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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 3-21-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Florida: Parents and Teachers Stopped the Voucher BillKathleen McGrory of the Miami Herald shows how parents and teachers stopped the voucher bill in Florida. ““We really saw this as an attack on public education,” said Mindy Gould legislative affairs for the PTA. “The testing issue had become a sticking point. “John Kirtley, who h
When Data Privacy Bills Don’t Protect Privacy: A Mom Takes on NGOs, Governmental Agencies and Politicians | Missouri Education Watchdog
When Data Privacy Bills Don’t Protect Privacy: A Mom Takes on NGOs, Governmental Agencies and Politicians | Missouri Education Watchdog: When Data Privacy Bills Don’t Protect Privacy: A Mom Takes on NGOs, Governmental Agencies and PoliticiansinShareIs this what your state legislature believes when it concerns personal student data?What’s happening in Louisiana with SB449 is happening in Missouri w
3-20-14 The Answer Sheet
The Answer Sheet: A defense (of sorts) of the SATSomebody had to do it. Here’s a defense of sorts of the SAT, written by Patrick O’Connor, associate dean of college counseling at Cranbrook Kingswood School, and counselor educator at Oakland Community College. By Patrick O’Connor After College Board updated the SAT in 2005, critics called the test user unfriendly and irrelevant. The 2005 […] 5
3-21-14 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: Human Rights: The Civil Rights Issue of This GenerationBy now it is abundantly clear that the federal government plans to do nothing about enforcing the Fair Housing Act, which was passed in 1968 as a sop to those grieving the assassination of Dr. King, just as it is clear that the Feds plan to do nothing to stop funding the resegregation and cultural neutering of American minority
3-21-14 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: Influential Miami-Dade Superintendent Finds Selection of New Florida Tests “Insufficient”StateImpact reporter John O’Connor has this: Miami-Dade schools superintendent Alberto Carvalho said the process by which Florida chose a new statewide exam was ‘insufficient’ and he
3-21-14 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: What’s Wrong with Teacher Education?What’s Wrong with Teacher Education?. via What’s Wrong with Teacher Education?.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical1 by plthomasedd / 3h hide // saveYESTERDAYBill Gates’ Sobering 2009 Speech to LegislatorsOn March 13, 2014, Bill Gates had dinner with 80 senators and other elected officials. Given his keynote the following day to members
3-21-14 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): Talk about the PassionThe best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity. “The Second Coming,” William Butler Yeats All across the upstate of South Carolina recently, yard signs have been appearing: Stop Common Core (see the one held in the ph
3-21-14 empathyeducates
empathyeducates: The Science of ‘Paying It Forward’Graphic; Olimpia Zagnoli By Milena Tsvetkova and Michael Macy | Originally Published at Gray Matter. The New York times. March 14, 2014 ONE morning in December of 2012, at the drive-through window of a Tim Hortons coffee shop in Winnipeg, Manitoba, a customer paid for her order […]by empathy / 6h 3-19-14 empathyeducatesempathyeducates: Liberals an
3-21-14 Curmudgucation:
CURMUDGUCATION: You Don't KnowTesty stuff experts could discuss all of the following in scholarly type terms, and God bless them for that. But let me try to explain in more ordinary English why standardized tests must fail, have failed, will always fail. There's one simple truth that the masters of test-driven accountability must wrestle with, and yet fail to even acknowledge:It is not possible to
3-21-14 Perdido Street School Week
Perdido Street School: Cuomo Threatens De Blasio Over Charter School IssuesThe governor who claims he has nothing to do with education policy keeps getting involved in education policy: ALBANY - Gov. Cuomo is pressing Mayor de Blasio to resolve controversies over charter schools — including three lawsuits — before the state has to get involved, a source said. "The governor is urging the mayor
Five Hours of Gates-led Kindergarten Common Core MAP Tests! #TESTHearingsNow | Teachers' Letters to Bill Gates
Five Hours of Gates-led Kindergarten Common Core MAP Tests! #TESTHearingsNow | Teachers' Letters to Bill Gates: Five Hours of Gates-led Kindergarten Common Core MAP Tests! #TESTHearingsNowPosted on March 21, 2014by Teachers'LettersToBillGatesDear Bill and Melinda,You are making history, Bill and Melinda. You have now reached a new level of notoriety. You two can now be known in history books as
Budget panel sensitive to more money for common core :: SI&A Cabinet Report :: The Essential Resource for Superintendents and the Cabinet
Budget panel sensitive to more money for common core :: SI&A Cabinet Report :: The Essential Resource for Superintendents and the Cabinet: MARCH 21, 2014Budget panel sensitive to more money for common coreby Tom Chorneau(Calif.) A key legislative budget panel appeared sympatric Thursday to providing schools more funding next year to implement the Common Core State Standards.Last summer legisla
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Creepy Rauner Dems
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Creepy Rauner Dems: Creepy Rauner DemsCREEPY! Rauner DemsInteresting to see who showed up Thursday for Rauner's photo shoot of “Democrats and Independents for Rauner” besides Mrs. Rauner.Only surprise was that Bruce's buddy Rahm wasn't in this picture, even though everyone knows it should be.Interesting names on the list include:Rahm/Daley pal, billionaire James Crow
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A Kindergartner’s Nightmare | Seattle Education
A Kindergartner’s Nightmare | Seattle Education: A Kindergartner’s NightmareIs this education? Is this what we want for our children and grandchildren?Teachers have called the testing regime child abuse and here you get to read about it firsthand.A teacher’s recount of the first day of Common Core Testing as posted on the Badass Teachers (BATS) Facebook page:“I’m aiming for the short version here.
