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Online charter schools flunking - SAT scores are out - Duncan on what reformers get wrong - First pink slime, now chicken processed in China - POLITICO Morning Education - POLITICO.com
Online charter schools flunking - SAT scores are out - Duncan on what reformers get wrong - First pink slime, now chicken processed in China - POLITICO Morning Education - POLITICO.com: Online charter schools flunking - SAT scores are out - Duncan on what reformers get wrong - First pink slime, now chicken processed in China10 PrintText Size-+resetBy LIBBY A. NELSON | 09/26/13 9:32 AM EDTFeaturing
Self-Sufficient Citizens: Public Education's Job No. 1 - Bridging Differences - Education Week
Self-Sufficient Citizens: Public Education's Job No. 1 - Bridging Differences - Education Week: Self-Sufficient Citizens: Public Education's Job No. 1By Mike Petrilli on September 26, 2013 9:55 AMDear Deborah,We've been writing about the democratic control of education (or the lack thereof), but let me shift the conversation back to the education of democratic citizens. I strongly agree with those
A Research-Based Case For Florida's Education Reforms
Shanker Blog » A Research-Based Case For Florida's Education Reforms: A Research-Based Case For Florida’s Education ReformsPosted by Matthew Di Carlo on September 26, 2013Advocates of the so-called “Florida Formula,” a package of market-based reforms enacted throughout the 1990s and 2000s, some of which are now spreading rapidly in other states, traveled to Michigan this week to make their case to
9-26-13 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: Research proven: School Libraries and Free Voluntary Reading. Unproven and expensive: CCSS and iPadsResearch proven: School Libraries & Free Voluntary Reading. Unproven and expensive: #CCSS & iPads. #LAUSD @skrashen pic.twitter.com/Cg2z5Z7uxM— Robert D. Skeels (@rdsathene) September 26, 2013 The former means engaged critical thinking, but the latter leads to more corporate
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Mayor one-term?
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Mayor one-term?: Mayor one-term?The Ward Room's Mark Anderson (Chicago Needs a Mayoral Challenger. Or Five) offers up a rather gloomy picture of democratic possibilities for Chicago.The next election for mayor in Chicago little more than 18 months away, and it’s time to face a hard fact: When it comes to mayoral politics in Chicago, democracy could be dead. I'm a lit
Houston reforms, often overshadowed, now in the limelight with Broad Prize | HechingerEd Blog
Houston reforms, often overshadowed, now in the limelight with Broad Prize | HechingerEd Blog: Houston reforms, often overshadowed, now in the limelight with Broad PrizePhilanthropist Eli Broad, left, and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, right, congratulate Houston Independent School District Superintendent Terry Grier after announcing that Houston is the winner of the 2013 Broad Prize for
New Orleans Charter Experiment Leaves Behind Poorest and Disabled | janresseger
New Orleans Charter Experiment Leaves Behind Poorest and Disabled | janresseger: New Orleans Charter Experiment Leaves Behind Poorest and DisabledThe Great Charter Tryout: Are New Orleans’s Schools a Model for the Nation—or a Cautionary Tale? asks reporter Andrea Gabor. You are likely to remember that after Hurricane Katrina deluged the city on Labor Day weekend of 2005, the schools in New Orleans
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 9-26-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: The Best Article Ever About New Orleans’ Charter SchoolsWe all have heard or read or seen the stories in the mass media about the “miracle” in New Orleans. Hurricane Katrina, which Secretary of Education Arne Duncan called the best thing that ever happened to education in that city, wiped out public education and the teachers’ unio
9-26-13 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.: Asking a question about my pension.Reading a story in the Chicago Sun-Times by staff reporter Dan Mihalopoulos about some sleazy connections between Martin Cabrera and alderman Fast Eddy Burke, Valor Realty and some other old Blagojevich pals, I came across this sentence: Between 2003 and 2012, the Te
9-26-13 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: NY Times Begins Very Helpful Regular Feature — “Text To Text”The New York Times Learning Network has just begun a regular feature that I suspect is going to be very helpful to teachers — it’s called “Text To Text.” Here’s how they describe it: it is just what it sounds like: we’ll be pairing two written texts that we think
