12-15-13 Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog

Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog:

Tv shows?

Every season the "it" shows seem to become more and more violent. In fact the media-awareness council reveals, "media violence has not just increase in quantity; it has also become more graphic, sexual, and sadistic." Cable viewers and Netflix binge watchers are exposed to traumatizing series like Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad, Walking Dead, Dexter, Weeds, Orange is the New Bla

by Kayla Drexel / 39min 

Video Games?

With the release of the Xbox1 and Ps4 I am not going to sit around and play fire emblem on my Ds. The go to games this holiday season (parents take note) are violence filled so good you'll want to slap your mama releases like Call of Duty: Ghost, Dead Rising 3, and Assassin's Creed. All of wich are Restricted, but the FTC found 70% of restricted games are advertised to children under the age of 17

by Kayla Drexel / 5h hide  //  save

Movies?

Hollywood movies are on the big screen, but how big are there impact on youth? No one can deny movies like the Saw franchise, Human Centipede, Cabin in the Woods, and Kill Bill are gruesome and disturbing. When asked 82% of Americans even agreed movies are too violent. The special effects are a little too realistic. In Django Unchained it is hard not to cringe while watching two slaves fight to th

by Kayla Drexel / 6h 

More Than Just Pencil Lead

Today marks the one year anniversary of the Sandy Hook massacre where 20 school children and 6 staff members were killed; however, it is apparent, the tragedy that moved a nation has lead to little to reform. In today's world children are being exposed to more violence than ever before. In a 2011 survey 33% of children admitted to being in a physical fight at school within the last year. Any given

by Kayla Drexel / 6h 

Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog 12-14-13

Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog: mark as readThe Failed Sign Language...During the speeches for Nelson Mandela 's funeral, there was a strange unknown man interpreting sign language to the deafs.  There was a huge controversial whether this person can actually do sign language or not.  Paul Breckell, chief executive of the U.K.-based charity Action on Hearing Loss, stated that this fraud isn't actually

1 by mike simpson / 8h 

12-15-13 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL

Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL:

Videos Of New Orleans

We’re doing our ninth-grade unit on New Orleans right now, and I wanted to add a number of videos to The Best Websites For Teaching & Learning About New Orleans:

6 by Larry Ferlazzo / 3h 

The Best Sites For Learning About The United Kingdom

I’m continuing to create specific “The Best…” lists corresponding to the countries and regions we’re studying in my ELL Geography class. You can see all them at The Best Geography Sites For Beginning & Intermediate English Language Learners. Today, I’m in a little bit of a rush, so I’ll try to quickly pull together some resources on the United Kingdom (we’re studying it this week and then mak

3 by Larry Ferlazzo / 34min 

Free Resources From All My Books

I have many free resources, including excerpts and student hand-outs, available from all my books. Clicking on the covers will lead you to them:

3 by Larry Ferlazzo / 1min 

The Best Posts On Teaching TOK “Knowledge Questions”

Three weeks ago I published a post wondering how people teaching the IB Theory of Knowledge course handled instruction on the concept of “knowledge questions” and invited guests to contribute. I’ll be publishing my annual round-up of of “Best” TOK resources, and wanted to post this collection on the topic prior to that time. Here they are: Attention, IB Theory Of Knowledge Teachers! How Do You Te

4 by Larry Ferlazzo / 43min 

Very Impressive Interactive Infographic: “After Babylon”

After Babylon: Analysis of the current linguistic situation in the world is a very impressive interactive infographic: Explore more infographics like this one on the web’s largest information design community – Visually.

4 by Larry Ferlazzo / 23min 

Study: Standardized Tests Don’t Measure “Fluid Intelligence”

People might differ with my interpretation of a new study that has just come out (and I’d love to hear if you do), but it seems to me that it has found that standardized testing may measure how well a school is doing on training students on lower-level thinking skills needed to do well on…standardized tests, but has practically no value in measuring “fluid intelligence” abilities like ability to t

7 by Larry Ferlazzo / 25min hide  //  save

“Teachers Must Help Determine New Ideas Being Implemented”

Teachers Must Help Determine New Ideas Being Implemented is my latest post over at Education Week Teacher. In addition to commentaries by Renee Moore and Kelly Young (who I consider a mentor and from whom I’ve learned more about teaching than anyone else), I share some of my own thoughts… I’m adding that post to The Best Posts & Articles On Building Influence & Creating Change.

by Larry Ferlazzo / 50min 

Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Week… 12-14-13 …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EF

Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFLLARRY FERLAZZO’S WEBSITES OF THE DAY mark as readA Collection Of My “Best” Lists On The Common CoreI’ve published several “Best” lists related to the Common Core, and thought that readers might find it useful if I brought them all together. I was prompted to do this tonight after reading a good post: Five myths about the Comm

1 by mike simpson / 8h 

12-15-13 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.:

Votes.

