8-18-13 Radical Scholarship

Radical Scholarship:

Just When You Think It’s Safe to Go Back into the Media | SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE ← NPE News Briefs

Just When You Think It’s Safe to Go Back into the Media | SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE ← NPE News Briefs

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What Right Does the US Department of Education Have to “Monitor” Diane Ravitch ? | Raginghorseblog

What Right Does the US Department of Education Have to “Monitor” Diane Ravitch ? | Raginghorseblog

1 by P. L. Thomas / 12min 

The Unintended Lessons from Florida: Class Grades, pt. 2 | the becoming radical ← NPE News Briefs

The Unintended Lessons from Florida: Class Grades, pt. 2 | the becoming radical ← NPE News Briefs

1 by P. L. Thomas / 14min 

The Attacks Begin | Diane Ravitch's blog

The Attacks Begin | Diane Ravitch's blog

by P. L. Thomas / 40min 

Paul Thomas: The Power of Social Media to Give Voice | Diane Ravitch's blog

Paul Thomas: The Power of Social Media to Give Voice | Diane Ravitch's blog

by P. L. Thomas / 43min 

Just When You Think It’s Safe to Go Back into the Media – SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE

Just When You Think It’s Safe to Go Back into the Media – SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE

by P. L. Thomas / 1h 

EdWeek and the Gates Love Affair that Just Won’t Go Away – SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE ← NPE News Briefs

EdWeek and the Gates Love Affair that Just Won’t Go Away – SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE ← NPE News Briefs

1 by P. L. Thomas / 2h 

Paperless Office, Paperless Toilet | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice

Paperless Office, Paperless Toilet | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice:

Paperless Office, Paperless Toilet

In 1975, a Business Week article predicted that office of the future would be paperless. Hasn’t happened. According to the Environmental ProtectionAgency, each office worker produces about two pounds of paper waste every day. Even with ebooks, paperbacks and hardbound books abound. Moreover, go into any K-12 school  and paper–not e-paper–is everywhere even in 1:1 laptop classrooms. Hey, even flight controllers surrounded by radar screens use paper, “flight controller strips,” to track  aircraft landings and take offs. And universities, well, professors’ offices are awash in paper. Nearly four decades after the prediction, paper is with us and will continue to be with us because paper serves important cognitive needs regardless of how advanced information and communication technologies get.

Consider what Abigal Sellen and Richard Harper in The Myth of the Paperless Office wrote:

Paper is tangible: we can pick up a document, flip through it, read little bits here and there, and quickly get a sense of it. (In another study on reading 

8-18-13 Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.

Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.:

Logan Square Rally Today to Support Our Public Schools.

Logan Square Rally to Support Our Public Schools Sunday, August 18 4:00 PM Logan Square Monument Milwaukee & Logan Join parents, students, educators, community organizations, activists, and local elected officials as we rally and call on Mayor Emanuel to put our kids first by declaring a TIF surplus and restore the devastating cuts to our local schools before the children go back to school. A

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8-17-13 Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.

Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.: Another cup of coffee for the road. La Casita.La Casita at Whittier School in Pilsen. Parents and police. Your sister sees the future Like your mama and yourself. You’ve never learned to read or write There’s no books upon your shelf. And your pleasure knows no limits Your voice is like a meadowlark B

by mike simpson / 8h 

8-18-13 SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE

SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE:

@drloisweiner is no “liberal.” She’s a “mad democrat!”

Just in case you missed the live version here is your never ending link to @the chalkface radio.  We talked to Dr. Lois Weiner.  She’s got some serious stuff to say.  If you’re a liberal you might not want to listen however, “white christians” are welcome.  Listen here.   http://www.blogtalkradio.com/chalkface/2013/08/18/at-the-chalk-face-progressive-edreform-radio

