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TODAY
Thurmond vs Tuck and how FAKE Democrats are fooling voters with help from Alt-Right Billionaires | Crazy Normal - the Classroom Exposé
by mike simpson / 1h
Thurmond vs Tuck and how FAKE Democrats are fooling voters with help from Alt-Right Billionaires | Crazy Normal - the Classroom Exposé Thurmond vs Tuck and how FAKE Democrats are fooling voters with help from Alt-Right Billionaires Politico.com reported on November 1, five days before the 2018 election, “In the race to be California’s top educator, charter schools ally Marshall Tuck registered a
Dr. Rosa Castro Feinberg: How and why to avoid Florida’s flaws | Cloaking Inequity
by mike simpson / 1h
How and why to avoid Florida’s flaws | Cloaking Inequity HOW AND WHY TO AVOID FLORIDA’S FLAWS It’s not too late to improve state ESSA plans. Approved state ESSA plans can be amended at any time. That’s both good news and bad
Political Issues In Public Education - A Guide For Beginners | Blue Cereal Education
by mike simpson / 26min
Political Issues In Public Education - A Guide For Beginners | Blue Cereal Education Political Issues In Public Education - A Guide For Beginners It’s election time again, and – in some places, at least – education-related disputes are once again all over social media and the local news. Given that it’s rare for such a traditional, local issue to break through our current national insanity, some
John Thompson: Insights on the Origins of “A Nation at Risk”: A Conversation with James Harvey and John Merrow | Diane Ravitch's blog
by mike simpson / 1h
John Thompson: Insights on the Origins of “A Nation at Risk”: A Conversation with James Harvey and John Merrow | Diane Ravitch's blog John Thompson: Insights on the Origins of “A Nation at Risk”: A Conversation with James Harvey and John Merrow John Thompson, retired teacher and historian in Oklahoma, shares his thoughts about the Network for Public Education Conference in Indianapolis. He begins
CURMUDGUCATION: Is School Choice At Odds With Community?
by mike simpson / 2h
CURMUDGUCATION: Is School Choice At Odds With Community? Is School Choice At Odds With Community? A couple weeks back, Amy Lueck in the Atlantic took a look at how public high schools shaped communities in this country, depicting a relationship between school and community that certainly still looks familiar to those of us who live in ruralish areas where among grown-up adults, "Which high school
YESTERDAY
The World Mourns for Jews After Pittsburgh’s Synagogue Shooting. What About Other Targets of Hate? | gadflyonthewallblog
by mike simpson / 19h
The World Mourns for Jews After Pittsburgh’s Synagogue Shooting. What About Other Targets of Hate? | gadflyonthewallblog The World Mourns for Jews After Pittsburgh’s Synagogue Shooting. What About Other Targets of Hate? When a white supremacist killed 11 people and wounded 6 others at a Pittsburgh synagogue last weekend, the world took notice. Lights dimmed at the Eiffel Tower and Empire State bu
CURMUDGUCATION: Failing Brown v. Board of Education
by mike simpson / 23h
CURMUDGUCATION: Failing Brown v. Board of Education Failing Brown v. Board of Education If you're not regularly exposed to the problem, you might think that finding the ways in which non-white non-wealthy students are shortchanged would require deep and nuanced research. As it turns out, finding the ways in which education fails to serve those students requires no more careful research than findi
Values that Express Our Idea of Public Education: The Values that Should Steady Us in this Tumultuous Week | janresseger
by mike simpson / 1d
Values that Express Our Idea of Public Education: The Values that Should Steady Us in this Tumultuous Week | janresseger Values that Express Our Idea of Public Education: The Values that Should Steady Us in this Tumultuous Week This blog, which usually posts Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, will post on neither election day nor the next morning. Look for a new post on Thursday, November
Unanswered Questions in the Race for California State Superintendent of Public Instruction
by mike simpson / 1d
Unanswered Questions in the Race for California State Superintendent of Public Instruction Unanswered Questions in the Race for California State Superintendent of Public Instruction We are largely unable to accept new offers to complete questionnaires” – Marshall Tuck Campaign The California Charter School Association and their allies have provided Marshall Tuck with enough cash to flood the airw
