Ed Notes Online: Why Police Don't Belong in the Schools Except in the Most Extreme Cases

Ed Notes Online: Why Police Don't Belong in the Schools Except in the Most Extreme Cases:

Why Police Don't Belong in the Schools Except in the Most Extreme Cases

by ed notes online

ICE took an early stand from its first days in late 2003-4 on police in the schools during the UFT elections that year. Here Loretta Prisco, a founding member, in addition to being part of the groups I belonged to in the 70s -- Another View in District 14 and Coalition of NYC School Workers --- make a point, followed by the ICE official position in the 2004 election. I hear voices saying MORE should not take a stand so as not to alienate the pro-police teachers in the schools in the election. I absolutely disagree - no police unless in the most dire circumstances even with the Sandy Hook story still hot.

On a SURR visit to a Brooklyn HS that was labeled "impact", I witnessed an incident that made it 

Keeping a Woman Happy

by ed notes online

I'm a happy woman. I'm a happy woman, tra-la, tra-la, tra-la

I heard this song wafting down from upstairs into the basement through the fumes of the mold spray. Joyfull after 41 years of marriage? Could it be the effects of the raw ginsing roots I've been munching on? Alas, no. My wife had just ordered a replacement washer/dryer for the one month old ones we lost in Sandy and was told they 

Top Five Success Stories of 2012 | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights

Top Five Success Stories of 2012 | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights:

Top Five Success Stories of 2012

by Tarsi Dunlop

To close out the 2012 calendar year, the Learning First Alliance is pleased to bring you the five most viewed success stories from our collection of more than 160 stories housed on our site. Criteria for inclusion is relatively straight forward – the story must show that a school, district or state identified a challenge, addressed it and produced positive results through their efforts. These results are measured in a variety of ways, from increased graduation rates or decreased dropout rates, to improved standardized test scores or positive outcomes in student health and behavior. Other indicators may revolve around parent engagement or improved classroom performance.
These stories were selected based on our Google Analytics numbers that reflect our audience views from the past year. We wish you happy reading and a Happy New Year!
5. Iowa’s Statewide Voluntary Preschool Program for Four-Year Olds
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Consejos para solicitar FAFSA - Univision Vida y Familia

Consejos para solicitar FAFSA - Univision Vida y Familia:

Consejos para solicitar FAFSA

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Hemos reunido a un grupo de expertos que responderán a todas estas preguntas y que te ayudarán a decidir cuál es la mejor manera de pagar por tu educación en nuestro "Cómo pagar por la universidad", un evento en línea, gratuito, cortesía de CollegeWeekLive y la campaña ¡Es El Momento!, de Univision.

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School Tech Connect: Fun With Voters

School Tech Connect: Fun With Voters:

Fun With Voters

by noreply@blogger.com (Tim Furman)

I got nothin' today. I'm going to run this New Left Media short from back during the election, in case you missed it.  I'm not sure if I even ran it before, but I saw it again last night and decided once again that these guys are geniuses.

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In my mind, this video is the only compelling argument against an elected, representative school board in Chicago. Even so, I'm going to keep working for one.

DIARY OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER!: Five Favorite Posts of 2012! Happy New Year!

DIARY OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER!: Five Favorite Posts of 2012! Happy New Year!:

Five Favorite Posts of 2012! Happy New Year!

  

 This is my 2nd year of Diary of a Public School Teacher! Yeah!(First on Wordpress, now Blogger)

And to think when I first started blogging I wondered whether I would have enough to write about. :)
Thank you for joining me on this journey.
I have shared a lot, learned a lot, and met a lot of great people!
Please follow me into 2013, and I gladly welcome any new travelers!

What year is not complete without the "Top of 2012"?

So, here are the top 5 according to pageviews that I have written:

Recess 'Crucial' for Kids, AAP Policy Statement Says - ABC News

Recess 'Crucial' for Kids, AAP Policy Statement Says - ABC News:

Recess 'Crucial' for Kids, Pediatricians' Group Says

By DAN CHILDS (@DanChildsABC) , ABC News Medical Unit

Dec. 31, 2012

Kids aren't getting enough recess at school, the country's top pediatricians' group said in a new policy statement released Monday.

The statement by the American Academy of Pediatrics is the latest salvo in the long-running debate over how much of a young child's time at school should be devoted to academics -- and how much should go to free, unstructured playtime.

