State PTA Convention.  But it is Friday, after 3 pm. and raining.  I tri...
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Great Moments in EdTech History

ideasandthoughts.org - My two favorite networks, The Golf Channel and NFL Network have been using “Top Ten” format of late to capture almost any topic within their respective sports. Obscure ones like, top ten left hande...
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Obama Calls for DREAM Act Passage

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Community clinics try to fill in dental care gap

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'Real Time' Guest List: May 4, 2012

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Beastie Boys Co-Founder Adam Yauch Dead at 47

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Appreciating teachers | Outside the Cave

Appreciating teachers | Outside the Cave:


Appreciating teachers

by Stephen Lazar


If you haven’t already read Charles Blow’s Op-Ed in this morning NY Times, you should:
Next week is National Teacher Appreciation Week, and, as far as I’m concerned, they don’t get nearly enough.
On Tuesday, the United States Department of Education is hoping that people will take to Facebook and Twitter to thank a teacher who has made a difference in their lives. I want to contribute to that effort. And I plan to thank a teacher who never taught me in a classroom but taught me what it meant to be an educator: my mother.
The column is 95% wonderful, but it hit one of my pet peeves in calling for more “top third” teaching candidates.  Here’s the comment I left in response:
Reading this was a wonderful way to start my weekend morning. As an NYC public school teacher, I appreciate Mr. Blow’s efforts to raise our profession, and I particularly enjoyed the overwhelming number of positive comments about teachers.
I did want to add one thing, though. Mr. Blow references the oft-cited McKinsey report which calls 
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Daily Kos: Another Sat. AM reflection on teaching, perhaps one of the last?

Daily Kos: Another Sat. AM reflection on teaching, perhaps one of the last?:


Another Sat. AM reflection on teaching, perhaps one of the last?

by rss@dailykos.com (teacherken)

I wonder how many more of these I will write?  It could be this series comes soon enough to an end.  After all, my last day in the classroom with students is June 6th.  That Saturday I will be at Netroots Nation, although since my panel on what Progressives Can Do to Save Public Education is the day before, I will certainly have something on which to reflect.  Two weeks before that I will be at the 45th reunion of my original class at Haverford College, and might instead be reflecting on this.  Thus pure ordinary classroom based reflections?  There are two more Saturdays after this.
After all, I leave my classroom for good when I check on on Monday June 11.  Already the process of moving towards that has begun.  My instruction of new material has effectively already come to close - my AP students take their AP test on May 15, so now we are involved in review.  For my two regular classes, we can explore other topics - for the past two days we watched a film on one of the most important pieces of legislation ever, the World War II era original GI Bill, which helped create the American middle class.
In one sense I offered a bit of my reflection early last night, when I posted As a teacher, I want to thank Charles M. Blow in response to reading his Saturday column in praise of teachers.
But never fear, I still have some more thoughts to share.


As a teacher, I want to thank Charles M. Blow

by rss@dailykos.com (teacherken)
for his New York Times column for Saturday, now available.  It is titled Teaching Me About Teaching, written, well, let me offer his introduction:
Next week is National Teacher Appreciation Week, and, as far as I’m concerned, they don’t get nearly enough.
He knows from up close what teaching is like -  his mother taught for 34 years, retired and then volunteered, and at age 67 got elected to her local school board.  
Education is in her blood.Through her I saw up close that teaching is one of those jobs you do with the whole of you — trying to break through to a young mind can break your heart. My mother cared about her students 
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CTA President Dean E. Vogel speaks about his appreciation for teachers

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CALIFORNIA DAY OF THE TEACHER

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CTA President Dean E. Vogel speaks about his appreciation for teachers. California Day of the Teacher is May 9th.

Day of the Teacher 2012

THANK YOU, TEACHER!

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Saturday coffee. « Fred Klonsky

Saturday coffee. « Fred Klonsky:


Saturday coffee.

by Fred Klonsky

Next week is Teacher Appreciation Week.
Funny. I spent last Wednesday in Springfield talking to legislators.
I’m not feeling the love.
Oh. There was the requisite wuzzas.
That’s when the politician or the governor’s young assistant starts out by telling all of us that her brother wuzza a teacher, or their mother wuzza a teacher or even that they wuzza teacher.
They’re making a connection. You know?
And then later, I get home and read that the state senator took $50,000 from the anti-teacher group Stand For Children. Or that the General Assembly just voted on a constitutional amendment that will prevent any fix to the bill they passed last year screwing any young teacher who entered the profession after January 1st of 2011.
God save us from the wuzzas.
Columnists will write touching memories of the teacher that made a difference in their lives.
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4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit:


CALIFORNIA MAY TRY FOR PERSONALIZED NCLB WAIVER: State Board to consider seeking relief from parts of law

smf at 4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit - 8 hours ago
By Kathryn Baron | TOP-Ed | http://bit.ly/JT2C8P 5/04/12  ::  The State Board of Education will once again consider applying for a waiver from some of the more untenable requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act, only this time the request is personal. Instead of applying for the waiver package that Education Secretary Arne Duncan has offered to states, which requires a substantial quid pro

