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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 3-20-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: California: The Language Police Are on the Job!A teacher in California sent me the latest state testing guidelines and was disturbed to see the large number of forbidden topics. I was not surprised because in 2003, I published a book called “The Language Police: How Pressure Groups Restrict What Students Learn.” I reported that tes
Why Voting Beats 'Voting With One's Feet' - Bridging Differences - Education Week
Why Voting Beats 'Voting With One's Feet' - Bridging Differences - Education Week: Why Voting Beats 'Voting With One's Feet'By Deborah Meier on March 20, 2014 9:55 AMDeborah Meier writes again to Robert Pondiscio of Democracy Prep.Dear Robert,I don't want to give you too much joy, Robert. But, yes, I'm always nervous about rapid changes (so I'm conservative in this sense), and I can't bear being c
Colorado State Education Agency Sharing Identifiable Student Information with Various Agencies. Will This Happen in Missouri? | Missouri Education Watchdog
Colorado State Education Agency Sharing Identifiable Student Information with Various Agencies. Will This Happen in Missouri? | Missouri Education Watchdog: Colorado State Education Agency Sharing Identifiable Student Information with Various Agencies. Will This Happen in Missouri?inShareStudent data shared in Colorado longitudinal data system.Busted.States have built longitudinal data systems for
3-20-14 Wait What?
Wait What?: Investigation needed into Malloy administration’s handling of Clark Elementary School FiascoLast October Governor Malloy’s Commissioner of Education, Stefan Pryor, and his corporate education reform industry allies teamed up with Hartford’s outgoing superintendent of schools, Christina Kishimoto, to hand Hartford’s Clark Elementary School over to Achievement First, Inc., the large char
Need More Info About Common Core? There’s an App for That! | Truth in American Education
Need More Info About Common Core? There’s an App for That! | Truth in American Education: Need More Info About Common Core? There’s an App for That!Filed in Common Core State Standards by Shane Vander Hart on March 20, 2014 • 1 Comment1113Yesterday a new tool became available in the fight to Stop Common Core. A group on Georgia developed a mobile app entitled “About Common Core.”Rob Cunningham wh
The Answer Sheet 3-20-14 School reformers love ‘choice,’ except when …
The Answer Sheet: Avoiding the most common financial aid application errorsIf you have kids in college, or kids who are going to be in college, you want to read this advice on how to get financial aid without making big mistakes. It was written by Mark Kantrowitz, senior vice president and publisher of Edvisors.com, a group of web sites about planning and paying for college. […] by Valerie Stra
3-20-14 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: Haslam Fiddles with Vouchers and More Tests While Tennesseans Go Without Health CareIs school privatization really more important than keeping the most vulnerable citizens from having access to health care? What would it cost the State of Tennessee to say Yes to expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act? Nothing, except the wrath of the billionaires.The Daily Show Get More:
3-20-14 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: Jeb Bush’s Fingerprints on Florida’s New High-Stakes Tests and His Sudden Arrival to the Common Core WarsScathing Purple Musings wrote yesterday that the next FCAT is going to parachute in just like the last one. Only this time, fresh off a field test of predominately wh
Save Our Schools March – BATs March on D.C. + Rally to Save Education – Seattle
Save Our Schools March – BATs March on D.C.: BATs March on D.C.BATs March on D.C. on July 28thSave the Date! Details are still developing, but watch the site for updates.Like this event on Facebook!Sunday:9:00 – 12:00 BAT Leadership Training2:00 – 7:00 BAT Social with familesHoliday Inn – Washington CapitalMonday:10:00 – 6:00 BATs March on D.C.Rally to Save Education – SeattleRally to Save Educati
3-20-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Learning About The Spring SeasonToday’s the first day of Spring, and I’ve just updated The Best Sites For Learning About The Spring Season. Additional suggestions are welcome.by Larry Ferlazzo / 1h YESTERDAYI’m Interviewed In Podcast “Parent Involvement Versus Parent Engagement: Is There Really a Difference?”I was a guest d
