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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 1-21-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Jersey Jazzman: The Newark 5 Are Not Alone!The indefinite suspension (firing) of five principals in Newark–who spoke out against the closure of their schools– by Chris Christie’s appointee Cami Anderson is going viral! Time for an anti-bullying program in New Jersey. Jersey Jazzman shows in this post that the bullying agenda of Gov
1-21-14 Wait What?
Wait What?: Connecticut Fiscal Policy: Surplus First, Deficit LaterAccording to Governor Malloy, Connecticut’s fiscal house is in order and thanks to “surging” revenue the state of Connecticut will have a significant budget surplus this year and a balanced state budget going into the 2014 gubernatorial campaign. The Malloy administration is so excited about the news that it rumored to be contempl
1-21-14 The Answer Sheet
The Answer Sheet: Dogs vs. cats: Their oh-so-different teaching stylesFor a laugh, watch this to the very end. And for all you cat lovers, it’s just a joke! 25 by Valerie Strauss / 5h 1-20-14 The Answer SheetThe Answer Sheet: Why Christie’s school ‘fix’ is misguidedNew Jersey Gov. Chris Christie recently proposed extending the school year and school day in State of the State speech as reforms
1-21-14 Scathing Purple Musings | Color me purple in Florida
Scathing Purple Musings | Color me purple in Florida, red in Washington, dark sky-blue in Israel and public school in Education: Familiar Story in Tennesee: Gov, Ed Boss Want Common Core – GOP Legislators, Not So MuchLooks like a familiar story is unfolding in another republican dominated state. Joey Garrison reports in The Tennessean: Republican lawmakers are putting the final touches on legislat
1-21-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: This Week’s “Links I Should Have Posted About, But Didn’t” — January (Part Three)I have a huge backlog of resources that I’ve been planning to post about in blog but, just because of time constraints, have not gotten around to doing. Instead of letting that backlog grow bigger, I regularly grab a few and list them here with
1-21-14 Jersey Jazzman
Jersey Jazzman: The Newark 5 Are Not Alone: NJ's Reformy Bullying EpidemicIt's gratifying to see the Newark 5 story getting the coverage it's started to get. Five principals who spoke out against One Newark -- the plan by the Newark Public Schools to close some schools, turn others over to charter operators, and "renew" others -- were suspended Friday for the crime of exercising their Fi
1-21-14 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: PS 106 Update: Instead of Holding Bloomberg Accountable, NY Post and Eric Cantor Calls For VouchersIf you tried to write the most bizarre stories you can imagine it is really hard to match the NY Post. Chalkbeat lists loads of NY Post PS 106 stories (see below for links), including Cantor's call for vouchers as the answer to the PS 106 neglect. Cantor says, "Decisions over ed
On Assignment for DianeRavitch.Net: Rewriting Thomas Harkin’s Teach For America Constituent Letter | Cloaking Inequity
On Assignment for DianeRavitch.Net: Rewriting Thomas Harkin’s Teach For America Constituent Letter | Cloaking Inequity: On Assignment for DianeRavitch.Net: Rewriting Thomas Harkin’s Teach For America Constituent LetterI am on assignment today. Diane Ravitch asked me to rewrite Tom Harkin’s email to a constituent that extols the virtues of TFA. I will begin with the letter that was forwarded to me
1-21-14 4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: This AM’s School Board Meeting: TWO MONTHS AFTER HE KILLED ONE PLAN, KAYSER HAS HIS OWN TITLE I IDEASby Michael Janofsky, LA SchooLs Report | http://bit.ly/KCdvCaby smf / 34min Annette Benimg To Become Face Of Arts Ed For CaliforniaMary Plummer| Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC http://bit.ly/1ePLgsW January 20th, 2014, 6:00am :: Actress Annette Bening has si
1-21-14 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: Pulling a Greene: Why Advocacy and Market Forces Fail Education Reform [Redux]Pulling a Greene: Why Advocacy and Market Forces Fail Education Reform [Redux]. via Pulling a Greene: Why Advocacy and Market Forces Fail Education Reform [Redux].1 by plthomasedd / 9min ALEC and Its (Reluctantly) Newly-created Jeffersonian ProjectThe American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has bee
1-21-14 the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness by P. L. Thomas, EdD
the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness (the public and scholarly writing by P. L. Thomas, Furman University): Pulling a Greene: Why Advocacy and Market Forces Fail Education Reform [Redux]Jay P. Greene, Ph.D., is Endowed Chair and Head of the Department of Education Reform at the University of Arkansas. The Department of Education Reform is heavily funded by Walton money, and it
