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Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Charter Founder in Ohio Makes Large Political Contributions, Gets RichThe blogger Plunderbund here documents the conditions in which certain major charter operators in Ohio become financially very successful. In this instance, he tells the story of William Lager, founder of ECOT (the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow), who has generously donated $1.3 million to the Ohio Republican Party in the last decade. His generosity has been amply repaid with generous state fuby dianeravitch / 52min Anthony Cody: Has ASCD Embraced Free-Mark
Brookings Researcher Exposes Human Rights Violation Under Shanghai PISA Scores | janresseger: Brookings Researcher Exposes Human Rights Violation Under Shanghai PISA ScoresPosted on December 12, 2013 by janressegerFor two weeks now when the conversation lags at dinner, my husband has been asking, “Has anyone shown yet why the sponsors of the PISA test let China report the scores of particular schools and children in Shanghai as though they represent all the schools and children of Shanghai?” Every night I point out that international test scores aren’t that important. What really matters is
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: KIPP's child abuse for other people's children: KIPP's child abuse for other people's childrenKIPP padded cell for kindergartnersSince their start in Houston in 1994, KIPP (Knowledge Is Power Program) charter schools have been the most celebrated of the No Excuses schools.But reports that a KIPP charter school in N.Y. is locking children in a padded cell in order to "calm them down" are just the latest example of the charter chain's long record of child abuse and mis-education targeted primarily at African-American and Latino children.The Daily News rep
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12-12-13 Wait What?
Wait What?: News Flash: Connecticut school superintendents take unprecedented action against Commissioner PryorThe Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents (CAPSS), a one hundred and six-year-old association made up of the key local school administrators from across Connecticut, is taking the unprecedented step of issuing a formal letter of concern or complaint to Stefan Pryor, Gov
The Educated Reporter: Guest Post: Innovations in Classroom Technology
The Educated Reporter: Guest Post: Innovations in Classroom Technology: Guest Post: Innovations in Classroom TechnologyWith lawmakers on both sides of the aisle touting the value of a computer science education, and President Obama using a video message to urge every American to learn how to code, it seemed like the ideal time to revisit a session from EWA's 66th National Seminar, which held at St
12-12-13 The Answer Sheet
The Answer Sheet: Secret policymaking on school reform is on the riseEducation reform policy around the country is increasingly being made in secret or without public input — and with a lot of private philanthropic money. A number of recent stories reveal the extent to which policy makers and school reformers are going to push their reform agenda to expand charter schools and vouchers in an […]
12-12-13 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Resources On New Year CelebrationsI’ve just updated The Best Sites For Learning About New Year Celebrations. Feel free to make additional suggestions for the list….by Larry Ferlazzo / 1h YESTERDAYDecember’s Best Tweets — Part TwoEvery month I make a few short lists highlighting my choices of the best resources I through (an
12-12-13 Fred Klonsky | Running for our pensions. | VOTE 4 Fred Klonsky
Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.: The Illinois senior tax. Retirees pay 25%. Corporations pay zero.Reader Phil writes: All calculations indicate most retirees will lose 25-35% of their revenue stream over the next 20-30 years under the new law. This has the same effect as taxing us seniors by a rate of 25%. So we now have a tax system
12-12-13 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: Carmen Farina Introduces Diane Ravitch at PS 15K Community Library OpeningYesterday was a big day for the PS 15K community in Redhook with two red hot ed superstars, Diane Ravitch and rumored next chancellor Carmen Farina, in attendance. Actually in my book, 3 superstars if you count Julie Cavanagh, PS 15 chapter leader and one of the event organizers.Carmen Farina has been the ch
12-2-13 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: Thomas: Charter schools not a smart investment for S.C.Thomas: Charter schools not a smart investment for S.C. (The State, Columbia, SC). via Thomas: Charter schools not a smart investment for S.C. (The State, Columbia, SC).by plthomasedd / 2h 12-10-13 @ The Chalk Face@ THE CHALK FACE: VAM Fails Test, Again: The Bizarro World of Education ReformVAM Fails Test, Again: The Bizarro
12-12-13 With A Brooklyn Accent
With A Brooklyn Accent: When Common Core Is Viewed as "Just War"- The NY State Ed Dept's Politics of CynicismAfter seeing NY State Regents Chair Merryl Tisch in action at the Bronx Common Core Forum without Commissioner King present, I am convinced the Regents are approaching the transition to Common Core as a "just war" in which they are willing to accept a very high number o
12-12-13 Scathing Purple Musings | Color me purple in Florida, red in Washington, dark sky-blue in Israel and public school in Education
