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The Charter Money Trail - Following public dollars through a traditional school district is, by comparison, straightforward. District budgets are public record. Board meetings are o...10 hours ago
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LITTLE HANDS, BIG STAKES: CHILD LABOR, IMMIGRATION, AND THE IRONY OF LABOR DAY 2026 - A unflinching look at who’s really doing America’s dirty work — and how young they are13 hours ago
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LITTLE HANDS, BIG STAKES: CHILD LABOR, IMMIGRATION, AND THE IRONY OF LABOR DAY 2026 - LITTLE HANDS, BIG STAKES: CHILD LABOR, IMMIGRATION, AND THE IRONY OF LABOR DAY 2026 *A unflinching look at who's really doing America's dirty work — and...13 hours ago
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The Tigers broke new ground pledging $4 million to a 12-year-old - Because this story is going to be misunderstood by 95 percent of people that read it, let’s get the basics out of the way: the Detroit Tigers reached a ...15 hours ago
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ICYMI: Oh, September (9/6) - I can always see the big May crunch coming from a mile away, but September usually just sneaks up on me and suddenly--BAM-- I am up to my ears in One Damn ...17 hours ago
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Day 1 for the New Congress - If Dems don't do this, they will have failed us entirely. [image or embed] — unpersoned.bsky.social (@unpersoned.bsky.social) September 5, 2026 at 5:5...1 day ago
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ICE Creates a NewData Base - A new day, a new fascist plot by the Trump admin. This time the threat is coming via ICE. And no, it’s not the threat DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin ...1 day ago
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"A Cautionary Tale about Forsaking Educational Basics for Castles in the Sky.' - Yes, I have seen this essay by Sandeep Kaushik, *The Decade of Decline in Seattle Public Schools. * Yes, my work was acknowledged twice and I am very gra...1 day ago
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Recommended: Lesson Planning and Literacy Narratives - “Today’s preservice teachers (PTs) enter a field in which content and curriculum are increasingly standardized and controlled by voices outside of their sc...1 day ago
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Do games make children more attentive or more distractible? - A study of preschool children found that brief digital or traditional gameplay improved performance on tasks requiring quick responses, but reduced perf...1 day ago
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The Disappearing Activist - Unity wants us to be utterly dependent on them. That’s not how a union stays strong.1 day ago
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Muskogee public safety complex draws property lawsuit as past debts loom - [image: Muskogee Public Safety Complex]An Oklahoma attorney has filed suit against a laundry list of Muskogee County and city government entities, allegi...1 day ago
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Election Reform: Prop 4, Prop 5 & the Malign Proposition 39 - Next Propositions to consider after the: are three very important proposals around the electoral process. The first two – easily… The post Election Refor...2 days ago
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Randi’s Weekly Report: ‘We Are Not Powerless’ - Watch now | In my new video, I share the findings from our new educator survey, revealing a profession in crisis—teachers stressed about rising costs and i...2 days ago
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BREAKING: More than 1 in 10 Ohio Charter Schools suspected of “testing anomalies” - Add this to the fact that 1 in 5 Ohio Charter Schools have been on the state’s lowedt-performing-schools-in-the-state list since 2018 and you can see that ...2 days ago
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Ohio: Billionaire Jeff Yass Wants to Buy the Governor’s Race for Ramaswamy - Who is Jeff Yass? He is a multi-billionaire, the richest man in Pennsylvania. He is passionate about school choice, even though he is a graduate of the New...2 days ago
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Why Does Teacher Pay Matter? - A recent story on America’s growing teacher shortage indicates a real problem – nearly half a million teaching positions unfilled or filled with temporary ...2 days ago
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Nasty, Uncontrollable, Hopelessly Feral - "I really can't stand children." It's a sentiment I occasionally encounter upon informing a stranger of the work I do. It always rocks me back on my he...2 days ago
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Gary Rubinstein's Blog: By One Dishonest Measure - Gary Rubinstein's Blog: By One Dishonest Measure A loaded question that education reformers like to ponder is: Exactly how many students in the boroughs o...2 days ago
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FL: State Wants To Run Church Business - The Catholic Church and Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier are in the midst of an argument about who runs Catholic private schools. Catholic private s...3 days ago
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Unsubstantiated Things People Say about Public Education - There are plenty of unsubstantiated clichés people have traditionally expressed—and probably believe– about education: Private schools are better than publ...3 days ago
