LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 8-8-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all

Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all:

Grassroots Parent Groups Criticize “The Real Campbell Brown”

The Alliance for Quality Education and New York Communities for Change, both of which fight for equitable funding of schools in low-incoe communities, have created a website called “The Real Campbell Brown.” Although Brown was a CNN anchor, she was not known to the parent groups that have fought for economic and social equity for minority children for many years.

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What Do Celebrities and Superstars Know about Teaching?

I worry for the future of our society when I see that education policy is being shaped by people who know nothing–nothing–about education. They never taught in a school. They never studied education. They know nothing about research. They are ignorant of the history, politics, and economics of education. Yet they feel that their Big Name empowers them to influence legislation and court decisions a

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Peter Greene: New York’s Curriculum Guides Prove that CCSS Is Unnecesary

Although Peter Greene teaches in Pennsylvania, he decided to review New York state’s curriculum guides about the Common Core standards. He pulls them apart and shows that they tell teachers to do what they were already doing, or they make demands that have no evidence to support them. It is a hilarious deconstruction of engageNY, the state education department’s prized curriculum. Greene conclud

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The Return of David Sirota: the Differences Between Warren and Clinton

David Sirota, one of the nation’s top investigative reporters, is now writing for International Business Times. In this article, he describes the differences between Elizabeth Warren and Hillary Clinton.

3 by dianeravitch / 1h 

Which Are the 50 Best Affordable Colleges in the Northeast?

Most of us are familiar with the college-university rankings published by Forbes and U.S. News and other journals. Here is a different approach to ranking these institutions, looking at them more from the students’ experiences and opportunities than to their SAT test scores and AP classes taken in high school. The author, journalist Iris Stone, divides them into the most affordable 25 public insti

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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 8-7-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all

Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: The Launch of a Bold Néw Website for Teachers and Their AlliesWhen I heard from Randy Hoover about his new website called “The Teacher-Advocate.com,” I asked him to write a post explaining his hopes and goals. I knew that he could describe it better than I could. Hoover spent 46 years as an educator. Randy Hoover writes: A Project

by mike simpson / 7h 

8-8-14 Jersey Jazzman

Jersey Jazzman:

EXCLUSIVE: Newark Teachers Union's Joe Del Grosso, In His Own Words

I really didn't think I'd be interviewing Joe Del Grosso yesterday.When I reached out to my contacts in the Newark Teachers Union, I was looking for a response from them regarding the news, first reported by the estimable Bob Braun, that a Newark parent group, PULSE, was pushing a federal investigation of the state-run school district's restructuring plan, One Newark.As I wrote in a series of brie

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8-7-14 Jersey Jazzman

Jersey Jazzman: Summertime Celebrity Education Ignorance: David Boies1967 become known as the "Summer of Love."2014 will become known as the "Summer of Hate -- For Teachers Unions."Here in the steaming days of early August, the anti-union, anti-teacher, anti-tenure forces are whipping themselves into a froth over the idea that a school district might have to give a senior teach

by mike simpson / 6h 

8-8-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL

Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL:

Important Study: “Expecting to teach enhances learning, recall”

I’m a big proponent of students teaching their classmates using presentations, “jigsaws,” creating learning objects like clozes and sequencing activities, and many online tools to create materials for authentic audiences. You can read more about these ideas at The Best Posts On Helping Students Teach Their Classmates. Now, new research finds what we teachers who have been making this kind of an a

by Larry Ferlazzo / 11min

Six Good Ed Tech Links

© 2013 DoDEA, Flickr | CC-BY | via Wylio Here are some recent useful articles on ed tech-related issues: Why Some Schools Are Selling All Their iPads is from The Atlantic. I’m adding it to The Best Resources On “One-To-One” Laptop/Tablet Programs. Why a New Jersey school district decided giving laptops to students is a terrible idea is from The Hechinger Report. I’m adding it to the same list. How

by Larry Ferlazzo / 58min 

Even More Resources On The Unaccompanied Minor Refugee Crisis

© 2008 Frederick Dennstedt, Flickr | CC-BY-SA | via Wylio Here are new additions to The Best Resources For Learning About The Children Refugee Crisis At The U.S. Southern Border: Schools brace for up to 50,000 migrant kids is from USA Today. With Uncertainty, Schools Prepare for New Arrivals is from The Texas Tribune. The Wilson Quarterly has a really impressive interactive. Hope Dwindles for Hon

by Larry Ferlazzo / 12min 

Around The Web In ESL/EFL/ELL

© 2010 Sistak, Flickr | CC-BY-SA | via Wylio I’ve started a somewhat regular feature where I share a few posts and resources from around the Web related to ESL/EFL or to language in general that have caught my attention: New York City Libraries Struggle to Meet Demand for English-Language Classes is from The New York Times. Humanising Language Teaching is my favorite ESL/ELT journal, and the lates

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August’s (2014) Best Tweets — Part One

Every month I make a few short lists highlighting my choices of the best resources I through (and learned from) Twitter, but didn’t necessarily include them in posts here on my blog. I’ve already shared in earlier posts several new resources I found on Twitter — and where I gave credit to those from whom I learned about them. Those are not included again in post. If you don’t use Twitter, you can

by Larry Ferlazzo / 1h 

All My Ed Week Posts On Teaching ELLs — In One Place!