The authors of the policy statement write that the AAP "believes that recess is a crucial and necessary component of a child's development and, as such, it should not be withheld for punitive or academic reasons."

"The AAP has, in recent years, tried to focus the attention of parents, school officials and policymakers on the fact that kids are losing their free play," said the AAP's Dr. Robert Murray, one of the lead authors of the statement. "We are overstructuring their day. ... They lose that creative free play, which we think is so important."

The statement, which cites two decades worth of scientific evidence, 

Top Five Moments on Teaching High School Feminism in 2012 « Feminist Teacher

Top Five Moments on Teaching High School Feminism in 2012 « Feminist Teacher:

Top Five Moments on Teaching High School Feminism in 2012

by feministteacher

My national television debut on the Melissa Harris-Perry Show (photo credit: Cheryl Coward).

2012 was a fantastic year for me as a feminist teacher, activist, and blogger. Take a look at my top five moments this year. 

1. Appeared on the Melissa Harris-Perry Show to talk about teaching women’s studies to high school students as well as to advocate for safe and inclusive schools (August 2012).
2. Featured in The Atlantic during the Aspen Ideas Festival for teaching students how to engage in public discourse via blogging (July 2012).
3. Presented best practices on teaching high school feminism to a full room of scholars and activists at the National Women’s Studies Association Conference in Oakland. Among several topics,

Diane in the Evening 12-31-12 Diane Ravitch's blog

Diane Ravitch's blog

Noa Rosinplotz Speaks for Herself!

by dianerav

Earlier today, I published an essay about testing (“The Voice of a Data-Point”) by a sixth-grade student, Noa Rosinplotz. Her story was so thoughtful and well-written that some commenters could not believe it was written by a sixth grade student. I emailed Noa and asked her to read the comments and respond. This is what she wrote:
“This is Noa, original writer of the letter. I’m responding to all the comments that I’m not actually in sixth grade or that someone else wrote my letter for me. While my mom did read what I wrote, to make sure it wasn’t “obnoxious” (as she put it), she didn’t make any written edits and I wrote the letter entirely by myself. I used other sources, like Diane Ravitch’s book, for information, but every word in the letter not in quotation marks was entirely my own. The fact that I’m not a certified adult educator shouldn’t make people doubt the authenticity of 

Common Core and the Fiction/Non-Fiction Question

by dianerav

Education Week has an article by Catherine Gewertz saying that defenders of the Common Core are out in full force to quell the uproar about whether CC will mean less fiction.
It is interesting that the two loudest voices defending CC are Jeb Bush’s Foundation for Educational Excellence and the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, both quite conservative groups.
The way the issue is framed unfortunately misses the point, at least the point that I and others have raised.
Why do the CC standards mandate a proportionate split between fiction and non-fiction?
Who thought it was necessary to turn NAEP’s instruction

LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 12-31-12 Diane Ravitch's blog

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Diane Ravitch's blog: [image: Click on picture to Listen to Diane Ravitch] Love Is the Answer by dianerav Please read about Mr. Wright, a brilliant physics teacher in Louisville. An award-winning film was made about him, not just because of his vivacious, unorthodox teaching style, but because of his love for his son, who was born profoundly disabled. Please read the story about him in the New York Times and watch the video. The video is amazing. It will make you grateful for your blessings. It will humble you. It might change your life. An Ally Offers His Help to You by diane... more »

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IT IS A RULE: YOU CAN'T BE AGAINST PEOPLE AND FOR CORPORATIONS AND CALL YOURSELF A DEMOCRAT...EVER!

In 2012, we worked with some amazing privatizers nationwide to: 

-- Elect more than 100 reform-friendly candidates to office, including 22 of 30 priority races on our "hot list."

-- Lead the successful WA state ballot initiative which allows for the creation of charter schools.

-- Lead the historic, bi-partisan push to reform teacher tenure policies in NJ

-- Lead the coalition to compel school districts in New York State to enact new teacher evaluation policies based on student performance.

-- Lead the effort to seat "reform majority" school board in several key cities.

-- Organize marquis "education reform" public events at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte.

-- Impact news coverage of public education reform from coast-to-coast, appearing in over 1,850 news articles and op-eds.

-- Lead first-ever fact-finding trip of blended-learning schools in CA for Democratic elected officials nationwide.