7 by Timothy D. Slekar / 24min 

My Opt Out/Refusal Letter for 2013-2014

Dear —, My name is Peggy Robertson and my son, Sam, will be attending — High School tomorrow as a freshman. He is beyond excited! We are equally as thrilled to have Sam become a part of the — HS family. I was so impressed at orientation with the focus on community as well as […]

by peggyrobertson / 34min 

Peter Cunningham Looking for Racists in All the Wrong Places

or, What Corporate Education Reformers Don’t Understand about Opposition to CorpEd When Bush II was in office, anyone who challenged the fanciful notion that 100 percent of U. S. children would be proficient in reading and math was said to be engaged in the “soft bigotry of low expectations.”  In an updated version of that […]

by Jim Horn / 4min 

Returning to the classroom in Washington, DC

I posted a video discussing this, but I pulled it. It needed tweaking.  The thesis: I walked away from teacher education and am returning to classroom teaching. This time, I’ll be teaching Kindergarten at an elementary school in Congress Heights, Washington, DC. It’s not a charter. It’s your everyday DCPS public school. I will have […]

by Chalk Face, PhD / 0min 

Just When You Think It’s Safe to Go Back into the Media

Yesterday, I shared an excellent collection of investigative journalism confronting the accountability machine in Florida (HERE and HERE), work from as far back as 1999 in the St. Petersburg Times and a recent article in the Miami Herald. Overnight, however, I was prompted to look at Peter Cunningham’s “Ravitch Redux.” Before looking at the shoddy and unsubstantiated […]

5 by plthomasedd / 1h 

8-17-13 Schools Matter @ The Chalk Face

SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE: The Unintended Lessons from Florida: Class Grades, pt. 2 | the becoming radicalThe Unintended Lessons from Florida: Class Grades, pt. 2 | the becoming radical.by plthomasedd / 1h As “scary” as it gets, a blank parent report. #optoutSee how easy this is? No consequences, just a blank report. That’s all. So, parents, what are you waiting for? An invitation?by Chalk F

by mike simpson / 54min   

All Week 8-17-13 @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER

@ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER: All Week 8-10-13 @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTERClass Grades | the becoming radicalClass Grades | the becoming radical.by plthomasedd / 43min EdWeek and the Gates Love Affair that Just Won’t Go AwayIn the Digital Education blog at Education Week, Q&A: Bill Gates on Teaching, Ed Tech, and Philanthropy provides Gates with yet another platform to (this

by mike simpson / 9h 

Beware of “Everyday Mathematics” | deutsch29

Beware of “Everyday Mathematics” | deutsch29:

Beware of “Everyday Mathematics”

August 17, 2013

A week ago, I was contacted by a Louisiana parent whose child was subjected to a K – 6 math “curriculum” developed by the University of Chicago Mathematics project and published by McGraw Hill, Everyday Mathematics. Three editions of Everyday Mathematics have been released, the most recent in 2007.

A major flaw with Everyday Mathematics is the teaching of inefficient mathematical algorithms (the formulas and sequential steps one uses in order to perform a math problem). In general, the kids don’t master mathematical operations; instead, they become steeped in confusing procedures. Everyday Mathematics is also calculator-dependent. This Seattle blogger notes particular deficits of the supposedly-CCSS-aligned curriculum that in 1999 was rejected outright by the math and science communities:

Almost as soon as the first edition was released, it became part of a nationwide controversy over reform mathematics. In October 1999, US Department of Education issued a report labeling Everyday Mathematics one of five “promising” new math programs. The perceived endorsement of Everyday Mathematics and a number of other textbooks by an agency of the US government caused such outrage 

8-17-13 teacherken at Daily Kos

teacherken at Daily Kos:

short diary

James Madison Barbara Mikulski Eddie Gaedel and Randy Newman was NOT being serious Peace. and Bermuda

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teacherken at Daily Kos

teacherken at Daily Kos: Jets versus Sharksmost of us of a certain age will immediately recognize those three words as a reference to West Side Story, a mid-20th century retelling of the Romeo and Juliet saga, set in NYC, with  "American" and Puerto Rican gangs standing for Capulets and Montagues, and the tragic consequences that flow therefrom, despite the very human connection of Tony and Maria.

by mike simpson / 7h 

What Is and Is Not Fair | Connected Principals

What Is and Is Not Fair | Connected Principals:

