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
Conservative Website Grades Companies on Common Core | Truth in American Education
Conservative Website Grades Companies on Common Core | Truth in American Education: Conservative Website Grades Companies on Common CoreFiled in Common Core State Standards by Shane Vander Hart on August 25, 2014 • 0 Comments632nd Vote launched to provide conservatives with a resource to know how companies spent their money on political causes. They would look at corporate spending on issues like
Dear Parents, Teachers cannot protect your children from well financed abusers. | Reclaim Reform
Dear Parents, Teachers cannot protect your children from well financed abusers. | Reclaim Reform: Dear Parents, Teachers cannot protect your children from well financed abusers.Posted on August 25, 2014by Ken PrevitiI truly admire Peggy Robertson, and you should, too. Why?As an active teacher she openly admits that it takes parents to stop the dismantling of public education by Corporate Education
8-25-14 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: The Left and Right Attacks MORE on Garner March Position: I'm Shocked, There Are Social Democrats in MOREThis is -- or should be -- absolutely the end for MORE and its sponsors in the ISO and other opportunist organizations. This is what social democracy looks like... Comment on MORE position (The March for Justice and Unity) on Garner march.SHAME ON MORE!!! SHAME ON THE ISO AND S
Accountability Progress Reporting - CalEdFacts (CA Dept of Education)
Accountability Progress Reporting - CalEdFacts (CA Dept of Education): Accountability Progress Reporting - CalEdFactsThis content is part of California Department of Education's information and media guide about education in the State of California. For similar information on other topics, visit the full CalEdFacts.The California Department of Education (CDE) reports both state and federal account
LA high school students walk out over scheduling system | 89.3 KPCC
LA high school students walk out over scheduling system | 89.3 KPCC: LA high school students walk out over scheduling system Los Angeles high school students started the third week of school with a walk out Monday morning to draw attention to continued problems with a new district-wide scheduling system they said keeps them trapped in the auditorium or in classes they've already taken."They h
NYC Educator: Even Ed. "Reformers" Gotta Serve Somebody
NYC Educator: Even Ed. "Reformers" Gotta Serve Somebody: Even Ed. "Reformers" Gotta Serve SomebodyBased on the song by Bob Dylan...You may be head of Kipps or Success AcademiesYou may counsel out kids and keep entry feesYou may have a padded cell to suspend kids with habitsYou may be Joel Klein with a stash of Amplify tabletsBut you’re gonna have to serve somebody, yes indeedYo
Pass The Popcorn: LA’s Education Establishment Explodes – redqueeninla
Pass The Popcorn: LA’s Education Establishment Explodes – redqueeninla: Pass The Popcorn: LA’s Education Establishment ExplodesWritten by redqueeninla The education news exploding through the tubes via KPCC and the LATimessince last Thursday is absolutely staggering. There is a soap’s-load worth oftitters and twitters, readings and writings about fiscal improprieties, amoral, immoral and unethica
APUSH Authors Revealed. Read This Before Webinar Tonight. | Missouri Education Watchdog
APUSH Authors Revealed. Read This Before Webinar Tonight. | Missouri Education Watchdog: APUSH Authors Revealed. Read This Before Webinar Tonight.inShareFrom 2011 power point presentation to Charlottesville City Schools. Precursor of APUSH curriculum? APUSH authors listed in this power point. Link at end of article.Stanley Kurtz revealed this morning important information on the writers of the 20
Earthquake Assistance for Schools - Year 2014 (CA Dept of Education)
Earthquake Assistance for Schools - Year 2014 (CA Dept of Education): State Schools Chief Tom Torlakson Announces Assistance for Schools Closed Due to EarthquakeSACRAMENTO—Schools closed because of the earthquake in Napa over the weekend will still receive full state funding, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson announced today."Our thoughts and our prayers are with the pe
Trust and Obey - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher
Trust and Obey - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher: Trust and ObeyBy Nancy Flanagan on August 25, 2014 11:24 AMYears ago, someone in my district's Central Office read a study showing that teachers who had to call their principals to let them know they'd be absent were less likely to take a day off than those who had to call someone else--a substitute coordinator, say, or a buildin