Preschool and School Readiness: EXPERIENCES OF CHILDREN WITH NON-ENGLISH-SPEAKING PARENTS

smf at 4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit - 8 hours ago
Jill S. Cannon, Alison Jacknowitz, and Lynn A. Karoly. Public Policy Institute of CA | http://bit.ly/LbQtzZ   May 2012  ::  How can preschool help children become better prepared for kindergarten? This report examines the relationship of childcare experiences and kindergarten academic skills of four-year-old children. It finds that children attending center-based care significantly improve

CHARTERS: MODELS OR OBSTACLES FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION + CHARTER SCHOOLS: HOW MANY BUCKS FOR THE DESIRED BANG? + Report

smf at 4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit - 9 hours ago
CHARTERS AS MODELS AND OBSTACLES FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION Themes in the News by UCLA IDEA/Week of April 30-May 4, 2012 | http://bit.ly/JkQxtb 05-04-2012 :: Twenty years ago charter schools were created to introduce innovation in teaching methods, in staffing, in school funding and in school organization in order to improve students’ learning. It was hoped that, by operating outside the

Where were we …before we we so rudely interrupted? BACK TO THE FUTURE + GETTING DOWN TO FACTS

smf at 4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit - 18 hours ago
Looking to pivotal 2007 Stanford study for ed reform answers By Tom Chorneau in the School Innovations & Advocacy Cabinet Report | http://bit.ly/KlQgv1 Wednesday, May 02, 2012  ::  Five years ago, an exhaustive study led by researchers from Stanford University took a hard look at how California governs and funds public education. That led to the creation of a gubernatorial blue-ribbon panel

4 STORIES FROM MIRAMONTE: The KPCC coverage

smf at 4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit - 20 hours ago
●● smf notes: These stories should be read in reverse order, from bottom to top. The correct name for the unopened high school is “Augustus F. Hawkins High School”, (not ‘Augusta’) named for the longtime congressman and civil rights leader. By Tami Abdollah | KPCC Pass/Fail | http://bit.ly/w0MlFb – [click on headlines for direct links] Miramonte teacher removed from classroom also

LAUSD HAS DUG UP 500 CASES OF UNREPORTED TEACHER MISCONDUCT SINCE MIRAMONTE SCANDAL

smf at 4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit - 1 day ago
By Simone Wilson, LA Weekly |  http://bit.ly/IKsbh0 Thu., May 3 2012 at 3:10 PM  ::  Back in February, after the world found out what Miramonte Elementary School teacher Mark Berndt had allegedly been feeding his blindfolded third-graders (hint: his semen), the Los Angeles Unified School District erupted in scandalous accusations against other teachers. KPCC: The creeper that started it all>

LA UNIFIED’S MISCONDUCT PROBE PRODUCES MORE THAN 500 CASES FOR STATE REVIEW

smf at 4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit - 1 day ago
  By Tom Chorneau, SI&A Cabinet Report | http://bit.ly/II8X89 Thursday, May 03, 2012  ::  Analysis of personnel records over the last three months by Los Angeles Unified has generated more than 500 cases of teacher misconduct referred to state regulators for review. State officials said Wednesday that well over half are likely to require formal investigation and adjudication by the Commission

2 stories: MIRAMONTE TEACHERS BREAK SILENCE

smf at 4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit - 1 day ago
Miramonte Elementary teachers to speak out after months of silence By Tami Abdollah, KPCC Pass/Fail | http://bit.ly/IxcibC Vanessa Romo/KPCC - Students outside Miramonte Elementary School demand their teachers return to the classrooms. L.A. Unified Superintendent John Deasy ordered their relocation to an unopened campus after two teachers, in two separate cases, were arrested for lewd acts

FALTERING IN SPECIAL EDUCATION, LA UNIFIED SEEKS ANSWERS

smf at 4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit - 1 day ago
Joanna Lin/California Watch | http://bit.ly/JW04L0 pixdeluxe/istockphoto.com May 3, 2012  ::  After failing for the eighth straight year to meet service delivery targets for special education, Los Angeles Unified School District has begun interviewing staff to understand why records indicate thousands of students with disabilities are not receiving their prescribed services. The effort,

CALIFORNIA SCHOOLS NOT BANKING ON NEW TAXES FROM GOV. JERRY BROWN UPDATED + LAO Report

smf at 4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit - 2 days ago
by Chris Megerian/LA Times PolitiCal: On politics in the Golden State | http://lat.ms/KrGJfy Photo: Legislative analyst Mac Taylor at a news conference last year. Credit: Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press May 2, 2012 | 11:12 am in Sacramento ::  Gov. Jerry Brown hopes his tax plan will keep schools from making deep budget cuts. But most school officials aren’t counting on the revenue being