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Which Honeypot Would Work on You? - A honeypot feels like desire fulfilled, not danger approaching. I’ve been binge-watching Lioness the past week, and I am finally caught up through Season 3...3 days ago
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No One Was Blaming Parents - Today I had a column published in The Orlando Sentinel. It was a response to Nathan Hoffman’s August...3 days ago
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Common Core and Science of Reading’s Troubling Disregard for Student Writing and Voice - Critics slam teachers and public schools for low reading scores. Much of that criticism is wrong and misses the real problem. The Common Core State Stand...3 days ago
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Trump’s Deregulation of Head Start Would Imperil Early Childhood Education in Poor Communities - On August 6th, the Trump administration proposed new federal administrative guidance to deregulate Head Start programs that serve over 700,000 children acr...3 days ago
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When Do Most U.S. Schools Begin? August or September? - At this time of year, many journalists and bloggers write about the once obvious fact that schools used to begin in early September, the traditional start ...4 days ago
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SPI Celebrates 1 Million CalKIDS Accounts - California State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond celebrates 1 million CalKIDS accounts, highlights financial literacy in Monterey County.4 days ago
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New Book: Manufactured Outrage: The Conservative Industrial Complex’s War on Education and How to Fight Back - A new book by four education professors uncovers a coordinated effort by conservative groups to reshape Public Education. The post New Book: Manufacture...4 days ago
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A Child’s Citizenship Does Not Depend on a Parent’s Paperwork - After losing its effort to restrict birthright citizenship at the Supreme Court, the Trump Administration is seeking to restrict passports to children and ...4 days ago
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DOE presentation on their AI guidance - The following slides were presented to the AI Moratorium Coalition steering commitee on Sept. 1, 2026. The last slide has bullet points made up of response...4 days ago
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Guest column: Republican education policies have left Indiana’s children behind - Guest column: Republican education policies have left Indiana’s children behind The post Guest column: Republican education policies have left Indiana’s ...5 days ago
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At Substack: On Aging, Writing, and the Past: Baumgartner by Paul Auster - On Aging, Writing, and the Past: Baumgartner by Paul Auster5 days ago
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20th Anniversary of EdNotesOnline - Some Issues Never Go Away - The *iron law of institutions* states that people who run an organization care more about keeping their own power than helping the organization succeed.....6 days ago
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How Do We Stop a Coup? We Organize - Just like you, there are many people in this country who want to save our democracy. And if we organize, we can, Many of us in the United States are asking...1 week ago
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The Light She Left Behind - “Those we love don’t go away, they sit beside us every day.” — Liane Moriarty, Big Little Lies Forgive us if we are a little sad here in Tennessee. We lost...1 week ago
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Bookstore Romance Day, Fat Liberation & an Unofficial Guide to the Oregon Coast - Nothing clears your head better than salty sea air... and like, four bowls of clam chowder.1 week ago
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The Great and Irreplaceable Dolly Parton - If the state of the world has you down, here’s a reprieve, two interviews with the great Dolly Parton. The first is my extended interview with her, 13 yea...1 week ago
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Who Wants a Raise? - And why do the people who need raises the most actually get the least?1 week ago
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Who Wants a Raise? - Everyone. And if you are a UFTer (and not a retiree), you are getting one. But get this. A new paraprofessional is getting a raise of $803/year. Man, do th...1 week ago
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I Heart Mom Populism - Support for public education turns out to be a surprisingly potent issue in 20261 week ago
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Research Studies Of The Week - I often write about research studies from various fields and how they can be applied to the classroom. I write individual posts about ones that I think a...1 week ago
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AI Bogus EdTech Scheme - By Thomas Ultican 8/24/2026 Big technology oligarchs are pushing their dangerous not-ready-for-prime-time artificial intelligence (AI) products into Americ...1 week ago
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This year’s drop in NYC state test scores: sound and fury, signifying nothing - When the state test scores were released a couple of weeks ago, they showed sharp drops in proficiency for NYC students, particularly in reading.2 weeks ago
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This year's drop in NYC state test scores: sound and fury, signifying nothing - When the state test scores were released a couple of weeks ago, they showed sharp drops in proficiency for NYC students, particularly in reading. This...2 weeks ago