US Ed Secretary: 'Testing issues today are sucking the oxygen... | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com
US Ed Secretary: 'Testing issues today are sucking the oxygen... | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com: US Ed Secretary: 'Testing issues today are sucking the oxygen out of the room in a lot of schools' 0 0 1 1View Larger Johnny Crawford, jcrawford@ajc.comU.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan reads to children at Boyd Elementary School Friday, May 31, 2013. Education Secretary Arne Duncan , Governor Natha
8-25-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: If You Want to Transfer Your Child under NCLB, Get that Request InI was reading the Spokane newspaper and it was stated that for Spokane's school district, the deadline to request a transfer to a new school under NCLB is August 26th. So I wrote to SPS to ask what their deadline is. Here's the answer I received: Parents have to request a transfer by the first day
8-25-14 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): LAUSD officials and Apple had relations before iPad contractLAUSD officials and Apple had relations before iPad contract Via LA Times | by Howard Blume Senior Los Angeles school district officials, including Supt. John Deasy, had a close working relationship with Apple and Pearson executives before these
On a Mission to Galvanize Teachers and Parents | Lily's Blackboard
On a Mission to Galvanize Teachers and Parents | Lily's Blackboard: On a Mission to Galvanize Teachers and ParentsAug 25th, 2014 by Lily.Lily Eskelsen García has a history that reads like a made-for-TV movie:She began her education career making salads in a school cafeteria and was nudged toward college by a kindergarten teacher who liked the way the 18-year-old related to young children. She paid
8-25-14 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: Palm Beach School Board Member: "Sometimes It Takes An Act of Civil Disobedience to Move Forward--We Cannot Allow Fear to Hold Us Back"Edited by Dr. Rich Swier, from Palm Beach School Board Meeting August 20, 2014:by Jim Horn / 6min 8-24-14 Schools MatterSchools Matter: Bloomberg's Impoverished Poverty Eradication PlanSince finally leaving his New York mayor's throne to s
Lily Eskelsen Garcia talks to Al Jazeera | Al Jazeera America
Lily Eskelsen Garcia talks to Al Jazeera | Al Jazeera America: Lily Eskelsen Garcia talks to Al JazeeraEskelsen Garcia is the president-elect of the National Education Association, a union of 3 million educatorsRay Suarez: Recently in Vergara v. California the teachers' unions defending the notion of tenure were handed a big defeat in a California court. What's more interesting is who was lined up
8-25-14 Wait What? - Jonathan Pelto: Gubernatorial Candidate and A Really Nice Guy
Wait What?: Wait What? All Week Pelto/Murphy 2014 Gubernatorial Debates: Ask questions that matter.On Wednesday, August, 27th, 2014, the Norwich Bulletin newspaper will host the first of the 2014 gubernatorial debates. Ray Hackett, the Bulletin’s editorial page editor will moderate the debate. For reasons that I can’t seem to wrap my head around, Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, and Republican
Smart read of the day: Lisa Haver on why real accountability only goes one way | Parents United for Public Education
Smart read of the day: Lisa Haver on why real accountability only goes one way | Parents United for Public Education: Smart read of the day: Lisa Haver on why real accountability only goes one way“The question then is: Is accountability applicable only to those in the classrooms? Why do we not hold those in leadership positions accountable? It is the responsibility of the Superintendent and the
A Teacher's Plea to President Obama | John Thompson
A Teacher's Plea to President Obama | John Thompson: A Teacher's Plea to President ObamaI became a teacher after Supply Side economics and the Reagan era banking collapse devastated our neighborhood. Three hundred houses were abandoned and the "Hoova" set of the Crips set up dozens of crack houses in vacant properties.Mr. President, I became attached to the children in the drug houses an
8-25-14 the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness
the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness (the public and scholarly writing by P. L. Thomas, Furman University): Confessions of an Outlier in the Aftershock of FergusonThis is a reposting (slightly revised) from Daily Kos (16 December 2011), and offered in the context of the media and political demonizing of Michael Brown after he was shot, although unarmed, by a police officer. —
Morning Wink 8-25-14 AM Posts #edchat #edreform
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 8-25-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Bob Braun: How New Jersey Leaders Broke the Law to Charterize NewarkBob Braun, veteran reporter turned independent blogger, charges that officials in New Jersey broke state laws requiring a rand
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 8-25-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Bob Braun: How New Jersey Leaders Broke the Law to Charterize NewarkBob Braun, veteran reporter turned independent blogger, charges that officials in New Jersey broke state laws requiring a random lottery to advance the charter movement in Newark. He writes: “New Jersey and local school officials have been involved in a conspiracy
The Answer Sheet 8-25-14
Answer Sheet: A school system’s stunning standardized test schedule for 2014-15Classes for the 2014-15 year began for students in Miami-Dade County Public Schools, the fourth largest district in the country, on Monday, Aug. 18. And so did student standardized testing. Yes, it’s time not only for class but also for a new slew of standardized tests in Miami and everywhere else in the country — […]2
8-25-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Just Sent-Out Free Email NewsletterI’ve just mailed out the June issue of my simple free monthly email newsletter. It has over 2,000 subscribers, and you can subscribe here.by Larry Ferlazzo / 7h hide // saveAugust’s “The Best” Lists — There Are Now 1,341 Of Them!Here’s my monthly round-up of new “The Best…” lists I poste
8-25-14 Curmudgucation
CURMUDGUCATION: ACT Report Finds ACT Really ImportantOkay kids. Here's today's lesson in critical thinking (which, as you may have heard, is built right into the heart and sinew of the Common Core).When a business releases a study showing the importance and effectiveness of that business's product, is there a possibility that the study might be aimed at something other than Telling the Whole Truth
8-25-14 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: NYSED Looks To Make 40% of APPR Evaluations Based On State TestsThe APPR teacher evaluation system in New York is split so that 60% is based on "subjective" measures like classroom observations and (in some districts) student surveys while the other 40% is based on "student performance."The "student performance" APPR component is divided into 20
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 8-25-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: DEASY PLANNING TO HIRE HIS OWN ‘LIASON’ FOR MiSiS PROJECT + smf’s 2¢Deasy says the person he will hire will report directly to him and will not require board approval. When does it all end? by Vanessa Romo in LA School Report | http://bit.ly/1t5D2b8 August 21, 2014 4:31 pm :: As LA Unified teachers continue their complaints about the district’s new
8-25-14 Hemlock on the Rocks
Hemlock on the Rocks: New York Times Reports on Duncan’s Retreat from Test-Based Evaluations of Teachers | Diane Ravitch's blog@media print { .original-url { display: none; } } h1.title { font: -apple-system-headline; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; -webkit-hyphens: manual; } blockquote { color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5); margin-left: 20px;by Rene Diedrich / 31min hide // saveThe Violence and H
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES: WEEKEND QUOTABLESAtty. Gen. Holder meets with students from St. Louis Community CollegeEric Holder“History simmers beneath the surface in more communities than just Ferguson.” -- New Republic Lesley McSpadden (Michael Brown's mother)“We couldn’t even see him. They wouldn’t even let us go see him. They just left him out there, four and a half hours,
Petrilli’s New PR Common Core Campaign. How’s That Working? | Missouri Education Watchdog
Petrilli’s New PR Common Core Campaign. How’s That Working? | Missouri Education Watchdog: Petrilli’s New PR Common Core Campaign. How’s That Working?inShareMichael Petrilli recently announced the Common Core advocates needed to change their marketing push for the privately owned/copyrighted standards for public schools and be more ‘emotional’. From Politico and Moms winning the Common Core war:…
Infographic: LA schools iPad project: How it started ... before the bidding began | 89.3 KPCC
