michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - The school-to-prison pipeline Nathan Bootz, Superintendent of Ithaca Public Schools asks Michigan's Tea Party Gov. Snyder to make his school a prison so it can be adequately funded.The State of Mic...
ed.gov - Today, the Obama Administration released final regulations requiring career college programs to better prepare students for "gainful employment" or risk losing access to Federal student aid. While ...
hepg.org - Uplift Education, a charter network in Dallas, is using predictive research to identify effective teachers like Daniel Polk (above) more easily. Volume 27, Number 3May/June 2011 By LAURA PAPPANO Us...
ourfuture.org - As educators close out this school year and go into planning mode for the next, what many of them truly dread is the fiscal nightmare being handed to them by miserly state governments who've decide...
nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - From a teacher who prefers to remain anonymous: I'm sitting in my classroom working and five of my African girls are sitting at the table next to me, debating in English, about the injustice presen...
preaprez.wordpress.com - A few months back I questioned the decision of IEA Communications Director Charlie McBarron to put a link on our union’s website to some anti-union lies about the Michigan Education Association pub...
triblocal.com - Post a story State Rep. Michelle Mussman, D-Schaumburg, will conduct a town hall meeting June 9 to update residents on this year’s legislative session. The legislature is expected to adjourn late T...
newsnet5.com - CLEVELAND - An exclusive 5 On Your Side investigation has uncovered a money trail of Ohio tax dollars leading overseas that paid for illegal immigration fees and expenses associated with charter s...
nytimes.com - The American Islamic College, closed since 2004 when the state revoked its operating authority, is expected early next month to win approval to reopen. Supporters see the opening of the...
modeducation.blogspot.com - digg_url="http://modeducation.blogspot.com/2011/06/oaxacan-teachers-resist-tests-merit.html"; On May 23, 70,000 teachers struck in Oaxaca, Mexico. They were not asking for raises or better benef...
indypendent.org - Seventy thousand teachers in the Mexican state of Oaxaca struck, demanding better funding for their students. They oppose a scheme that will reward educators for teaching to the test, too, in the b...
denverpost.com - WASHINGTON — Tired of being viewed as an "expendable voting population," some Latinos in Colorado are pressuring President Barack Obama to push for meaningful action on immigration reform and the D...
emptywheel.firedoglake.com - Jared Bernstein (whose blog I still recommend) has responded to his 2-day PEPCO power outage by posting the crummy infrastructure report card the US got in 2009:Bernstein’s take (channeling Atrios)...
reverendmanny.com - With the election of 2012 now less than 18 months away, the American right wing, heartily represented by the corporate-groomed Republican party, is making sure to tap all the right wing crazies the...
sacbee.com - Top leaders of the state Commission on Teacher Credentialing are stepping down in the wake of a blistering state audit and fiery criticism by legislators over the panel's handling of teacher miscon...
mommyactivist.blogspot.com - I might not be the best speaker, the best writer, or have the best ideas, but blogging has allowed me a place to say yes to my thoughts, yes to my ideas and yes to my imperfections in a way that si...
coolcatteacher.blogspot.com - tweetmeme_url = 'http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2011/06/about-care-and-feeding-of-dreams.html'; tweetmeme_source = 'coolcatteacher'; There are days I wonder what on earth I'm doing. Here in ...
nytimes.com - MUCH of the debate about the nation’s obesity epidemic has focused, not surprisingly, on food: labeling requirements, taxes on sugary beverages and snacks, junk food advertisements aimed at childre...
californiawatch.org - U.S. Census Bureau Blacks experience the poorest quality of ambulatory care of any race or ethnic group in California, according to a federal report released Wednesday. Compared with non-Hispanic w...
sfgate.com - Usda The federal government unveiled its new food icon, MyPlate, to serve as a reminder to help consumers make healthier food choices on June 2, 2011. MyPlate is a new generation icon with the inte...
parentadvocates.org - Two Sets of Rules: One For Goldman Sachs and One For The Rest of UsDemocracy Now! HuffPost BusinessLINKToday's announcement that Goldman Sachs received a subpoena from the office of the Manhattan d...
vidayfamilia.univision.com - La solicitud FAFSA se encuentra disponible en www.fafsa.gov y esta es la forma mรกs fรกcil y rรกpida para solicitar ayuda financiera para la universidad. - Thinkstock LLC/Picture Quest VIDEO Llenar la...
firedoglake.com - Democrats, take off the blinders (photo: lierne) In the immediate aftermath of the Great Crash, Americans rightly looked to our politicians, and the economists who advise them, for help. Their resp...