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SQ 844: How is this better? - In plain terms, the new language gives the Legislature the authority to establish both the amount and methodology for distributing ad valorem reimbursement...2 weeks ago
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A Wake-up Call for the Country - As a nation we can do so much better for young children and families.2 weeks ago
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The end of a run. - I have decided to end my substack column after more than 25 years of blogging about schools, teaching, art and politics.3 weeks ago
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Time to change our Nation’s Diaper - It’s time to change our nation’s diaper. Our national identity now reeks due to our inability to clean out the mess caused by the Orange Turd. Corruption i...3 weeks ago
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And Suddenly, There’s a Math Book (You Already Know) - Note: This is a reminder that, if you became a paid subscriber to this blog, you’ll get a signed copy of You Already Know from ... Read More The post An...3 weeks ago
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And Suddenly, There’s a Math Book (You Already Know) - Note: This is a reminder that, if you became a paid subscriber to this blog, you’ll get a signed copy of You Already Know from ... Read More The post An...3 weeks ago
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GLP-1 Meds for Kids? Some Info. - Like many consumers of television and social media, I have been bombarded with ads for GLP-1s (short for glucagon-like peptide-1). The ads are everywhere. ...5 weeks ago
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By One Dishonest Measure - A loaded question that education reformers like to ponder is: Exactly how many students in the boroughs of New York City are trapped in failing schools? In...1 month ago
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1776 - __________ “The fate of unborn millions will now depend, under God, on the courage and conduct of this army…. We have, therefore, resolved to conquer...1 month ago
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Regarding Trump’s Utter Defeat and Surrender in the Middle East: Iran gets to charge fees, too! - Many analysts have explained how the recent MOU between Trump and Iran is a humiliating and deep failure for the current regimes of both the USA and Israel...2 months ago
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Conversation Among Friends: Deborah Meier & Alfie Kohn - Alifie Kohn jsut sent me this link to a talk we gave at a Coalition of Essential School conference in 2011.3 months ago
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May’s Parent Engagement Resources - San Diego Unified Created a System to ‘Empower’ Parents. It Unraveled is from The Voice of San Diego. Why Those Disengaged Parents in Your School Deserve a...3 months ago
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Donald Patton Resigns From Christina Board of Education - The word on the street is Donald Patton resigned from the Christina School District Board of Education less than two months before his term was set to expi...3 months ago
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500-Year-Old Slave Revolt of 1526 Redefines Freedom as US Turns 250 - In 1526 — long before the more renowned dates that anchor the nation’s story of 1619 and 1776 — enslaved Africans rose up and freed themselves on the land ...3 months ago
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Statement on the NYS Comptroller’s audit of NYC’s Privacy and Security of Student Data - Statement on the NYS Comptroller’s audit of NYC’s Privacy and Security of Student Data May 4, 2025 The audit from the State Comptroller’s office released t...3 months ago
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Reflections on America, the world, and life - I acknowledge that I rarely post here anymore. Folks should remember that I am approaching my 80th birthday in less than 9 weeks, I am still teaching ful...5 months ago
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Peace Treaty: Why Schools Don’t Change (Even When Everyone Knows They Should) - People love to say “schools resist change.” It sounds like a personality flaw—lazy, stubborn, old-fashioned. But schools aren’t hard to change because educ...5 months ago
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The Problem with "the Science of Reading" - The problem with “the science of reading” is that it’s not new.7 months ago
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Shutting Down The Site - Ten years ago, I ran for a seat on the LAUSD School Board of Education with the goal to *Change the LAUSD*. I am proud of the campaign we ran. We achieve...8 months ago
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Dear NJ Teachers and Their Families: You MUST Not Vote For Jack Ciattarelli - To all NJ public school staff and their families: *You must not vote for Jack Ciattarelli. He will do serious, lasting damage to you personally, and the ...10 months ago
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"Didn't do *that*," part 1: new Schofield case developments reveal crucial 10th Circuit/Ledger lie - The record is clear. Jeremy Scott confessed at least 40 times in a 2017 hearing. He never recanted. The Ledger must retract its lie to force Judge Kevin Ab...1 year ago
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Achieve 3000 Answers Key (Updated 2023) - Are you on the hunt for the most recent Achieve 3000 answers for the year 2023? Your search is over! ... Read more1 year ago