1-21-14 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: Governor Cuomo Will Fund After School Programs Through Gambling LossesCome on seven, mamma needs junior to get that after school SAT prep class!Buried in the Daily News article reporting that Governor Cuomo is funding universal full-day pre-K across the state for the year, attempting to cut off Bill de Blasio's campaign pledge that NYC will fund its own universal full-day pr
Study Concludes Many Teachers Would Improve With Less Control Of Content
Study Concludes Many Teachers Would Improve With Less Control Of Content: Study Concludes Many Teachers Would Improve With Less Control Of ContentAs sweeping reforms dramatically change what it means to be an American teacher, a steady stream of headlines, studies and op-eds assert that teachers are more dissatisfied than ever, that they are seeking to leave the profession, and feel theirhands are
ALEC and Its (Reluctantly) Newly-created Jeffersonian Project | deutsch29
ALEC and Its (Reluctantly) Newly-created Jeffersonian Project | deutsch29: ALEC and Its (Reluctantly) Newly-created Jeffersonian ProjectJanuary 20, 2014The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has been in existence for over forty years– since 1973. In 1975, ALEC registered as a nonprofit organization. By the late 1980s, ALEC had begun to “actively solicit more input from private sector mem
Preparing Kids for More Than College - Bridging Differences - Education Week
Preparing Kids for More Than College - Bridging Differences - Education Week: Preparing Kids for More Than CollegeBy Deborah Meier on January 21, 2014 8:57 AMDeborah Meier continues her conversation with Robert Pondiscio of CitizenshipFirst today.Dear Robert,Yes, I'm fixated on who decides what. That's the fundamental dilemma of a democracy. Since we agree that schooling is about teaching kids res
The Shriver Report – How We Provide for Children: In Search of Gender Equality
The Shriver Report – How We Provide for Children: In Search of Gender Equality: Tips for Co-parenting – Before DivorceBy Lisa Levey normalityrelief/Flickr In doing a Google search on the word co-parenting, I quickly found that co-parenting is a word we reserve for divorced families, not intact ones. Isn’t it strange that in 2012 we don’t have a word—a common vocabulary—to describe mothers and fath
The Times Really Seem to be A Changin in NYC | janresseger
The Times Really Seem to be A Changin in NYC | janresseger: The Times Really Seem to be A Changin in NYCPosted on January 21, 2014 by janressegerIt seems hard to believe, but 21 days into the term of a new mayor of New York City, the conversation has shifted away from “corporate” school reform—from efficiency and privatization to what children need and how the public can provide it. New York’s ne
Suspension of Dissident School Principals Revs Up Newark Opposition - NJ Spotlight
Suspension of Dissident School Principals Revs Up Newark Opposition - NJ Spotlight: SUSPENSION OF DISSIDENT SCHOOL PRINCIPALS REVS UP NEWARK OPPOSITIONJOHN MOONEY | JANUARY 21, 2014State-appointed superintendent under fire for reprimand of four who spoke out at rallyCredit: Howard Best/NPSNewark Superintendent of Schools Cami AndersonCami Anderson faces a new imbroglio over her reforms for Newark
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: More from the 'bottom of the barrel'
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: More from the 'bottom of the barrel': More from the 'bottom of the barrel'While teachers in America often come from the bottom of the academic barrel and are disproportionately teaching students from disadvantaged backgrounds, Duncan said, teachers in South Korea are selected from the top of the class and are rewarded for working with low-income students. -- U.S. New
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I Have a Corporate Dream, Now It’s Your Nightmare – Bill Gates’ #MLKRedux | Teachers' Letters to Bill Gates
I Have a Corporate Dream, Now It’s Your Nightmare – Bill Gates’ #MLKRedux | Teachers' Letters to Bill Gates: I Have a Corporate Dream, Now It’s Your Nightmare – Bill Gates’ #MLKReduxPosted on January 21, 2014by Teachers'LettersToBillGates“Education may be the hardest civil rights fight of all,” Gates said. “Discrimination is harder to prove and people often don’t know what levers to pull to fix th
John King of Comedy Befouls the Ideals of Martin Luther King - southbronxschool.com
http://www.southbronxschool.com: John King of Comedy Befouls the Ideals of Martin Luther KingToday is Martin Luther King Day. I was only 4 years old when he was assassinated and have no memory of him at all. But I do know one thing. He was a transformative figure for this country.King is in the same echelon as Lincoln, Washington, Jefferson, FDR, Jefferson, Madison. He dared to think outside the b
Nite Cap 1-20-14 #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 CAPNYC Educator: What Will Your Students Remember About You?NYC Educator: What Will Your Students Remember About You?: What Will Your Students Remember About You?I wish I'd written this piece. It's perfect. As we struggle through the nonsense of cor
NYC Educator: What Will Your Students Remember About You?