NOV 01
ACLU of Northern California Executive Director to EdVoice: Stop Misleading Voters | ACLU of Northern CA
by mike simpson / 2d
ACLU of Northern California Executive Director to EdVoice: Stop Misleading Voters | ACLU of Northern CA ACLU of Northern California Executive Director to EdVoice: Stop Misleading Voters ACLU of California Statement on Misleading Campaign Ad . @edvoice Your mailer uses the ACLU's name in a manner that misleads voters. You are not a fly by night organization, and with your decision, you have damage
The Education Wave That Began In West Virginia May Change Politics For The Nation
by mike simpson / 2d
The Education Wave That Began In West Virginia May Change Politics For The Nation The Education Wave That Began In West Virginia May Change Politics For The Nation Whether Democrats take back the House in the midterm elections may come down to races like the one in West Virginia’s third Congressional District. “Richard Ojeda has taken a district that Trump won by almost 50 points … and turned int
What Should We Really Learn From New Orleans After the Storm? A Q&A With NEPC Fellow Bruce Baker | National Education Policy Center
by mike simpson / 2d
What Should We Really Learn From New Orleans After the Storm? A Q&A With NEPC Fellow Bruce Baker | National Education Policy Center What Should We Really Learn From New Orleans After the Storm? A Q&A With NEPC Fellow Bruce Baker Learn More: NEPC Resources on Charter Schools NEPC Fellow Bruce Baker discusses his critique of a recent policy brief that attributed positive outcomes to market-based re
Lawsuit Accuses Betsy DeVos And Her Deputies Of Being Motivated By Sexism | HuffPost
by mike simpson / 2d
Lawsuit Accuses Betsy DeVos And Her Deputies Of Being Motivated By Sexism | HuffPost Lawsuit Accuses Betsy DeVos And Her Deputies Of Being Motivated By Sexism The lawsuit says that the education secretary’s decision to scrap Obama-era rules governing sexual assault on campus was based on bias and stereotypes. A new filing in a lawsuit against the Trump administration accuses Secretary of Educatio
What’s Wrong with America’s Schools? David Berliner Blames America’s Failure to Eradicate Child Poverty | janresseger
by mike simpson / 2d
What’s Wrong with America’s Schools? David Berliner Blames America’s Failure to Eradicate Child Poverty | janresseger What’s Wrong with America’s Schools? David Berliner Blames America’s Failure to Eradicate Child Poverty Despite lots of evidence about why we shouldn’t use test scores as a measure of school quality, for nearly twenty years, government programs like No Child Left Behind and Race t
OCT 31
Confronting Inequity and Structural Racism by Building Community Schools | Schott Foundation for Public Education
by mike simpson / 2d
Confronting Inequity and Structural Racism by Building Community Schools | Schott Foundation for Public Education Confronting Inequity and Structural Racism by Building Community Schools The last few decades of disinvestment and privatization have devastated public schools across the country, especially those in poor and distressed neighborhoods and communities of color. But we shouldn’t simply t
How Teachers Might Save Arizona Schools from the Kochs | OurFuture.org by People's Action
by mike simpson / 2d
How Teachers Might Save Arizona Schools from the Kochs | OurFuture.org by People's Action How Teachers Might Save Arizona Schools from the Kochs “A change in education is Arizona’s No. 1 issue,” Garcia said in a televised debate . “It is my strength, it is Ducey’s weakness, and it’s going to be the difference.” (Photo: Victoria Pickering /flickr/cc) The moment Beth Lewis realized the powerful pol
We Discover Outstanding Candidates That Support Our Public Schools - NPE Action Endorsements - NPE Action
by mike simpson / 2d
Endorsements - NPE Action We Discover Outstanding Candidates That Support Our Public Schools - NPE Action Endorsements - NPE Action NPE Action Endorsements NPE Action Endorsements When we discover outstanding candidates that support our issues, and it is a race that we are able to support, we endorse. Candidates must complete a questionnaire and have the support of our supporters in the area. We
CURMUDGUCATION: Jobs' XQ Institute Plugs Competency Based Education
by mike simpson / 3d
CURMUDGUCATION: Jobs' XQ Institute Plugs Competency Based Education Jobs' XQ Institute Plugs Competency Based Education Laurene Powell Jobs is one of the major players in the reformster world. Steve Jobs's widow is the fourth richest woman in the world , and she has been a player in the world of education venture philanthropy for a while, logging time with NewSchools Venture Fund (We raise contri
