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Not Insulted « InterACT

accomplishedcaliforniateachers.wordpress.com - As my school year is coming to a close, I try to stay connected to the developments in national education reform, but it is the developments here in South Central Los Angeles that have barely allow...

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School Tech Connect: Thank You, Mr. Alter

schooltechconnect.com - Another week approaches. Here at School TechConnect, we still dream of chimney cakes. On a happy note, Jonathan Alter's ill-conceived Bloomberg piece has triggered an avalanche of scathing public r...

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Video

nypost.com - Michael Goodwin The teachers changed my mind. I did not plan to pub lish more letters today about the scourge of social promotion in New York schools, but the passionate outpouring from frustrated ...

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Wisconsin GOP leaders encouraging colleagues to place fake Democrats on recall ballots

jsonline.com - June 5, 2011 9:05 p.m. The season of dirty political tricks is now officially under way. In letters obtained by No Quarter, local Republican Party officials are encouraging their GOP colleagues to ...

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Small school changes lives — Joanne Jacobs

joannejacobs.com - Downtown College Prep changes lives, writes Tom Vander Ark after a visit to the San Jose charter high school. Most students come from Mexican immigrant families and enter ninth grade with fifth-gra...

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Obama Reelection Effort & Duncan Education Agenda Will Clash in Charlotte

nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - Today's NY Times covers the rebuilding of Obama's election campaign machine. The campaign has its sights set on important swing states like North Carolina:The campaign sees possibilities for gain...

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Helping Teachers Help Themselves

nytimes.com - ROCKVILLE, Md. — The Montgomery County Public Schools system here has a highly regarded program for evaluating teachers, providing them extra support if they are performing poorly and getting rid o...

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For-profit colleges: Too much profit, too little education? | The Des Moines Register

desmoinesregister.com - Officials at two other Iowa for-profit colleges react to the controversy WALDORF COLLEGE: Waldorf College in Forest City is a former nonprofit that was purchased by the for-profit Columbia Southern...

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From Twittergate to Altergate

nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - June 5, 2011 (GBN News): In the second such incident in the space of a week, a compromising picture was sent out today to the Twitter followers of a public figure. This time, it involved Bloomberg ...

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Father’s Day Resources | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Father’s Day Resources | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...Father’s Day Resources Father’s Day in the United States is coming up on the third Sunday of June. I’ve just updated The Best Father’...

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Student Video: Moonwalking on the Sun

coolcatteacher.blogspot.com - tweetmeme_url = 'http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2011/06/student-video-moonwalking-on-sun.html'; tweetmeme_source = 'coolcatteacher'; Teacher Dan Parker from Toronto, Ontario posted a class v...

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For Afghanistan, Wealth Is Just Below The Surface : NPR

npr.org - Enlarge Courtsey of the Task Force for Busines Mines, like this one in Badakhshan, could help lift Afghanistan out of poverty. Courtsey of the Task Force for Busines Mines, like this one in Badakhs...

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US Withdraws Diplomats From Yemen As Fighting Escalates

rttnews.com - (RTTNews) - The United States has ordered all its non-essential diplomats and family members of Embassy staff in the Yemeni capital Sanaa to leave the country, as clashes between security forces an...

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Michael Moore offers job to fired Senate page - Canada

cbc.ca - Michael Moore, the high-profile American activist and filmmaker, has offered a job to the Senate page who was fired Friday for her stunning protest against Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Moore, fam...

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Sirota Friday 6-3-11 Hour 3 - AM 760

am760.net - At 9:05 Peter Moskos joins David to discuss his new book In Defense of Flogging. The problems in our prisons are far from resolved. Just last week, the U. S. Supreme Court ordered California to red...

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Text Version - NY1 - Two NY1 Reporters Win Coveted AP Awards

ny1.com - Two NY1 Reporters Win Coveted AP Awards Updated: 9:30 AM By: NY1 News Two NY1 reporters have won awards at the New York Associated Press Broadcasters Association banquet in Saratoga Springs.Educati...

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More than 150,000 Gather in Athens Against Austerity « occupy california

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - More than 150,000 Gather in Athens Against Austerity « occupy californiaMore than 150,000 Gather in Athens Against Austerityby *from FromTheGreekStreets:A crowd whose size is difficult to even esti...

