OCCUPY EDUCATION - - Ive seen locked doors open due to my education ...

OCCUPY EDUCATION - - Ive seen locked doors open due to my education ...:

- Ive seen locked doors open due to my education - I want to...

OCCUPY EDUCATION - 5 minutes ago

- Ive seen locked doors open due to my education - I want to see money equally distributed to ALL schools, no matter that location of the institution or the race of the student body. - innovatively injecting education into the minds of the youth will cripple “the cycle” - We live in a society where operating without one is extremely dangerous - I want my kids and all their friends to be contributing members of society - Ignorance is not bliss, more like poison. - If we all occupied education”their” efforts in oppressing us would be a lot more strenuous on their behalf. I OCC... more »

From a student at Occupy High… I occupy Education because...

OCCUPY EDUCATION - 4 days ago

From a student at Occupy High… I occupy Education because I am the future, the pillars of society. We are the future, the pillars of society. The good and the great of humanity comes out of whether we have a good educational system. Occupy Edu Because I love to learn. I occupy edu because I need to be educated. And I got 99 reasons why! https://www.facebook.com/pages/Occupy-High/201388856602444

From a student at Occupy High… Don’t analyze me....

OCCUPY EDUCATION - 4 days ago

From a student at Occupy High… Don’t analyze me. Inspire me. I occupy my education! https://www.facebook.com/pages/Occupy-High/201388856602444

ninafranco90: As a future educator… I am determined to provide...

OCCUPY EDUCATION - 1 week ago

ninafranco90: As a future educator… I am determined to provide a quality education for ALL students regardless of zip code, SES, language, race, AND legal status. I see students’ abilities before their disabilities. I refuse to fill students’ minds with the ideals of a corrupt Capitalistic society. I OCCUPY EDUCATION

I occupy education by teaching in a mindset, “The Secret...

OCCUPY EDUCATION - 2 weeks ago

I occupy education by teaching in a mindset, “The Secret W6” (don’t ask, ‘cos if you need to you aren’t a member) where the demands of the “Curriculum” come second, third or last to the importance of discussing What Really Matters.

I occupy education so that all children will one day be healthy,...

OCCUPY EDUCATION - 2 weeks ago

I occupy education so that all children will one day be healthy, well nourished, are part of a community, and that their gifts are celebrated! 1 in 4 hungry children in New Mexico

I occupied education by publishing a book with the testimonies...

OCCUPY EDUCATION - 2 weeks ago

I occupied education by publishing a book with the testimonies of the actual protesters themselves. It’s time for a revolution and it starts right here in the hearts of the protesters. I, myself am an educator. Occupy the World: From the Heart of the Protesters. I spoke with various protesters in Chicago and New York. I have published them here. In honor of the protesters and the movement, it is available free.

I occupy education because I believe education should inspire,...

OCCUPY EDUCATION - 2 weeks ago

I occupy education because I believe education should inspire, empower, challenge, and facilitate growth

Occupy Education Blogger March Day of Action N17 #occupyeduN17 « Cooperative Catalyst

OCCUPY EDUCATION - 2 weeks ago

Occupy Education Blogger March Day of Action N17 #occupyeduN17 « Cooperative Catalyst: Please join us by making your voice heard! Today’s blogger march in solidarity with the direct action around the world is meant to help amplify our voice and those of other teachers, parents and students. From Portland to Wall St to Munich to Madrid, students, parents and teachers are marching for a better world for our children and our community. Make your stories and visions public today. *Here are a few ways you can add your voice to the blogger march today and for the rest of the weekend:* ... more »

I am a big picture visionary person, and one who strives to...

OCCUPY EDUCATION - 2 weeks ago

I am a big picture visionary person, and one who strives to make this world a better place.I see education as a place to foster learning about the world, and about relationships. The corporate influence in the educational environment via the testing companies, have made it increasingly difficult for teachers to be creative, and to allow for children to discover their passions and to work cooperatively together. The public school system is yet another environment that divides us. We must transform this system if we are to prepare the younger generations for the challenges we face... more »

Occupy Education: School should be a time and place for students...

OCCUPY EDUCATION - 3 weeks ago

Occupy Education: School should be a time and place for students to discover and become themselves. At the same time, they should learn to become contributing members of something bigger than themselves: A classroom community, a group of friends, a family, a neighborhood, a polis. As educators, therefore we must aspire toward building classroom communities around this ideal: where each person is encouraged to grow and thrive in harmony with others. See my blog post: Part I — “Education is political”: The people and the * polis* .

Occupy Education Reclaiming Our Voice In Education!