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Il Papa è Morto - Francis brought a distinct pastoral outlook to his papacy. A simple man, he lived in a small apartment in the guesthouse. He sought to make the church acce...1 year ago
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Can Students Expect a Relevant Education to be Delivered by Irrelevant Educators? - As a veteran teacher of forty years in the classroom, let me be clear, teachers are not completely at fault for becoming irrelevant in their profession. It...1 year ago
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The US Department of Education Should not be Eliminated. Still, it must be reformed. - If you don’t have an attention span that lasts long enough to learn what I’m teaching in this post, start with the conclusion first. Then if you want to re...1 year ago
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Malcolm & John David Washington Talk NFL, Christopher Nolan & ‘The Piano Lesson’ - 'The Washington brothers built their careers apart—until an irresistible project drew them together. In The *Piano Lesson*, they tackle a father’s thorny...1 year ago
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AIN’T IT AWFUL - As the terrible feelings of dread and angst spread across the world the great majority of the American people feel powerless before the onslaught of those ...2 years ago
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Did Darryl Willie lie or interfere in the whistleblower investgation? Why not both? - Willie said below to Action News Jax [image: image.png] It's troubling for quite a few reasons. First he is saying the board knew about the complaint an...2 years ago
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Could This Be Gadfly’s End? Top 12 Articles From 2023 Read By Fewer Than Ever - After 9 years of pounding my head against the wall - well, it seems like the wall is winning.2 years ago
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Redesigning School Governance: Beyond Mayoral Control - From time to time the legislature passes a bill with a sunset provision, unless the law is reauthorized by a specific date the law reverts to the law it re...2 years ago
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POSTPONED: Florida’s Impact on Social Studies - POSTPONED: discussion with Florida and DC educators and advocates on the impact of Florida's new laws Continue reading3 years ago
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Vote NO on the UFT Contract. Here is Why: - The best reason to vote no on this contract is this: UFT Unity* lied* to us in 2018. They misrepresented that contract. It was predicated on deals we wer...3 years ago
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Tennis Memories from a Time When Racism and Anti-Semitism Still Prevailed - I learned tennis at a public park in Brooklyn- Lincoln Terrace- where the teaching pro was a mailman named Phil Rubell. Almost all the kids who took lesson...4 years ago
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There Is A Teacher Shortage.Not. - THERE IS A TEACHER SHORTAGE. And just to be sure you understand, it’s not that teachers don’t want to teach. It’s not that there aren’t enough teachers cer...4 years ago
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Want to know the condition of a Philly school building? New map to help. - [image: Two students walk by a Philadelphia school building.] Aging infrastructure has been an issue for Philadelphia schools for years. A new interactive...4 years ago
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STREET LIFE - My mom told me, “You should treat all people equally, but don’t bring a “colored” into the house.” I believed … Continue reading →4 years ago
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Schools Matter: Reflecting on Green Dot’s Disastrous Locke Takeover - *“Green Dot came and made it into more of a jail.” — Chris* My history of opposing the Green Dot Charter School Corporation back when I was an activist i...4 years ago
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Book Banning Turns to Dick and Jane - Breaking News: Dateline February 4, 2022 - Parents in Dimwitty, Alabama have asked the Dimwitty Board of Education to ban the children's primer *Fun with...4 years ago
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Have You Heard Has a New Website - TweetHave You Heard has a new website. Visit us at www.haveyouheardpodcast.com to find our latest episodes and our entire archive. And be sure to check out...4 years ago
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Follow me at Substack - I've moved. Follow me at Substack I'm now posting regularly at Substack. You can subscribe for free to my new Edu/Pol blog at michaelklonsky.substack.com ...4 years ago
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I’ve moved. - I’m on Substack now. You can continue to receive periodic posts for free. Or you can read every post and comment for $5 a month, $60 a year. fredklonsky.su...4 years ago
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Milwaukee Bradley Foundation at Center of Attacks on U.S. Voting Rights - The Big Money Behind the Big Lie Donald Trump’s attacks on democracy are being promoted by rich and powerful conservative groups that are determined to win...5 years ago
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Milwaukee Bradley Foundation at Center of Attacks on U.S. Voting Rights - The Big Money Behind the Big Lie Donald Trump’s attacks on democracy are being promoted by rich and powerful conservative groups that are determined to win...5 years ago