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Beyond Shop til’ we Drop | Lefty Parent

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Beyond Shop til’ we Drop | Lefty ParentBeyond Shop til’ we Dropby Cooper ZaleI’m thinking about the sluggish US economy and trying to do the math. Seventy percent of our economy is based on consume...

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No Zombie Left Behind

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - No Zombie Left BehindIntroducing ZombieX: No Zombie Left Behindby Zombie XHello all students! My name ZombieX, I am twelve years old and I am in seventh grade. The purpose of this blog is to allow ...

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spaces of permission « Cooperative Catalyst

coopcatalyst.wordpress.com - Kids have connections down. Many of us just don’t see it as legit. Many of them don’t see it as legit. Connections are legit. How kids connect and collaborate is huge to social change. Adults still...

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Newark Academy ~ Quick Facts

newarka.edu - Students organize and participate in more than 40 clubs Numerous social activities throughout the year include: an annual “Welcome Back Barbecue,” Homecoming, class and all-school dances, sports ni...

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Countdown to Netroots Nation, Episode Five: You Must Go to Murray's

my.firedoglake.com - [Editor's note: the latest in Phoenix Woman's series on making the most of Netroots Nation 2011 -- June 16-19, in her hometown of Minneapolis, Minnesota.] In the first installment of this series, w...

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Beyond Shop til’ we Drop | Lefty Parent

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ISTEP breaches spur closer look at testing | 2011-06-05 | Indianapolis Business Journal | IBJ.com

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - ISTEP breaches spur closer look at testing | 2011-06-05 | Indianapolis Business Journal | IBJ.comISTEP breaches spur closer look at testingRising concerns about cheating on Indiana's standardized t...

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Is Michelle Rhee Looking to Veer Left by Hiring DNC's Hari Sevugan? | Sunshine State News

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Is Michelle Rhee Looking to Veer Left by Hiring DNC's Hari Sevugan? | Sunshine State NewsIs Michelle Rhee Looking to Veer Left by Hiring DNC's Hari Sevugan?NANCY SMITH'S BLOG | POSTED: JUNE 5, 2011...

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Borderland › Hearts and Minds

borderland.northernattitude.org - In this end-of-year reflection, I’m tackling the “no excuses” dictum. Based on this year’s test scores, it appears we may at last have reached terminal status as a Level 5 (failing) school. Officia...

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Democrats raise new concerns about charter schools - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

Democrats raise new concerns about charter schools

by Valerie Strauss

A House education subcommittee held a hearing on public charter schools — but Republicans and Democrats issued such different takes on the session that it doesn’t sound like they were in the same room during the proceedings.

The Democratic recounting of the hearing held last week on the Subcommittee On Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education speaks about serious concerns raised by witnesses about the accessibility of charter schools to all students and about the role for-profit companies play in the charter movement.

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Why college app essays should be limited to 500 words

by Valerie Strauss

This was written by Jonathan Reider, director of college counseling at San Francisco University High School.This was a response to a discussion on the e-list of the National Association of College Admissions Counselingabout a decision by Common Application officials to limit the length of the main essay students are asked to write on their college application to 500 words for the coming college admissions season. For the previous four years, there was no limit, and Common App officials said essays had become too long and boring. Counselors complained, though, that 500 words would not be enough to allow students to express themselves. You can readabout that here.

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Father’s Day Resources | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...

Father’s Day Resources Father’s Day in the United States is coming up on the third Sunday of June. I’ve just updated The Best Father’s Day Sites. Suggestions are always welcome.

Photo Galleries Of The Week Obviously, photos can be great educational tools with English Language Learners and with any students (see The Best Ways To Use Photos In Lessons). I post about many photo galleries, also called slideshows. To do it in a little more organized way, ...

Fight over principal, school overhaul divides Hiram Johnson High - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento Bee

Fight over principal, school overhaul divides Hiram Johnson High

By Melody Gutierrez
mgutierrez@sacbee.com

Published: Monday, Jun. 6, 2011 - 12:00 am | Page 1B

Last Modified: Monday, Jun. 6, 2011 - 12:15 am 6M20HIRAM

Pick a side. That's the feeling at Hiram Johnson High School, where tensions are rising on campus between opposing groups hurling insults and calling for change.