3-20-14 Fred 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.: John Dillon. Good cops and bad: Rauner and Rimel.- John Dillon publishes Pension Vocabulary where this piece was first posted. My email from Rebecca Rimel couldn’t have come at a worse time. Bruce Rauner had just won the nomination to run as the Republican gubernatorial candidate in Illinois, and the
3-20-14 Ed Notes Online Week
Ed Notes Online: The Lies Eva Moskowitz Tells: More Destructive Than Global WarmingIn my speech at the PEP the other night I didn't have time to make a better case against the Success Charter scam. I wanted to quote from a Ravitch post (Fact-Checking Eva’s Claims on National Television) exposing the lies. The Moskowitz machine has rolled de Blasio, with 3.5 million bucks spent on commercials, enou
3-20-14 With A Brooklyn Accent Go BATs All Week
With A Brooklyn Accent: How Hip Hop Crosses Cultural Boundaries: An Afternoon and Evening with the Bronx Berlin ConnectionWhat an afternoon and evening yesterday with the young people from the Bronx-Berlin Connection and the great program organizers Olad Aden andFabian Farbeon Saucedo! It reminded me of the power of hip hop culture- and the arts, generally- to cross boundaries of language and nati
3-20-14 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): From Baldwin to Coates: Denying Racism, Ignoring EvidenceI have offered two posts confronting a pattern in the U.S. of denying racism (usually arguing class instead) despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary: Denying Racism Has an Evidence Problem The Mistrial of Jor
3-20-14 Perdido Street School Week
Perdido Street School: Eva Moskowitz And Her Allies Spent $3.6 Million On Pro-Charter Ads In Last Three WeeksHow come they can't pay rent but they can spend $3.6 million dollars on pro-charter ads?A pro-charter school group has spent $3.6 million over the past three weeks on TV ads attacking Mayor de Blasio, an insider revealed Wednesday.Families for Excellent Schools — founded by a deep-pocketed
In NYC, Charters May or May Not “Backfill” Students; Public Schools Take Everybody | janresseger
In NYC, Charters May or May Not “Backfill” Students; Public Schools Take Everybody | janresseger: In NYC, Charters May or May Not “Backfill” Students; Public Schools Take EverybodyPosted on March 20, 2014 by janressegerWho knew that New York City has a name for what lots of charter schools do or fail to do: accept new students when students drop out. Backfilling students. In NYC, “backfilling s
Newark, New Jersey school official threatens to fire one third of district’s teachers - World Socialist Web Site
Newark, New Jersey school official threatens to fire one third of district’s teachers - World Socialist Web Site: Newark, New Jersey school official threatens to fire one third of district’s teachersBy Rory Dean and Sandy English 20 March 2014Newark, New Jersey Public Schools Superintendent Cami Anderson, citing falling student enrollment as well as budget shortfalls, announced her intention to la
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Karma Smacks Los Angeles Times Reporter Jason Felch southbronxschool.com
http://www.southbronxschool.com: Karma Smacks Los Angeles Times Reporter Jason FelchKarma usually has a way of coming back and kicking you in the butt. This week Los Angeles Times reporter Jason Felch felt Karma's full wrath.For those that do not recall, Jason spearheaded a Los Angeles Times report in August of 2010 using data of that funky science of value added measurements to determine who is a
The Network For Public Education | PRESS RELEASE: Member of Congress joins with NPE and calls for public hearings on the misuse and abuse of standardized tests
The Network For Public Education | PRESS RELEASE: Member of Congress joins with NPE and calls for public hearings on the misuse and abuse of standardized tests: PRESS RELEASE: Member of Congress joins with NPE and calls for public hearings on the misuse and abuse of standardized testsMarch 19, 2014 NPE Call for Hearings, Press ReleaseMarch 19, 2014Contact:Robin Hiller phone: 520-668-4634 email: ro
3-19-14 The Whole Child Blog — Town Hall Discussion: Bringing the Questions Together — Whole Child Education
Town Hall Discussion: Bringing the Questions Together — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOGTown Hall Discussion: Bringing the Questions TogetherMarch 19, 2014 by Whole Child SymposiumDownload the Town Hall Discussion Now [Right-Click to Save]The decisions we make today—for our systems, our schools, and our classrooms—will affect what all of our tomorrows will look like tomorrow. This month
The Washington Teacher: DCPS IS Violating the Law!