My latest Ed Week post brings together all my pieces from the past three years on teaching English Language Learners — in one place! Here’s an excerpt:

by Larry Ferlazzo / 9h 

8-7-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL

Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: This Week’s “Round-Up” Of Useful Posts & Articles On Education Policy© 2008 William Murphy, Flickr | CC-BY-SA | via Wylio Here are some recent important posts and articles on education policy issues: Social Capital Matters As Much As Human Capital – A Message To Skeptics is from The Shanker Blog. Gary Ravani has written

by mike simpson / 7h 

8-8-14 Answer Sheet

Answer Sheet:

Strauss: The difference between ‘complex’ and ‘complicated’ — and why it matters in school reform

“Complex” isn’t the same thing as “complicated” — and the difference matters.  In this post, Stanford University’s Larry Cuban explains why in the context of school reform. Cuban was a high school social studies teacher for 14 years, a district superintendent (seven years in Arlington, VA), and professor emeritus of education at Stanford University, where he has taught for more than 20 years. His

by Valerie Strauss / 2min 

‘Nothing But Tears’ baby shampoo (because ‘it’s never too early’ to toughen up kids for school)

From the hilarious newspaper The Onion, a story with this headline: Johnson & Johnson Introduces ‘Nothing But Tears’ Shampoo to Toughen up Newborns. This tweet from the satirical newspaper says it all:   Because it’s never too early to grow the hell up! Guaranteed Kindergarten Ready! Extra Grit! http://t.co/QgXD46bUU3 pic.twitter.com/TJCsElGz8w — Emperor Bill Gates (@EmperorBill) […]

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8-7-14 Answer Sheet

Answer Sheet: Ten ways to fix the mess that is kindergartenI’ve posted a number of pieces recently about how kindergarten has been changing over the last decade or so. (See here, here, here and here.) Once a time for socialization and learning through play, school reformers have turned it into an academic exercise that, in some classrooms, leaves little or no time for play, recess […]by Valerie St

by mike simpson / 5h 

8-8-14 With A Brooklyn Accent: Teach for Life

With A Brooklyn Accent:

What We Want and Need- A Friday Afternoon Message to Arne Duncan:

We Need to show appreciation and respect for public school teachers and make them an integral part of every education policy making body.We need to develop strategies to attract and retain great teachers- teachers for life.We need to ramp up efforts to recruit and retain teachers of color.We need to transform schools in high needs areas into round the clock community centers and help them, not clo

by Mark Naison / 4min 

Teach for Life

My improbable initiative-- defund Teach for America and start a campaign called Teach for Life which encourages talented, idealistic young people to become teachers and STAY in the classroom. Such a campaign would treat teaching as the most important profession in the society, not something talented people leave after a few years to pursue careers in law, business, politics or "school leaders

by Mark Naison / 3h 

8-5-14 With A Brooklyn Accent: The rush to expose"Bad Teachers."

With A Brooklyn Accent: The rush to expose"Bad Teachers."The rush to expose"Bad Teachers."    From the mid 1940's to the mid 1950's, leaders in government, themedia, the trade union movement and the private sector spent anenormous amount of time and energy trying to expose and root outalleged Communists and Communist sympathizers. In the process, tens ofthousands of people lost

by mike simpson / 3h 

8-8-14 Hemlock on the Rocks

Hemlock on the Rocks:

Fwd: Common Core is the Most Dangerous Domestic Spying Program : Freedom Outpost

Even the Department of Education, though, admits that privacy is a concern, and that some of the data gathered may be "of a sensitive nature."  The information collected will be more than sensitive; much of it will also be completely unrelated to education.  Data collected will not only include grades, test scores, name, date of birth and social security number, it will also

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http://www.southbronxschool.com

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How education reform drives gentrification | Al Jazeera America

Emma Christ, center, a Cleveland High School senior, at a rally organized by the Portland Student Union and the Portland Teachers Solidarity Campaign. The rally attracted students, parents and other unions in support of teachers during contract negotiations.Stephanie Yao Long/The Oregonian/Landov

by Rene Diedrich / 6h 

YESTERDAY

CONSIDER THESE POLITICAL CARTOONS - Are they accurate ? Or are they embellished and employed to humiliate the targets?

by Rene Diedrich / 8h 

B-LoEdScene: Randi Weingarten's Arrest - Cheap Stunt or Grandst...

B-LoEdScene: Randi Weingarten's Arrest - Cheap Stunt or Grandst...: So Randi Weingarten the Dr. Frankenstein of Concession Driven Unionism was cuffed and stuffed at a protest in Philly the other day. Wo...

by Rene Diedrich / 8h 

Another NYC TALE THAT LAUSD TEACHERS WILL FIND USEDUL: The Collusion And Inaction By The UFT And DOE Is The Major Cause Of The ATR Crises.

http://chaz11.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-collusion-and-inaction-by-uft-and.html The Collusion And Inaction By The UFT And DOE Is The Major Cause Of The ATR Crises. We all know that the deal between UFT President Randi Weingarten and Chancellor Joel Klein that resulted in the infamous 2005

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Wall Street Hearts Charter Schools, Gets Rich Off Them | FDL News Desk

http://news.firedoglake.com/2010/05/10/wall-street-hearts-charter-schools-gets-rich-off-them/ Wall Street has always put its money where its interests and beliefs lie. But it is far less common that so many financial heavyweights would adopt a social cause like charter schools and advance it with a

by Rene Diedrich / 8h 

8-7-14 Hemlock on the Rocks

Hemlock on the Rocks: CURMUDGUCATION: NYC Looks For Teachers on CraigslistCURMUDGUCATION: NYC Looks For Teachers on Craigslist: The NYC Teaching Collective (formerly the NYC Teaching Residency) seems to be have hatched from a simple idea-- why pay TFA to provide us w...by Rene Diedrich / 1h hide  //  saveKeep the Public in Public SchoolsProtest against school cuts in Culver City, California.Photo/

by mike simpson / 7h