CORPORATE ED REFORM
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Common Core Updates
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Common Core Updates:Common Core Updates(Editor's note: I seem to recall that some were saying that "Common Core was here to stay." Read on.)This reads like it's from The Onion but nope, it's from the NY Times regarding a taskforce that Governor Cuomo of New York created around Common Core:A task force Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo created is calling for changes in
English Language Arts Guidance - English Language Arts (CA Dept of Education)
English Language Arts Guidance - English Language Arts (CA Dept of Education): English Language Arts GuidanceResources for implementing and improving English Language Arts instruction, including content standards, frameworks, curriculum guides, and digital materials.Resources covering the following topics are listed in the tabbed sections below. The sponsors and supporters of high-quality resource
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Dorn's Statement on Inslee's Supplemental Budget
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Dorn's Statement on Inslee's Supplemental Budget: Dorn's Statement on Inslee's Supplemental BudgetTwo words - not impressed.This is not to say that the Superintendent dissed the Governor. No, he liked:Inslee does fund some increases to Jobs for Washington’s Graduates,CorePlus, Career and Technical Education, Healthiest Next Generation initiative, language access f
Only in America: Four years into life, poor kids are already an entire year behind - The Washington Post
Only in America: Four years into life, poor kids are already an entire year behind - The Washington Post:Only in America: Four years into life, poor kids are already an entire year behindWealthy parents aren't just able to send their kids to top pre-schools—they can also purchase the latest learning technology and ensure their children experience as many museums, concerts and other cultural experi
Shelby County Schools calls for halt to ASD takeovers
Shelby County Schools calls for halt to ASD takeovers: Shelby County Schools calls for halt to ASD takeoversShelby County Schools Superintendent Dorsey Hopson (Mike Brown/The Commercial Appeal)Shelby County Schools is formally pushing back against the state-run Achievement School District, which announced last week it will take over four more schools in Memphis.The school board on Tuesday night un
Another Take on New Mexico’s Ruling on the State’s Teacher Evaluation/VAM System | VAMboozled!
Another Take on New Mexico’s Ruling on the State’s Teacher Evaluation/VAM System | VAMboozled!: Another Take on New Mexico’s Ruling on the State’s Teacher Evaluation/VAM SystemJohn Thompson, a historian and teacher, wrote a post just published in Diane Ravitch’s blog (here) in which he took a closer look at the New Mexico court decision of which I was a part and which I covered a few weeks ago (he
Teaching Rebellion: Schools Must Cultivate A Struggle for Justice | The Progressive
Teaching Rebellion: Schools Must Cultivate A Struggle for Justice | The Progressive: Teaching Rebellion: Schools Must Cultivate A Struggle for Justice “Our ultimate objective in learning about anything is to try to create and develop a more just society”-Yuri KochiyamaThese words from human rights activist Yuri Kochiyama are never far from my mind each morning as I think about my students. I plan
Pondering Chartering: On Market Forces & Innovation? | School Finance 101
Pondering Chartering: On Market Forces & Innovation? | School Finance 101:Pondering Chartering: On Market Forces & Innovation?One of the original premises of chartering as a competitive market tool was that introducing independently governed competitors and relaxing regulations on those competitors would induce innovation, which could then be shared for the good of the whole. This premise
Can Community Schools Dampen the School Takeover Fever? - NEA Today
Can Community Schools Dampen the School Takeover Fever? - NEA Today: Can Community Schools Dampen the School Takeover Fever?The Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University and the Southern Education Foundation (SEF) released a new report on Dec. 17 that makes a strong case for collaborative, grassroots efforts to help turn around struggling schools.“Investing in What Works: Community
CURMUDGUCATION: The Federal Family Fixing Plan
CURMUDGUCATION: The Federal Family Fixing Plan: The Federal Family Fixing PlanIt's the kind of document that only a federal bureaucracy could create, and you still have a little over two weeks to comment on it. Meet the DRAFT POLICY STATEMENT ON FAMILY ENGAGEMENT FROM THE EARLY YEARS TO THE EARLY GRADES. It's a policy so bureaucraticky that it took two departments-- Education plus Health and Huma
How ALEC Stole the Public from Public Education: A Cautionary but Inspring Tale | Save Maine Schools
How ALEC Stole the Public from Public Education: A Cautionary but Inspring Tale | Save Maine Schools: How ALEC Stole the Public from Public Education: A Cautionary but Inspring TaleAndy Goldstein, a parent and teacher in Florida, wrote this story below and recited it before the School Board of Palm Beach County. The story is a cautionary tale about ALEC’s involvement in our public schools.For thos
Kindergarten Has Become the New First Grade - The Atlantic
Kindergarten Has Become the New First Grade - The Atlantic: The New Preschool Is Crushing KidsToday’s young children are working more, but they’re learning less.tep into an American preschool classroom today and you are likely to be bombarded with what we educators call a print-rich environment, every surface festooned with alphabet charts, bar graphs, word walls, instructional posters, classroom
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: DuSable librarian position restored. Thanks to 'anonymous donor' or student protests?