The Washington Teacher: DCPS IS Violating the Law!: DCPS IS Violating the Law!March 19, 2014 Dear Members of the WTU Bargaining Unit: It has come to our attention that DCPS has disseminated a survey to members of our bargaining unit asking among other things, whether you approve or disapprove of extending the school day by one hour next year. WTU is the sole and exclusive bargaining representative
Schooling in the Ownership Society: DFER brags: Our money beat Travis
Schooling in the Ownership Society: DFER brags: Our money beat Travis: DFER brags: Our money beat TravisMitchell on the make and on the take.School privatizers and charter hustlers from DFER are all over Twitter, taking credit forChristian Mitchell's questionable narrow victory over progressive candidate Jay Travis. The IL branch of the N.Y.-based hedge-fund-started group dropped more than $50,00
Cami’s bad week | Bob Braun's Ledger
Cami’s bad week | Bob Braun's Ledger: Cami’s bad weekArne DuncanUS Education Secretary Arne Duncan met last Saturday with Cami Anderson, the state-appointed superintendent of Newark schools, and suggested she might be moving too fast to privatize the city’s schools with her “One Newark” plan. To which, according to sources at the meeting, Cami told Duncan he was wrong. A few days later, just hour
Nite Cap 3-19-14 #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 CAPTeachers' Letters to Bill Gates | Educators from the US and beyond: please share your teaching stories with Mr. Bill Gates.Teachers' Letters to Bill Gates | Educators from the US and beyond: please share your teaching stories with Mr. Bill Gates.
Teachers' Letters to Bill Gates | Educators from the US and beyond: please share your teaching stories with Mr. Bill Gates.
Teachers' Letters to Bill Gates | Educators from the US and beyond: please share your teaching stories with Mr. Bill Gates. How have the policies of the Gates Foundation influenced your classroom, your students, your teaching, your schools, and your communities?: NYC teacher: “THIS is what the Common Core is doing to our children; it’s heartbreaking and wrong”Posted on March 19, 2014by Teachers'Le
3-19-14 empathyeducates
empathyeducates: Liberals and Tea Party Find Common Ground with Common CoreBy Karen Wolfe | Originally Published at LA Progressive. March 19, 2014 Few if any political issues have brought together liberals and the tea party to the extent that the Common Core State Standards have. How can something be equally objectionable to political opposites? Tea partiers ideologically […]by empathy / 45min hid
Photo Essay: This Charter School is Lovely | Cloaking Inequity
Photo Essay: This Charter School is Lovely | Cloaking Inequity: Photo Essay: This Charter School is LovelyA student recently asked me in class if there was a charter school I would recommend in Austin besides the UT-Austin Elementary Charter School. This afternoon I visited one such school. There are some “reformers” in Austin that have criticized the Austin Independent School District for ending
Seattle Education Meetup: An Opt Out Workshop with Jesse Hagopian | Seattle Education
Seattle Education Meetup: An Opt Out Workshop with Jesse Hagopian | Seattle Education: Seattle Education Meetup: An Opt Out Workshop with Jesse HagopianFirst No Child Left Behind, then Race to the Top and now the Common Core Standards.Unsure what the Common Core Standards are?Want to know more about the term “high stakes testing”?Have you heard about parents, students and teachers opting out of st
Choosing Democracy: Vergara Lawsuit would take away teacher rights
Choosing Democracy: Vergara Lawsuit would take away teacher rights: Vergara Lawsuit would take away teacher rights"It would be very scary to me, if this lawsuit succeeds, to think that I might not have a job next year, not for anything I'd done in the classroom, but because my principal didn't like me, or my clothing, or something I'd said." —Laura Lacar, Gahr High School, ABC Unified Sc
Public School Defenders Launch Movement in Austin | Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!