Kids’ apps are filled with manipulative ads, according to a new study - Vox
by mike simpson / 3d
Kids’ apps are filled with manipulative ads, according to a new study - Vox Apps for preschoolers are flooded with manipulative ads, according to a new study New research looks at how gaming apps ads are pushing very young children to spend money. In the children’s gaming app Doctor Kids , a popular purchase in the Google and Amazon app stores, kids get to play doctor in a children’s hospital. Th
Teachers Are Testing Us: In State Elections, Will We Reject the Anti-Tax, Pro-Privatization Orthodoxy of the Far Right? | janresseger
by mike simpson / 3d
Teachers Are Testing Us: In State Elections, Will We Reject the Anti-Tax, Pro-Privatization Orthodoxy of the Far Right? | janresseger Teachers Are Testing Us: In State Elections, Will We Reject the Anti-Tax, Pro-Privatization Orthodoxy of the Far Right? In an extraordinary photo essay, USA Today profiled a day
Chicago Teachers Union educators at Acero/UNO vote overwhelmingly to strike. – Fred Klonsky
by mike simpson / 3d
Chicago Teachers Union educators at Acero/UNO vote overwhelmingly to strike. – Fred Klonsky Chicago Teachers Union educators at Acero/UNO vote overwhelmingly to strike. CHICAGO, Oct. 30, 2018 —Chicago Teachers Union educators at Acero/UNO charter schools voted overwhelmingly today to strike. 96% of Acero CTU members turned out to vote, and of those voting, 98% voted to strike. Of the CTU’s 536 me
Halloween and The Value of Make-Believe to Reading and Emotional Development
by mike simpson / 3d
Halloween and The Value of Make-Believe to Reading and Emotional Development Halloween and The Value of Make-Believe to Reading and Emotional Development It is not mere childish escapism. There is a political aspect to it – we won’t try to change this world unless we are able to imagine another reality. One could say all change starts with fantasy. ~Cornelia Funke, German author of children’s fic
OCT 30
Education philanthropy: why the billions spent aren’t working - Vox
by mike simpson / 4d
Education philanthropy: why the billions spent aren’t working - Vox Billionaires are spending their fortunes reshaping America’s schools. It isn’t working. Here’s the problem with education philanthropy. Philanthropists need to take a step back from the American education system before it ruins them, they ruin it, or both. Major philanthropies like the Gates , Walton Family , and Broad Foundation
How America Is Breaking Public Education
by mike simpson / 4d
How America Is Breaking Public Education How America Is Breaking Public Education The ultimate dream of public education is incredibly simple. Students, ideally, would go to a classroom, receive top-notch instruction from a passionate, well-informed teacher, would work hard in their class, and would come away with a new set of skills, talents, interests, and capabilities. Over the past few decade
Young voters will determine the outcome of the 2018 midterms
by mike simpson / 4d
Young voters will determine the outcome of the 2018 midterms Youth will determine the outcome of the 2018 midterms That’s why Republicans are trying to stop them The stakes are high in the upcoming midterm elections, but few races have commanded as much national attention as the one for Texas senator between Republican incumbent Ted Cruz and Democratic U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke of El Paso. O’Rourke
No School Is “Doomed.” Continuous Improvement, Not School Closure, Must Be the Goal | janresseger
by mike simpson / 4d
No School Is “Doomed.” Continuous Improvement, Not School Closure, Must Be the Goal | janresseger No School Is “Doomed.” Continuous Improvement, Not School Closure, Must Be the Goal I have read Eliza Shapiro’s reporting in POLITICO for years and I respect her as a reporter, but her story in Friday’s NY Times baffles me: New York Knew Some Schools In Its $773 Million Plan Were Doomed, They Kept Ch
OCT 29
NPE Indianapolis: “We Are Winning!” | tultican
by mike simpson / 4d
NPE Indianapolis: “We Are Winning!” | tultican NPE Indianapolis: “We Are Winning!” Diane Ravitch opened the fifth Network for Public Education (NPE) conference stating, “We are the resistance and we are winning!” She noted that “reformers” were envious of our domination of social media. When they hired mercenaries to staff their own multimillion dollar web-publications to counter us; they failed.