Scathing Purple Musings | Color me purple in Florida, red in Washington, dark sky-blue in Israel and public school in Education: Desperately Seeking the New FCATIn Anastasia Dawson’s Tampa Tribune story from one week ago: Leaders from the Florida Association of District School Superintendents and the Florida School Board Association voted Thursday to lobby state legislators for a three-year extens
12-12-13 the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness
the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness (the public and scholarly writing by P. L. Thomas, Furman University): Thomas: Charter schools not a smart investment for S.C.Charter schools not a smart investment for S.C. See full data tables and analysis HERE.by plthomasedd / 3h 12-11-13 the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindnessthe becoming radical | A Place for a Pedag
The Crocodiles Are Circling… – redqueeninla
The Crocodiles Are Circling… – redqueeninla: The Crocodiles Are Circling…Written by redqueeninla in LAUSDThis past week saw the death of sitting LAUSD board member Marguerite LaMotte. She was an icon of her predominantly black, South-Central district of nearly 2/3 of a million people. She was partisan and plain-spoken and politically astute. She was explicit about her unease with charter school
12-12-13 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: KIPP Plans To Keep Padded Cell To Punish StudentsYesterday the Daily News reported a KIPP school in NYC uses a padded cell for "time outs" for children who act out in school.One child was so distraught by the experience that an ambulance was called.There has been much outrage about the KIPP padded cell story, but the DN reports today that KIPP plans to keep the pra
It's Beginning to Sound (Depressingly) Like Christmas: Four Tips for Educators - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher
It's Beginning to Sound (Depressingly) Like Christmas: Four Tips for Educators - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher: It's Beginning to Sound (Depressingly) Like Christmas: Four Tips for EducatorsBy Nancy Flanagan on December 12, 2013 6:56 AMNo, I'm not referring to the abundant winter/holiday programs happening in schools everywhere this month. I embrace seasonal performances. Havi
My need for Family Leave #FAMILYAct
My need for Family Leave #FAMILYAct « MomsRising Blog: mark as readHow the FAMILY Act Will Help Direct Care Workers, Their Clients, and Our EconomyNext Tuesday, December 12, will be an important day in the fight to help direct care workers and their families and other hard-working people in the U.S. On that day, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and U.S. Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) wil
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Daily Kos: Perhaps it takes someone who has been poor
Daily Kos: Perhaps it takes someone who has been poor: Perhaps it takes someone who has been poorbyteacherkenFollowto know how gross the recent statement by Rand Paul about extended unemployment insurance really was.I cannot claim to be that person, although there were brief times where I did not know how I would pay for my next meal. But my rent was paid, I had a job, and I knew I would get thro
Are You a Leader or Manager? | Connected Principals
Are You a Leader or Manager? | Connected Principals: Are You a Leader or Manager?by Sam LeDeaux • December 11, 2013 • 0 CommentsMost school districts claim to want to move from good to great, become world class, become a 21st century district, or fill in the slogan blank. Getting past the cliches (and the fact that we’re 14 years into the 21st century already), effective implementation of these t
Holy Crap. Cooper Union Just Blinked on Tuition. |
Holy Crap. Cooper Union Just Blinked on Tuition. |: Holy Crap. Cooper Union Just Blinked on Tuition.December 11, 2013 in StudentsExtraordinary. A victory on tuition at Cooper Union may be possible after all.Today the Cooper Union board of trustees met for the first time after the college’s Working Group on tuition policy finished its deliberations. Though the trustees had previously approved a pro
SBSB Calls For the Arrest, Prosecution, and Conviction of KIPP Principal Anokhi Saraiya - southbronxschool.com
http://www.southbronxschool.com: SBSB Calls For the Arrest, Prosecution, and Conviction of KIPP Principal Anokhi SaraiyaImagine if you are a mommy and one day you drop off your son at school. As you leave him and head to work thoughts of his learning, exploring, and creating are going through your head. You smile as you get to work with those wonderful thoughts still in your head.As you walk into
Head Start funding partially restored in federal budget deal | EdSource Today
Head Start funding partially restored in federal budget deal | EdSource Today: Head Start funding partially restored in federal budget dealDecember 11th, 2013 | Add a Comment | By Jane Adams and Lillian MongeauA Head Start teacher and students in class in California. Credit: Lillian Mongeau, EdSource TodayHead Start received a reprieve Tuesday under the new Congressional budget agreement that woul
Education For The 21st Century
Education For The 21st Century: Education For The 21st CenturyReading various commentaries about what should be taught in our schools in order to provide the best opportunity for student success in the 21st Century has got me thinking. It seems there are at least three primary areas that education should address: National/State/Local Needs, Economic Needs, and Personal Growth. Of course there coul