Cartoons about Perfection (Professionals and Others) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice
Cartoons about Perfection (Professionals and Others) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: Cartoons about Perfection (Professionals and Others)This month, I saw some stories about the “perfect” teacher and once ran a cartoon on the “perfect” online teacher.Then I saw another cartoon by Robert Rendo that offered a scathing profile of what New York expects of its “perfect” teacher.H
SAT Results For 2013 Show Low Rates Of College Preparedness
SAT Results For 2013 Show Low Rates Of College Preparedness: SAT Results For 2013 Show Low Rates Of College PreparednessPosted: 09/26/2013 12:01 am EDT1548392469GET POLITICS NEWSLETTERS:SUBSCRIBEFOLLOW:Standardized Testing, 2013 Sat Results, Common Core, Standardized Tests, College Board College Ready, College Board Sat, College Ready, Education News, Fairtest, Sat, Sat 2013, Sat College, Sat Coll
To John Merrow, Who Quit | deutsch29
To John Merrow, Who Quit | deutsch29: To John Merrow, Who QuitSeptember 26, 2013Mr. Merrow, my name is Mercedes Schneider. You answered my post on your accepting Gates funding and the connection between such funding and two decisions you have made: 1) ceasing your investigation of Michelle Rhee and 2) proclaiming New Orleans schools as “reborn” in your documentary. You did not address me by name,
9-26-13 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: To John Merrow, Who QuitMr. Merrow, my name is Mercedes Schneider. You answered my post on your accepting Gates funding and the connection between such funding and two decisions you have made: 1) ceasing your investigation of Michelle Rhee and 2) proclaiming New Orleans schools as “reborn” in your documentary. You did not address me by name, but at […]by deutsch29 / 1h9-25-13 @ T
9-26-13 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: The NY Post And The Lhota Campaign - Selling Fear And LiesThe Rupert Murdoch-owned NY Post has been hammering away at Bill de Blasio for a few weeks now ever since he won the primary vote.Every day they run two, three, four, sometimes five negative stories about him.He once asked Joel Klein to add TM to the DOE.He honeymooned in Cuba.He worked for a Jesuit group that brought
The perils of the ‘F-word’
The perils of the ‘F-word’: The perils of the ‘F-word’By Valerie Strauss, Published: September 26 at 4:00 amE-mail the writer1CommentsMoreHere’s a great piece on school reform by Los Angeles educator Brock Cohen. He is in the second year of a doctoral program at the University of Southern California and he works at the nonprofit Los Angeles Education Partnership, which helps build organizational c
NYC Educator: Gotham Schools Brings Us the Important Issues
NYC Educator: Gotham Schools Brings Us the Important Issues: Gotham Schools Brings Us the Important IssuesA few days ago, Tim Clifford wrote a somewhat tongue-in-cheek/ gallows humor analysis of the ponderous and convoluted evaluation system over at Gotham Schools. In order to make it a point-counterpoint kind of thing, the great minds running Gotham Schools saw fit to contrast it with a thoroughl
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A Report Card on Education Reform - NYTimes.com
A Report Card on Education Reform - NYTimes.com: A Report Card on Education ReformBy DAVID LEONHARDTDanny Moloshok/Reuters (left); Charles V. Tines/Associated PressMitch Daniels, president of Purdue University, left, and John Engler, president of the Business Roundtable.I sat down last week in Washington with Arne Duncan, the secretary of education, and Mitch Daniels, the former Indiana governor a
Pew Trusts: Untrustworthy Public Pension Destroyers | Reclaim Reform
Pew Trusts: Untrustworthy Public Pension Destroyers | Reclaim Reform: Pew Trusts: Untrustworthy Public Pension DestroyersPosted on September 25, 2013by Ken PrevitiWhen a name most people associate with trust and credibility joins with a billionaire ex-Enron trader and hedge fund manager to destroy public pensions for their own benefit, the overall sense of corruption and betrayal becomes both palp
UC imposes pension terms on employees; union protests - latimes.com
