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Occupy Movement Coming To An End? | OWSnews.org #ows

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Occupy Movement Coming To An End? | OWSnews.org:Occupy Movement Coming To An End?November 15, 2011 in Denver, Liberty Park, Los Angeles, Oakland, OccupyTogether, Police Brutality, Portland, Video This past weekend there were two major crackdowns among the Occupy movement in Oakland, California and Portland, Oregon. The Oakland mayor has expressed her reasoning for cracking down on the demonstrations and says the encampment is no longer a protest of the financial sector but rather a location of repeated violence. According to ... more »

Daily Kos: Trust me - an absolute MUST READ on education

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Daily Kos: Trust me - an absolute MUST READ on education:Trust me - an absolute MUST READ on educationby rss@dailykos.com (teacherken)to which I urge you to turn RIGHT NOW. It appeared in Valerie Strauss's Washington Post blog. The title isProof there is no proof for education reforms. Allow me quote Valerie's introduction: This was written by Carol Corbett Burris, principal of South Side High School in New York. She was named the 2010 New York State Outstanding Educator by the ... more »

Yowza!! Joins the Second Annual Small Business Saturday® to Drive Business to Small Businesses - PR Newswire - sacbee.com

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Yowza!! Joins the Second Annual Small Business Saturday® to Drive Business to Small Businesses - PR Newswire - sacbee.com:Yowza!! Joins the Second Annual Small Business Saturday® to Drive Business to Small BusinessesAims to Unite and Inspire Consumers to Shop Small(SM) on November 26, 2011Share By Yowza!!Published: Monday, Nov. 14, 2011 - 8:54 amWOODLAND HILLS, Calif., Nov. 14, 2011 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Yowza!!, the leading location-based mobile coupon app, today announced its participation in the second annual Small Business Saturday® on ... more »

Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top Early Evening Posts #ows #edreform

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Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top AM Posts #ows #edreformBig Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All)-52 minutes agoKoch Brother Front Group Americans For Prosperity Pushes Smear Campaign Against Me | ThinkProgressBig Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All)-2 hours agoKoch Brother Front Group Americans For Prosperity Pushes Smear Campaign Against Me | ThinkProgress:Koch Brother Front Group Americans For Prosperity Pushes Smear Campaign Against MeBy Lee Fang on Nov 9, 2011 at 5:30 pmLevi Russell, Americans for Prosperity Director of Public ... more »

State Names Lawyer to Investigate Cheating – SchoolBook

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State Names Lawyer to Investigate Cheating – SchoolBook:State Names Lawyer to Investigate Cheatingby Anna M. PhillipsFollowing cheating scandals in several major American school districts and a rise in complaints of tamperingwith New York State’s exams, Education Commissioner John B. King Jr. announced on Monday that he would name a veteran lawyer to analyze how the state handles reports of cheating.Hank Greenberg, a former assistant United States attorney and senior legal adviser to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo when he was attorney ... more »

A.M. Winn May Close, Bringing More Students to Rosemont - Rosemont, CA Patch

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A.M. Winn May Close, Bringing More Students to Rosemont - Rosemont, CA Patch:A.M. Winn May Close, Bringing More Students to RosemontThe Rancho Cordova elementary school is on a list of potential closures.By Cody KitauraEmail the author3:00pmnbps;0 Comments PHOTOS (2)PDFS (2) Add your photosThe enrollment at James W. Marshall Elementary School may rise next year, but not in a way most parents like.A.M. Winn Elementary School, a Rancho Cordova school in the Sacramento City Unified School District, may be closed and ... more »

Common Core: Policy and Implementation #EDreform « Whole Child Education

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The Whole Child Blog « Whole Child Education:Common Core: Policy and Implementationby Klea ScharbergThis November, get to the core of the Common Core State Standards with ASCD’s free webinar series, which will provide an overview of the new standards and address how to implement them effectively to serve the needs of the whole child.Wednesday, November 15, 2011, 3:00 p.m. eastern timeRegister now!In the second webinar of the series, David Griffith, ASCD’s director of public policy, will discuss how widespread adoption ... more »

An old story/Another billionaire for the Boys Club: RUPERT MURDOCH HECKLED AT CALIF. EDUCATION FORUM #ows