Public School Defenders Launch Movement in Austin | Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!: Public School Defenders Launch Movement in AustinFiled under: Public Education — millerlf @ 2:36 pm The Progressive March 2014Deep in the heart of Texas, in the very center of what public-school advocate Diane Ravitch called the “education-industrial complex,” public-school activists from every corner o
Two Massachusetts Schools Approve PARCC Opt-Out | Truth in American Education
Two Massachusetts Schools Approve PARCC Opt-Out | Truth in American Education: Two Massachusetts Schools Approve PARCC Opt-OutFiled in Common Core Assessments by Shane Vander Hart on March 19, 2014 • 0 Comments91Educational officials in Massachusetts have been telling parents who desire to opt-out that it is mandatory that their students participate in the PARCC field testing that is occurring, de
solidaridad: Students. Tired of corporate reformers making choices about YOUR education? Fight back!
solidaridad: Students. Tired of corporate reformers making choices about YOUR education? Fight back!: Students. Tired of corporate reformers making choices about YOUR education? Fight back!REGISTER HERE: http://empowerED2014.com"If you had the power to change the education system, what would you do?"Here's your chance.On March 29, at the University of Southern California, through the Emp
Videos: Voucher groups admitting to squeezing Democrats and using low-income children as the “face” of program for political purposes | The Florida Squeeze
Videos: Voucher groups admitting to squeezing Democrats and using low-income children as the “face” of program for political purposes | The Florida Squeeze: Videos: Voucher groups admitting to squeezing Democrats and using low-income children as the “face” of program for political purposesKARTIK KRISHNAIYER ♦ MARCH 18, 2014 ♦ 4 COMMENTSHB 7099, the largest potential expansion to date of school vou
The Answer Sheet 3-19-14 School reformers love ‘choice,’ except when …
School reformers love ‘choice,’ except when …: School reformers love ‘choice,’ except when …School “reformers” love to promote “choice.” Charters. Vouchers. Tuition tax credits. It’s all about giving parents choices, right? Well, not always. Reformers don’t actually like choice quite so much when: * Parents decide they want to opt their children out of taking a high-stakes standardized test that h
3-19-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Wilson-Pacific MeetingThought I'd open a thread for anyone who attended that meeting to weigh in.As I posted elsewhere, I am baffled by the use of Wilson-Pacific fields for Lincoln High. Why not Woodland Park? Or, near me, they are going to lid the reservoir near Roosevelt High. Why not dedicate one of those fields to Lincoln? I said I think the district is doing
3-19-14 LA School Report - What's Really Going on Inside LAUSD
LA School Report - What's Really Going on Inside LAUSD (Los Angeles Unified School District): LA Unified, YMCA to break ground on new Westside facilityUniversity High School A large empty dirt lot sits at the Southwest corner of University High School’s campus in West Los Angeles. It won’t be empty for long. The Westside Family YMCA and LA Unified are set to break ground this summer on a 60,000 sq
The Daily Censored » Detroit Teachers Can Win if We Take Back Our Union Now!