UC imposes pension terms on employees; union protests - latimes.com: UC imposes pension terms on employees; union protestsComments8EmailShare0Union local President Kathryn Lybarger helped lead a two-day strike of UC medical center workers in May. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times / May 21, 2013)By Larry GordonSeptember 25, 2013, 5:23 p.m.The already tense labor relations between the UC system and
9-25-13 Jersey Jazzman
Jersey Jazzman: Are Americans Allowed To Debate Education Anymore?Time to once again play Spot The Pattern™! Before we begin, here's a clue about our theme: All emphases mine unless noted. Let's start with Montclair, NJ (click through to watch the video): When Montclair's teachers union president could not finish her prepared statement Monday night, the public did so for her. Copies of Montclair
Six decades after Brown ruling, US schools still segregated | Al Jazeera America
Six decades after Brown ruling, US schools still segregated | Al Jazeera America: Six decades after Brown ruling, US schools still segregatedby Dexter Mullins @DexterMullins September 25, 2013 9:00AM ETSeparated along socioeconomic and racial lines, schools are less diverse than at any other time in the last four decadesTopics: Race & Ethnicity Charter Schools SegregationScott Olson/Getty I
A Principal's Reflections: The Art of Storytelling
A Principal's Reflections: The Art of Storytelling: The Art of StorytellingI decided to hold back (for now) on a rant that has been brewing for the past two days and instead have decided to take a more constructive approach on my blog. A great debate that has emerged over social media channels has been how we honor and acknowledge our educators and others in the profession. During many insightful
Defend De Blasio Now tomhayden.com - The Peace Exchange Bulletin
tomhayden.com - The Peace Exchange Bulletin - Defend De Blasio Now: DEFEND DE BLASIO NOWTUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2013 AT 5:25PM | EMAIL ARTICLE | SHARE ARTICLE | PRINT ARTICLEBill de Blasio at a news conference in 1988 to announce a $150,000 shipment of supplies to Nicaragua and to deride the United States’ financing of the contra rebellion. (Photo: Marquette University Archives)A full-page of revel
Diane Ravitch: 3 dubious uses of tech in schools - Salon.com
Diane Ravitch: 3 dubious uses of tech in schools - Salon.com: Diane Ravitch: 3 dubious uses of tech in schoolsNew devices can both inspire creativity and dehumanize learningBY DIANE RAVITCH 8 18 1 more TOPICS: SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, EDUCATION, SCHOOLS, PUBLIC POLICY, INTERNET, LIFE NEWS, NEWSDiane RavitchThis article was originally published by Scientific American.Technology is trans
Nite Cap 9-25-13 #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2 #Cheats4Change
James Baldwin said it best: "For these are all our children, and we will profit by or pay for whatever they become."A BIG EDUCATION APE NITE CAPTODAYYes, Diane Ravitch is Among My Heroes - Living in Dialogue - Education Week TeacherYes, Diane Ravitch is Among My Heroes - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher: Yes, Diane Ravitch is Among My HeroesBy Anthony Cody on September 25, 201
Yes, Diane Ravitch is Among My Heroes - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher
Yes, Diane Ravitch is Among My Heroes - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher: Yes, Diane Ravitch is Among My HeroesBy Anthony Cody on September 25, 2013 5:50 PMJohn Merrow has taken an unusual step for a journalist. He has written a blog post that attempts to marginalize one of the central figures of our national discourse on education. The post is entitled "Do We Need More Heroes,&quo
Statement on Minimum Wage Legislation - Year 2013
Statement on Minimum Wage Legislation - Year 2013 (CA Dept of Education): State School Chief Tom Torlakson Issues Statement onMinimum Wage LegislationSACRAMENTO—State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson issued the following statement today following Governor Brown's signing of a bill to raise California's minimum wage."Raising the minimum wage in California means making it just
Listen: The Film - Student Voice
Student Voice: Listen: The Film Whoever controls the narrative of public education controls the public perception of the issue.On TV we have Bill Gates, Michelle Rhee, Arne Duncan, and Waiting for Superman talking about failing schools, low standards, common core, China, and teacher’s unions but rarely do they ever talk about students.Who is going to tell the story of public education? Is it going
Louisiana Educator: Jindal, Can You Say Hypocrisy?