NYU students allowed to unionize, hope to set precedent | Al Jazeera America
NYU students allowed to unionize, hope to set precedent | Al Jazeera America: NYU students allowed to unionize, hope to set precedentby Peter Moskowitz @PeterMoskowitz December 11, 2013 2:12PM ETGraduate students circumvent the National Labor Relations Board in favor of independent unionizationTopics: New York College EducationStan Honda/AFP/Getty ImagesIt’s not exactly what they hoped for, but Ne
Nite Cap 12-11-13 #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
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 CAPmark as read229 Million Children Are Officially Invisible - Ryan Jacobs - The Atlantic229 Million Children Are Officially Invisible - Ryan Jacobs - The Atlantic: 229 Million Children Are Officially InvisibleAccording to a new report, the births o
229 Million Children Are Officially Invisible - Ryan Jacobs - The Atlantic
229 Million Children Are Officially Invisible - Ryan Jacobs - The Atlantic: 229 Million Children Are Officially InvisibleAccording to a new report, the births of one in three kids under the age of five have not been registered. Registering babies at birth may be a routine, almost automated process in the United States, but it's a rarity in some impoverished nations in both South Asia and Sub-Sahar
Education Deform – School-to-Prison Pipeline | Dissident Voice
Education Deform – School-to-Prison Pipeline | Dissident Voice: Education Deform – School-to-Prison Pipelineby Paul Haeder / December 11th, 2013As a preface here, as I have done many times as my role as writer for DV, I have to default to the local, as in, where you see fault lines and bright lines in a local situation, you can pretty much make the larger microcosmic statement about many things fo
Interview with Fred van Leeuwen of Education International [Exclusive] - The Jose Vilson | The Jose Vilson
Interview with Fred van Leeuwen of Education International [Exclusive] - The Jose Vilson | The Jose Vilson: Interview with Fred van Leeuwen of Education International [Exclusive]by JOSE VILSON on DECEMBER 11, 2013in JOSEFred van Leeuwen, Secretary General, Education InternationalI had the pleasure of talking to Fred van Leeuwen, General Secretary of Education International (EI), a 30-million membe
Why Connie Rice Is Partly Wrong - tomhayden.com - The Peace Exchange Bulletin
tomhayden.com - The Peace Exchange Bulletin - Why Connie Rice Is Partly Wrong: WHY CONNIE RICE IS PARTLY WRONG WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2013 AT 1:11PM | EMAIL ARTICLE | SHARE ARTICLE | PRINT ARTICLEConnie Rice is a respected civil rights attorney who has decided to join the "dark side", as she jokingly calls it, by becoming a Los Angeles Police Department adviser. Working on the inside of
Wisconsin Assembly Select Committee on Common Core State Standards Releases Report | Truth in American Education
Wisconsin Assembly Select Committee on Common Core State Standards Releases Report | Truth in American Education: Wisconsin Assembly Select Committee on Common Core State Standards Releases ReportFiled in Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level by Shane Vander Hart on December 11, 2013 • 0 Comments81The Wisconsin Assembly Select Committee on Common Core State Standards yesterday rele
Education Reform or Privatization? - Walt Gardner's Reality Check - Education Week
Education Reform or Privatization? - Walt Gardner's Reality Check - Education Week: Education Reform or Privatization?By Walt Gardner on December 11, 2013 7:14 AMWhen Noam Chomsky told an audience at Columbia University recently that education reform is "a euphemism for the destruction of public education," he stated a provocative view that other public intellectuals have expressed befor
Cloudy with a Chance of Swedish Meatballs | EduShyster
Cloudy with a Chance of Swedish Meatballs | EduShyster: Cloudy with a Chance of Swedish Meatballs The totally true, tragicomic and almost-certain-to be-ignored cautionary tale of Sweden’s 30 year experiment with privatizing education…Pack your bags, reader, and prepare to stow your winebox in the overhead compartment. We’re headed on an adventure of the international variety. Our destination: Swed
NYC Educator: An Edict from the King
NYC Educator: An Edict from the King: An Edict from the KingHello New York. It's me, your old pal John King. I've just returned from an invigorating evening with the good folks at NYC. Now lots of people suggested that we were afraid to come here, but it was no problem whatsoever. After one nasty little person got up and spewed the same special interest nonsense I'd been hearing at the other foru
Tim King, banned for life from running schools in Oregon, operates online school in Washington | OregonLive.com
Tim King, banned for life from running schools in Oregon, operates online school in Washington | OregonLive.com: Tim King, banned for life from running schools in Oregon, operates online school in WashingtonCharter school founder Tim King, who is banned for life from running taxpayer-funded schools in Oregon, is clear to continue running a state-funded online school in Washington, that state's dir
NYC Public School Parents: Common Core forums last night in the Bronx and Brooklyn: what a difference!