Infographic: LA schools iPad project: How it started ... before the bidding began | 89.3 KPCC: LA schools iPad project: How it started ... before the bidding beganTimeline: iPad Talks before the biddingSuperintendent John Deasy was a year into his tenure at the Los Angeles Unified School District when he started talking to the largest publishing company in the world, Pearson PLC, about working tog
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empathyeducates – Wisdom from Ferguson’s Children
empathyeducates – Wisdom from Ferguson’s Children: Wisdom from Ferguson’s ChildrenWhat is education? Is it testing? Teaching? Is it the Common Core Curriculum? Is it the possibility of opting-out? Is education the search for wisdom? And what about the children? Where might they be in this equation? Educators, reply; “A Whole Child education is essential.” But what does that mean? How is it seen no
Standardized Lying | Crazy Crawfish's Blog
Standardized Lying | Crazy Crawfish's Blog: Crazy Crawfish's BlogZesty Louisiana Education PoliticsStandardized LyingPosted on August 24, 20140Student performance in Louisiana is dropping rapidly. The decline started just about the time John White became superintendent of Education and has accelerated rapidly with the introduction of Common Core in Louisiana schools. Based on a sample analysis of
Seattle Times’ Gates-funded Education Lab Blog Experiment | deutsch29
Seattle Times’ Gates-funded Education Lab Blog Experiment | deutsch29: Seattle Times’ Gates-funded Education LabBlog ExperimentAugust 24, 2014Bill Gates lives in Seattle.His money buys experiments there, too.In October 2013, the Seattle Times announced that it had “sought” a grant from the Gates Foundation for a year-long “project” in partnership with Solutions Journalism Network– a blog called th
Check Out Alex Nazaryan's Provocative "Teacher Wars" Review
Check Out Alex Nazaryan's Provocative "Teacher Wars" Review: Check Out Alex Nazaryan’s Provocative “Teacher Wars” ReviewAlexander Nazaryan, a journalist and former teacher, has written a sharp, intelligent, and kind review of my book for the Times Arts section, for which I am extremely grateful:Ms. Goldstein’s book is meticulously fair and disarmingly balanced, serving up historical comm
Vermont’s Enlightened State Board of Education |
Vermont’s Enlightened State Board of Education |: Vermont’s Enlightened State Board of Education The Vermont State Board of Education recently released a more than reasonable “Statement on Assessment and Accountability” that I certainly wish would be read and adopted by other leaders across other states.They encourage their educators to “make use of diverse indicators of student learning and stren
NYC Educator: New York's Passion for Crap in Education Means No Flexibility in APPR
NYC Educator: New York's Passion for Crap in Education Means No Flexibility in APPR: New York's Passion for Crap in Education Means No Flexibility in APPROver at Perdido Street School he's pierced the bazillion-dollar Capital NY paywall and discovered that Arne Duncan's flexibility with APPR does not extend to states that have already begun Common Core testing. For those of you who are dancing in
Upcoming Webinar: AP History Standards Written by The College Board Delivering FACTS That David Coleman Won’t Divulge. | Missouri Education Watchdog
Upcoming Webinar: AP History Standards Written by The College Board Delivering FACTS That David Coleman Won’t Divulge. | Missouri Education Watchdog: Upcoming Webinar: AP History Standards Written by The College Board Delivering FACTS That David Coleman Won’t Divulge.inShareFrom the video: Without state push-back, this new APUSH Curriculum Framework will go into effect this fall (2014). Without st
The UFT Fool Follows Al Sharpton southbronxschool
http://www.southbronxschool.com: The UFT Fool Follows Al SharptonI have been away for a week. Went on a little baseball road trip with the family.So a lot has happened in the last week. The UFT not only supported Rev. Al's march in Staten Island, but was paying for buses to transport marchers to Staten Island.Oh, and the UFT soon hid it's support on Facebook by deleting the posts in support of the
Nite Cap 8-24-14 #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT
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 CAPSchools in Ferguson Area Prepare for an Emotional Opening Day - NYTimes.comSchools in Ferguson Area Prepare for an Emotional Opening Day - NYTimes.com: Schools in Ferguson Area Prepare for an Emotional Opening Day As schools in and around Ferguso
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