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 CAP
#IsraelMunoz,19 yr old founder of Chicago Student's Union, on saving public schools on Vimeo
Israel Munoz on Vimeo: #IsraelMunoz,19 yr old founder of Chicago Student's Union, on saving public schools Israel Munoz from Schoolhouse Live on Vimeo.
Education Reform Should Be Geared Towards Parents, Not Business | Truth in American Education
Education Reform Should Be Geared Towards Parents, Not Business | Truth in American Education: Education Reform Should Be Geared Towards Parents, Not BusinessFiled in Common Core State Standards by truthed on April 2, 2014 • 0 Comments675Rex TillersonCEO of Exxon MobilUses bully tactics to advance Common Core.By Emmett McGroarty & Jane RobbinsSometimes a combatant in an ideological struggle sa
PSAT for 4-2-14: Speak out, sign up, pencil in Parents United for Responsible Education
Parents United for Responsible Education » Blog Archive » PSAT for 4-2-14: Speak out, sign up, pencil in: PSAT for 4-2-14: Speak out, sign up, pencil inI know it’s Wednesday – springing ahead can do crazy things to the schedule, especially when it’s barely spring, right?1) Speak out about the AUSL turnaround proposals at three schools. Please share this quick fact sheet about AUSL’s lackluster con
Top 5 Myths and Lies About Teachers and Their Profession | NEA Today
Top 5 Myths and Lies About Teachers and Their Profession | NEA Today: Top 5 Myths and Lies About Teachers and Their ProfessionApril 2, 2014 by twalker Filed under Featured News, Top StoriesLeave a CommentBy Tim WalkerWell-funded misinformation campaigns succeed in part by leaving no rock unturned in the quest to discredit whatever person or institution they are targeting. In these cases, is there
Officials’ private e-communiqué not subject to open records act :: SI&A Cabinet Report :: The Essential Resource for Superintendents and the Cabinet
Officials’ private e-communiqué not subject to open records act :: SI&A Cabinet Report :: The Essential Resource for Superintendents and the Cabinet: Officials’ private e-communiqué not subject to open records actby Tom Chorneau(Calif.) Reversing a prior decision, an appeals court ruled this week that private communications sent on personal electronic devices and saved on private data systems
LCFF and LCAP / California State PTA
LCFF and LCAP / California State PTA: IT'S AN EXCITING TIME FOR OUR KIDS AND OUR SCHOOLS!Have you heard? There's a new school funding law called the LCFF (Local Control Funding Formula). It's a new way for schools to focus on student success.LCFF requires school districts to involve parents in planning and decision making.It also:Shifts spending decisions from the state to your local school distri
4/2/2014 – A ‘Fair Shot’ Agenda For Education
4/2/2014 – A ‘Fair Shot’ Agenda For Education: 4/2/2014 – A ‘Fair Shot’ Agenda For EducationApril 2, 2014 SubscribeTHIS WEEK: The Public School Brand … Common Core Lost Opportunity … Charter Schools And Inequity … Obama’s Boldest Civil Rights Reform … Who Is ‘College Material’?TOP STORYTime For A ‘Fair Shot’ Agenda For EducationBy Jeff Bryant“There’s an issue rife with populist discontent that Dem
4-2-14 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): Rachel Johnson has experience, if not cash, for school board raceRachel Johnson In keeping with the start of the baseball season this week, let’s use a baseball analogy: Rachel Johnson has a Hall of Fame batting average in running for office. Since 2001 when she was first elected as the City Clerk of Gard
4-2-14 The Whole Child Blog — High-Morale Schools: Readying Students to Take on the World — Whole Child Education
High-Morale Schools: Readying Students to Take on the World — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOGHigh-Morale Schools: Readying Students to Take on the WorldApril 2, 2014 by Lora M. HodgesPost written by Lora M. Hodges for Northeast Foundation for Children/Responsive Classroom, a whole child partner organization.Morale can be hard to define, but you know it when you see it. When you walk in
For-profit charter school bill clears House committee
For-profit charter school bill clears House committee: For-profit charter school bill clears House committeeFor-profit companies moved closer to being able to operate charter schools in Tennessee after a much-debated bill eked out a key legislative victory Tuesday.The House Education Committee voted 8-7 to advance to the House floor House Bill 1693, which would let nonprofit charter schools hire c
Charter-mania, high-stakes testing and teacher-bashing: Can Rhee’s approach be stopped? - Salon.com
Charter-mania, high-stakes testing and teacher-bashing: Can Rhee’s approach be stopped? - Salon.com: Charter-mania, high-stakes testing and teacher-bashing: Can Rhee’s approach be stopped?As a new lawsuit seeks to radically transform teaching conditions, an expert warns of our nation's education shiftFinal briefs are due next week in Vergara v. California, an under-the-radar billionaire-backed law
Arne Duncan—This is What’s “Pretty Scary” to Parents, Teachers and Students | Nancy Bailey's Education Website
Arne Duncan—This is What’s “Pretty Scary” to Parents, Teachers and Students | Nancy Bailey's Education Website: Posted on April 2, 2014 by Nancy BaileyPosted on November 18, 2013 and updated for April 2, 2014 by Nancy BaileyLast November I wrote about why parents worried about Arne Duncan, who stands in support of Common Core State Standards. It was after he said, in reference to the standards, “
FCMAT » Cali Education Headlines Wednesday, April 2, 2014
FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team: EdSource: How budget cuts and PTA fundraising undermined equity in San Francisco public schoolsEducation HeadlinesWednesday, April 2, 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.EdSource: How budget cuts and PTA