What Is and Is Not Fair

August 18, 2013

By sblankenship

Throughout my many conversations with teachers, I have heard time and time again how they feel bad for the rest of the class because they spend much time and energy on just a few disruptive students. These teachers are correct, it’s not fair.
According to Michael Linsin, “When you attend to poorly behaved students more often, you’re communicating to them in a subtle but clear way that they’re different, that they don’t have what it takes to control themselves like other students, so they need extra attention.”
So, why exactly do some teachers warn, argue, escalate and interrupt instruction to repetitively lecture more often to misbehaving-prone students or give them more attention than other students?  I believe these teachers are doing the very best they know how. Therefore, it’s time to reveal the secret strategy to creating conditions conducive to learning. The solution is to simply treat them just like everyone else. Allow your most challenging students to feel what it’s like to be a regular student.
Michael Linsin states, “To do this, you must follow your classroom management plan to the letter. Stick to it no matter what, and acknowledge your students when they do something well. Stop pulling them aside to explain this or that, stop lecturing or trying to get assurances from them, and stop telling them how wonderful they are because they sat quietly for 15 minutes during a read aloud.”
Simply acknowledge them for the same things you would for any other student. Remember, students have a distinct sense of what is and what is not fair. You must act fairly for all students if you expect to be respected.  Make sure that if your best student does something wrong, they too are treated like 

8-17-13 Ed Notes Online

Ed Notes Online:

Failed Florida/Indiana state superintendent Tony Bennett recommends 

United Opt Out National

Chicago: Rahm sends police to protect crew sent to destroy historic community center... Rahm, Barbara Byrd Bennett order destruction of 'La Casita'

Reports all day coming in from Substance on this open warfare by the ed deformer/neo-liberals on the community. You can follow events on the Substance web site.Two years ago at our last meetings in Chicago we went to La Casita for a few hours to talk to people - George Schmidt gave us a tour. I will hunt down that video and post it tomorrow.We are at war. It has been declared on us. We are in midd

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8-16-13 Ed Notes Online

Ed Notes Online: AFT Drops Hammer on Dearborn Federation of School EmployeesIf I could Photoshop guess whose face you'd see?Randi must think she is Lincoln after the Fort Sumpter attack. Are you surprised that our wonderful national union leaders in the AFT would resort to goon tactics when questions of secession arise within a local? These AFT people showed up at 1107 Washington , the DFSE office

by mike simpson / 10h 

 

8-15-13 Ed Notes Online

Ed Notes Online: Neo-liberalism and Ed Deform and Krugman on Rand Paul's "Better Dead than Fed"Ed Deform's connection to neo-liberalism can be defined in one dirty word: CHOICE CORE in Chicago began with 8 people reading Naomi Klein's "Shock Doctrine" to try to make sense of what was being done to the schools because so much of it didn't make sense educationally or even rationally, the idea of a g

by mike simpson / 10h 

8-14-13 Ed Notes Online

Ed Notes Online: Naison Calls for John King's RemovalWe've had 3 DUD NYSTATE Ed Comms in a row since 1995. Time to move on.Dear Speaker Silver and Assembly Member Nolan    It is time to remove John King  Education Commissioner of the State of New York. Commissioner King purposely decided to score state tests in such a way as to insure that the majority of the students in the state failed. The resu

by mike simpson / 2h 

8-13-13 Ed Notes Online

Ed Notes Online: A Weekend (not with Bernie) in ChicagoMoi, Yelena, AJ, James, Camille, Megan, Julie, Gloria, Jia (Sean caught a flight)I have so much to say about the trip to Chicago I made with a big crew from MORE this past weekend but so much of it would be boring -- like you don't really want to know just how much beer I drank. And how much fun it was to hang out with year old Jack who can no

by mike simpson / 6h 

 

8-12-13 Ed Notes Online

Ed Notes Online: Rob Rendo on Common CoreCommon Core or no Common Core, standards for what children should know by a certain age (skills or content) have always been in flux and controverted.The CCSS is, I think, on an extreme part of that spectrum of flux.The consensus reality and research that more or less corroborates what, for example, a fifth grader should be able to do in math or ELA, has be

by mike simpson / 10h