STATE SUPERINTENDENT CALLS FOR PUBLIC TO REJECT CUTS TO EARLY LEARNING

smf at 4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit - 2 days ago
KTVU.com and wires  | http://bit.ly/J00AWY 5:42 p.m. Wednesday, May 2, 2012  — SAN FRANCISCO ::  State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson spoke at City College of San Francisco Wednesday morning to oppose state budget cuts to child care and early learning programs. Some 62,000 children statewide are at risk of losing access to early childhood programs like CCSF's child care and

Previewing “The May Revise”: BROWN WILL SEEK ‘SERIOUS CUTS’ IN CALIFORNIA BUDGET PLAN

smf at 4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit - 2 days ago
By Michael B. Marois and James Nash,  Bloomberg News | http://buswk.co/IWkJdi May 02, 2012   ::  California Governor Jerry Brown said he’ll propose “very serious cuts” when he unveils his revised budget in two weeks, after state tax revenue fell $3.1 billion below his projections. The 74-year-old Democrat was already facing a $9.2 billion deficit before the shortfall made it worse.

LAUSD SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS JOHN DEASY MUST GO

smf at 4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit - 2 days ago
by Joseph K in K-12 News Network | http://bit.ly/ID5nj2 Joseph K. is a 24-year veteran of LAUSD, a former mentor teacher twice named a Johns Hopkins University Teaching Fellow, who now teaches poor, inner-city children who wake up every morning in their gang-ridden, drug-infested neighborhoods at five a.m. to catch the bus by six. He teaches the old-fashioned way – by ignoring standardized

S.O.S.: AN OPEN LETTER TO LAUSD SUPERINTENDENT JOHN DEASY

smf at 4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit - 2 days ago
A parent of two middle school students at Palms Middle School sends an open letter to Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent John Deasy. By Sara Roos  Venice/Mar Vista Patch | http://bit.ly/IYMg0X 11:42 am, May 2, 2012 Dear Dr Deasy: She told us she'd go down with the ship, ... but you've forced her to walk the gang plank. WHAT IS GOING ON HERE??!! Supt. Deasy> You have

A REALLY COOL EVENT

smf at 4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit - 3 days ago
Diane Ravitch's blog http://bit.ly/KowiJE May 1, 2012   ::  Back when I was writing The Death and Life of the Great American School System, I was looking for a way to characterize Race to the Top. It sounded so familiar to me because its main ideas came direct from the conservative think-tanks from which I had recently resigned. How could I find a way to explain the contradiction: a new

STUDENTS POST SEVERAL HUNDRED IMAGES OF STATE TESTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA NETWORKS

smf at 4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit - 3 days ago
By Tami Abdollah | KPCC Pass/Fail | http://bit.ly/KshjPI Rogers Herr Middle School: Standardized test scantron answer sheet April 27, 2012  ::  Students have posted several hundred images of this year's state tests online on social networking sites including Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest, California Department of Education officials said today. The California Department

KEEP ADULT ED ALIVE

smf at 4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit - 3 days ago
Budget cuts are threatening adult education and ESL. Even for the sake of boosting the worker tax base, the LAUSD shouldn't turn its back on more than a quarter-million students who value education and attend school of their own volition. LA Times Op-Ed By John McCormick | http://lat.ms/KornZb Delaney Arrazola,3, sits with a sign near her mom, Romina Bonilla, an ESL teacher at Huntington

LAUSD BOARD SET TO TACKLE BIRMINGHAM CHARTER ISSUES, POSSIBLY REVOKING CHARTER

smf at 4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit - 3 days ago
By Barbara Jones, LA Daily News Staff Writer | http://bit.ly/JPFYSK 4/30/2012 10:10:14 PM PDT  ::  Citing concerns about the handling of admissions, expulsions, finances and claims of racial bias, the Los Angeles Unified board will take the first steps Tuesday to regain control of Birmingham Charter High. District staff have given officials of the Lake Balboa campus until May 23 to remedy the

SAN FERNANDO VALLEY SCHOOLS SEEK CHARTER AFFILIATION WITH LAUSD

smf at 4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit - 3 days ago
By Barbara Jones, LA Daily News Staff Writer | http://bit.ly/InlAFy 4/30/2012 08:28:52 PM PDT  ::  Two dozen elementary and middle schools in the San Fernando Valley want to become affiliated charters, giving them more flexibility - and, potentially, more money - while remaining part of LAUSD. The flood of applicants includes eight Valley schools slated to lose federal funding because they

L.A. YOUTH: Student newspaper faces funding crunch

smf at 4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit - 4 days ago
L.A. High school students from around L.A. write for their peers in L.A. Youth, a newspaper that tackles weighty subjects important to teens. But its sources of funding have taken a hit. Mike Fricano, one of the adult editors for L.A. Youth, shows students copies of the paper from its 1992 L.A. riots coverage. (Gary Friedman, Los Angeles Times / April 29, 2012) By Rick Rojas, Los Angeles
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