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4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: An old story/Another billionaire for the Boys Club: RUPERT MURDOCH HECKLED AT CALIF. EDUCATION FORUM:An old story/Another billionaire for the Boys Club: RUPERT MURDOCH HECKLED AT CALIF. EDUCATION FORUMTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS FROM THE VENTURA COUNTY STAR | HTTP://BIT.LY/RRXZTCOctober 14, 2011 - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Protesters from the Occupy Wall Street movement heckled News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch during a speech at an education forum Friday, accusing the media mogul of ...more »

Want More Parents? Make Them Want to Come – SchoolBook

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Want More Parents? Make Them Want to Come – SchoolBook:Want More Parents? Make Them Want to ComeParent-teacher conferences for elementary-school children are scheduled for Tuesday afternoon and evening, and for middle-school children on Wednesday. One teacher explains how his school has been able to draw parents in.Many teachers and schools are wondering how to get more parents to come to parent-teacher meetings. At my school, the Urban Assembly School for Applied Math and Science, where over 90 percent of parents ... more »

Presidential Proclamation -- American Education Week, 2011 | The White House

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Presidential Proclamation -- American Education Week, 2011 | The White House:Presidential Proclamation -- American Education Week, 2011By the President of the United States of AmericaA ProclamationEnsuring our future leaders and innovators receive a complete and competitive education is fundamental to our Nation's economic prosperity and our role as a thriving democracy. During American Education Week, we acknowledge the central role education plays in our society and resolve to make rigorous and lasting investments in our education system so the American ... more »

Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top AM Posts #ows #edreform

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Koch Brother Front Group Americans For Prosperity Pushes Smear Campaign Against Me | ThinkProgressBig Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All)-2 hours agoKoch Brother Front Group Americans For Prosperity Pushes Smear Campaign Against Me | ThinkProgress:Koch Brother Front Group Americans For Prosperity Pushes Smear Campaign Against MeBy Lee Fang on Nov 9, 2011 at 5:30 pmLevi Russell, Americans for Prosperity Director of Public Affairs, contributed to a blog post calling Lee a "liar." Russell, however, erroneously quoted the conversation and has ... more »

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES:

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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES::Monday, November 14, 2011WEEKEND QUOTABLES:Fred Shavies"That’s our Birmingham. So, twenty years from now this movement could be the turning point, the tipping point, right. It’s about time your generation stood up for something. It’s about time young people are in the streets. [...] Ya’ll don’t need to throw

Schools are like businesses – with students as knowledge workers | Thoughts on Public Education

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Schools are like businesses – with students as knowledge workers | Thoughts on Public Education:Schools are like businesses – with students as knowledge workers - by Jeff Campby Jeff CampSchools are like businesses, but not in the way most think. I frequently find myself in conversations comparing “how it works in business” with “how it works in education.” A popular version goes something like this: Schools are like factories. They take raw materials (kids and textbooks) and, through years of ... more »

Monday morning. A Wisconsin teacher story. « Fred Klonsky

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Monday morning. A Wisconsin teacher story. « Fred Klonsky:Monday morning. A Wisconsin teacher story.by Fred KlonskyHere’s a good story to get your blood flowing and start the week. From Mr. Helper on Daily Kos.I just got off the phone with my wife. She and another Wisconsin teacher are actively subverting Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s plans to demoralize and discourage Wisconsin teachers from doing their jobs.Like ALL Wisconsin teachers, my wife is making considerably less money this year. For a while, ... more »

Cool Cat Teacher Blog: Turn Me to We: Get Along, Work Together, Protect Kids from Adult Arguments

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Cool Cat Teacher Blog: Turn Me to We: Get Along, Work Together, Protect Kids from Adult Arguments:Turn Me to We: Get Along, Work Together, Protect Kids from Adult Argumentsby coolcatteacher@gmail.com (Victoria A Davis, Cool Cat Teacher)Image via WikipediaTrue organizational greatness is about turning Me into We.It is sad when you see a team take their eye of their goal and turn upon each other. When you're busy fighting each other, you lose sight of the main mission and cannot achieve ... more »

The Innovative Educator: Teaching Generation Text Goes Global! TODAY!

