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4-23-14 LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: ALEC Model Legislation for the Third Grade Reading GuaranteeALEC (the American Legislative Exchange Council) is an organization founded in 1973 to promote free-market ideas throughout society. ALEC has about 2,000 members who belong to state legislatures. It is funded by major corporations. Its purpose is to write model legislation
4-23-14 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.: Ten minute drawing. Rauner tries to soften his image by running ads with his wife.by Fred Klonsky / 1h Justice may be blind but we can see.Since Michigan banned affirmative action in 2006, the minority population at its colleges and universities has dropped from 12 percent to 9.5 percent. The proporti
4-23-14 Wait What?
Wait What?: Even More Corporate Education Reform money flows to Malloy’s political operationThe latest federal campaign finance reports are in and Governor Malloy’s political operation continues to rake in the cash from those associated with the effort to privatize Connecticut’s public schools and undermine Connecticut’s teachers. As a result of Connecticut’s campaign finance program, Governor Dan
4-23-14 The Answer Sheet What teachers really want
The Answer Sheet: Live online chat at 1 p.m. todayI’ll be doing a live chat on washingtonpost.com at 1 p.m. today, so if you have any questions or comments about anything in education (or even marginally related), send them in here: http://live.washingtonpost.com/the-answer-sheet-20230416.html Here are transcripts of my first chat, the second, and last week’s. 1 by Valerie Strauss / 45min 4-22
4-23-14 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: Amy Frogge Leads Effort in Nashville Metro to Save Schools from the Charter ZombiesThe people of Metro Nashville have stopped listening to the CorpEd PR machine, and thanks to Board Member, Amy Frogge, they are getting some facts about the school privatization that is being led by the billionaires and hedge funders of Wall Street. Below is a clip from the Tennessean and below that
4-23-14 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: Galvano’s Back Channel Amendment Allows Florida Voucher Schools to Dodge AccountabilityThe only thing that’s missing from Florida’s voucher mouthpieces and the politicians doing their bidding is a Russian accent voiceover: “Our bouchers kidz take deeffarent tests. Tests
WHEN IT COMES TO LAUSD DYSFUNCTION, COULD IT BE MAYOR GARCETTI DOESN'T HAVE A CLUE? - Perdaily.com
WHEN IT COMES TO LAUSD DYSFUNCTION, COULD IT BE MAYOR GARCETTI DOESN'T HAVE A CLUE? - Perdaily.com: WHEN IT COMES TO LAUSD DYSFUNCTION, COULD IT BE MAYOR GARCETTI DOESN'T HAVE A CLUE?(Mensaje se repite en Español)Given the recent resignation of Mayor Eric Garcetti's Director of Education Thelma Melendez- who was "poached" by Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Superintendent John
4-23-14 Open Congress : Major Bill Actions Education This Week - U.S. Congress - OpenCongress
Education - U.S. Congress - OpenCongress: Bill Introduced: H.R. 4481: Head Start Improvement Act of 2014To amend the Head Start Act to authorize block grants to States for prekindergarten education.6h hide // saveYESTERDAYBill Introduced: H.R. 4366: Strengthening Education through Research ActTo strengthen the Federal education research system to make research and evaluations more timely and rel
The American Middle Class Is No Longer the World’s Richest
The American Middle Class Is No Longer the World’s Richest: The American Middle Class Is No Longer the World’s RichestbyteacherkenFollow Email 7 Comments / 7 NewWhile the wealthiest Americans are outpacing many of their global peers, a New York Times analysis shows that across the lower- and middle-income tiers, citizens of other advanced countries have received considerably larger raises over
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 4-23-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: THE COMMON CORE MAKES MATH MORE COMPLICATED. HERE’S WHY. + Stephen Colbert explains it all for youby Libby Nelson | Vox.com | http://bit.ly/1f5FY1O A teacher goes over fractions in a fourth grade math class in Takoma Park, Maryland. Fourth and fifth grade math teachers in the state are training themselves to teach to Common Core standards.Linda Davidso
4-23-14 the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness (the public and scholarly writing by P. L. Thomas, Furman University)
the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness (the public and scholarly writing by P. L. Thomas, Furman University): Standards May Achieve Equality, But Not EquityMichelle Morrissey makes a case for Common Core in By ‘Common,’ We Mean Equity: When the Common Core State Standards emerged, it was both a shock and a revelation — for the first time, the dominant model said that my students
4-23-13 Curmudgucation