  Fred, I believe the original quote came from Stalin. His sense of humor ran in that direction, too. Monitoring election integrity has to be done everywhere, but in the Chicago Teachers Union’s major elections, the votes are counted by the American Arbitration Association, and in the Chicago Teachers Pension Fund the votes are counted by a bonded outside group as well. Having observed vote count

by Fred Klonsky / 1h

 

12-14-13 Fred All Week Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher

Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.: Fred All Week Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher  mark as read“It’s not who gets the most votes. It’s who counts them that matters.” – Richard J. DaleyActually I made that quote up. But I’ve worked enough Chicago elections to know it is true. So, when the IEA reported that I re

1 by mike simpson / 8h 

12-15-13 Education Research Report

Education Research Report:

Teachers’ use of linguistic scaffolding to support the academic language development of first-grade emergent bilingual students

Research suggests that teachers need to scaffold emergent bilingual students as they develop the complex language associated with school success. This may especially be true in dual language settings, where children are learning two languages simultaneously. This study investigates the linguistic scaffolding practices of first-grade dual language teachers as they support academic language developm

by Jonathan Kantrowi... / 19min 

Using Above-Level Testing to Track Growth in Academic Achievement in Gifted Students

Above-level testing is the practice of administering aptitude or academic achievement tests that are designed for typical students in higher grades or older age-groups to gifted or high-achieving students. Although widely accepted in gifted education, above-level testing has not been subject to careful psychometric scrutiny. This study examines reliability data, growth trajectories, distributions,

by Jonathan Kantrowi... / 7min 

This Week's Education Research Report 12-14-13 #SOSCHAT #EDCHAT #P2

Education Research ReportTHIS WEEK'S EDUCATION RESEARCH REPORT mark as readLearning mathematics takes practicePractice, not innate skill, makes for good mathematiciansNew research at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim could have an effect on how math is taught.If you want to be really good at all types of math, you need to practice them all. You can't trust your

1 by mike simpson / 8h 

12-15-13 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:

Florida’s F on Early Childhood Education

In this morning’s Ocala Star-Banner, Amanda Ostrander from Florida Children’s Campaign and Roy Miller, the president and founder of the Children’s Campaign point to Florida policymakers poor record on early childhood education is hurting the state’s children. …..the education debate goes on about the next silver bullet, funding and the quality elements Florida’s pre-K needs continue to be passed o

6 by Bob Sikes / 9min 

Does Pearson’s NY Common Core $7.7 Million Settlement Implicate Jeb Bush’s Foundation?

From Washington Post reporter Lyndsey Layton: Pearson Charitable Foundation, the nonprofit arm of educational publishing giant Pearson Inc., has agreed to pay a $7.7 million settlement to New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman after he determined that  the foundation had created Common Core products to generate “tens of millions of dollars” for its corporate sister. “The law on this is cle

9 by Bob Sikes / 21min 

CATO Slams Michelle Rhee’s “Common Core Crud”

H/T to Russ Walsh. CATO Institute scholar Neal McCluskey takes Michelle Rhee to the woodshed: I don’t dislike the oft-attacked Michelle Rhee. I don’t even know her. But I do dislike disingenuous or empirically anemic arguments about the Common Core, and she offers too many of both in a new Politico op-ed. Let’s start with the most aggravating thing she does in her piece: imply that anyone who oppo

10 by Bob Sikes / 15min hide  //  save

Florida Teacher Evaluations Are “Pseudo Science”

Dan Bennett is vice president of the Brevard Teachers Union. The following is a letter to the editor he penned to FloridaToday: Anyone confused by the teacher evaluation system? For decades, school reformers have mined FCAT data in different ways to get different results. To figure school grades, the state looks at a percentage of students on grade level or making learning gains. But then to figur