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: DuSable librarian position restored. Thanks to 'anonymous donor' or student protests?: DuSable librarian position restored. Thanks to 'anonymous donor' or student protests?“Thanks to a generous anonymous gift, the librarian’s job can be restored at the DuSable campus,” CPS said in a statement. -- Sun-Times“That was just amazing … the kids … I’ve been here a long tim
When a school assigned homework on Islam, it drew so many threats the district shut down - Vox
When a school assigned homework on Islam, it drew so many threats the district shut down - Vox: When a school assigned homework on Islam, it drew so many threats the district shut downA high school world geography teacher in Augusta County, Virginia, gave her students what seemed like a standard assignment: a worksheet on Islam as part of a curriculum on world religions.The backlash was so fierce
Clinton Views on Charter Schools, Teacher Evaluations Upset Some Democrats - WSJ
Clinton Views on Charter Schools, Teacher Evaluations Upset Some Democrats - WSJ: Clinton Views on Charter Schools, Teacher Evaluations Upset Some DemocratsSome donors are balking, worried that her recent comments toe the line of teacher unionsWASHINGTON—Democrats backing the effort to overhaul American education have become increasingly concerned that presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton isn
This Is Why Chicago Teachers Are Fed Up With The Mayor | ThinkProgress
This Is Why Chicago Teachers Are Fed Up With The Mayor | ThinkProgress: This Is Why Chicago Teachers Are Fed Up With The MayorAn overwhelming majority of the Chicago Teachers Union, 88 percent, voted on Monday to allow union leaders to call for a strike.It will be several months before the union decides whether to actually begin a strike. First, they’re going on a “fact-finding mission” in one las
BustED Pencils Trending News: Nope; Busting; Standing Parents | BustED Pencils
BustED Pencils Trending News: Nope; Busting; Standing Parents | BustED Pencils: BustED Pencils Trending News: Nope; Busting; Standing ParentsNo meaningful link! First part of this article rocks. The second part doesn’t really relate to the standardized tests. It more relates to the “teacher made” tests. Take a look and decide for yourself.Four Tips to Make it Easier on Everyonehttp://southhill
Common Core: A Serious Problem for Governors in 2016 | Truth in American Education
Common Core: A Serious Problem for Governors in 2016 | Truth in American Education: Common Core: A Serious Problem for Governors in 2016Common Core has been a thorn in Jeb Bush’s presidential campapignPhoto credit: Gage Skidmore (CC-By-SA 2.0)It has taken a while for the mainstream media to focus on the effect Common Core has had on Republican presidential campaigns. But Fred Barnes of The Weekly
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The Zuckerberg Donation and a Legacy of Control | Dissident Voice
The Zuckerberg Donation and a Legacy of Control | Dissident Voice: The Zuckerberg Donation and a Legacy of ControlWhen I was very young, my parents used to tell me why having “lots of toys” wasn’t a good idea. “The more you have, the more you want,” they would say. I didn’t have many toys — we were poor — so the idea of possessions feeding greed didn’t make much sense to me then.But I’ve learned t
Flea Flicker: Rocketship appeals to state board to build school in Concord - ContraCostaTimes
Rocketship appeals to state board to build school in Concord - ContraCostaTimes.com:Rocketship appeals to state board to build school in ConcordThe Charter School Approval Flea FlickerCONCORD -- After being rejected by district and county education boards in its bid to establish a new elementary school in the Monument Corridor, nationwide charter school operator Rocketship Education is appealing t
For-profit charter schools are failing and fading. Here’s why.
For-profit charter schools are failing and fading. Here’s why.: These Charter Schools Tried to Turn Public Education Into Big Business. They Failed.It takes time, and nearly infinite patience, to build academically strong networks of schools from scratch. Investors aren’t used to waiting, though.More and more these days, Americans think about schools using the language of business. Superintendents
Special Nite Cap: Catch Up on Today's Post 12/17/15
CORPORATE ED REFORMSeattle Schools Community Forum: Seattle Schools International Schools NewsletterSeattle Schools Community Forum: Seattle Schools International Schools Newsletter: Seattle Schools International Schools NewsletterI didn't know this newsletter, Global Talk, existed and I am glad to provide the link. They provide information on travel opportunities for both students and teachers.H
