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
Please share this testing survey with 5th-6th grade parents/students Parents United for Responsible Education
Parents United for Responsible Education » Blog Archive » Please share this testing survey with 5th-6th grade parents/students: Please share this testing survey with 5th-6th grade parents/studentsPLEASE SHARE THIS IMPORTANT SURVEY WITH CPS 5th and 6th grade PARENTS AND STUDENTS!Deadline April 23.Dear Parent or Guardian,I am conducting a research study entitled “High-Stakes Testing: The Student Voi
Schooling in the Ownership Society: My memo to Sheldon Adelson
Schooling in the Ownership Society: My memo to Sheldon Adelson: My memo to Sheldon AdelsonThe wing-nut billionaire is in the market for a few good Republican pols. I guess his stable is running low on horses. He's got a few old nags but no winners in his gold-plated paddock. So when they read his want ads, GOPers sprinted as fast as their hooves would carry them, out to Vegas to kiss Adelson's ass
Superintendent Search Survey - Sacramento City Unified School District
Superintendent Search Survey - Sacramento City Unified School District: Superintendent Search SurveyThe Sacramento City Unified School District Governing Board has contracted with Leadership Associates to assist in the recruitment and selection of the District’s next superintendent. This survey will be used to collect input from all stakeholders about the desired characteristics to be used in the
Why the Education Reformers Worry about Special Education | Nancy Bailey's Education Website
Why the Education Reformers Worry about Special Education | Nancy Bailey's Education Website: Posted on March 30, 2014 by Nancy BaileyPosted on November 12, 2013 with updated changes by Nancy BaileyI heard someone, a parent or teacher, blurt out at an informal education meeting that education reformers are afraid of special education. I think that person is right. Many of those currently in charge
NYC Public School Parents: Liz Phillips, Brooklyn principal: I have never seen a worse ELA exam. Other principals agree.
NYC Public School Parents: Liz Phillips, Brooklyn principal: I have never seen a worse ELA exam. Other principals agree.: Liz Phillips, Brooklyn principal: I have never seen a worse ELA exam. Other principals agree.See below comment from Liz Phillips, principal of PS 321 in Brooklyn, who was scathing about the 2012 exam as well, last year's exam but says this one was as bad or worse. One would th
Lois Weiner at Denver Opt Out conference - Substance News
Lois Weiner at Denver Opt Out conference - Substance News: Lois Weiner keynotes United Opt Out in Denver with historical perspective on corporate attack on public schools... 'Merrill Lynch, April 2009, described schools as retail outlets with the school board being the customer service department...'Kati Gilson - April 03, 2014Lois Weiner, Professor of New Jersey City University and author of The
NYC Educator: For Most Improved Union Leader--Richard Iannuzzi
NYC Educator: For Most Improved Union Leader--Richard Iannuzzi: For Most Improved Union Leader--Richard IannuzziI've been reading and hearing a lot about the "Iannuzzi APPR." To me, that's remarkable. Here in NYC, Michael Mulgrew couldn't wait to claim it. It was the best thing since sliced bread, said UFT leadership. I didn't believe it at all. Diane Ravitch has consistently said VAM is
4-3-13 Curmudgucation
CURMUDGUCATION: Keeping up AppearancesThe one thing we Americans like better than solving problems is to look like we're solving problems.Take, for example, our desire for air traffic safety. After 9/11, we had a national rational urge to beef up security, to do something so that we would never experience such a terrible assault on our nation again. But because every national security issue is als
Don’t drive the barge, steer your sailboat! | Connected Principals
Don’t drive the barge, steer your sailboat! | Connected Principals: Don’t drive the barge, steer your sailboat!by Amber Teamann • April 3, 2014 • 0 CommentsThe large barge of the educational system is viewed as flawed by many. There are theoretical discussions that take place lamenting grades, schedules, and pedagogy. Terminology, vocabulary, & semantic sludge, left and right. These conversati
D.C. primary results raise questions about Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson’s future - The Washington Post
D.C. primary results raise questions about Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson’s future - The Washington Post: D.C. primary results raise questions about Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson’s future The day after Vincent C. Gray defeated Mayor Adrian M. Fenty in 2010, then-Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee said that the election results would be “devastating for the schoolchildren of Washington, D.C.” Not l
Mistreating Teachers and Students in the Name of Higher Test Scores | Taking Note
Mistreating Teachers and Students in the Name of Higher Test Scores | Taking Note: Mistreating Teachers and Students in the Name of Higher Test Scoresby JOHN MERROW on 03. APR, 2014 in 2014 BLOGS, TESTING, TEACHINGA few days ago I received a letter from an experienced teacher in an eastern state that recalled Yogi Berra’s observation, “Deja vu all over again.” Her story brought to mind the treatme
Sacramento BEE MIA? Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson’s election as president of NCBM affirmed by judge.. - LA Sentinel
Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson’s election as president of NCBM affirmed by judge.. - LA Sentinel: Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson’s election as president of NCBM affirmed by judge..Published on Thursday, 03 April 2014 02:39Written by George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief 0 0 0 AFFIRMED: Kevin Johnson’s term as president of the National Conference of Black Mayors since last May, his first month in of