CURMUDGUCATION: PARCC Discovers Unicorn Farm!Over at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, PARCC CEO Laura McGiffert Slover has breathlessly announced the discovery of a special farm where unicorns dance and sing and give rides to little winged cherubs while singing sonnets in Latin.Okay, not really, but I would have found that more credible than Slover's actual announcement, which is that PARCC herald
4-23-14 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: Cuomo Seeks To Pit Unions And Working Familes Party Activists Against Each OtherBlake Zeff at Capital NY with another illuminating column - this one on how Cuomo is working to undercut a WFP challenge from the left by pitting unions and activists in the party against each other.That's why he's gotten a little friendly to the unions lately, including TWU 100 with last week's
College for Free!? (Mark Cuban is Paying…) | Cloaking Inequity
College for Free!? (Mark Cuban is Paying…) | Cloaking Inequity: College for Free!? (Mark Cuban is Paying…)College is expensive nowadays. There are various arguments out there why that is the case, as I previously discussed in the post Dear college student with exorbitant tuition bill: Blame your legislator.However, there is a new plan on the table by the Sara Goldrick-Rab, University of Wisconsin-
The Law: “What Difference Does it Make”? Are the Elites Wanting to Restructure Public Education? | Missouri Education Watchdog
The Law: “What Difference Does it Make”? Are the Elites Wanting to Restructure Public Education? | Missouri Education Watchdog: The Law: “What Difference Does it Make”? Are the Elites Wanting to Restructure Public Education?inShareJust who decides the role of SEAs? Elites or state legislatures?Many of you know Fordham Institute’s stance on Common Core. It loves it. Loves it, loves it, loves it.
That Sinking Feeling: The Way We Are Thinking About Teachers Is All Wrong | janresseger
That Sinking Feeling: The Way We Are Thinking About Teachers Is All Wrong | janresseger: That Sinking Feeling: The Way We Are Thinking About Teachers Is All WrongPosted on April 23, 2014 by janressegerOccasionally I wake in the night with the sinking feeling that maybe I’ve been living my life by all the wrong rules and making bad choices that hurt those I love. It’s a terrible feeling that makes
NYC Educator: The Gates/ Walton/ Broad Fix for That Nagging Teacher Problem
NYC Educator: The Gates/ Walton/ Broad Fix for That Nagging Teacher Problem: The Gates/ Walton/ Broad Fix for That Nagging Teacher Problem-->A cheery little reverie by special guest blogger Michael Fiorillo- Proclaim austerity for the public schools, while continuing to expand charters.- Put non-educators in positions of power, from Assistant Principal on up.- Maintain a climate of scapegoating an
The Shriver Report – Is it Time for Schools to Adapt to the Modern Family and Kill the Half-Day?
The Shriver Report – Is it Time for Schools to Adapt to the Modern Family and Kill the Half-Day?: Is it Time for Schools to Adapt to the Modern Family and Kill the Half-Day?CAREY GOLDBERG | 04.23.2014Photo Credit: © pyzata – Fotolia.comMay I share with you the delights of my children’s April school schedule?They get out at 12:40 p.m. because of parent-teacher conferences on these days sprinkled th
‘Just Learning'? In most juvenile prisons, students languish | Education Lab Blog | Seattle Times
‘Just Learning'? In most juvenile prisons, students languish | Education Lab Blog | Seattle Times: ‘Just Learning’? In most juvenile prisons, students languishPosted by Claudia RoweScreen shot from “Just Learning.” Data source: Consolidated State Performance Report, US Department of Education.In every arena of education, Americans have become relentless in their search for evidence of results. Tha
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Special Late Nite Cap UPDATE 4-22-14 #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
Nite Cap UPDATEUPDATE UPDATE UPDATE UPDATECORPORATE ED REFORMLAUSD board approves multi-year contracts for senior staffersIn another sign of improving financial fortunes for LA Unified, the school board today approved multi-year contracts for many of the district’s most senior staff. In a break from previous years, when high level administration staffers worked on one-year contracts, several of Su
The NAACP Resolution on Charter Schools: Segregation is Not Innovation | Seattle Education
The NAACP Resolution on Charter Schools: Segregation is Not Innovation | Seattle Education: The NAACP Resolution on Charter Schools: Segregation is Not InnovationThe NAACP resolution on charter schools:In a process established by the NAACP Constitution, this resolution was adopted by the delegates to the 101st Annual Convention in Kansas City, Missouri, during the legislative session in July, 2010
DIARY OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER!: From Director to Facilitator:Losing Control of the Classroom!