15 by Bob Sikes / 2h  

12-14-13 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: Jeb Bush’s Rhetoric Proves Hypocritical When His Allies Seek to Defend Florida Charter SchoolsWriting in redifinED, Step Up for Student’s Patrick Gibbons took exception to the Palm Beach Post’s report that charter schools were to blame for  the county’ low graduation rat

by mike simpson / 6h 

12-15-13 teacherken at Daily Kos: 222 years ago today

Daily Kos: 222 years ago today:

222 years ago today

the Bill of Rights was ratified and went into effect. We do not honor this day as we do Constitution Day, the day the Convention accepted the document that established our system of government. We should. George Mason would not sign the original because it lacked a Bill of Rights, and after all, he was the author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights in 1776. Virginia might well not have ratified

2 by rss@dailykos.com ... / 8h 

teacherken at Daily Kos This Week 12-14-13

teacherken at Daily Kos:teacherken at Daily Kos This Weekmark as readRandom? thoughts on a Saturday morningToday, like most Saturday mornings, I sit in my Starbucks beginning shortly after it opens at 6 AM - after all, I get up during the week at 4, and it is hard to sleep late even if I wanted to. Regular readers know I am wont to peruse various publications to see if there is writing I believe w

1 by mike simpson / 8h 

12-15-13 Perdido Street School

Perdido Street School:

NY Post's Michael Goodwin Misleads Over De Blasio Chancellor Search

Another Sunday at the NY Post, more lies from NY Post propagandist Michael Goodwin.Here's the part of the Goodwin column relevant to our topic here at Perdido Street Schools:Seeking fools for NYC schoolsBill de Blasio is having a hard time getting to yes. Depending on who is counting, as many as three people have turned down an offer to be the new schools chancellor.The latest “thanks, but no than

by reality-based edu... / 3min

How The NYPD And The NYCDOE Suffer From The Same Bloombergian Disease

It's called checklistitis - as in, the corporate managers of the NYPD and the NYCDOE, people with little to no actual experience in the jobs they're now managing other people for, demand accountability of underlings through endless checklists on which every category of data must get checked or else there is hell to pay.In the end, the only thing that matters in such a system is the checklist and m

by reality-based edu... / 41min 

Mary Pat Christie Isn't Laughing This Weekend

The George Washington Bridge traffic lane closures scandal in New Jersey just gets more and more troublesome for Governor Blustery himself, Chris Christie.In the beginning, when critics first began to ask questions about why Christie's Port Authority appointees closed lanes to the GWB on the NJ side in September for an alleged traffic study that nobody saw conducted, Christie laughed the questions

by reality-based edu... / 12min 

12-14-13 Perdido Street School Week

Perdido Street School: Perdido Street School Week mark as readPro-Common Core Speakers At NYC Forums Used Talking Points Scripts With TimelinesVia Chris Cerrone, we learn the following from the Epoch Times about those Common Core supporters who flocked to the NYC Common Core forums to talk up the wonders of CCSS and testing:NEW YORK—In contrast to the angry crowds of parents who attended forums wi

1 by mike simpson / 8h 

Sacramento City Unified trustees to consider transgender policy - Education - The Sacramento Bee

Sacramento City Unified trustees to consider transgender policy - Education - The Sacramento Bee:

Sacramento City Unified trustees to consider transgender policy

By Loretta Kalb
lkalb@sacbee.com

Published: Sunday, Dec. 15, 2013 - 12:00 am

Sacramento City Unified School District trustees are poised this week to approve new guidelines designed to accommodate and protect transgender students.

The policy, two years in the making, is aligned with a bill Gov. Jerry Brown signed in August solidifying rights for transgender youths in California school districts. The Sacramento City Unified policy is similar to others adopted at school districts in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Oakland.

Supporters say accommodating transgender students – those who identify with a gender different from their sex at birth – is not new in Sacramento city schools. The district began addressing the needs of LGBTQ students a decade ago, passing a resolution in support of their safety in 2004 and starting the LGBTQ task force in 2005.

The proposed transgender policy was drafted by a subcommittee of the district’s LGBTQ Task Force. It calls on the district to accommodate and honor a transgender student’s desire to be

Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2013/12/15/6001197/sacramento-city-unified-trustees.html#mi_rss=Education#storylink=cpy