Louisiana Educator: Jindal, Can You Say Hypocrisy?: Jindal, Can You Say Hypocrisy?Governor Jindal seems to have taken conflicting, and highly questionable stands recently in relation to education. Here are just a few.Noel Hammatt former president of the School Boards Association pointed out recently that even though Jindal has been pushing "choice" for parents with his substandard vouche
Do We Need More Heroes? | Taking Note
Do We Need More Heroes? | Taking Note: Do We Need More Heroes?by JOHN MERROW on 25. SEP, 2013 in 2013 BLOGSTed Cruz speaks for Who?The words ‘hero’, ‘heroic’ and ‘heroism’ are overused in America. Think, for example, how often those words are tossed around in reports about athletics, as if running with a football and dunking a basketball were acts of heroism. People talk about ‘everyday heroes,’
9-25-13 The Whole Child Blog — Whole Child Education
The Whole Child Blog — Whole Child Education: A Resilient Learning Ecosystem or Fractured Learning Landscape?At ASCD's Leader to Leader conference in July, I had the pleasure of sharing KnowledgeWorks' latest ten-year forecast on the future of learning, Recombinant Education: Regenerating the Learning Ecosystem (PDF), as a prelude to participants' exploring how they might improve the ways in which
Garfield High School’s Jesse Hagopian named “Secondary School Teacher of the Year” By Academy of Education Arts and Sciences | Seattle Education
Garfield High School’s Jesse Hagopian named “Secondary School Teacher of the Year” By Academy of Education Arts and Sciences | Seattle Education: Garfield High School’s Jesse Hagopian named “Secondary School Teacher of the Year” By Academy of Education Arts and SciencesAnother one of our own in the news:Jesse Hagopian and Michelle Bollinger (editor of “101 Changemakers,”a textbook featuring some o
9-25-13 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: United Opt Out Helps Get Folks United Against Common CoreFrom Wisconsin Reporter:By Ryan Ekvall | Wisconsin ReporterMADISON — An unlikely alliance of progressives and tea party activists have found common ground in opposing Common Core State Standards in Wisconsin — even as the political elite on both sides support the new standards that are quickly spreading through schools.Standi
Academic studies criticize Dallas ISD Superintendent Mike Miles’ leadership style, reform strategies | Dallas Morning News
Academic studies criticize Dallas ISD Superintendent Mike Miles’ leadership style, reform strategies | Dallas Morning News: Academic studies criticize Dallas ISD Superintendent Mike Miles’ leadership style, reform strategiesBy Matthew Haagmhaag@dallasnews.com12:39 pm on September 25, 2013 | Permalink110Dallas ISD Superintendent Mike Miles is an unproven, ineffective leader implementing a reform st
9-25-13 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: A Compassionate Teacher's Note to StudentsA teacher in Indiana wrote this note to his students as they started testing.On behalf of critically thinking educators everywhere, I would like to apologize to you for having to participate in this absurd ritual.And I would like to remind you that whatever score the ACT labels you with, consciousness is not quantified and
Diane Ravitch at Occidental College.Matt Damon and Steve Zimmer; Diane Ravitch's BFFs in Los Angeles
Matt Damon and Steve Zimmer; Diane Ravitch's BFFs in Los Angeles: Post navigationMatt Damon, Steve Zimmer: Ravitch’s BFFs in LAPosted on September 25, 2013 by Vanessa RomoIntroducing Ravitch: Steve Zimmer and Matt DamonLA Unified board memberSteve Zimmer, who just spent a weekend with Superintendent John Deasytalking education policy in Washington D.C., is getting another side of the story next we
Seattle School Board Candidate Sue Peters Supported by Education Expert Diane Ravitch | Seattle Education
Seattle School Board Candidate Sue Peters Supported by Education Expert Diane Ravitch | Seattle Education: Seattle School Board Candidate Sue Peters Supported by Education Expert Diane RavitchSeattle School Board candidate Sue PetersA national spotlight has been cast on the Seattle School Board race this year as candidate Sue Peters wins the support of former U.S. Undersecretary of Education, Dr.