NYC Educator: What Will Your Students Remember About You?: What Will Your Students Remember About You?I wish I'd written this piece. It's perfect. As we struggle through the nonsense of corporate reforms favored by our billionaire ex-mayor, as village idiot John King musters the audacity to suggest his baseless untested programs would please Martin Luther King Jr., as Arne Duncan plays basketball
Kimble's Corner: Pick Up Your Paint Brush and Honor Reverend King
Kimble's Corner: Pick Up Your Paint Brush and Honor Reverend King: Pick Up Your Paint Brush and Honor Reverend KingThe liberal media, for obvious reasons, likes to portray Reverend Martin Luther King as a social reformer who fought for the rights of African-Americans in the South and then in the last 3 years of his life, took his campaign national and fought for workers' rights, and end to poverty
Is StudentsFirst Conceding Permanent Achievement Gaps? | Paul Bruno
Is StudentsFirst Conceding Permanent Achievement Gaps? | Paul Bruno: Is StudentsFirst Conceding Permanent Achievement Gaps?By PAUL BRUNO | Published: JANUARY 20, 2014Or don’t.I missed this when it first came out, but back in October StudentsFirst apparently released a report called A Personalized Future for Education. If you cut through the platitudes about “teaching with a 19th century model” des
1-20-14 THE WHOLE CHILD BLOG - This Week Celebrate Kindness — Whole Child Education
This Week Celebrate Kindness — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOGThis Week Celebrate KindnessJanuary 20, 2014 by Kristen PekarekThis week—January 20–24th—is designated as No Name-Calling Week(NNCW), an initiative of whole child partner Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) that provides students, teachers, staff, and parents with a week of resources and opportunities to show
Salon.com: National Charter Management Organizations Exposed | Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!
Salon.com: National Charter Management Organizations Exposed | Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!: Salon.com: National Charter Management Organizations ExposedFiled under: Charter Schools — millerlf @ 3:43 pm CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALS WEBSITEThe truth about charter schools: Padded cells, corruption, lousy instruction and worse resultsCharter schools are sold as an answer. With awful discipli
Thoughts on the “civil rights issue of our time” Parents United for Responsible Education
Parents United for Responsible Education » Blog Archive » Thoughts on the “civil rights issue of our time”: “civil rights issue of our time”My wonderful pastor husband read the excerpt below from Dr. King’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” in his sermon yesterday.Dr. King’s words are painfully appropriate for our own church right now, but also for the state of education reform, where wealthy white
Politically Hyperventillating – redqueeninla
Politically Hyperventillating – redqueeninla: Politically HyperventillatingWritten by redqueeninla in LAUSD I am an LAUSD parent, and I am scared.They say you have to name your problem, and this is it. I feel that I am part of an overwhelmingly vast educational institution, that has been usurped by corporate political forces. And I feel there is no one out there protecting my interests, the educ
Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog 1-20-14
Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog: The Future of GlassholesBy now, most of us have heard of Google’s latest endeavor to give us what we…may or may not need: smart glasses. These futuristic ‘Google Glasses’ allow users to access a world of holographic information, making it possible to use the internet (and more) without having to drag out those cumbersome smartphones. Though critics have been quick to po
Tonight: Continuing the College Affordability Conversation Student Voice
Student Voice: Tonight: Continuing the College Affordability Conversation Last week we had a chat with the US Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan. Join us this Monday (tonight at 8:30PM EST) as we continue the conversation about college affordability with Grant Lichtman and Dante Barry. We will be discussing things such as how college should be valued, and whether there are adequate alternatives t
teacherken at Daily Kos 1-20-14: "Teachers teach. Well-trained teachers teach better. Great teachers change lives."
Daily Kos: "Teachers teach. Well-trained teachers teach better. Great teachers change lives.": "Teachers teach. Well-trained teachers teach better. Great teachers change lives."That is a quote from page 34 of my friend Dave Greene's new book, Doing the Right Thing: A Teacher Speaks, for which I will provide a review in this space in the next week or so. It is also my new sig li
When You Fail, I Fail – Approach To Leadership | Connected Principals
When You Fail, I Fail – Approach To Leadership | Connected Principals: When You Fail, I Fail – Approach To Leadershipby sblankenship • January 20, 2014 • 0 CommentsAs school leaders, we must realize we are in this together. If we can create the following conditions, we can experience success together.Supervision of Instruction occurs between 8:00 and 3:00 or it doesn’t get done!The power to chang
1-20-14 Wait What?