In one corner are Principal Felisberto Cedros and his supporters. Their claim: Overhauling a failing high school means systemic change, and if you don't like it, leave.

On the other side is a group of teachers intent on removing Cedros and his administration. Their argument: Cedros is a dictator who is pushing outspoken teachers and low-performing students out of Hiram Johnson.

"It's almost like there is a divorce on campus and the parents are fighting, and the kids are caught

Integration, Zero Tolerance, and "No Excuses" in Charter Schools Need To Be Examined More Closely - ParentAdvocates.org

Parent Advocates - ParentAdvocates.org

Integration, Zero Tolerance, and "No Excuses" in Charter Schools Need To Be Examined More Closely
Dana Golstein says: "I’ve written extensively about the underappreciated social and academic benefits of integrated student bodies, so I’m thrilled to see influential charter school advocates embracing the cause. That said, there are some troubling questions about whether the most politically popular charter school model — the “No Excuses” model popularized by KIPP and embraced by Moskowitz’s Success Charter Network — is palatable to middle-class and affluent parents." From Betsy Combier: Even Eva Moskowitz' husband Eric Grannis agrees.

Eric Grannis, Esq.

From Editor Betsy Combier:

Eva Moskowitz infuriates me. The backstory is this:

In 1999, 2000, and 2001 I was elected PTA President of a middle school on Manhattan's Upper West Side, Booker T. Washington MS 54. I wrote a report on the racial segregation and theft of funds by the almost all-white honors program parents whose children were in the Delta Program, who were assisted by District 3 DOE Parent Engagement person D.J. Shephard (See Booker T. Washington Middle School 54, Grievance Brings Retaliation and the followup story posted 10/21/2003 and 10/28/2003). White parents Jenny Smith, Sue Schneider, Amy Frawley, Lauren Coleman-Lochner (whose daughter attended Stuyvesant High School with my daughter) all attacked me for my advocacy. Their actions are fully documented in a book I am writing on so-called 'parent leaders' of New York City.

I remember the day in 2001 that Hilary Clinton, Charles Rangel, members of the NY City Council - Eva Moskowitz - and several other "prominent" politicians did a walk through the school. My old friend NBC commentator Gabe Pressman wa

Prosecutor of Health Care Fraud Becomes a Defender of "The Dark Side"

Judicial Corruption | Posted 6/5/2011 at 10:03 PM

Michael K. Loucks was arguably the nation’s most influential prosecutor of health care fraud....But a year and a half ago, Mr. Loucks, a Republican, left the United States attorney’s office in Boston after he was passed over for the top post and President Obama appointed a Democrat. Instead, Mr. Loucks joined Skadden, Arps last July, and has startled former allies by emerging in recent months as zealous a corporate defender as he was a prosecutor, complete with proposals seeking more lenient treatment for the medical companies he once vilified.

California lags in college degrees for Hispanics | Thoughts on Public Education

California lags in college degrees for Hispanics
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Raw numbers are high, percentages are low

Posted on 6/06/11 • Categorized as Uncategorized

By Kathryn Baron

Eighteen California State University campuses and eight University of California schools made it onto the Top 100 list of colleges for the number of degrees awarded to Hispanic students. The annual rankings are compiled by The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education Magazine based on 2009 data from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). The University of Southern California, Loyola Marymount, and the University of La Verne were the only private schools in the state to make the rankings.

F. King Alexander, president of CSU Long Beach, which ranked third in the state and tenth in the nation, told the Long Beach Press-Telegram that many of the Hispanic students at the

At odds over CALPADS funding - by John Fensterwald - Educated Guess

by John Fensterwald - Educated Guess

Gov. Jerry Brown has said he would oppose attempts of legislators to put back money for programs he wants cut from the state budget. Funding for two statewide educational databases could become a test of his resolve. Last week, education finance subcommittees of both the Senate and Assembly Budget Committees restored money for both CALPADS and [...]