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Aspiring Teachers Get New Help Paying For College - [image: colorful classroom pattern] *; Credit: shuoshu/Getty Images* Cory Turner | NPR New rules kick in today that will help aspiring teachers pay for c...5 years ago
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Major victory over a corporate charter school chain and their trade association - Original post at Robert’s page on Medium. On Tuesday, March 23, 2021, I got my second big win in court against a charter school corporation. It was also a ...5 years ago
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Tips Akses Situs Judi Qq Tanpa Perlu Takut Nawala - Kegiatan berjudi slot melalui situs judi qq online, sekarang sudah dilakukan oleh banyak penjudi Indonesia. Tentu, Kamu yang sedang membaca artikel ini a...5 years ago
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The Threat of Integration - I have lived in the same house in the Miracle Mile section of Los Angeles for over 30 years, where up until now I have had little or no interaction with th...5 years ago
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New Teacher Evaluation Report Released by the Network for Public Education - A new report on current teacher evaluation systems throughout the US was just released by the Network for Public Education. The report is titled, “Teachers...5 years ago
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Teacher Creates National Database Tracking COVID-19 Outbreaks in Schools - Kansas educator Alisha Morris's online coronavirus news-tracker goes viral, now hosted on a new NEA website.6 years ago
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Correction for July 10th Post on School District Audit - On July 10, 2020 we published a post “School District Caught Manipulating Attendance Records to Get More Money” which incorrectly cited Valley Park School ...6 years ago
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Giving Private Schools Federal Emergency Funds Slated for Low-income Students Will Shortchange At-risk Kids - Low-income Seattle students began to pick up bagged lunches in March after their school closed. Karen Ducey/Getty Images Derek W. Black, University of Sout...6 years ago
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The Passing Of Chaz 1951-2020 Age 69 - I am the son of Chaz and like to inform you that he passed away this afternoon from the COVID virus. My father passed in peace beside his loved ones. We ar...6 years ago
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Let The Next Round Of Anti-Semitic Ads Begin - All four pro-public education candidates came in first in their LAUSD school board elections, but two will face run-offs in November.6 years ago
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The Fight For Our Children - *The number of suicides among people ages 10 to 24 nationally increased by 56 percent between 2007 and 2017, according to a new federal report showing the ...6 years ago
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Love Grow Your Own (but not without the actual growth part) - The Governor of Virginia, Ralph Northam, recently announced a grow-your-own type of program for teachers. According to this piece: On Monday, Governor Ral...6 years ago
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Another attempted cash grab by the corporate ed crowd in Washington State: House Bill 2788 - The League of Women Voters has opposed charter schools because they don’t have boards elected by the voters but instead the corporation running the schools...6 years ago
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Read to Self: Just a Kid and a Book. - Date: Monday, January 5, 2020 Place: My classroom Student: Mrs.Mims, could we start doing Read to Self again because I got this great book for Christmas an...6 years ago
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Reminiscences - I just finished dumping the rest of my lesson plans. I guess I held on to the calculus ones for so long because I spent so much time working on them an...6 years ago
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Just Asking for some Teachers I know. - Recently Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers stated, We must … recognize that part of supporting our kids in the classroom means supporting the educators who t...6 years ago
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Charging a terrified 10-year-old girl as a criminal is a very bad look for state attorney Dennis Ward - What the hell is going on? As a parent, I feel very comfortable using this exact wording to ask this … Continue reading →6 years ago
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Cara Menang Bermain Judi Bola Online - Bermain judi bola online tentu saja memiliki kesenangannya tersendiri baik itu mendapatkan keuntungan maupun ketika menantikan hasil skor pada sebuah perta...6 years ago
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Blaming Schools for Student Absences is Like Denouncing Doctors for Disease by Steven Singer - Originally posted at: https://gadflyonthewallblog.com/2019/08/25/blaming-schools-for-student-absences-is-like-denouncing-doctors-for-disease/?fbclid=IwAR1LV...6 years ago
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Jersey journalist roughed up at session sponsored by charter school groups - The sponsors of an event that doesn’t like journalists An independent New Jersey journalist was roughed up, his video camera was seized, and he was ejected...7 years ago
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K12 Inc. Data Breach Puts thousands of students at risk - It's hard to believe school districts are still contracting with this horrible company. K12 Inc. is the largest for-profit online alternative to actual pub...7 years ago