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The Innovative Educator: Teaching Generation Text Goes Global! TODAY!:Teaching Generation Text Goes Global! TODAY!by noreply@blogger.com (The Innovative Educator)Join Lisa Nielsen and Willyn Webb, authors of Teaching Generation Text, as they present two sessions at the free online Global Education Conference today!The Texting Teacher 4:00 ESTjoin hereBreak the Ban on Cell Phones and Open the Door for Global Connections: A 6 Part Plan6:00 ESTjoin hereLearn about all of the exciting ways you can empower students, using only the cell phone in ... more »

Proof there is no proof for education reforms - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

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Proof there is no proof for education reforms - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post:Proof there is no proof for education reformsby Valerie StraussThis was written by Carol Corbett Burris, principal of South Side High School in New York. She was named the 2010 New York State Outstanding Educator by the School Administrators Association of New York State.By Carol Corbett BurrisMy three daughters loved Miss Levin. Each of them had Gail Levin in elementary school. Whenever she was their ... more »

NYC Educator: Why the Push for Teacher Evaluation?

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NYC Educator: Why the Push for Teacher Evaluation?:Why the Push for Teacher Evaluation?by NYC EducatorThere is a crisis in this country. A crisis of unprecedented proportions. Apparently, there are billions of dollars being poured into this education thing, and many hedge fund managers are not getting even a fraction of this cash. What to do? Most importantly, we have to get rid of this whole union thing so we can stop frittering away vital resources on salaries for teachers. Of ... more »

Concern Over Changing Teacher Evaluations - Chicago News Cooperative

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Concern Over Changing Teacher Evaluations - Chicago News Cooperative:Concern Over Changing Teacher Evaluationsby REBECCA VEVEAFor the first time next year, thousands of Chicago Public Schools teachers will be evaluated based partly on how well their students are doing academically. Many fear they will face dismissal if the standards are not applied fairly.“It’s going to make people really angry,” said Ruth Resnick, a librarian at O’Keefe Elementary School, who spoke last week at a public forum about carrying out a new ... more »

9AM Post-Raid Rally and General Assembly | OccupyWallSt.org #ows

9AM Post-Raid Rally and General Assembly | OccupyWallSt.org:

9AM Post-Raid Rally and General Assembly

OccupyWallSt at OccupyWallSt News - 2 hours ago

New Yorkers! Meet at 9am at Canal and 6th Avenue. Spread the word... This movement can't be contained in one square block in lower Manhattan. It is bigger than that. You can't evict an idea whose time had come. Show your support. Turn out en masse....

You can't evict an idea whose time has come.

OccupyWallSt at OccupyWallSt News - 5 hours ago

A massive police force is presently evicting Liberty Square, home of Occupy Wall Street for the past two months and birthplace of the 99% movement that has spread across the country and around the world The raid started just after 1:00am. Supporters and allies are mobilizing throughout the city, presently converging at Foley Square. Supporters are also planning public actions for the coming days, including occupation actions. *You can't evict an idea whose time has come.* Two months ago a few hundred New Yorkers set up an encampment at the doorstep of Wall Street. Since then, O... more »

NYPD IS RAIDING OCCUPY WALL STREET

OccupyWallSt at OccupyWallSt News - 6 hours ago

Eviction of Occupy Wall Street at Liberty Square Underway Liberty Square (Zuccotti Park), home of Occupy Wall Street for the past two months and birthplace of the 99% movement that has spread across the country and around the world, is presently being evicted by a large police force in full riot gear. We will reoccupy! Updates - *3:36 a.m.* Kitchen tent reported teargassed. Police moving in with zip cuffs. - *3:33 a.m.* Bulldozers moving in - *3:16 a.m.* Occupiers linking arms around riot police - *3:15 a.m.* NYPD destroying personal items. Occupiers prevented... more »

Poster for N17 Mass Direct Action: Print and Post Freely!

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[image: N17 Direct Action] High-quality, print-ready versions (11x17, 15x24, 23x36) are available as a freely downloadable .zip file. Let's get these posters everywhere! The artist's only stipulation is that they cannot be sold, only given away. Props to r.black for his amazing work! Click here for more on November 17 actions planned for NYC.