Zombie Ideas and Conventional Wisdom: Why NYC’s School “Reform” Matters to the Rest of Us | janresseger
Zombie Ideas and Conventional Wisdom: Why NYC’s School “Reform” Matters to the Rest of Us | janresseger: Zombie Ideas and Conventional Wisdom: Why NYC’s School “Reform” Matters to the Rest of UsPosted on April 2, 2014 by janressegerPaul Krugman, the Princeton University economist and NY Times columnist, wrote a columnearlier this week about myths in economics. He calls them “zombie ideas.” Here
Morning Wink 4-2-14 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 4-2-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: How to Locate United Opt OutAs you may know, the website for United Opt Out was hacked yesterday, and many of its internal files were destroyed. What you will find if you go there is a “ghost sit
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 4-2-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: How to Locate United Opt OutAs you may know, the website for United Opt Out was hacked yesterday, and many of its internal files were destroyed. What you will find if you go there is a “ghost site,” not the real thing. In the meanwhile, here is an alternative site to visit as efforts to reatore the original continue: “Diane – do yo
4-2-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Bus Boycott “Choose Your Own Adventure” GameThe National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis is reopening this weekend after a $28 million renovation (see the NY Times article, From Slave Ship Shackles to the Mountaintop). That’s great news for people who live nearby or who can travel there for a visit. Unfortunately, it doesn’t
4-2-14 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.: What the hell is wrong with SEIU’s Christine Boardman?Chicago Teachers Union Vice President Jesse Sharkey. The union response to Rahm Emanuel’s attack on public employee pensions was swift and tough. At least from most of the union leadership representing affected pension members. Bill Dougherty of th
4-2-14 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: Janine Sopp, Opt-OuterIt was an incredible honor to stand with all of the parents, elected officials and press in Brooklyn today. It felt like a real movement, with the most lively opt out signs to decorate our celebration!.. Janine Sopp Some press on the Press Conference: Brooklyn Parents Opt Out of State Testshttp://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/education&id=948778
What’s $30 Million Among Friends? | PWC Education Reform Blog
What’s $30 Million Among Friends? | PWC Education Reform Blog: What’s $30 Million Among Friends?April 2, 2014 — pwceducationreformAt last night’s BOCS meeting, Supervisor Pete Candland mentioned some savings PWCS had carried forward. The savings he noted ranged from $8 million in the 2010 school year to nearly $31 million in the 2014 school year. Supervisor Candland said he wouldn’t stake his li
4-2-14 Wait What?
Wait What?: Merging Church and State – The Booker T. Washington Charter SchoolGovernor Malloy’s State Board of Education is expected to approve the New Haven charter school application proposed by Jumoke/FUSE Inc. at its meeting today. The cost to Connecticut taxpayers over the first five years of the school exceeds $27 million. In addition, the taxpayers of New Haven will continue to pay for the
“Charter School Teachers on a Mission for Change” | The Classroom Sooth
“Charter School Teachers on a Mission for Change” | The Classroom Sooth: “Charter School Teachers on a Mission for Change”Posted on April 1, 2014 | Leave a commentWhen I first started teaching it was in a charter school, and I quickly learned what Right to Work meant, when I attempted to stand up for my students against oppressive Zero Tolerance policies and was summarily relieved of my teaching p
The Answer Sheet 4-2-14
The Answer Sheet: Why the SAT drives us N.U.T.S.What is it about the SAT that drives people nuts? Ned Johnson explains. Johnson is president and self-described tutor geek at Prep Matters, a tutoring and test prep company with offices in Bethesda, Md., McLean, Va., and Washington D.C. By Ned Johnson Did you ever feel a bit of stress when you took the SAT […] by Valerie Strauss / 51min hide //
No Questions for You! - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher
No Questions for You! - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher: No Questions for You!By Nancy Flanagan on April 1, 2014 9:21 PMI remember the first time I heard teachers talk about scripted lessons and pacing charts. It was a group of Detroit teachers who were pursuing National Board Certification, and I had a hard time comprehending what they were telling me--every teacher on the same
4-2-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Portables; Here to Stay (and Preschool, What about That?)A hilarious article about portables in NYC by the NY Times. We're not alone.But eight years later, Mr. Cosby, 46, is busier than ever as an all-around handyman for the seven timeworn trailers that house 283 students outside the crowded main school building.He has chased opossums, raccoons and turtles from th
4-2-14 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: SAMS Academy of Corruption, AlbuquerqueALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Scott Glasrud oversees about 800 public school students grades 4 through 12, but he makes hundreds of thousands of dollars a year doing it.That has the state’s attention.The SchoolsGlasrud’s charter schools are high-performing. Southwest Learning Center in the Heights and SAMS Academy, located next to Double Eagle, focus o