Lauren Anderson: Grit, Galton and Eugenics - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher
Lauren Anderson: Grit, Galton and Eugenics - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher: Lauren Anderson: Grit, Galton and EugenicsBy Anthony Cody on March 21, 2014 1:24 AMGuest post by Lauren Anderson.Last September, a headline caught my attention: "MacArthur Foundation announces 24 fellows."[1] In an historical moment characterized by heated debate about education research and reform,
American Schools Are STILL Racist, Government Report Finds
American Schools Are STILL Racist, Government Report Finds: American Schools Are STILL Racist, Government Report FindsPosted: 03/21/2014 12:01 am EDT Updated: 03/21/2014 12:59 am EDTPublic school students of color get more punishment and less access to veteran teachers than their white peers, according to surveys released Friday by the U.S. Education Department that include data from every U.S. sc
Bill Gates’ Sobering 2009 Speech to Legislators | deutsch29
Bill Gates’ Sobering 2009 Speech to Legislators | deutsch29: Bill Gates’ Sobering 2009 Speech to LegislatorsMarch 20, 2014On March 13, 2014, Bill Gates had dinner with 80 senators and other elected officials. Given his keynote the following day to members of the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS), make no mistake that Gates used his time with the senators and other officials
Teachers: You Are The Target Under Common Core - Girard At Large
Teachers: You Are The Target Under Common Core - Girard At Large: Teachers: You Are The Target Under Common CoreCategories: Oh My BLOG!In New Hampshire, the Department of Eduction will try to avoid the subject of tying a teacher’s evaluation to the Smarter Balanced Assessment (SBAC) by saying, this only applies to schools that receive Title 1 funding. That means many teachers in NH will be subjec
Marie Corfield: Rally for NJ Public Education Part 2: Stop Bashing Teachers!
Marie Corfield: Rally for NJ Public Education Part 2: Stop Bashing Teachers!: Rally for NJ Public Education Part 2: Stop Bashing Teachers!Is it just me, or is everything marketed as ‘sexy’ these days? Almost every bride on every bridal reality show (Ok, I admit it, I watch them all!) wants to look sexy. (Whatever happened to classy?) Cell phones, computers, paint colors, guns, food, tools, toothpa
Race to lead L.A. teachers union headed to runoff - latimes.com
Race to lead L.A. teachers union headed to runoff - latimes.com: Race to lead L.A. teachers union headed to runoffComments0EmailShare43Warren Fletcher, right, is president of United Teachers-Los Angeles. Above, he speaks during a candidates forum in Boyle Heights. (Katie Falkenberg / Los Angeles Times / March 4, 2014)By Howard BlumeMarch 20, 2014, 4:25 p.m.The contest to head the nation's second-l
Vergara trial: Stanford education reseacher defends California teacher dismissal system | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC
Vergara trial: Stanford education reseacher defends California teacher dismissal system | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC: Vergara trial: Stanford education reseacher defends California teacher dismissal systemAdolfo Guzman-Lopez | March 20th, 2014, 4:17pmRebecca Hill/KPCCA Stanford education researcher testified Thursday that the existing teacher dismissal system already works swiftly in a well-managed s
Nite Cap 3-20-14 #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 CAPCommunity Forum on the CORE Waiver's Urges Public Action | The Sacramento Coalition to Save Public EducationCommunity Forum on the CORE Waiver's Urges Public Action | The Sacramento Coalition to Save Public Education: Community Forum on the CORE
Community Forum on the CORE Waiver's Urges Public Action | The Sacramento Coalition to Save Public Education
Community Forum on the CORE Waiver's Urges Public Action | The Sacramento Coalition to Save Public Education: Community Forum on the CORE Waiver's Urges Public Actionpublished by Kate_Lenox on Thu, 03/20/2014 - 1:36pm The takeaway from last night's Community Forum on the California Office to Reform Education NCLB Waiver was that this waiver, and the commission that oversees it, str
Public denied access to LA school officials' iPad software demonstration | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC
Public denied access to LA school officials' iPad software demonstration | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC: Public denied access to LA school officials' iPad software demonstrationAnnie Gilbertson | March 20th, 2014, 3:11pmTom Pennington/Getty ImagesMembers of the L.A. Unified school board and a committee investigating the iPad project were given the first demonstration of the tablet's educational softwar
Fixing Our Schools
Fixing Our Schools: Fixing Our SchoolsBy Mark Naison“Cooking School” — Bigstock PhotoAfter a wonderful long weekend , I thought it might be appropriate to momentarily drop my Junkyard Dog/Badass Teacher persona and offer some positive ideas about how to improve our educational system.I think we need to drop the test-based, one-size-fits-all model of education and allow for far more experimentation
Parents United for Responsible Education » Blog Archive » PURE support from RESIST!