The Daily Censored » Detroit Teachers Can Win if We Take Back Our Union Now!: Detroit Teachers Can Win if We Take Back Our Union Now!Detroit Teachers Can Win if We Take Back Our Union Now! It’s Time for the DFT to Act Like a Union Again, and Not an Arm of the Administration!Vote EON/BAMN Slate for the DFT Delegates to the 2014 AFT National and State Teachers’ Union ConventionsBallots sho
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 3-19-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: Learning To Think Is The GoalLetter to the Los Angeles Times | http://bit.ly/OksXFm Re “Common Core learning curve,” Editorial, March14 http://t.co/EHTNQkunD3 Not mentioned in the editorial is the astonishing amount of testing required by Common Core and the requirement that testing be done online. No Child Left Behind required tests “only” at the end o
University of California The Campus Climate Study - STUDY RESULTS | Office of The President
University of California | Office of The President: HOMEOVERVIEWWHAT IS CAMPUS CLIMATE?OUR GOALSOUR TEAMSTUDY RESULTSFEEDBACKFAQOffice of the PresidentCampus Climate StudyCommitted to a healthy and inclusive climate.Study resultsThe campus climate study will consist of two major phases. The first includes data collected from a population survey that seeks input from the entire UC community.Based o
Save Our Schools March – Taking Back OUR Schools Rally & March – NYC Metro
Save Our Schools March – Taking Back OUR Schools Rally & March – NYC Metro: Taking Back OUR Schools Rally & March – NYC MetroCalling all NYC Metro community activists – families, students, civil rights advocates, voters, immigrant families, policymakers and legislators, union members, teachers, and faith leaders…Save Our Schools along with Change The Stakes, Movement of Rank and File Educa
Fighting Common Core
Fighting Common Core: Liberals and Tea Party Find Common Ground with Common CoreBy Karen WolfeShare on facebookShare on twitterShare on emailShare on pinterest_shareMore Sharing Services0(Photo: Barbara Haddock Taylor, Baltimore Sun)Few if any political issues have brought together liberals and the tea party to the extent that the Common Core State Standards have. How can something be equally obje
FCMAT » Cali Education Headlines Wednesday, March 19, 2014
FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team: UPDATE: New Issue of Cream and Cherries: Los Angeles charter schools outperform traditional district schools | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCCEducation HeadlinesWednesday, March 19, 2014FCMAT 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 pol
3-19-14 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: Stemming STEM Will Help Everyone Except the BillionairesI have been railing for a number of years about the corporate socialism at work in the creation of an oversupply of scientists, technocrats, and engineers. Follow the links.So here is a clip from a very thoughtful piece from the Atlantic today, which concludes that the creation of an oversupply of workers in science, tech, and
3-19-14 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: Reading Out of Context: “But there was something missing,” Walter Dean MyersReading Out of Context: “But there was something missing,” Walter Dean Myers. via Reading Out of Context: “But there was something missing,” Walter Dean Myers.1 by plthomasedd / 19min 3-17-14 @ The Chalk Face@ THE CHALK FACE: NPR Whitewashes “Grit” NarrativeNPR Whitewashes “Grit” Narrative. via NPR Whitew
3-19-14 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): Reading Out of Context: “But there was something missing,” Walter Dean Myersac·a·dem·ic: adjective \a-kÉ™-ˈde-mik\ having no practical importance; not involving or relating to anything real or practical. ### Currently, I have three seniors on track to certify as secondary
Protecting Ourselves from the Vagaries and Blindness of Our Politics | janresseger
Protecting Ourselves from the Vagaries and Blindness of Our Politics | janresseger: Protecting Ourselves from the Vagaries and Blindness of Our PoliticsPosted on March 19, 2014 by janressegerAt the end of last week, the Education Law Center sent out an excellent and lucid summary of the significance of the recent state supreme court decision on Kansas school finance, Gannon v. State of Kansas. I
PSAT for yesterday: This is why we have elections Parents United for Responsible Education
Parents United for Responsible Education » Blog Archive » PSAT for yesterday: This is why we have elections: PSAT for yesterday: This is why we have electionsTuesday really got past me – though I did vote. And this is why we have elections, folks – so that once in a while there are legislative proposals like 6 out of 7 of the ones mentioned below, that actually address important issues in useful w
StudentsFirst's "likes" on Facebook: Pathetic Popularity Contest - Momma Bears
StudentsFirst's "likes" on Facebook: Pathetic Popularity Contest - Momma Bears: StudentsFirst's "likes" on Facebook: Pathetic Popularity Contest03/18/2014 Momma Bears has often wondered about the gullible people who fall for the StudentsFirst sales pitch. StudentsFirst is an underhanded, astroturf organization funded by corporate billionaires (HERE and HERE). How on earth do
Morning Wink 3-19-14 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 3-19-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: KrazyTA Explains What Bill Gates Wants for His Own ChildrenThe most famous line ever written by John Dewey was this: “What the best and wisest parent wants for his own child, that must the commu