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A Response to NorthJersey.com's Explosive "Cashing in on Charter Schools" Series - From NorthJersey.com's Cashing in on Charter Schools series Please note: THIS is what journalism looks like. For the better part of a *DECADE* I have wa...7 years ago
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The World According to Michelle Rhee - The men behind the curtain fashioning the brave new world of corporate run education in America! Michelle Rhee is the founder of StudentsFirst, The New T...7 years ago
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Libraries, books and overcoming the effect of poverty - *Published in the New York Times, September 20, 2018* *To the Editor:* *Re “Why libraries still matter.” [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/08/opinion/sund...7 years ago
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TSJ's 17th Annual Curriculum Fair - *TSJ's 17th Annual Curriculum Fair* *** REGISTER HERE *** *From Puerto Rico to Chicago:* *Reclaiming and Reimagining Our Communities* Saturday, November 1...7 years ago
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Whose Opinions Matter in Education World? - It's hard to identify education heroes and sheroes. And perhaps even harder to pinpoint just whose work is slanted, paid-for and dishonest.7 years ago
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Book Review: The History of Institutional Racism in U.S. Public Schools (2018, Garn Press) by Susan DuFresne - I recently had the privilege of reading Dufresne’s powerful illustrated history of educational and institutional racism in the United States. Dufresne blen...8 years ago
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Lesson Plan: Rhyme and Rhythm in Poetry - I’ve started a recent unit on poetry with my class. I’m not a poet, and I’m not a poetry fan (I don’t hate it, but I’m a prose gal), so this makes it harde...8 years ago
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A Teacher’s Tale in the Midst of the Terror in our Schools - Students’ active-shooter plan for teacher in wheelchair: ‘We will carry you’ Reprinted from Allison Slater Tate Feb. 21, 2018 at 4:58 PM Like teachers all ...8 years ago
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Social Emotional Data. The new Cash Cow in the Corporate Assessment Industry - Recently I was asked to allow my son to participate in a survey at school. The "opt in" survey form specifically stated, "the questions on the survey rela...8 years ago
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Site News: New Home for Education News & Commentary - Quick! Get over there! The daily education news roundup and education commentaries that you're probably looking for are now being published over at The Gra...9 years ago
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Should We Be Grateful? - In an odd turn of events, and with little explanation, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder has decided to return the state’s School Reform Office back to the Dep...9 years ago
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Parents Deserve to Know Who Is Being Appointed to State Board of Ed - I spent a rather surreal day at NJ Senate's Judiciary Committee meeting yesterday. This Committee, headed by Democrat Nick Scaturi, is responsible for a...9 years ago
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An Open Letter to NC Lawmakers - An Open Letter to NC State Lawmakers and NC State Superintendent Mark Johnson: I am a NC native, voter, and public school teacher. I am addressing you all ...9 years ago
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Farewell, Sleep - Today is the official last day of my spring break. I've done a scientific survey: My natural bedtime is 2 AM, and my natural wake up time is 9:41 AM. Tom...9 years ago
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March is nearly over and I didn't do anything for WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH - I was inspired when I saw this meme I guess it can be called of WOMEN IN STEM and "IT'S OKAY TO BE SMART" And I began thinking about how the only subjec...9 years ago
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Test Refusal = People Power - In recent months, social media has been ablaze with talk of regular folk taking action to resist the Trump agenda. Protests are a daily occurrence, and ev...9 years ago
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Attitude Determines Altitude* (*conditions apply)… and the Importance of Humane District Themes - It has been a tumultuous few years in the South Brunswick community, specifically the South Brunswick School District. All you have to do is google the dis...9 years ago
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What Is To Be Done? Trump, the Election, and the Student Loan Crises - President-elect Donald Trump delivering acceptance speech in New York, NY on November 9 (Photo Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Ever since now Presi...9 years ago
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Prison Gerrymandering: Incarceration Weakens Vulnerable Voting Communities - One person equals one vote: seems simple enough. Unfortunately, that hasn’t worked out for many Americans throughout history, specifically women and peop...10 years ago
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Random Musings and Observations. . . . - I’ve been gone a while from the blogging scene. Some of my more regular readers no doubt noticed but did not hassle me about it. Thank you for that. Sinc...10 years ago