OCCUPY EDUCATION - 3 weeks ago

Occupy Education Reclaiming Our Voice In Education!

I occupy education because: The big picture is being shattered...

OCCUPY EDUCATION - 3 weeks ago

I occupy education because: - The big picture is being shattered into smaller and smaller pieces. - We need less competition and more cooperation—now more than ever. - The labels we assign to students (and other people) become our blinders. - Learning “disabilities” may actually be wonderful gifts. - We become less human the more we allow ourselves to be measured, tracked, and reduced to bits of data. - Teachers and students are not robots. - Imagination—not productivity—is the engine of human progress. - “Normal” is a myth. Diversity is the truth. ... more »

Occupy Education Radical Doula I am a grad student researching...

OCCUPY EDUCATION - 3 weeks ago

Occupy Education Radical Doula I am a grad student researching midwifery and birth, and I’m in the process of receiving my doula certification via DONA. I occupy education by insisting whatever I learn about women’s reproductive health should be shared and common knowledge.

To educate for liberation is to tear down prison walls that had...

OCCUPY EDUCATION - 3 weeks ago

To educate for liberation is to tear down prison walls that had colonized our imaginations and held our minds captive. I Occupy Education. New Orleans Liberation Academy is an emerging grassroots community-based, democratic school based in New Orleans’ Lower 9th Ward. The Lower 9th Ward community, the city of New Orleans and the entire Gulf Coast is our classroom. The challenges our communities face and our collective vision for the future is our curriculum. To learn more and/or get involved with making education a practice of liberation in New Orleans, visit www.liberationacadem... more »

I Occupy Education by helping visual thinkers learn important...

OCCUPY EDUCATION - 3 weeks ago

I Occupy Education by helping visual thinkers learn important skills and express their own profound stories through Video Storytelling. Video Storytelling is a powerfully effective, research-validated teaching tool which engages the students, communicates in a visual language, and creates movies in which the student is the star. Parents or educators can film the students acting out a social or educational concept, with support as needed. Then we edit out the prompting. As the students see themselves in the movie doing & saying something new, independently & successfully, the ... more »

Occupy Education Radical Teachers Raising Consciousness I teach...

OCCUPY EDUCATION - 4 weeks ago

Occupy Education Radical Teachers Raising Consciousness I teach my students how to use writing to raise their critical consciousness about the world in which they live and learn. Check in with my class at http://academicfactory.wordpress.com. I will be wearing this T-shirt at the National Women’s Studies Association conference in Atlanta, GA this week!

Occupy Education: Knowledge is Power and what you don’t know...

OCCUPY EDUCATION - 4 weeks ago

Occupy Education: Knowledge is Power and what you don’t know WILL kill you sisteroutsider: Yeah, so this is me ‘bout to start some ish at my university…. :) This is why I Occupy Education. What’s your story?

I do not teach students. I lead them through the wonders of...

OCCUPY EDUCATION - 4 weeks ago

I do not teach students. I lead them through the wonders of science and allow them to make connections to their lives. I do not lecture. I show students how to do science their own way. I do not stick to “the” scientific method. I make science meaningful and accessible to *all* students. *I occupy education.*

I occupy education by running a program that makes it possible...

OCCUPY EDUCATION - 4 weeks ago

I occupy education by running a program that makes it possible for students of all abilities and learning styles to learn about computing and technology, the arts, and more, that supports students in their pursuit of postsecondary education and careers of choice, and that is encouraging other schools to say “you can” to students, instead of “you can’t do that because you are a special education student”

What Is to Be Done about the Oligarchy? | Firedoglake

What Is to Be Done about the Oligarchy? | Firedoglake:

What Is to Be Done about the Oligarchy?

by masaccio

We can’t afford this miserable oligarchy any more; so what should we do? There are two basic approaches. One is to cut down on the material inequality between the oligarchs and the rest of us. Another is to hem in the behaviors of Oligarchs so that their ability to damage the rest of us is significantly reduced. We can try both at the same time. However, I hardly need point out how difficult it will be to accomplish anything in a country as fractured as ours.

Oligarchy is based on material power. The richest among us have power just because of that wealth. It enables them to make massive campaign contributions to people who will vote their interests at the expense of the rest of the public. It enables them to spend wildly to change public perceptions of issues important to the very rich. And wealth gives them ability to hire tools like lawyers and accountants to undo and weaken regulation and avoid taxation.

But material wealth is not the only source of power. In his book Oligarchy, Jeffrey Winters discusses four other sources of power in a democratic society.