New York's Dumb State Budget | Diane Ravitch
New York's Dumb State Budget | Diane Ravitch: New York's Dumb State BudgetPosted: 04/02/2014 8:49 am EDT Updated: 04/02/2014 11:59 am EDT In writing the state budget, New York legislators totally capitulated to the billionaire-funded charter industry. Of course, they were egged on by Governor Cuomo, who now sees himself as a national leader of the school privatization movement. (He is even leading
Common Core Debate Update: 100 State Bills Try to Slow, Stop, or Reverse the Federal Standards | TakePart
Common Core Debate Update: 100 State Bills Try to Slow, Stop, or Reverse the Federal Standards | TakePart: Common Core Debate Update: 100 State Bills Try to Slow, Stop, or Reverse the Federal StandardsWith an election around the corner, legislation is moving fast.Anita Stapleton, an opponent of Common Core educational standards, holds up a sign in front of the Colorado Department of Education offi
Common Core, DESE and Right Wing Activists: An Occupy Wallstreet Activist Responds | Missouri Education Watchdog
Common Core, DESE and Right Wing Activists: An Occupy Wallstreet Activist Responds | Missouri Education Watchdog: Common Core, DESE and Right Wing Activists: An Occupy Wallstreet Activist RespondsinShareA lesson for Shaun Bates at DESE in Venn Diagrams. Not all anti-Common Corites are right wing activists.Missouri taxpayers and citizens, take note. This is how The Department of Elementary and Sec
Scandal of Ohio Charter School Governance Finally Gets Some Attention | janresseger
Scandal of Ohio Charter School Governance Finally Gets Some Attention | janresseger: Scandal of Ohio Charter School Governance Finally Gets Some AttentionPosted on April 3, 2014 by janressegerNearly a billion dollars flowing out of the state’s public education budget every year. Scandals brought to light years after a charter school closes, money not recoverable because it’s been so long, no news
4-3-14 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): Commentary: An extraordinary effort for extraordinary needBen Austin LAUSD School Board Member Steve Zimmer’s recent commentary “Standing with Beatriz” hit the nail on the head on one key issue: for our children, the stakes are high. Let me acknowledge first that Mr. Zimmer is a good person who is doing w
Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement"
Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement": “Principal Connection / Tips for Better Parent-Teacher Conferences”Principal Connection / Tips for Better Parent-Teacher Conferences is a nice article by Thomas R. Hoerr in ASCD Educational Leadership. Here’s an excerpt: Too often, parent-teacher conferences are seen as one-way reports from teacher to parent, but a parent-t
The Credibility Gap | EduShyster
The Credibility Gap | EduShyster: The Credibility Gap What if the *solution* turns out to be a big part of the problem?By Sarah LahmFriends, we have a problem on our hands. It turns out that experienced teachers—otherwise known as LIFO lifers—may not be causing the chasm of the achievement gap all by their lazy little selves. Now you’re probably thinking to yourself at this point: *color me confus
FCMAT » Cali Education Headlines Thursday, April 3, 2014
FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team: Solutions sought to reduce food waste at schoolsEducation HeadlinesThursday, April 3, 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.Sweetwater-inspired reform bill advancesA bill that seeks to ban school and commun
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 4-3-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: Report: FOUNDATION FUNDING WIDENS THE GAP BETWEEN CALIFORNIA’S ‘RICH’ AND ‘POOR’ SCHOOLS + smf’s 2¢Adolfo Guzman-Lopez | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC http://bit.ly/QIkpd5 Adolfo Guzman-Lopez/KPCC April 3rd, 2014, 5:30am :: The Irvine Public Schools Foundation raises money to pay for all K-3 music classes, and covers some of the costs of music classes for 4
Morning Wink 4-3-14 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 4-3-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: UCLA Report: New York Has the Nation’s Most Segregated SchoolsAccording to the UCLA Civil Rights Project, New York State has the most segregated public schools in the nation. Nearly three-quarter
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 4-3-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: UCLA Report: New York Has the Nation’s Most Segregated SchoolsAccording to the UCLA Civil Rights Project, New York State has the most segregated public schools in the nation. Nearly three-quarters of the charter schools in New York City are considered “apartheid schools” because less than 1% of their enrollment is white. Charters a
4-3-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Free Resources From All My BooksI have many free resources, including excerpts and student hand-outs, available from all my books. Clicking on the covers will lead you to them (and look for two new books being published over the next eighteen months — one will be the third volume in my student motivation “trilogy” , and the
4-3-14 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.: The value of the Jay Travis run and who gets to sit next to Christine Boardman at the next WAO lunch meeting.Jay Travis. We wil see today if Michael Madigan twisted enough arms, as a Springfield observer said to me yesterday, to give Rahm his pension theft. If it did we will see another court battle.