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Teacher Evaluations Should Include Students' Test Scores, Researchers Say - The Bay CitizenTeacher Evaluations Should Include Students' Test Scores, Researchers SayUnions often help determine crite...
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - When adults are the bullies | Connected PrincipalsWhen adults are the bulliesby Chris WejrImage from Amy Loves Yah http://bit.ly/mxB07yAcross the world, educators are more and more finding themselv...
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Teachers, Nurses, and Medical Care in California Schools « InterACTTeachers, Nurses, and Medical Care in California Schoolsby David B. CohenIn California, we have a school staffing problem. By man...
sacbee.com - UC Davis has hired an experienced AIDS researcher as the new dean of its College of Biological Sciences, the university announced today.James E.K. Hildreth comes to UC Davis from Meharry Medical Co...
You know how you have this one thing you really, really wanna do? But no matter how well planned your plan is, road-blocks and obstacles always seem to find their way in your way. Sometimes the plan is so grand and the vision so intense that you can’t sleep or you find yourself drawn to it at weird hours of the day. There may have even been a time (or five) where you thought: “To hell with this; it’s a waste of my time. I could be doing XYZ with those 16 hours I spend researching, writing, making phone calls, etc.” Surely, I can’t be the only person who has felt that way at some point or another, right?
This was written by Bill McDiarmid, dean and alumni distinguished professor of the School of Education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The Common Application widely used for college admissions by high school seniors has set a 250-500 limit for the essay as part of the 2011-12 college admissions season because essays written without any limits had become too long and poorly written, the organization said.
Some counselors complained about the change on an e-list used by college admissions counselors at high schools, saying they are worried that students will not have enough room to adequately display their writing abilities.
But officials for the Common App — which is accepted by 415 college and universities — say the change is only a return to a practice that had been used for 31 years before the unlimited essay experiment started four years ago, and that kids will be helped by the limit.
Refugee ResourcesWorld Refugee Day is coming-up on June 20th. You might be interested in The Best Sites For Learning About World Refugee Day. This is a new video I’m adding to the list. It’s called “Lost and Found” and has closed captioning. Following the lives of ...
Chogger Looks Like A Nice Comic-Creation ToolChogger lets you easily create a comic, with no registration required. What’s particularly nice about it is that you have a choice of drawing it or searching the Web for images you can insert. I’m adding it to The Best Ways To Make Comic Strips ...
Say Good-Bye To The Pyramid, Say Hello To My PlateThe United States Agriculture Department has now replaced the Food Pyramid with “My Plate.” You can read about the change at The Christian Science Monitor. More importantly, you can access online interactive tools and printables at the My Plate ...
The Best Short Summary I’ve Seen Of Daniel Pink’s Book, “Drive”I’ve written quite a bit about Daniel Pink’s book, Drive, here on this blog (see My Best Posts On “Motivating” Students) and in my new book. I recently saw what I think is the best short description and summary of the book’s key points. Check-out the ..
A bill that would become the foundation for restructuring the state’s K-12 funding system passed the Assembly this week with near unanimity (a vote of 74-2) – a sign that legislators agree with the concept and are willing to let important details be worked out in coming months.
AB 18, sponsored by Julia Brownley, a Santa Monica Democrat who chairs the Assembly Education Committee, would begin to fix a system that study after study has concluded is complex, confusing, irrational, and, by ignoring the high cost of educating the poor and English learners, inequitable.
It is also underfunded, although the bill itself neither provides additional funding overall nor
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