NYC Public School Parents: Common Core forums last night in the Bronx and Brooklyn: what a difference!: Common Core forums last night in the Bronx and Brooklyn: what a difference!Me in the Bronx last night (credit: GothamSchools)Last night in the Bronx, only about 50-75 people showed up at the Regents Forum at Evander Childs HS. The borough president, Ruben Diaz Jr., who started off the evening,
The Making of Common Core Creation Stories: Myth or Fact? - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher
The Making of Common Core Creation Stories: Myth or Fact? - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher: The Making of Common Core Creation Stories: Myth or Fact?By Anthony Cody on December 11, 2013 1:50 PMPerhaps because Common Core standards originated in a secretive process, and were adopted with little public discussion, their origins have become a subject of great interest among educators. As
12-11-13 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Clarity around the title "interim"Seattle Public Schools bureaucrats love to play word games. Their favorite word game is to re-define words. They do it for a variety of reasons. They have re-defined "task force" and "advisory committee" to evade control by Board policy. They have re-defined "program" and "service"
Now THAT is what a Day of Action looks like! | National Opportunity to Learn Campaign | Education Reform for Equity and Opportunity
Now THAT is what a Day of Action looks like! | National Opportunity to Learn Campaign | Education Reform for Equity and Opportunity: Now THAT is what a Day of Action looks like!Posted on: Tuesday December 10th, 2013THANK YOU for an Exciting National Day of Action!Recap, photos, media stories & petition linkTo all the parents, students, teachers and community organizers who turned out across th
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: The Great SUPES Hustle now under investigation by the IG
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: The Great SUPES Hustle now under investigation by the IG: The Great SUPES Hustle now under investigation by the IGBack in July, I posted about Gary Solomon's SUPES Academy and their $20 million no-bid contract with CPS to facilitate some workshops and other activities with principals. As I reported then, there was a barrage of complaints from principals critical of t
Why Corporate Ed Reformer'S Lies Are Better Than The Truth
WHY CORPORATE ED REFORMER'S LIES ARE BETTER THAN THE TRUTH (A SCIENTIFIC COMPARISON TEST)I. Credibility All Lies are designed to seem true. The expert liar carefully uses elements that seem probable and logical and are therefore easy to believe. On the other hand, The Truth is often illogical, wildly improbable and hard to explain. Lies are more believable than The Truth. II. Reliability The Truth
Cali Education Headlines Wednesday, December 11, 2013
FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team: Charter schools surge in state, nationEducation HeadlinesWednesday, December 11, 2013FCMAT provides links to California K-12 news stories as a service to the industry. However, some stories may not be accessible because of newspapers' subscription policies.Kern High School District puts AEDs on high school campusesA year after a 15-year-old C
The Educated Reporter: Bowl-Bound Colleges Punt on Graduating Black Football Players, Studies Show
The Educated Reporter: Bowl-Bound Colleges Punt on Graduating Black Football Players, Studies Show: Bowl-Bound Colleges Punt on Graduating Black Football Players, Studies ShowAs the nation’s top college football teams prepare to take the field for the elite bowl games, three new reports out this week raise similarly troubling concerns about dismal graduation rates for many of the black players con
Randi Weingarten discusses: Is the US Education System in Trouble?
Education Nation: Is the US Education System in Trouble?: Is the US Education System in Trouble?Andrea Mitchell Reports //Dec. 9, 2013 // 1:23 PMNewly released data suggests American students haven’t improved over time when it comes to education. Randi Weingarten discusses.
Morning Wink 12-11-13 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTS mark as readTIME's Person of the Year 2013 Pope Francis, The People's Pope | TIME.comTIME's Person of the Year 2013 Pope Francis, The People's Pope | TIME.com: Pope Francis, The People’s PopeHe took the name of a humble saint and then called for a church of healing. The first non-European pope in 1,200 years is poised to transform a place that measures ch