4-3-14 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: Video: Change the Stakes Rocks Opt-Out Movement“I had people come up to me on the street and explain that their kids were sick this morning going into school, because they knew they have to take the test,” Dromm said.There is so much opt-out news I can manage to share much of it - stuff is just flying around.Former teacher and current City Councilman Danny Dromm held a press confe
4-3-14 Wait What?
Wait What?: A very bad day for public education in ConnecticutYesterday was a dark day for public education in Connecticut. Before voting to give away $80 to $100 million in taxpayer funds over the next five years to private companies that want to open four new charter schools in Connecticut, Governor Malloy’s State Board of Education voted unanimously to re-commit our state, our public schools […
The Answer Sheet 4-3-14
The Answer Sheet: Web site of anti-testing group is hackedWhy would anyone do this? The web site of United Opt Out National, a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to eliminating the use of high-stakes standardized tests, has been hacked. The site posted this message: United Opt Out The Movement to end Corporate Education Reform Our site has been maliciously hacked and destroyed in […] 2
4-3-14 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: Gainesville Sun: Lawmakers Need to Be Honest About Voucher ProgramFrom the editors of the Gainesville Sun: Lawmakers still haven’t addressed the fact that voucher recipients aren’t required to take the same standardized tests as public-school students. Private schools th
We’re Not No. 1! We’re Not No. 1!
We’re Not No. 1! We’re Not No. 1!: We’re Not No. 1! We’re Not No. 1!byteacherkenFollow Email 26 Comments / 26 NewThat is the title of this this Nicholas Kristof op ed in today's New York TimesIt examines the result of the Social Progress Index, which isa brainchild of Michael E. Porter, the eminent Harvard business professor who earlier helped develop the Global Competitiveness Report. Porter
Louisiana Educator: A Disappointing Vote
Louisiana Educator: A Disappointing Vote: A Disappointing VoteThe House Education Committee, after debate that went into late evening hours yesterday, voted to kill HB381 by Gueyman, Pope and Kostelka that would have provided a process to create Louisiana based school standards in the place of the Common Core State Standards. Big business in Louisiana represented by LABI and CABL once again wielde
Are Charter Schools Really ‘Helping Poor Children?’ | PopularResistance.Org
Are Charter Schools Really ‘Helping Poor Children?’ | PopularResistance.Org: Are Charter Schools Really ‘Helping Poor Children?’EDUCATE! EDUCATION By Jim Naureckas, www.fair.orgApril 3rd, 2014 Richard Cohen doesn’t understand why people are so down on the rich. The Washington Post columnist (3/18/14) writes:The rich are incessantly accused of being slyly manipulative and self-serving. For instanc
Common Core debate leads to mom's suspension from son's school
Common Core debate leads to mom's suspension from son's school: Common Core debate leads to mom's suspension from son's schoolSACRAMENTO - As California prepares to adopt the new state educational standards known as Common Core this fall, more parents are speaking out against them. Now one local mom says she was suspended from her son's school for doing so."I was outraged," 12-year-old C
We Need Changes Beyond School, Too - Bridging Differences - Education Week
We Need Changes Beyond School, Too - Bridging Differences - Education Week: We Need Changes Beyond School, TooBy Deborah Meier on April 3, 2014 8:53 AMDeborah Meier continues her conversation with Robert Pondiscio. The two will finish co-blogging next week.Dear Robert,Let's use these last letters—our blog partnership ends next week!—to pursue your question: Do We Need Changes In Our Schools? Yes.