Zombie Ideas Are Killing Public Education - The Crucial Voice of the PeopleThe Crucial Voice of the People
by mike simpson / 4d
Zombie Ideas Are Killing Public Education - The Crucial Voice of the PeopleThe Crucial Voice of the People Zombie Ideas Are Killing Public Education “Zombie ideas … are policy ideas that keep being killed by evidence, but nonetheless shamble relentlessly forward, essentially because they suit a political agenda.” Paul Krugman Zombie Ideas!?! Exactly! Policymakers have been using zombie ideas to d
Submission: Marshall Tuck’s track record proves him unfit as state superintendent candidate | Daily Bruin
by mike simpson / 4d
Submission: Marshall Tuck’s track record proves him unfit as state superintendent candidate | Daily Bruin Submission: Marshall Tuck’s track record proves him unfit as state superintendent candidate ROBERT D. SKEELS Business banker Marshall Tuck is running for California superintendent of public instruction again. He’s backed by ideologically charged billionaires – several of whom supported reacti
Public school fees go largely unchecked in Louisiana, prompting reform proposals | Education | theadvocate.com
by mike simpson / 4d
Public school fees go largely unchecked in Louisiana, prompting reform proposals | Education | theadvocate.com Public school fees go largely unchecked in Louisiana, prompting reform proposals Ursula Clark-Holmes, who has three children attending public schools in Baton Rouge, is beset by so many student fees that she even offered to offset the charges by volunteering at the schools. "I can't affo
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Washington State Charter School Law Upheld
by mike simpson / 4d
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Washington State Charter School Law Upheld Washington State Charter School Law Upheld On October 26, 2018, in a split decision, the Washington State Supreme Court ruled that the charter school law created by the Legislature, after a voter initiative was thrown out in 2012, is valid under our state's constitution. Here's the ruling . As someone who has never suppor
Betsy DeVos’ Family Gives $2 Million to Far-Right Candidates | Diane Ravitch's blog
by mike simpson / 5d
Betsy DeVos’ Family Gives $2 Million to Far-Right Candidates | Diane Ravitch's blog Betsy DeVos’ Family Gives $2 Million to Far-Right Candidates During her confirmation hearings, Betsy DeVos pledged not to make political contributions while she was Secretary of Education. But, knowing her penchant for parsing words, we may now assume that she was not covering the political donations of her family
Six Reasons Not To Get Excited About The New SAT Scores
by mike simpson / 5d
Six Reasons Not To Get Excited About The New SAT Scores Six Reasons Not To Get Excited About The New SAT Scores Today's big-- well, not big. Medium-sized, maybe--news comes from the College Board, which announced that both participation and scores are up, as well as the percentage of college-ready students . Here's why you can comfortably not care. It's 8 Points The average score "jumped" from 10
Choosing Democracy: Teachers Respond to Hate
by mike simpson / 5d
Choosing Democracy: Teachers Respond to Hate Teachers Respond to Hate As I stood at a vigil at Temple Emanuel in New York City today to honor the Tree of Life synagogue victims, I couldn’t stop thinking about how hate has become a fact of life in our country. Hateful rhetoric and words of incitement have fueled heinous acts of violence across our nation over the past week: pipe bombs mailed to el
Research evidence on bullying prevention at odds with what schools are doing - The Hechinger Report
by mike simpson / 5d
Research evidence on bullying prevention at odds with what schools are doing - The Hechinger Report Research evidence on bullying prevention at odds with what schools are doing Punishing the bullies doesn't really help, researchers say. But what does work? I n September 2018, I wrote about the so-called “Trump effect” on bullying in schools, citing a study that found higher bullying rates in GOP
OCT 28
CURMUDGUCATION: ICYMI: Scary Time of Year Edition (10/28)
by mike simpson / 5d