DIARY OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER!: From Director to Facilitator:Losing Control of the Classroom!: From Director to Facilitator:Losing Control of the Classroom!The other day I witnessed an interaction in my classroom that made me realize that my students were where I wanted them to be, independent of me.:)My students were writing blog posts about our trip to Frawley Stadium. They were inserting pic
Nite Cap 4-22-14 #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 CAPCalifornia's National Green Ribbon Schools - Year 2014 (CA Dept of Education)California's National Green Ribbon Schools - Year 2014 (CA Dept of Education): State Schools Chief Tom Torlakson Congratulates California's National Green Ribbon Schools
California's National Green Ribbon Schools - Year 2014 (CA Dept of Education)
California's National Green Ribbon Schools - Year 2014 (CA Dept of Education): State Schools Chief Tom Torlakson Congratulates California's National Green Ribbon SchoolsSACRAMENTO—State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson today commended three California schools and one school district honored by the U.S. Department of Education with its third annual Green Ribbon Schools award.Calif
El Paso ISD sends scary STAAR letter home with little kids — not | Dallas Morning News
El Paso ISD sends scary STAAR letter home with little kids — not | Dallas Morning News: El Paso ISD sends scary STAAR letter home with little kids — notBy Jeffrey WeissJWeiss@dallasnews.com3:47 pm on April 22, 2014 | Permalink1470Some scandals sound so good that you just pass them along, yes? Well, that ain’t journalism. Here’s an example:An El Paso news station put up a report today about somethi
This was clearly bad advice on bullying but do we know the... | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com
This was clearly bad advice on bullying but do we know the... | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com: This was clearly bad advice on bullying but do we know the right approach? COMMENT(4) 0 1 0 3Flyer sent home with students in Nebraska.Previous PostsColleges can’t consider race, but can weigh geography, alumni connections and athleticism. Fair? April 22, 2014Are teachers leaving classroom in droves? April
4-22-14 The Whole Child Blog — Sir Ken Robinson: Reclaiming the Elemental Purpose of Education — Whole Child Education
Sir Ken Robinson: Reclaiming the Elemental Purpose of Education — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOGSir Ken Robinson: Reclaiming the Elemental Purpose of EducationApril 22, 2014 by Whole Child SymposiumPost written by Laura VarlasLike most teenagers, Sir Ken Robinson had no idea what he wanted to be when he grew up."Life is a constant improvisation. How many of you, at the age of 15,
Just Another Excuse to Bash Teachers | Live Long and Prosper
Just Another Excuse to Bash Teachers | Live Long and Prosper: Just Another Excuse to Bash TeachersThe Indianapolis Star Editorial Board apparently agrees with State Board of Education member Gordon Hendry that something must be wrong with the teacher evaluation system in Indiana since so many teachers scored as Effective and Highly Effective.Indiana’s system for evaluating how well its 55,000 publ
April forums in full bloom + PSAT for 4-22-14: Speak out on testing! Parents United for Responsible Education » Blog Archive »
Parents United for Responsible Education » Blog Archive » PSAT for 4-22-14: Speak out on testing!: April forums in full bloomIt’s April. inBloom may be kaput but testing and related education forums are in full bloom! Fortunately they are all indoors so we won’t freeze! Wednesday, April 23, 7 – 8 pm: Good Morning Mission Hill film screening at Francis Parker School, 330 W Webster, followed by a pa
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: 'The reform movement in US is led by a bunch of Ivy Leaguers, obsessed with data.'
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: 'The reform movement in US is led by a bunch of Ivy Leaguers, obsessed with data.': 'The reform movement in US is led by a bunch of Ivy Leaguers, obsessed with data.'Jiang XueqinQuotable Jiang XueqinIn December, China stunned the world when the most widely used international education assessment revealed that Shanghai’s schools now outperform those of any other count
Segregation Now - ProPublica
Segregation Now - ProPublica: Segregation NowIn Tuscaloosa today, nearly one in three black students attends a school that looks as if Brown v. Board of Education never happened.by Nikole Hannah-JonesThis story is not subject to our Creative Commons license.Though James Dent could watch Central High School’s homecoming parade from the porch of his faded white bungalow, it had been years since he’d
Please Help Publish New Rethinking Schools Book | Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!