Kids' seizure meds bill advances despite union opposition | California Watch

Kids' seizure meds bill advances despite union opposition

by Christina Jewett

Christina Jewett

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A bill that would allow schools to train employees to administer medication to children during a seizure passed out of the state Senate last week, despite strong opposition from nurses and teachers.

As drama in the state Capitol goes, this bill has it all.

It brings years of budget cuts to schools in sharp focus, galvanizing the opposition of teachers and nurses who implore the Legislature to send vocational nurses to schools to watch over epileptic students. School nurses are

Study: Student demographics, loan repayment largely unrelated

by Erica Perez

Erica Perez

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The U.S. Department of Education last week released revised regulations on "gainful employment" – rules designed to hold for-profit colleges and some vocational programs at nonprofit universities accountable for their students' debt levels and employability.

Even though the rules have been widely viewed as weaker than earlier drafts, for-profit college officials and lobbyists still oppose them. Part of their argument has been that their students have more trouble repaying their

NYC Educator: In Good Company

In Good Company

by NYC Educator

Jonathan Alter of Newsweek, recently sold for a dollar, is now writing for Bloomberg. Unsurprisingly, he's written a hatchet job on Diane Ravitch. Ravitch, for the unforgivable offense of examining the actual facts about so-called education reform, must be dealt with. Alter does so via an ad hominem piece that might be persuasive to those who have not studied the actual results of "reform." Alter expresses shock that Arne Duncan would speak against her, despite the undeniable fact that Duncan has been on the reform bandwagon since well before he was Education Secretary.

Most reformers, according to Alter, are not Scott Walker. They don't want to stop collective bargaining. Take Mayor Bloomberg, Alter's employer, for example. He only wants to do layoffs based on innuendo, on unsubstantiated accusations. He also wants to eliminate right of return, so that the layoffs are actually firings. What could be wrong with that? Arne Duncan simply wants entire school staffs fired, like they tried in Rhode Island, and thinks natural disasters are great opportunities to privatize. Of course, Alter doesn't see how privately

School Board to Kids — Sorry that’s not our job! Go back to class and quit bugging us! | Reflections on Teaching

School Board to Kids — Sorry that’s not our job! Go back to class and quit bugging us!

by alicemercer

As you saw in this post, Thursday’s SCUSD Board meeting was a highly attended and highly emotional event, with dozens of students pleading with the board to remove the current administrative team at Hiram Johnson High School. Word has begun leaking out from the district administration and school board members that in spite of these pleas, the administrative team will stay in place. Six more teachers were administratively transferred out from the school on Friday after the board meeting.

This begs the question, what does it take to change a situation that is truly toxic to students and the adults that

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES

WEEKEND QUOTABLES

by Mike Klonsky

Science Teacher

"Getting through another year of AYP successfully is like passing a ridiculously large and hard stool. You do it because you have to, there's a modicum of relief when it's done, and you pray you haven't done too much damage when passing it." -- The Logic of Arne

Kate Spade in Afghanistan???

As part of his efforts, Brinkley brings in corporate executives on trips to Afghanistan to try to get them to invest. An array of executives, including from Citibank, IBM and even Kate Spade, have accompanied Brinkley on these types of trips. When he's making his pitch, he wants to make it clear this is not a charity opportunity. It's strictly business. "I want them to come in and see that they can make actually make money, that there's a

No Zombie Left Behind

Introducing ZombieX: No Zombie Left Behind

by Zombie X

Hello all students! My name ZombieX, I am twelve years old and I am in seventh grade. The purpose of this blog is to allow our generation (a.k.a. America’s future) to express ourselves on the issues of education in the United States and to be informed on this topic regularly. Have you ever noticed that whenever the subject of education is brought up, only the adults have done all the talking? Don’t you think they have done enough blabbering? And they say we talk too much. Wait a second, aren’t they the ones who screwed things up for America? Think about it: global warming, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the economic crisis, the energy crisis, and of course the downfall of education. All of this happened on their watch. Aren’t we the customers of education? Shouldn’t

Sunday, June 5, 2011

Cuts Threaten Program for Special-Needs Children - Chicago News Cooperative

Cuts Threaten Program for Special-Needs Children

by REBECCA VEVEA

Like thousands of Chicago parents every year, Jennifer Meade-Magruder is uncertain about which public school her child will attend in the fall. But the prospects are more unsettling now because the pre-schools that could serve her special-needs son, Joshua, face smaller budgets that could force closure.