Parents United for Responsible Education » Blog Archive » PURE support from RESIST!: PURE support from RESIST!PURE is delighted to announce that we recently received a grant from RESIST, a grass roots foundation that supports social change.According to their website, RESIST currently funds over 100 amazing grassroots organizations around the country a year. These groups use grants from RESIST to d
Beyond Neoliberal Miseducation | Blog, Perspectives | BillMoyers.com
Beyond Neoliberal Miseducation | Blog, Perspectives | BillMoyers.com: Beyond Neoliberal MiseducationMarch 20, 2014by Henry Giroux1Gan Golan of Los Angeles holds a ball and chain representing his college loan debt at an Occupy DC demonstration in Washington, DC. October 6, 2011. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)This post originally appeared at Truthout. It draws from a number of ideas in Henry A. Giroux’
3-20-14 The Whole Child Blog — March Is Middle Level Education Month
The Whole Child Blog — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOGMarch Is Middle Level Education MonthMarch 20, 2014 by Kristen PekarekWhole child partner National Association of Secondary School Principals has joined with other organizations, including the Association for Middle Level Education, the National Forum to Accelerate Middle Grades Reform, and the National Association of Elementary Pri
ASU Regents’ Professor Emeritus David Berliner at Vergara v. California |
ASU Regents’ Professor Emeritus David Berliner at Vergara v. California |: ASU Regents’ Professor Emeritus David Berliner at Vergara v. California As you (hopefully) recall from a prior post, nine “students” from the Los Angeles School District are currently suing the state of California “arguing that their right to a good education is [being] violated by job protections that make it too difficult
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Guzzardi -- “The whole city is watching what we did here. This election didn’t happen in a vacuum.”
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Guzzardi -- “The whole city is watching what we did here. This election didn’t happen in a vacuum.”: Guzzardi -- “The whole city is watching what we did here. This election didn’t happen in a vacuum.”In These Times photoA POWERFUL MOVEMENT IN CHICAGO... Dan Mihalopoulos gets it (sorta) in this morning's Sun-Times ("Victories few for Preckwinkle on Election Night
Louisiana Educator: Update on Student Privacy Legislation
Louisiana Educator: Update on Student Privacy Legislation: Update on Student Privacy LegislationMost of the discussion in the House Education Committee Wednesday centered on Representative Schroeder's HB 946 on student data privacy. The committee heard emotional testimony from parents from all parts of the state who were appalled that State Superintendent John White had agreed to hand over much cr
Tip of the Cap, Wag of the Finger | EduShyster
Tip of the Cap, Wag of the Finger | EduShyster: Tip of the Cap, Wag of the FingerPosted on March 20, 2014It’s the height of charter cap-lifting season here in Massachusetts, which means that talk of excellence and achievement abounds—along with plenty of wagging fingers (read threats) aimed at those who would dare to stand in the way of excellence and achievement. And things officially took a turn
Pay Pearson, Go Further? - Integrity in Education
Pay Pearson, Go Further? - Integrity in Education: Pay Pearson, Go Further?Yesterday, Jeb Bush’s Foundation for ‘Excellence’ in Education (FEE) launched a pro-testing, pro-Common Core media campaign entitled “Learn More, Go Further.” Targeting viewers of stations like HGTV, Animal Planet and the Family Channel, the ads feature teachers proclaiming good news about education in Florida, which they s
SES IS A MESS! Fraud still dogs SES programs despite waivers :: SI&A Cabinet Report
Fraud still dogs SES programs despite waivers :: SI&A Cabinet Report :: The Essential Resource for Superintendents and the Cabinet: MARCH 20, 2014Fraud still dogs SES programs despite waiversby Tom Chorneau(District of Columbia) Although most of the nation is operating under waivers that relieve states and school districts from mandates to provide tutoring services, federal auditors remain con
Can NC charter school pay stay secret? | CharlotteObserver.com
Can NC charter school pay stay secret? | CharlotteObserver.com: Can NC charter school pay stay secret?By Ann Doss Helmsahelms@charlotteobserver.comPosted: Wednesday, Mar. 19, 2014Slideshow« Prev of 2 Next »David T. Foster III - dtfoster@charlotteobserver.comStudentFirst Academy, a charter school that opened in west Charlotte, has faced questions over pay. The former top administrators were paid m