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WTU Headquarters On The Auction Block: Union Prez Liz Davis Doesn't Pay Property Tax! - *June 30th is the last official day of WTU Prez Davis' constitutional term. Malcolm Barnes explores this unfortunate scandal in the article below. What r...10 years ago
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AB 934: A LEGISLATIVE FIX FOR VERGARA? - By Michael Stratford | in the Politco Morning Education Report | via email 05/24/2016 10:00 AM EDT :: Two national education groups are backing a Califor...10 years ago
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To simply say you have a growth mindset does not mean you actually have one - By definition, you cannot have a growth mindset when learning is anchored to standardized tests. Standardized tests are a one … Continue reading →10 years ago
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MY NEW BLOG - My new blog will consist of fictitious headlines, meant to be a blend of humor and satire. I apologize ahead of time if any other satirical site has simila...10 years ago
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Thank you - Dear Readers, Thank you for visiting *The Perimeter Primate*. This blog is being retired for the time being. Although I no longer post here, I do still s...10 years ago
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A brief appearance in the Black Panther documentary - 1969 press conference: From left: Fred Hampton and Bobby Rush (Black Panthers); Cha Cha Jiminez (Young Lords Organization); Mike Klonsky (SDS) I have a s...10 years ago
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GLSEN Massachusetts Educator Retreat - *GLSEN Massachusetts Educator Retreat* *SAVE-THE-DATEMarch 8-10, 2019 • Provincetown, MA* The GLSEN Massachusetts Educator Retreat in Provincetown is a s...10 years ago
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I am Retiring - I have some news: I am retiring from the PBS NewsHour and Learning Matters. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other conte...11 years ago
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A Call To Action – Tweet For Principal Jamaal Bowman and CASA Middle School Students - Originally posted on Poetic Justice: First – please watch this amazing video produced by the students and staff at CASA Middle School in the Bronx. It is b...11 years ago
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Winter-Spring Speaking Schedule for Feminist Teacher, Ileana Jiménez - I’m excited to announce my speaking schedule for the remainder of the winter, spring, and early summer of 2015 (jump to the end for a full list). Last year...11 years ago
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Joanne Barkan: One of my favorite writers on #EdReform… - I’ve been going through some of my Twitter “favorites” and retweeting them. I thought I would pass on to you some information about one of my favorite writ...11 years ago
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Pay Teachers Less to Improve School Efficiency - hmmm! - As I was reading through education news on several of the news sites I regularly visit, I came...12 years ago
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Adelaide L. Sanford Charter School - *“With Adelaide L. Sanford Charter School closing, Newark families must move on.”* The Star-Ledger (NJ), 6/25/2013 NEWARK — Bobby and Troy Shanks saw the...12 years ago
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The Empowerment Parents Want: The LSC Model for School Reform - The Empowerment Parents Want: A Real, Effective Voice in our Children’s Education As corporate efforts to privatize and capitalize on public education are ...13 years ago
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Saturday, July 17, 2010
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Patsy Cline’s I Fall to Pieces. It was written by Hank Cochran, who died this week at the age of 74.
The bilingual education debate - latimes.com
The bilingual education debate
Four responses to The Times' recent Op-Eds on bilingual education in American schools.
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Editor's note: This edition of Blowback offers four responses to the package of three Op-Eds about bilingual education that The Times ran on July 11. The opinion pieces — "The Spanish road to English" by Bruce Fuller, "A skill, not a weakness" by Laurie Olsen and Shelly Spiegel-Coleman, and "Quality Counts" by Alice Callaghan — generated a lot of feedback from readers, and much of the "Letters to the editor" section on July 17 was devoted to it. The following are a sample of the submissions that were too long to print.
By Ana Garza
The piece by Alice Callaghan should also have been titled "Blurred Vision." She argues that children need complex and rich language to succeed in school, yet she does not endorse using the primary language as a vehicle considering that is the language spoken by the parents and the community.
Studies have shown that the quality of language in the home drops when limited-English-speaking parents are unwisely encouraged to use English. Additionally, it places everyone at a disadvantage
By Ana Garza
The piece by Alice Callaghan should also have been titled "Blurred Vision." She argues that children need complex and rich language to succeed in school, yet she does not endorse using the primary language as a vehicle considering that is the language spoken by the parents and the community.
Studies have shown that the quality of language in the home drops when limited-English-speaking parents are unwisely encouraged to use English. Additionally, it places everyone at a disadvantage
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