Meade-Magruder may not know if Joshua’s current school will close until late summer. If it does, CPS must find a place for Joshua, but the new spot may not include the support he now receives. That could leave his mother with little time to scramble for alternatives.

Joshua, 3, has attended Barbara Vick Early Childhood Center, a preschool on the South Side that serves a high number of children with special needs. After a year there, Joshua, who has been provisionally diagnosed with

NYC Public School Parents: NAACP and their supporters fight back for all our kids!

NAACP and their supporters fight back for all our kids!

by Leonie Haimson

See video below of Hazel Dukes of the NAACP and their supporters, parents, elected officials, and union leaders, fighting back against the vicious attack against them by the charter school industry , because they dared to sue the city against abusive school closings and charter school co-locations. In these co-locations, children were being driven out of their classrooms, their art, intervention, and science rooms, their lunch rooms and their gyms, for the benefit of charter school children who are given preferential treatment by DOE.

Shame on Eva Moskowitz, who closed her charter chain of Success Academy charters for the morning, forcing

Obama Reelection Effort & Duncan Education Agenda Will Clash in Charlotte

by Patrick J. Sullivan

Today's NY Times covers the rebuilding of Obama's election campaign machine. The campaign has its sights set on important swing states like North Carolina:

The campaign sees possibilities for gains, for example, around Charlotte, N.C., which is where Mr. Obama chose to hold his party’s nominating convention next year, a decision that aides said signaled how serious they are about competing in North Carolina.

The problem Obama faces is that Charlotte is already a battleground for education policy, with local grassroots group, and Parents Across America affiliate, Mecklenburg ACTS (Area Coming Together for Schools) fighting Arne Duncan-style "reforms" including increased high stakes testing and pay for performance.

In the Charlotte Observer, public school parents Pamela Grundy and Carol Sawyer blast wasteful and destructive

Schools Matter: Testing writing: Not a good idea

Testing writing: Not a good idea

by skrashen

Testing writing: Not a good idea

Sent to the Oregonian, June 5, 2011

Susan Nielson ("Oregon lawmakers teeter on anti-schools ledge," June 5) argues that Oregon should keep the state writing test to prevent skimping on writing and critical thinking and prevent narrowing the curriculum.

In a Guest Column in the Oregonian on June 1, Joanne Yatvin, former president of the National Council of Teachers of English, explained why writing assessment is a "delusion."

Most evaluations of writing test papers are based on writing style and formal accuracy. Research shows that most of the ability to write coherently and accurately is absorbed from reading. Thus, if we want more coherent and more accurate writing, we should invest in libraries and encourage wide reading.

Actual writing (and rewriting) help us solve problems and thereby stimulates new learning. Writing tests don't

School Tech Connect: Thank You, Mr. Alter

Thank You, Mr. Alter

by effacethefacade@yahoo.com (Tim)

Another week approaches. Here at School TechConnect, we still dream of chimney cakes.

On a happy note, Jonathan Alter's ill-conceived Bloomberg piece has triggered an avalanche of scathing public rebukes of the Duncan/Gates administration. Alter carries buckets of water for Duncan in the piece:

“Diane Ravitch is in denial and she is insulting all of the hardworking teachers, principals and students all across the country who are proving her wrong every day,” he said when I asked about Ravitch this week.

Alter is part of the disconnected-from-public-education cadre of experts in public education, and like others before him, he basically repeats the company line about charter schools and blah blah blah. It's all so nauseating. I have yet to run into a single teacher who has read Ravitch and disagrees with her, except perhaps some ed-tech people, who worry that she's not in love enough with technology. Nobody's insulted by her, particularly urban teachers who understand that every time their kids take another test, some politician is either

Save Our Schools March and Rally | Seattle Education

Save Our Schools March and Rally

by seattleducation2011

In 1963, over 200,000 concerned citizens marched on Washington to participate in a momentous event that forever shifted the national dialogue on race and justice. Consequently, policy changed. Laws changed. America changed.

In 2011, it is our time to change the national dialogue on PUBLIC
EDUCATION.