Wait What?: For Martin Luther King, it wasn’t “bad” segregation vs. “okay” segregation.It was June 23, 1963 and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was leading the Great March on Detroit, which has also been called “The Walk to Freedom.” Speaking to a crowd of more than 25,000 people at Cobo Hall in Detroit King said: “For we have come to see that segregation is not only sociologically […]The post For Mart
The Story of Matthew, the Bravest Little Guy in New York. | Truth in American Education
The Story of Matthew, the Bravest Little Guy in New York. | Truth in American Education: The Story of Matthew, the Bravest Little Guy in New York.Filed in Common Core State Standards by truthed on January 20, 2014 • 0 Comments82By Michael BohrThere is a very brave young man in NY by the name of Matthew. He is 12 years old and has some serious learning challenges that he was in control of and learn
1-20-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Thank You, Reverend Kingby Melissa Westbrook / 20min 1-19-14 Seattle Schools Community ForumSeattle Schools Community Forum: Seattle Schools This WeekMonday, January 20thNo School in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. DayWednesday, January 22ndSchool Board Meeting, starting at 4:15 pm. Agenda. Note: there is to be an Executive Session after the Board meeting for 30
On Inefficiencies and Value Added In Private Schools: A follow up on the Chubb research summit | School Finance 101
On Inefficiencies and Value Added In Private Schools: A follow up on the Chubb research summit | School Finance 101: On Inefficiencies and Value Added In Private Schools: A follow up on the Chubb research summitPosted on January 20, 20140 Reblogged from Private Schooling & the Public Interest:Bruce D. Baker, RutgersA few weeks back I posted a rather harsh critique of a summit convened by NAIS
Fighting for the dream continues | Teaching Between the Lines
Fighting for the dream continues | Teaching Between the Lines: Fighting for the dream continuesposted in CCSS, Common Core, Heroes of Education, High Stakes Testing, My Story,NCLB, Reading, Visions of Education, Writing by LauraThis was my very first blog post, written in 2011, in response to my growing frustrations and fears over NCLB. I had met and spoken with Stephen Krashen, who encouraged me
Honoring MLK: Remembered For the Extremist That He Was | Cloaking Inequity
Honoring MLK: Remembered For the Extremist That He Was | Cloaking Inequity: Honoring MLK: Remembered For the Extremist That He Was“The question is not whether we will be extremists… but what kind of extremists we will be…” Would MLK be a “school reformer” in the mold of Rahm, Bloomberg, Rhee or Broad? Do you think he would be a member of the anti-union Democrats for Education Reform? Or anti-unio
When Schools Stay Open on Martin Luther King Day - Emily Richmond - The Atlantic
When Schools Stay Open on Martin Luther King Day - Emily Richmond - The Atlantic: When Schools Stay Open on Martin Luther King Day“It always seems like Martin Luther King day is the first one they are willing to give up.”EMILY RICHMOND Today is a federal holiday, which means schools are closed in Washington, D.C. However in some states, districts have abandoned plans to observe Martin Luther King
The greatest MLK speeches you never heard - CNN.com
The greatest MLK speeches you never heard - CNN.com: The greatest MLK speeches you never heardBy John Blake, CNNupdated 8:14 AM EST, Mon January 20, 2014American civil rights leader the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is best known for his role in the African-American civil rights movement and nonviolent protests. His life's work has been honored with a national holiday, schools and public buildings n
Court ruling in New Orleans could have big consequences for the city’s schools | Hechinger Report
Court ruling in New Orleans could have big consequences for the city’s schools | Hechinger Report: Court ruling in New Orleans could have big consequences for the city’s schoolsBy Hechinger ReportLast week’s Louisiana appeals court ruling that the New Orleans school board improperly dismissed thousands of teachers in the wake of Hurricane Katrina vindicated the fired educators and their supporters
Martin Luther King 2.0, Now with More Excellence | EduShyster
Martin Luther King 2.0, Now with More Excellence | EduShyster: Martin Luther King 2.0, Now with More ExcellenceNo one could lead a civil rights movement like Martin Luther King Jr. But let’s face it: the movement he led was old school. The civil rights issue of our time is the achievement gap, and closing it often requires doing the opposite of what Dr. King stood for.Which raises some important q
Diane Ravitch and technology: Once more into the breach… | Dangerously Irrelevant
Diane Ravitch and technology: Once more into the breach… | Dangerously Irrelevant: Diane Ravitch and technology: Once more into the breach…I’m trying to see Diane Ravitch’s pro-technology stance. I really am. I thought she was more tempered in Reign of Error. She actually noted some positive affordances of instructional technologies for students and teachers and also appropriately noted concerns a
Morning Wink 1-20-14 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 1-20-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Are You Sick of Highly Paid Teachers?Thanks to Jennie Shanker for tweeting this to me. It appeared in the Daily Kos. It shows how to adjust the wages of teachers.7 by dianeravitch / 1h Edward Jo