4-2-14 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: Step Up For Student’s Desperate Spin to Save Florida Voucher ExpansionOne would think that an entity which assumed to be the primary steward of almost $1 billion dollars in money belonging to Florida taxpayers would have their numbers straight. Whatever number families o
NYC Public School Parents: Parent power wins! NY severs its relationship with inBloom, which has no known clients left; but the threat to student privacy remains
NYC Public School Parents: Parent power wins! NY severs its relationship with inBloom, which has no known clients left; but the threat to student privacy remains: Parent power wins! NY severs its relationship with inBloom, which has no known clients left; but the threat to student privacy remainsThis morning, Stephanie Simon of Politico Pro reports that indeed, after a long battle, the NY State Ed
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 4-2-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: Nutritious but uneaten: SOLUTIONS SOUGHT TO REDUCE FOOD WASTE IN SCHOOLSFederal rules require students to take at least three items each day, but an L.A. Unified manager wants to change the policy to reduce the $100,000 in food thrown away daily. By Teresa Watanabe | LA Times | http://lat.ms/PirlMW ●●smf: With the line that long, why is the service wind
4-2-14 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: On Children and ChildhoodOn Children and Childhood. via On Children and Childhood.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical1 by plthomasedd / 52min hide // saveYESTERDAYSome High-profilers Gunning for Common CoreSome High-profilers Gunning for Common CoreThe Common Core State Standards (CCSS) surely are causing quite a stir. That is what happens when non-teachers try to impose
4-2-14 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): On Children and Childhoodchildren guessed(but only a few and down they forgot as up they grew “[anyone lived in a pretty how town],” e.e. cummings In one of those early years of becoming and being a teacher, when I was still teaching in the exact room where I had been a
empathyeducates – The School-to-Prison Pipeline Starts in Preschool
empathyeducates – The School-to-Prison Pipeline Starts in Preschool: The School-to-Prison Pipeline Starts in PreschoolPhotograph; (Courtesy of Steven Depolo, CC BY 2.0)By Mychal Denzel Smith | Originally Published at The Nation. March 28, 2014 – 2:46 PM ETThe school-to-prison pipeline, to my mind, is the most insidious arm of this country’s prison-industrial complex. Under the guise of protecting
4-2-13 Curmudgucation
CURMUDGUCATION: Bubble Answers for an Essay WorldI have had the same conversation multiple times in the last week. I have had it with elementary teachers, secondary teachers, someone who works with young teachers, someone who works with college students. The crux of the conversation is something like this:I do not know what to do with these [persons]. They do not want to understand. They do not wa
4-2-14 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: Don't Accept Minor Tweaks To APPR Teacher EvaluationsAndrew Cuomo issued a statement yesterday saying he and the legislature will revisit the APPR teacher evaluation component that is tied to Common Core tests now that the CCSS tests have been de-linked from high stakes for children for a couple of years.There was much surprise around the Internets and the Twitterverse and n
Help Recruit Cosigners for Grassley and King’s Common Core Defunding Letters | Truth in American Education
Help Recruit Cosigners for Grassley and King’s Common Core Defunding Letters | Truth in American Education: Help Recruit Cosigners for Grassley and King’s Common Core Defunding LettersFiled in Common Core State Standards by Shane Vander Hart on April 2, 2014 • 0 CommentsU.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) needs our help. He is leading the charge in the U.S. Senate to defund the Common Core State S
Some High-profilers Gunning for Common Core | deutsch29
Some High-profilers Gunning for Common Core | deutsch29: Some High-profilers Gunning for Common CoreApril 1, 2014The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) surely are causing quite a stir. That is what happens when non-teachers try to impose their wills upon the American classroom.(I have written extensively on CCSS, including its creation, promotion and funding. For hours of enlightening CCSS reading
NYC Educator: The Moskowitz Budget, its Predecessors, and What We Do About It
NYC Educator: The Moskowitz Budget, its Predecessors, and What We Do About It: The Moskowitz Budget, its Predecessors, and What We Do About ItThe grab-bag of goodies we've given Eva Moskowitz is very disturbing. Most disappointing to me is Cuomo has more or less neutered the great progressive hope of these United States, Bill de Blasio. De Blaiso was elected on a platform of stopping colocations,
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: A look at who's being left behind in the 'Race for Results'
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: A look at who's being left behind in the 'Race for Results': A look at who's being left behind in the 'Race for Results'An important new report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation highlights the widening gap in opportunity between white and children of color. The report, called "Race for Results,"created a new index that uses 12 educational, health, and econ
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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 CAPMike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: From Stacey Gates at the CTU: We must protect our pensionsMike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: From Stacey Gates at the CTU: We must protect our pensions: From Stacey Gates at the CTU: We must protect our pensionsDear Mik