Please Help Publish New Rethinking Schools Book | Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!: Please Help Publish New Rethinking Schools BookFiled under: Rethinking Schools — millerlf @ 1:58 pm Help us publish this awesome book!Rethinking Sexism, Gender, and Sexuality was born a few summers ago when Jody Sokolower, Rethinking Schools’ managing editor, and RS editor Melissa Bollow Tempel sat down i
4-22-14 empathyeducates – Supreme Court Upholds Ban On Affirmative Action
empathyeducates – Supreme Court Upholds Ban On Affirmative Action: Supreme Court Upholds Ban On Affirmative ActionSupreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor is sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, July 13, 2009, during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. (AP Photo/Pool, George Bridges)Does race matter? Is discrimination an issue? On April 22, 2014, in a 6-2 decisi
NCAA Bans K12 Inc. Online Charters: No Rose Bowl, No Final Four | Cloaking Inequity
NCAA Bans K12 Inc. Online Charters: No Rose Bowl, No Final Four | Cloaking Inequity: NCAA Bans K12 Inc. Online Charters: No Rose Bowl, No Final FourThe NCAA has banned K12 Inc. In the future, athletes that are relying on K12 online coursework will no longer be eligible to play college sports.The NCAA will stop accepting coursework from these schools starting with the 2014–15 school year. Coursewor
4-22-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Tuesday Open ThreadIs your 5th grade and up student looking for a great sport that offers individual achievement as well as the benefits of participating on a team? Seattle Canoe & Kayak Club is having an Open House on Sunday, April 27th and Saturday, May 17th from 10 am -1 pm. Come join us at the Small Craft Center on Green Lake at 9:45AM. Get to see the co
4-22-14 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): LIVESTREAM coverage of today’s LAUSD school board meetingThis morning, the Los Angeles Unified School Board meets at 9 a.m. with an agenda that includes a discussion about the future of CHAMPS, a charter high school which has recently been under investigation on allegations an employee misused school fund
4-22-13 Curmudgucation
CURMUDGUCATION: Trials of the Traveling StudentWhat about the students who move?It's a question often raised in support of the CCSS, or just national standards in general. Don't we need national standards so that students who move won't be thrown for a loop when they change schools, even across state lines? I'm unconvinced by this argument.I'll admit up front that, as both my regular readers know,
Teachers’ Licenses No Longer Jeopardized by THE Tennessee Value-Added Assessment System (TVAAS) |
Teachers’ Licenses No Longer Jeopardized by THE Tennessee Value-Added Assessment System (TVAAS) Teachers’ Licenses No Longer Jeopardized by THE Tennessee Value-Added Assessment System (TVAAS) On Friday, April 12th, the Tennessee Board of Education met and rescinded much of the policy that ties teachers’ licenses to their value-added, as determined by the growth in their students’ performance on te
4-22-14 The Whole Child Blog — Free Webinar: Connecting the Cultural Divide: What Do Great Teachers in the United States and China Do? — Whole Child Education
Free Webinar—Connecting the Cultural Divide: What Do Great Teachers in the United States and China Do? — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOGFree Webinar—Connecting the Cultural Divide: What Do Great Teachers in the United States and China Do?April 22, 2014 by Klea ScharbergJoin Leslie Grant and James Stronge, authors of the new ASCD book West Meets East, in an exciting, free webi
FCMAT » Cali Education Headlines Tuesday, April 22, 2014
FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team: EdSource: Santa Ana Unified caters to parents to boost accountability meeting attendanceEducation HeadlinesTuesday, April 22, 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.Common Core boosts push for technology in
My Students Don't Know How to Have a Conversation - Paul Barnwell - The Atlantic
My Students Don't Know How to Have a Conversation - Paul Barnwell - The Atlantic: My Students Don't Know How to Have a Conversation"Students’ reliance on screens for communication is detracting—and distracting—from their engagement in real-time talk." Recently I stood in front of my class, observing an all-too-familiar scene. Most of my students were covertly—or so they thought—pecking a
4-22-14 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: How Much Will Shelby County Slash to Pay for the Increasing Burden of Charter Schools?During this school year now winding down, Shelby County Schools will give up $67 million to corporate charter schools in Memphis. Next year that amount will increase almost 16 percent to over $78 million, so that almost one dollar of every ten spent will be for charter schools. That's $145 milli
Organizing Resistance to Teach for America Coalition for Public Education/Coalición por la Educación Pública
Coalition for Public Education/Coalición por la Educación Pública: Organizing Resistance to Teach for Americaby Kerry Kretchmar and Beth Sondel In July 2013, we were two of the facilitators of the “Organizing Resistance to Teach For America and Its Role in Privatization” people’s assembly at the Free Minds, Free People conference in Chicago. Our goals were to learn from those fighting for equity i
Florida charter schools - Sun Sentinel
Florida charter schools - Sun Sentinel: Chan Lowe: The truth about charter schoolsThe conviction that divine right is on one’s side can be a laudable motivator in the cause of good, but it can also rob people of perspective, and impel them to act in irrational ways.The Spanish Inquisition and the Crusades, for example, may have arisen out of relatively pure motives, but in retrospect they only sho
Morning Wink 4-22-14 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTS4-22-14 LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Time for an Anti-Testing Movement in Upstate New YorkA reader sent this comment: Dear Diane, I was wondering if you could create a post to get the anti-testing movement that seems to be thriving