3-20-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Scenes from Last Night's Board MeetingLast night's Board meeting saw the honoring of four (!) SPS basketball championship teams. (My apologies to Garfield's boys basketball team - I managed to flub my photos of them.)Ballard High School Beavers -Special Olympics Unified Basketball TeamCleveland High School Lady Eagles- 3A State ChampsRainier Beach Vikings - 3A Sta
I’m Interviewed In Podcast “Parent Involvement Versus Parent Engagement: Is There Really a Difference?” | Engaging Parents In School…
I’m Interviewed In Podcast “Parent Involvement Versus Parent Engagement: Is There Really a Difference?” | Engaging Parents In School…: I’m Interviewed In Podcast “Parent Involvement Versus Parent Engagement: Is There Really a Difference?”I was a guest during #PTchat on Twitter last week discussing the difference between parent engagement and parent involvement (you can see the tweets here). As a f
3-20-14 CURMUDGUCATION: Pearson's Vision for the World
CURMUDGUCATION: Pearson's Vision for the WorldMercedes Schneider recently directed the blogosphere's attention to a Pearson paper from February of 2014, "Impacts of the Digital Ocean on Education." If you're wondering just what Pearson (and by extension, the various government bodies that they own) envisions for our collective future, this document sheds plenty of light.There are 44 page
3-20-14 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): Morning Read: Delayed pension funds may cost taxpayersDelays would mean bigger costs for shoring up teacher pension fund The longer California’s leaders delay shoring up the cash-strapped teacher pension fund, the more money it will cost taxpayers in the long run, according to an analysis presented to law
Daylight Disinfectant | “Critical Race Theory” Rolled Out To Portland Public Schools
DAYLIGHT DISINFECTANT | “CRITICAL RACE THEORY” ROLLED OUT TO PORTLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS: “CRITICAL RACE THEORY” ROLLED OUT TO PORTLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLSPosted by Daylight Disinfectant“I hadn’t the slightest clue what my privilege of being a white man had brought me… I learned to see my life through a racial lens.” That’s what one Portland student took away from a new controversial course in “Critical Ra
Student loans still growing faster than any other debt and now most likely to be 90-days-plus delinquent | Education By The Numbers
Student loans still growing faster than any other debt and now most likely to be 90-days-plus delinquent | Education By The Numbers: Student loans still growing faster than any other debt and now most likely to be 90-days-plus delinquentBack in 2010, student loan debt outstanding in the United States surpassed outstanding credit card debt. Student loan debt hit the $1 trillion mark in 2013. It’s s
FCMAT » Cali Education Headlines Thursday, March 20, 2014
FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team: Petition for charter school draws uproarEducation HeadlinesThursday, March 20, 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 policies.Desert Sands teachers set for raisesNegotiation teams in the Desert Sands Unified School
Russ on Reading: On (Teaching) Writing Well
Russ on Reading: On (Teaching) Writing Well: On (Teaching) Writing WellHow did you learn to write? Can you point to particular lessons? Particular teachers? Particular assignments? When did you know you were a good writer? When did your writing achieve voice? When did you develop a discernible style?Now that you are thinking about how you learned to write, begin thinking about how you would teach
What Applying to Charter Schools Showed Me About Inequality - Conor Williams - The Atlantic
What Applying to Charter Schools Showed Me About Inequality - Conor Williams - The Atlantic: What Applying to Charter Schools Showed Me About InequalityCharters are not a comprehensive solution to public education's problems.Matt Rourke/AP PhotoBy the time we arrived—five minutes late—the school’s basement was packed. As I turned my eyes to the lectern, I wondered at the speed of childhood. My son
Morning Wink 3-20-14 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 3-20-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane 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 surpri