For over a decade, education laws and policies have been enacted without input from those who REALLY know how to improve our schools and society. And now, as we stand at a critical crossroads in the future of public schools and
the teaching profession…

• The President has a voice
• The Secretary of Education has a voice
• Politicians have a voice
• Corporate billionaires have a voice
• The media have a voice
Finally, the nation will hear OUR VOICE!

On July 30, 2011
The Save Our Schools March & National Call to Action in Washington, D.C.

Teachers and parents will unite to tell the nation…

NO to…
• High Stakes Testing
• Privatization
• Closing schools
• Top‐down reform
• Blaming teachers
• Blaming families
• Child poverty

YES to
• EQUITABLE FUNDING for all public school communities
• AN END TO HIGH STAKES TESTING for student, teacher, and school evaluation
• CURRICULUM DEVELOPED LOCALLY by school communities
• Teacher, family and community LEADERSHIP IN FORMING PUBLIC SCHOOL POLICIES.

Activist Conference July 28 and 29

Rally and March July 30

Organizational Congress July 31

Visit & register now at www.saveourschoolsmarch.org

More than 150,000 Gather in Athens Against Austerity « occupy california

More than 150,000 Gather in Athens Against Austerity

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from FromTheGreekStreets:

A crowd whose size is difficult to even estimate gathered in central Athens to protest against the crisis and the Memorandum tonight. The call to a pan-european call of action saw more than 100,000 (some estimates give much higher numbers) flooding Syntagma square and many central nearby avenues. In contrast to previous gatherings, police presence was much higher, with fencing erected around the parliament building and double, or triple rows of riot police around it.

The city is now building up for the General Strike of June 15th, which is also the next date of action announced

It’s a mess – and it’ll be great « Cooperative Catalyst

It’s a mess – and it’ll be great

by Chad Sansing

I greatly admire Adam, his conviction, and his advocacy. When I saw him begin a conversation with Diane Ravitch, I jumped in, hoping that Ravitch would take my interest as incentive to respond to Adam. I wish all of our national leaders would spend some time discussing learning and stewardship with him.

Ravitch did reply, and I found myself juggling a conversation with her and a few fellow educators throughout the afternoon. I’d like to share with you and then offer a few ideas about what the conversation suggests to me about

Schools Matter: Alter's Solution: "Throw Up Your Hands" and Put Your Children in Exclusive Private Schools

Alter's Solution: "Throw Up Your Hands" and Put Your Children in Exclusive Private Schools

by Jim Horn

Alter lives in Montclair, but his kids attend(ed) the private Newark Academy. At least one was still enrolled this past year. So segregated corporate chain gang schools with white missionary temps are fine with Alter for the urban poor, but his kids, not so much (ht to Stan Karp):

Situated on a 68-acre wooded campus in suburban Livingston, Newark Academy's average class size: 13. Eighty percent of the faculty hold advanced degrees; 7 have earned doctorate degrees. On average, the faculty has 22 years of teaching experience. Eight outdoor athletic fields on site. Each year NA has three major drama productions, two dance concerts, and multiple performances in 12 choral and instrumental groups. Offers AP courses in 15 subjects. Upper School students are required to engage in cultural or environmental exploration. Currently, there are 10 programs for extended off-campus study in six states and four countries. Tuition is $28,775 plus another $1700 in fees plus transportation.

"A Newark Academy education represents an investment in your child’s future, and we recognize that choosing

Big Time Self-Plagiarism . . . Part 2

by Jim Horn

Three days ago I posted on the enthused response by KIPPians to a self-plagiarized re-issue of the same KIPP hallelujah piece that appeared in early 2010 from some of those "implicated" Gates scholars who are peddling their wares from Harvard. I want to take issue with Matt Yglesias on something he said in his reporting on the repeat piece for which he did not bother to notice that he had reported on last year:

The most scrutinized of these successful charter networks is the Knowledge Is Power Program and the latest research (PDF, via Adam Ozimek) once again shows substantial KIPP-linked gains for poor kids, especially the weakest students and special ed kids.

If Matt were to read this "latest research" on a single KIPP school in Lynn, MA, he would no doubt note that the

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