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Moral Monday Protest Walk – Take A Stand With Us!

NCAE – North Carolina Association of Educators | Moral Monday Protest Walk – Take A Stand With Us!: Moral Monday Protest Walk – Take A Stand With Us!Let’s Walk Together for Public Education!NCAE invites you, your family and friends to walk a mile for your child & public education. Now is the time to Take the Lead, and Meet the Challenge Together!Participants should meet at the NCAE Center, 700

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Nationwide Poll: Parents Overwhelmingly Choose Strong Neighborhood Public Schools over Charters, Choice, Vouchers

AFT - A Union of Professionals - Nationwide Poll: Parents Overwhelmingly Choose Strong Neighborhood Public Schools over Charters, Choice, Vouchers: Nationwide Poll: Parents Overwhelmingly Choose Strong Neighborhood Public Schools over Charters, Choice, Vouchers"When teachers and parents join together, we can be an unstoppable force to fulfill the promise of education as a pathway to opportunity fo

by mike simpson / 28min 

Schooling in the Ownership Society: Peter Buffett has no taste for the 'Charitable/Industrial Complex'

Schooling in the Ownership Society: Peter Buffett has no taste for the 'Charitable/Industrial Complex': Peter Buffett has no taste for the 'Charitable/Industrial Complex'Warren Buffett's kid Peter, gets a seat at the power-philanthropy table. But he doesn't like what's being served up. He calls it, "Philanthropic Colonialism".As more lives and communities are destroyed by the system that creates v

by mike simpson / 45min 

ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THE CORPORATE WORLD IMPOSES THEIR WILL ON TEACHERS ? | Teachers Fight Back

ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THE CORPORATE WORLD IMPOSES THEIR WILL ON TEACHERS ? | Teachers Fight Back: ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THE CORPORATE WORLD IMPOSES THEIR WILL ON TEACHERS ?leave a comment »I just heard an amazing business statistic.  Average revenues for corporations are down for the past two years, while corporate profits and stocks are at all time highs.  How in the world is that p

by mike simpson / 1h 

State news roundup for July 27, 2013

State news roundup for July 27, 2013 « Education Votes: State news roundup for July 27, 2013Posted July 27, 2013    0 commentsTAGS: arne duncan, Buena Vista Education Association, pre-k, STEM, videoColorado – Secretary Duncan on “Preschool for All” at Denver townhallU.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan spoke at a Denver townhall meeting, July 19, about a proposal to provide every four-year-old chi

by mike simpson / 1h 

Among city leaders, little movement on calls for school aid increase | Philadelphia Public School Notebook

Among city leaders, little movement on calls for school aid increase | Philadelphia Public School Notebook: Among city leaders, little movement on calls for school aid increaseby thenotebook on Jul 27 2013 Posted in Latest news="" style="color: rgb(76, 153, 72); cursor: pointer; float: left; padding: 0px 2px;">Share on emailCOMMENTS (0)PRINT by Patrick KerkstraWe’ve done our part. And then some. N

by mike simpson / 1h 

This Week's NPE News Briefs 7-27-13 ← from The Network for Public Education

NPE News Briefs ← from The Network for Public Education:  Why your tax money keeps going down the TIF portal hole | Ben Joravsky on Politics | Chicago ReaderMayor Emanuel would rather fire 1,000 teachers than give up his biggest slush fund. By Ben Joravsky @joravben ANDREW A. NELLES (EMANUEL), STACIE SCOTT (LEWIS)/SUN-TIMES MEDIA I was all set to give a little love to Mayor Rahm Emanuel for finall

by mike simpson / 1h 

Educator Fear & Discomfort | My Island View

Educator Fear & Discomfort | My Island View: Educator Fear & DiscomfortJuly 27, 2013 by tomwhitbyI attended a wonderful conference this week in the Greater Clark County School District in Indiana, which is just on the other side of the Ohio River from Louisville Kentucky. They have committed to a huge undertaking of providing a Chromebook to every teacher and every student. Needless to say

by mike simpson / 1h 

Dream Deferred: Are We Leaving Black Students Behind?