CURMUDGUCATION: ICYMI: Scary Time of Year Edition (10/28) ICYMI: Scary Time of Year Edition (10/28) Just a few things to catch up on. Remember, sharing is caring. Documenting Maine's Failure To Implement Proficiency Based Education Maine tried to turn the whole state into proof of concept for PBL/CBE. Things didn't work out. Here are some of the details. Maine Went All in on Proficiency Based Lea
Dahlia Lithwick: Who Is Responsible for the Epidemic of Hate Crimes? | Diane Ravitch's blog
by mike simpson / 5d
Dahlia Lithwick: Who Is Responsible for the Epidemic of Hate Crimes? | Diane Ravitch's blog Dahlia Lithwick: Who Is Responsible for the Epidemic of Hate Crimes? Dahlia Lithwick writes in Slate about where the responsibility lies for the horrendous hate crimes of the past week. We have been told over and over that we are not to take this President literally, or seriously, or jokingly, or truthfull
The names. – Fred Klonsky
by mike simpson / 6d
The names. – Fred Klonsky Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting Victims Identified Fundraiser by Shay Khatiri : Tree of Life Shooting’s Victims - https://www.gofundme.com/tree-of-life-synagogue-shooting on @gofundme The names. – Fred Klonsky
Despite US Fixation on Testing, ACT Results Slip; ACT Board Doing Just Fine | deutsch29
by mike simpson / 6d
Despite US Fixation on Testing, ACT Results Slip; ACT Board Doing Just Fine | deutsch29 Despite US Fixation on Testing, ACT Results Slip; ACT Board Doing Just Fine On October 17, 2018, ACT released a report, “Condition of College and Career Readiness 2018.” Beginning with the passage of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) in January 2002, standardized testing has increasingly been the central focus of pu
OCT 27
The Pittsburgh Community is Stronger Than the Synagogue Shooter’s Hate | gadflyonthewallblog
by mike simpson / 6d
The Pittsburgh Community is Stronger Than the Synagogue Shooter’s Hate | gadflyonthewallblog The Pittsburgh Community is Stronger Than the Synagogue Shooter’s Hate There’s a popular yard sign in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh. In bands of green and blue and yellow, it projects the same message in Spanish, English and Arabic: “No matter where you are from, we’re glad you’re our neigh
CURMUDGUCATION: A Teacher's Opinion and the Classroom Door
by mike simpson / 6d
CURMUDGUCATION: A Teacher's Opinion and the Classroom Door A Teacher's Opinion and the Classroom Door Twice this week the issue of teachers and their opinions cropped up, first in David Berliner's thoughtful piece at The Answer Sheet and again in Robert Pondiscio's reaction to a math teacher's tweet about the Kavanaugh hearings. Berliner was not wrong in answering student questions about how he w
NYC Public School Parents: A growing class divide in education: small class size vs. computerized learning; how Silicon valley is very aware that the ed tech they're foisting on our schools is dangerous to kids
by mike simpson / 6d
NYC Public School Parents: A growing class divide in education: small class size vs. computerized learning; how Silicon valley is very aware that the ed tech they're foisting on our schools is dangerous to kids A growing class divide in education: small class size vs. computerized learning Three articles in today’s NY Times well worth reading, with some excerpts below, explore the growing class d
Sacramento Unified School District Budget Update - The Result of 20 Years of Corporate Education Reform - Please Vote for People Who Really Support Public Schools
by mike simpson / 6d
Budget Update Sacramento Unified School District Budget Update The Result of 20 Years of Corporate Education Reform Please Vote for People Who Really Support Public Schools Dear Community Member, Last night our Board of Education voted to continue working with our local Sacramento County Superintendent, fiscal advisor and labor partners to address the district’s budget deficit. Voting to continue
Top Posts This Week 10/27/18 #VOTE
by mike simpson / 7d
Top Posts This Week 10/27/18 #VOTE This Week In Trump's 'Alternative Facts' : NPR Tuck’s Ethnocentrism Contradicts Californian Values - LA Progressive Top Posts This Week 10/20/18 #NPE18INDY Anna Molander for School Board DeVos