Thousands Rally to Resist Occupy Portland Evictions

OccupyWallSt at OccupyWallSt News - 1 day ago

10,000 filled the areas around the Occupy Portland encampments last night as the deadline approached for eviction. 12:01 am came and went but the cops could do nothing: too many supporters blocked their path. It was peaceful. The cops waited it out and are clearing out the Chapman and Lownsdale Park camps this morning, tearing down the remaining tents. There is a General Assembly meeting at Pioneer Square at noon today. Occupy Portland will continue. The whole world is watching! http://occupyportland.org/ #opdx #occupyportland Livestreams

Jersey Jazzman: Pants on Fire

Jersey Jazzman: Pants on Fire:

Pants on Fire

by Duke

Acting NJ Education Commissioner Chris Cerf, 11/11/11:

Cerf explained the Christie administration’s plans to reform tenure and revamp teacher evaluations during an hourlong speech before a crowd of 200 educators. When he commended teachers’ hard work in the classroom, the audience clapped. But when Cerf said Gov. Chris Christie holds "the highest regard for teachers,"the crowd erupted. [emphasis mine]

Let's go to the tape. April, 2010, CNBC:

“I love the public schools but the fact of the matter is there is excess and greed there,”

School Tech Connect: I Listen To Everyone

School Tech Connect: I Listen To Everyone:

I Listen To Everyone

by noreply@blogger.com (Tim)

I don't have time for this, but my feeling is that there's a core emptiness to the man. What he's exceptionally good at is staying on message. For example, on the early question of international comparisons controlled for poverty, he inserts his soundbite on poverty not being destiny without answering the question.

Many good questions. Joe Bower got his question in again--- and Duncan in my opinion had a Sarah Palin moment.

Whoever asked that question on charters policing themselves is some kind of crazy genius. I think if he had been asked to give a specific example, he would have stumbled there, too. There are so few.

He would have been a perfect fit in the Bush administration.

Occupy Wall Street is being pushed out of Zuccotti Park this Tuesday morning by the NYPD. « Fred Klonsky #ows

Occupy Wall Street is being pushed out of Zuccotti Park this Tuesday morning by the NYPD. « Fred Klonsky:

Occupy Wall Street is being pushed out of Zuccotti Park this Tuesday morning by the NYPD.

by Fred Klonsky

Good morning.

As wake up I am learning that my friends and others are being attacked by pepper spray and batons, pushed out of Zuccotti Park on Broadway in lower Manhattan.

Live streaming at global revolution.

SOUTH BRONX SCHOOL: Whitney Tilson Embarrasses Himself Yet Again!

SOUTH BRONX SCHOOL: Whitney Tilson Embarrasses Himself Yet Again!:

Whitney Tilson Embarrasses Himself Yet Again!

by noreply@blogger.com (Bronx Teacher)

Ugh. Whitney stuff tonight. I just can't help it, especially when he emails contradictory, convoluted, half baked, foot in his mouth blabbering diatribes. If you have not yet subscribed to Whitney Tilson's newsletter or listserv or whatever you wish to call it, I suggest you do. Mention SBSB in the request email and you win a prize!

So Whitney wrote today;

The issue of teacher evaluations has come to the forefront all over the country. Everyone – even the unions at least pay lip service to it – agrees that there are huge differences among teachers that have an enormous impact on students, so it’s

Differentiation: The Dirtiest Word In Education Today | The Jose Vilson

Differentiation: The Dirtiest Word In Education Today | The Jose Vilson:

Differentiation: The Dirtiest Word In Education Today

by Jose

Be Different

It’s like a few people sat around a table, steaming mad at their own opposing views on the direction of education, and said, “What’s a good word that we can all hold our hands around?” The minute they spread the word around, it became the go-to word for evaluators and validators across the country. People began to set up stations all around their classroom with no rationale for their stations. Teachers sat down for hours of PD on the word “differentiation” where people heard that this word, vital for the 21st century classroom, ought to appear out of thin air with no concrete examples to follow. Some person who is equally as qualified in differentiation (meaning,

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Asking Arne #askarne

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Asking Arne:

Asking Arne

Arne Duncan kicks off American Education Week today with a live #AskArne Q&A session on Twitter. I'm anticipating Arne's usual repetitive speed-rapping (speed tweeting?) evasive answers to any difficult questions. I'm sure his com guys will have him fully prepped with the party line and have plenty of their own crew tweeting in with puffy questions, ie. "Don't you think your Race To The Top reforms and your NCLB waivers ares the civil rights issues of our era?"

Instead, I hope someone will ask him about the recent