Dream Deferred: Are We Leaving Black Students Behind?: Dream Deferred: Are We Leaving Black Students Behind?This article is part of a Huffington Post series examining the state of Black America. To read more, click here.NEW YORK -- When Dwight Davis, a black educator from Washington, D.C., thinks about his good teachers, he spouts their names in rapid succession. But when he reflects on the bad on

by mike simpson / 1h 

2nd Banana 7-27-13 Recap of Last Week's Best Post #EDchat #EDreform #soschat #p2 #1u

BIG EDUCATION APE 2ND BANANA RECAP OF LAST WEEK'S BEST POSTOctober’s Best Posts From This Blog | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 8 hours agoOctober’s Best Posts From This Blog | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…: October’s Best Posts From This Blog by Larry Ferlazzo I regularly highlight my picks for the most useful posts for each month — not including “T

by mike simpson / 1h 

Common Core State Standards: Are They Doomed?

Common Core State Standards: Are They Doomed?: The Unraveling of the Common CoreMore and more states are becoming frustrated with the cost and mandates of the new Common Core State Standards.Georgia is the latest state to say no thanks to the Common Core standardized tests.This week, it was announced that Common Core tests would cost the state $29.50 per student for math and reading. Georgia educa

by mike simpson / 2h 

Morning Wink 7-27-13 AM Posts #BATsACT #edreform #EDCHAT #P2

BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK  AM POSTSTODAYLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 7-27-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Marco Rubio Opposes Common Core, Breaks with Jeb BushThe biggest fight over the Common Core is within conservative ranks. On one side, supporting Common Core, is Jeb Bush, Joel Klein, Miche

by mike simpson / 3h 

LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 7-27-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all

Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Marco Rubio Opposes Common Core, Breaks with Jeb BushThe biggest fight over the Common Core is within conservative ranks. On one side, supporting Common Core, is Jeb Bush, Joel Klein, Michelle Rhee, and big business (last February, 72 major corporations put out a full-page ad supporting the Common Core as necessary for the future o

by mike simpson / 3h 

7-27-13 Perdido Street School

Perdido Street School: Bloomberg: We're Lucky The CityTime Crooks Ripped Us Off!Yeah, he said it:New York City is lucky it got ripped off hundreds of millions of dollars in the CityTime scandal, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said this morning. Mr. Bloomberg’s argument was that because the fraudsters agreed to pay the city back $500 million after being hounded by federal prosecutors and the city’s Depart

by mike simpson / 3h 

To Improve Teaching, Get Serious About Training | toteachornototeach

To Improve Teaching, Get Serious About Training | toteachornototeach: To Improve Teaching, Get Serious About Training by Stephen ChigerAlthough we are halfway through most teachers’ summer breaks, July is smack in the middle of a busy season for administrators designing the professional development curricula they will kick off this fall.At least it should be.The reality — as the Center for America

by mike simpson / 3h 

Viewpoints: Ben Chavis, and his wife made more than $3.8 million from the schools? - Viewpoints - The Sacramento Bee

Viewpoints: Education board can save these great schools - Viewpoints - The Sacramento Bee: Viewpoints: Education board can save these great schoolsBy Ben BoychukSpecial to The BeePublished: Saturday, Jul. 27, 2013 - 12:00 am | Page 11AOne of the best elementary schools in California isn't in San Francisco or Beverly Hills. It happens to be located at 171 12th Street in Oakland, of all places, nex

by mike simpson / 3h 

Missouri Education Watchdog: Florida Mom Addresses School Board About Common Core