4-3-14 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: National Poetry Month: “What is the message when some children are not represented in those books?”National Poetry Month: “What is the message when some children are not represented in those books?”. via National Poetry Month: “What is the message when some children are not represented in those books?”.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical1 by plthomasedd / 18min 4-2-14 @ Th
4-3-14 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): National Poetry Month: “What is the message when some children are not represented in those books?”National Poetry Month 2014 comes not on “little cat feet,” like Carl Sandberg’s “Fog,” but in the wake of Walter Dean Myers and his son, Christopher, responding to reports
4-3-14 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: Cuomo Was Behind The Organization Of The Eva Moskowitz/Success Charter School RallyThere have been some stories out that it was Governor Cuomo who pushed for the charter school giveaway rally in Albany - those stories are now confirmed in the NY Times:It was a frigid February day in Albany, and leaders of New York City’s charter school movement were anxious. They had gone to
Public housing authorities pilot education programs | EdSource Today
Public housing authorities pilot education programs | EdSource Today: Public housing authorities pilot education programsApril 2nd, 2014 | Add a Comment | By Lillian Mongeau8Americorps member Chia Vang helps Imani Conley, 2, with a finger-painting of a coconut tree during a class at the little girl’s public housing complex in Fresno. Credit: Lillian Mongeau, EdSourceIn an effort to improve literac
Report: Foundation funding widens the gap between California's 'rich' and 'poor' schools | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC
Report: Foundation funding widens the gap between California's 'rich' and 'poor' schools | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC: Report: Foundation funding widens the gap between California's 'rich' and 'poor' schoolsAdolfo Guzman-Lopez | April 3rd, 2014, 5:30amAdolfo Guzman-Lopez/KPCCThe Irvine Public Schools Foundation raises money to pay for all K-3 music classes, and covers some of the costs of music class
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Charles Koch responds to Harry Reid - sort of -
Charles Koch responds to Harry Reid - sort of -: Charles Koch responds to Harry Reid - sort of -byteacherkenFollow Email 8 Comments / 8 Newin a very self-serving way, in this Wall Street Journal op ed.I said it was self-serving. It is also self-justifying.It begins like thisI have devoted most of my life to understanding the principles that enable people to improve their lives. It is those pr
Jersey Jazzman: Dear Bill Maher: Here's Why You're Wrong About Tenure
Jersey Jazzman: Dear Bill Maher: Here's Why You're Wrong About Tenure: Dear Bill Maher: Here's Why You're Wrong About TenureJersey Jazzman Jammin' All WeekDear Bill Maher,Let's dispense with the fanboy stuff first: I think you're great, I really liked Religulous, I think ABC screwed you over, and you come closer than anyone around today to keeping the spirit of America's greatest political philoso
The Common Core License: Open for NGA and CCSSO Alteration | deutsch29
The Common Core License: Open for NGA and CCSSO Alteration | deutsch29: The Common Core License: Open for NGA and CCSSO AlterationApril 2, 2014The so-called Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are being billed as “Preparing America’s Students for Success“; as “important for your child”; indeed, as The American Education Solution:The Common Core is a set of high-quality academic standards in mathema
All Things Education: In truth, there is hope
All Things Education: In truth, there is hope: In truth, there is hopeMy last two posts have been attempts to address matters of race in (largely progressive) public education advocacy circles. Michael Lopez had a very thoughtful response to my post and Sabrina Joy Stevens wrote a powerful post related to the topic.In the meantime, I have been following the recent conversation between Jonathan Cha
My Review of The First Review of My Book This Is Not A Test - The Jose Vilson
My Review of The First Review of My Book This Is Not A Test - The Jose Vilson: My Review of The First Review of My Book This Is Not A Testby JOSE VILSON on APRIL 2, 2014in JOSELet me say, for the record, that I haven’t been excited yet. Not with the endorsements, the hundreds of folk who’ve pre-ordered it, the publisher’s ridiculously good execution with the basics (and then some), meeting Arundha
Sacramento News & Review - A strong move - Bites - Opinions - April 3, 2014
Sacramento News & Review - A strong move - Bites - Opinions - April 3, 2014: A strong moveBites was the only reporter inside last week's strong-mayor debateBy Cosmo Garvin cosmog@newsreview.comWhen the AstroTurf group Sacramento Tomorrow rebooted the strong-mayor effort last year, it said it had nothing to do with Kevin Johnson.And yet there was Boss Johnson on Wednesday night, March 26, at a
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Door cracks open to stripping Rahm of mayoral control of the schools. Travis' near win reverberates.
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Door cracks open to stripping Rahm of mayoral control of the schools. Travis' near win reverberates.: Door cracks open to stripping Rahm of mayoral control of the schools. Travis' near win reverberates.DID YOU HEAR THAT... The House opened the door ever so slightly Tuesday to strippingMayor Rahm Emanuel and any of his successors of the sole authority to appoint the C
empathyeducates – On Children and Childhood
empathyeducates – On Children and Childhood: On Children and ChildhoodBy Paul L. Thonas, Ed.D. | Originally Published at The Becoming Radical. April 2, 2014children guessed (but only a few)
and down they forgot as up they grew“[anyone lived in a pretty how town],” e.e. cummingsIn one of those early years of becoming and being a teacher, when I was still teaching in the exact room where I had been
Nite Cap 4-2-14 #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 CAP#IsraelMunoz,19 yr old founder of Chicago Student's Union, on saving public schools on VimeoIsrael Munoz on Vimeo: #IsraelMunoz,19 yr old founder of Chicago Student's Union, on saving public schools Israel Munoz from Schoolhouse Live on Vimeo.by