1. Formal political rights, including one-person one vote, the ability to express views without repression, and access to information.

Privatization of School Food Service: Unhealthy for Kids and Little Cost Savings « Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!

Privatization of School Food Service: Unhealthy for Kids and Little Cost Savings « Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!:

Privatization of School Food Service: Unhealthy for Kids and Little Cost Savings

by millerlf

How the Food Industry Eats Your Kid’s Lunch

Heather Ainsworth for The New York Times

By LUCY KOMISAR Published: December 3, 2011 NYTimes

An increasingly cozy alliance between companies that manufacture processed foods and companies that serve the meals is making students — a captive market — fat and sick while pulling in hundreds of millions of dollars in profits. At a time of fiscal austerity, these companies are seducing school administrators with promises to cut costs through privatization. Parents who want healthier meals, meanwhile, are outgunned.
Each day, 32 million children in the United States get lunch at schools that participate in the National School Lunch Program, which uses agricultural surplus to feed children. About 21 million of these students eat free or reduced-price meals, a number that has surged since the recession. The program, which also provides breakfast, costs $13.3 billion a year.
Sadly, it is being mismanaged and exploited. About a quarter of the school nutrition program has been privatized, much of it outsourced to food service management giants like Aramark, based in Philadelphia; Sodexo, based in France; and the Chartwells division of the Compass Group, based in Britain. They work in

Newt Gingrich’s War on Poor Children

millerlf at Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students! - 43 minutes ago

By CHARLES M. BLOW Published: December 2, 2011 NYTimes Nearly two weeks after claiming that child labor laws are “truly stupid” and implying that poor children should be put to work as janitors in their schools, he now claims that poor children don’t understand work unless they’re doing something illegal. On Thursday, at a campaign [...]

Gail Collins on Virtual Education

millerlf at Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students! - 47 minutes ago

Virtually Educated By GAIL COLLINS Published: December 2, 2011 NYTimes I always thought that the only kids getting their entire public schooling online were in the hospital, living in the Alaskan tundra, or pursuing a career as a singing orphan in the road company of “Annie.” Not so. There are now around 250,000 cyberschool students [...]

Recall Argument That Makes Real Sense

millerlf at Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students! - 51 minutes ago

A recall effort to preserve rights Wisconsin residents fervently want their government to do what’s best for the state. But many disagree on what that is. By Peggy Williams Dec. 1, 2011 |(310) Comments MJS There has been much debate in the media as to whether there should be a recall of Gov. Scott Walker. [...]

SAGE Works in MPS

millerlf at Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students! - 56 minutes ago

Congratulate kids, don’t belittle them By Angela McManaman Dec. 3, 2011 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel I was insulted by the tone and startled by the inaccuracies in the Nov. 20 Crossroads op-ed on Wisconsin’s SAGE class-size reduction program. Christian Schneider of the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute called the program a “horror” for Wisconsin, asserting the only [...]

Economic Development in Milwaukee Falls Far Short of Meeting Our Needs

millerlf at Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students! - 1 hour ago

Laborers vote with their feet when firms offer no security By Michael Rosen Dec. 3, 2011 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Wisconsin’s manufacturers are facing a skilled labor shortage of machinists, operators, craft workers, distributors and technicians. In response, the Milwaukee 7, southeastern Wisconsin’s regional development organization of business and community leaders, has announced a public relations [...]

Governor Scott Walker Not Allowed to Speak at Chicago Business Breakfast

millerlf at Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students! - 1 week ago

The Occupy Chicago movement prevented Scott Walker from speaking at a business breakfast November 3rd in Chicago. Take a look. To view Walker’s humiliation go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KET6XK1E4CQ

More on Rocketship Charters

millerlf at Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students! - 1 week ago

A Retro-Rocketship to the Future: Corporate Education Reform Blasts Off in Silicon Valley Written by Adam Bessie The Daily Censored, Nov 18, 2011 Rocketship is blasting off in Silicon Valley, with great fanfare – and no, it’s not a new tech start up, propelled by the genius of another 22-year old wunderkind who has invented [...]

Louisiana Law Makes It Easy for New Orleans Charters to Expel Students

millerlf at Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students! - 2 weeks ago

Louisiana Charter Law on Expulsion Charters in Louisiana operate under different rules than traditional public schools. They can expel students for minor infractions or simply expel those students who might contribute to lowering test scores. If “behavior problem” students and special education students, who often are challenged by standardized tests, are taken out of the [...]