What I’ve Learned: The Power of Character in the Classroom | NEA Today
What I’ve Learned: The Power of Character in the Classroom | NEA Today: What I’ve Learned: The Power of Character in the ClassroomSeptember 25, 2013 by clong Filed under Featured News, Top Stories, UncategorizedLeave a CommentEducators may spend their careers preparing lessons, but often the most memorable are those they learn themselves. With that in mind, NEA Today asked school staff – everyon
HISD wins big education prize | K-12 Zone | a Chron.com blog
HISD wins big education prize | K-12 Zone | a Chron.com blog: HISD wins big education prizeWednesday, September 25, 2013CommentsEmailPrint8The Houston Independent School District won a prestigious national education prize Wednesday, an award that recognizes gains in student test scores and comes with $550,000 in college scholarships.HISD, which also won the inaugural Broad Prize for Urban Educatio
Thar’s Choice in Them Thar Hills | EduShyster
Thar’s Choice in Them Thar Hills | EduShyster: Thar’s Choice in Them Thar Hills Will DougCo voters choose the right choice?It’s election season in America’s choiciest locale, Douglas County, Colorado, USA. And that can only mean one thing: DougCo residents will soon be making a choice about choice. But will they make the rightchoice? And is there someone, or better yet, many someones who can desce
Evolution debate central to Texas’ adoption of new science textbooks SI&A Cabinet Report – News & Resources
SI&A Cabinet Report – News & Resources: Evolution debate central to Texas’ adoption of new science textbooksBy Kimberly BeltranWednesday, September 25, 2013Instructional material adoption is never an easy task, but members of the State Board of Education in Texas are embroiled in a showdown over new science textbooks that have resurrected the age-old debate of whether students should be ta
Cali Education Headlines Wednesday, September 25, 2013
FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team: Federal judge dismisses case against Sac City school closuresEducation HeadlinesWednesday, September 25, 2013Monterey Peninsula USD doubts seriousness of petition for new charter schoolMonterey Peninsula Unified School District trustees have denied a request to approve the California Classical Language Academy Charter School, one of three cha
Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: Portelos Hearing: DOE Legal Invalidates Chapter Leader Election at IS 49SIImagine a union allowing the employer to invalidate an election for building rep and remaining mute. Multiple contract violations involved in principal's refusal to meet w. elected CL on a regular basis, consult committee, etc. Not that they ( union bureaucracy) care.... observer at Portelos hearingHow abs
9-25-13 Wait What?
Wait What?: The Paul Vallas ScamNew Monastic Individuals is a blog that should definitely be in your bookmarks. He is a friend, fellow blogger and part of the team working to take back public education in Connecticut. His latest post is entitled, “The Paul Vallas Scam” As the Connecticut Supreme Court considers whether to sustain (or over-rule) a Superior Court […]The post The Paul Vallas Scam (a
24/7 Wall St.: 7 states slashing education spending
24/7 Wall St.: 7 states slashing education spending: 24/7 Wall St.: 7 states slashing education spendingThomas C. Frolich and Michael B. Sauter, 24/7 Wall St. Staff Writers9:59 a.m. EDT September 25, 2013In some states, per-pupil spending fell more than 20% since recession.(Photo: Erik Hill, AP)STORY HIGHLIGHTSPer-pupil spending fell more than 20% since recession in two statesBig net change for Wi
Morning Wink 9-25-13 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2 #Cheats4Change
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSTODAYBill Gates Is Not The Devil. | The LineBill Gates Is Not The Devil. | The Line: Bill Gates Is Not The Devil.September 25, 2013 by DinaHis massive, unregulated, opaque, and technocratically-dominated influence on public education may be very troublesome……but honestly, some of the vicious (or do I mean viscous) mud-slinging I’ve been seeing around these