-- Lead major public information campaign on television and radio urging striking Chicago teachers and the city to get back to the negotiatibe table (and back to the classroom.)

Most active Deformers

 

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Education stories that resonated in 2012 — and will matter in 2013:

Education stories that resonated in 2012 — and will matter in 2013

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An undated photo of a shadowy shape that some people say is the Loch Ness monster. (AP)

Here’s a baker’s dozen of posts, in no particular order, that generated great interest among readers and help tell the story of public education in 2012. Many of the subjects are certain to take center stage in the education debate in 2013.

* Century-old 8th-grade exam: Can you pass a 1912 test?

*Texas GOP rejects ‘critical thinking’ skills. Really.

*10-year-old: ‘I want to know why after vacation I have to take test after test after test’

*The complete list of problems with high-stakes standardized tests

*How GERM is infecting schools around the world

*Meet the ‘worst’ 8th grade math teacher in NYC

*The real problem with Rahm’

2012: The Year in Review, Education and Beyond - Dana Goldstein

2012: The Year in Review, Education and Beyond - Dana Goldstein:

2012: The Year in Review, Education and Beyond

by Dana Goldstein

Education story of the year: The Chicago teachers' strike. American teacher unionism was founded in Chicago in the late 1890s, as female, largely Catholic elementary school teachers resisted centralization policies--standardized testing, a uniform curriculum, numeric teacher evaluations--pursued by a male, Protestant bureaucracy. So it was fitting that the loudest cry of protest against contemporary standards-and-accountability school reform emerged in the Windy City this September, as teachers resisted professional evaluation tied to student test scores, closures of neighborhood schools, and the expansion of the charter school sector. You can read my history of Chicago teacher unionism here.
The strike has had a few interesting results. First, it raised the profile of Chicago Teachers' Union leader Karen Lewis, who is a less compromising and more leftist figure than Randi Weingarten, president of the national American Federation of Teachers. Second, it brought to the public's attention the tension bewteen increasing test-score pressure on teachers and schools while cutting budgetary support for art, music, counseling, school 

Christian Isaac – Biting the Apple | Student Voice

Christian Isaac – Biting the Apple | Student Voice:

Christian Isaac – Biting the Apple

by admin

“Modern cynics and skeptics…see no harm in paying those to whom they entrust the minds of their children a smaller wage than is paid to those to whom they entrust the care of their plumbing” ~ John F. Kennedy

If you’ve learned anything, the odds are you’ve been taught. If you’ve been taught, the odds are you’ve been taught by a teacher. Teachers, the things we spend most of the year tolerating, are there from day one of pre-kindergarten to high school graduation. Their presence is seemingly haunting- there’s no escape.
Teachers are held responsible for millions of minds, including mine. After eleven years of schooling, learning, waking up, falling asleep, worrying, laughing, and being taught, one can begin to realize that these things are in fact different. They’re all paid to do the same thing; teach. It turns out, after 

Jersey Jazzman: Kids Pay For Christie's Incompetence

Jersey Jazzman: Kids Pay For Christie's Incompetence:

Kids Pay For Christie's Incompetence

by Duke

Like so many other denizens of the Garden State, it makes me nuts to watch Governor Chris Christie touted as a fearless leader and maker of tough decisions in the national press. Because the man is really, really bad at his job:

A report submitted this month by the state Department of Education to the Legislature is likely to set the stage for another school-funding debate next year. For many local districts, the outlook is not good. 

The Educational Adequacy Report repeats many of the proposals suggested last year by Education Commissioner Chris Cerf. If accepted by the Legislature, they would reduce extra funding districts receive for low-income, bilingual and special-education students. 

Top Teacher Beat Posts for 2012 - Teacher Beat - Education Week

Top Teacher Beat Posts for 2012 - Teacher Beat - Education Week:

Top Teacher Beat Posts for 2012

by Stephen Sawchuk

Readers, it's time to take a look at what items most caught your attention here at the Teacher Beat blog over the past year.
We'll run through them in reverse.
#10: Chicago teachers voted to end a seven-day-long strike as described in this, our 10th most read item of the year. The move paved the way for the ratification of a tentative agreement.
#9: It makes plain old common sense, but now empirical research tentatively supports the idea that teachers who seem to be effective in one school setting continue to do well when they transfer to other schools, according to a research study I reported on in July. Caveat: The specific magnitude of such teachers' effect scores do differ,