Coaching Veteran Teachers | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice

Coaching Veteran Teachers | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice:

Coaching Veteran Teachers

by larrycuban

It is rare to get a direct observation of instructional coaches working with experienced teachers. Atul Gawande, the veteran surgeon who took on a coach–see previous post–watched Jim Knight and his coaches at work in a Virginia middle school. Here is Gawande’s account.

We met early one May morning at Leslie H. Walton Middle School, in Albemarle County, Virginia. In 2009, the Albemarle County public schools created an instructional-coaching program, based in part on Knight’s methods. It recruited twenty-four teacher coaches for the twenty-seven schools in the semi-rural district…Many teacher-coaching programs concentrate on newer teachers, and this one is no exception. All teachers in their first two years are required to accept a coach, but the program also offers coaching to any teacher who wants it.

Not everyone has. Researchers from the University of Virginia found that many teachers see no need for coaching. Others hate the idea of being observed in the classroom, or fear that using a coach makes them look incompetent, or are convinced, despite assurances, that the coaches are reporting their evaluations to the

I am a Cultural Tourist. Are you the Tour Guides? « Cooperative Catalyst

I am a Cultural Tourist. Are you the Tour Guides? « Cooperative Catalyst:

I am a Cultural Tourist. Are you the Tour Guides?

by Brent Snavely

I am sitting at my computer attempting to articulate profound thoughts and the TV show my wife is watching intrudes.

The show is about Kevin Costner’s making of the film Dances with Wolves. Those interviewed claim “authenticity” (as defined by those telling the story) was an underlying concern of all who were involved in the film, investors and actors alike.

My mind wanders to last fall when I attended a presentation by Ernie LaPointe, member of the Lakota Nation and

4LAKids : DEAL GIVES LAUSD TEACHERS, PARENTS MORE SAY IN SOME SCHOOLS

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: DEAL GIVES LAUSD TEACHERS, PARENTS MORE SAY IN SOME SCHOOLS:

DEAL GIVES LAUSD TEACHERS, PARENTS MORE SAY IN SOME SCHOOLS

BY CITY NEWS SERVICE/EGP PUBLICATIONS | HTTP://BIT.LY/VWDWQX

Dec 1, 2011 :: The Los Angeles Unified School District announced a tentative labor agreement with the union representing the district’s teachers Tuesday – a pact aimed at giving more authority to teachers, principals and parents to determine policies and set the direction of individual schools.

“Teachers and parents are uniquely qualified to have a relationship with their school,” LAUSD Superintendent John Deasy said. “Promising beginnings are a good thing.”

The agreement still needs to be ratified by the members of United Teachers Los Angeles. UTLA’s labor contract with the district expired July 1, but teachers have continued working under the terms of the previous agreement.

Under the tentative agreement, individual schools would have the right to reject principals and teachers sent to them on a “must-place” basis by the district and the right to waive aspects of the collective bargaining agreement and some district policies.

ALEC and Bill Gates, the Mask Comes Off | AMPS

ALEC and Bill Gates, the Mask Comes Off | AMPS:

ALEC and Bill Gates, the Mask Comes Off

by Thomas J. Mertz

The Cramps, “What’s Behind the Mask” (click to listen or download)

This morning a friend tweeted me a grant listing from the Bill and Linda Gates Foundation to the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). Gates is giving ALEC $375,000

[T]o educate and engage its membership on more efficient state budget approaches to drive greater student outcomes, as well as educate them on beneficial ways to recruit, retain, evaluate and compensate effective teaching based upon merit and achievement

While bankrolling some of the worst market and profit driven, privatizing, “choice,” teacher and union bashing, data-obsessed, “reforms,” all the while leveraging public money for private ends, Gates and the Gates

Why Rick Scott’s Call for More STEM Degrees is Half Right | Scathing Purple Musings

Why Rick Scott’s Call for More STEM Degrees is Half Right | Scathing Purple Musings:

Why Rick Scott’s Call for More STEM Degrees is Half Right

by Bob Sikes

I thought that Rick Scott was on solid ground when he called for an increased emphasis on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) education programs. Scott was correct to point out that there are some empty degrees being pushed on college campuses which do not prepare students for employment. Athough he was misguided in pointing to Anthropology as one such major, few dispute that some programs exist to prop up enrollment as a way to generate research grant funding. But if Scott is going here, he needs to be more specific and not simply indulge in hyperbole as was his ill-advised taunt for Anthropology majors.

The Orlando Sun-Sentinel’s Scott Travis has done yeoman’s work in cataloging which degrees are leading to the most jobs in Florida. And its not in science and math.

The state figures show a bachelor’s degree in a STEM field is no guarantee of a job, with low