Missouri Education Watchdog: Florida Mom Addresses School Board About Common Core: Florida Mom Addresses School Board About Common CoreEmail ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookDo you need some encouragement to address your school board about Common Core?  The following statement Monique Thomas provided to the Clay County (FL) Board of Education might give you the courage/information you

by mike simpson / 3h 

7-27-13 Ed Notes Online

Ed Notes Online: I Won't Post Video of Amateur Actor/Teacher's Mock Chippendale Routine in Review: Campbell Brown Might See ItSometimes people take off their shirts, and I don't personally see anything awfully wrong with that. It's certainly not grounds for dismissal... NYC Educator. Paranoia will destroya.Guilty!I taped the wonderful Rockaway Theatre Company's review, "Rockaway Cafe: The Comeback

by mike simpson / 3h 

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 7-27--13

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit:4LAKIDS - SOME OF THE NEWS THAT DOESN'T FITTrouble in School ®eformland?: EDITOR ALEXANDER RUSSO EXITS L.A. SCHOOL REPORT OVER DIFFERENCES WITH PUBLISHER JAMIE ALTER LYNTONposted online by LA Times reporter Howard Blume | http://t.co/NEyxinZXdG From: Alexander Russo Sent: Friday, July 26, 2013 9:06 AM Subject: Goodbye & good luck to LA School Report

by mike simpson / 3h 

Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… 7-27-13 …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EF

Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFLLARRY FERLAZZO’S WEBSITES OF THE DAYParent Trigger UpdatesHere are some new articles giving updates on the parent trigger: With ‘Parent Trigger’ laws on the ropes, three overhauled schools reopen in Los Angeles is from The Hechinger Report. First public school seized by parents set to open is from Politico.by Larry Ferlazzo /

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This Week's Education Research Report 7-27-13 #SOSCHAT #EDCHAT #P2

Education Research ReportTHIS WEEK'S EDUCATION RESEARCH REPORTGesturing children perform well on cognitive tasksIn the first study of its kind, SF State researchers have shown that younger children who use gestures outperform their peers in a problem-solving task.The task itself is relatively simple -- sorting cards printed with colored shapes first by color, and then by shape. But the switch from

by mike simpson / 3h 

All Week 7-27-13 @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER

@ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER: YESTERDAYAttended the @educationgadfly event on #optorcop yesterday. Nice people, here’s my rantHere’s a link to video of the event at the Fordham Institute on a debate about opting out of test-based accountability in education reform. I’ll have to watch the video to see if my question/comment was recorded. I’m still kicking myself because I feel like I botch

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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH ALL WEEK LONG Diane Ravitch's blog 7-27-13 #thankateacher #EDCHAT #P2

Diane Ravitch's blogLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH ALL WEEK LONGDIANE RAVITCH'S BLOGTODAYWhat About Those Lazy Teachers?A reader wrote to complain that many teachers have an easy job, don’t work hard, and are paid too much for the little they do. This teacher responds: “I am one of those assistants in that classroom, a special education classroom. I would like to see you do it. I want you to change a tee

by mike simpson / 3h 

NCAE – North Carolina Association of Educators | Moral Monday Protest Walk – Take A Stand With Us!:

Moral Monday Protest Walk – Take A Stand With Us!

Let’s Walk Together for Public Education!

NCAE invites you, your family and friends to walk a mile for your child & public education. Now is the time to Take the Lead, and Meet the Challenge Together!

Participants should meet at the NCAE Center, 700 S. Salisbury Street no later than 5:00 PM to pick up your rally materials.  The actual rally will be at Halifax Mall, so you will need to walk down or take the free R-Line bus.

Supporting Education is not a game that should be played without debate.  Your voice is needed on Monday July 29 on the Halifax Mall, behind the NC DPI Building.

Download a flyer to share with your friends and in your community at http://www.ncae.org/wp-content/uploads/july2013rally.pdf

Logistics for the Moral Monday Protest Walk (parking, where will the protest be held, what do I wear, etc.)

Nationwide Poll: Parents Overwhelmingly Choose Strong Neighborhood Public Schools over Charters, Choice, Vouchers

AFT - A Union of Professionals - Nationwide Poll: Parents Overwhelmingly Choose Strong Neighborhood Public Schools over Charters, Choice, Vouchers:

Nationwide Poll: Parents Overwhelmingly Choose Strong Neighborhood Public Schools over Charters, Choice, Vouchers

"When teachers and parents join together, we can be an unstoppable force to fulfill the promise of education as a pathway to opportunity for all children," says AFT President Randi Weingarten

WASHINGTON— Parents overwhelmingly believe that public schools are the single most important institution for the future of their community and of our nation, and they choose strong neighborhood public schools over expanding choice, charters and vouchers, according to a nationwide poll released today by the American Federation of Teachers. Support for strong public schools over expanded vouchers and charters is widespread, with 77 percent supporting this approach, and that support cuts across political and class lines.

Public school parents also soundly reject the austerity-driven policies being pushed in schools. More than two-thirds of parents see the following as reducing the quality of public education: teacher and staff layoffs; increased class sizes; school closings; high turnover rates; and cutbacks in art, music, libraries and physical education. And a 57 percent majority feel there is too much emphasis on testing today. Parents see adoption of common academic standards as a step forward for education by 72 percent to 22 percent.

When asked, parents want schools to do four things to help their children prepare to succeed in college and their careers: improve their knowledge and critical-thinking abilities; provide them with a safe learning environment; educate them about their rights and responsibilities as citizens of a democracy; and address their social, emotional and health needs.

"We believe in high-quality public education because it is an economic necessity, an anchor of democracy, a moral imperative and a fundamental civil right," said AFT President Randi Weingarten. "And this poll makes clear that not only do parents overwhelmingly believe in the promise of public education to help all children reach their dreams, their prescription for how to reclaim that promise matches what America's teachers want for their students and schools. And when teachers and parents join together, we can be an unstoppable force to fulfill the promise of education as a pathway to opportunity for all children."

The poll also showed that parents trust teachers, principals and other parents—not politicians and business executives—to have the right ideas for their schools. And, by a 2 to 1 margin, parents say we need elected officials who can work with teachers unions rather than officials who will stand up to teachers unions.

The poll was released as the AFT announced a major effort at the AFT TEACH conference in Washington, D.C., to partner with parents and community to reclaim the promise of public education.

"Reclaiming the promise of public education is about fighting for neighborhood public schools that are safe, welcoming places for teaching and learning," Weingarten said in her keynote speech at TEACH announcing the effort. "Reclaiming the promise is about ensuring that teachers are well-prepared, are supported and have time to collaborate. Reclaiming the promise is about enabling them to teach an engaging curriculum that includes art and music and the sciences. And reclaiming the promise is about ensuring that kids have access to wraparound services to meet their emotional, social and health needs."

The poll, conducted July 9-14, 2013, by Hart Research Associates, interviewed 1,003 parents living in urban, suburban and rural areas and who identify themselves as Democrats, Republicans and Independents.

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Highlights of the nationwide parent poll:

• Best approach for improving education: 77 percent said the focus should be on ensuring that every child has access to a good public school in his or her community; just 20 percent said there should be more public charter schools and vouchers.

• Offer variety of subjects or devote more time to reading and math: 74 percent said it is important for schools to offer a well-rounded curriculum, including art, music and physical education; only 18 percent said schools should focus more on teaching reading and math and spend less time on subjects less important for success in college.

• Focus on the "whole child" or stick to the basics: 54 percent said schools should focus on teaching the whole child, including his or her emotional and social development as well as academics; 35 percent said schools should focus on teaching basic academics.

• Emphasis on testing:

• 57 percent said there is too much testing; 29 percent said there is the right amount; and 8 percent said there is not enough.
• 64 percent said their state's standardized tests do not accurately measure student achievement; 28 percent said they do.
• 59 percent of parents said their child has felt worried or anxious about taking standardized tests.
• 57 percent said testing has taken away too much time from teaching and learning.

• Overwhelming parental support for the following elements of an education agenda: Provide extra resources to turn around struggling neighborhood schools; hold charter schools accountable; provide more support/training for struggling teachers; expand/improve new-teacher mentoring; reduce class sizes, especially in the early grades; make public schools hubs of the neighborhood with longer hours, academic help and health services for families; provide extra pay for teachers in hard-to-staff schools; and ensure access to high-quality preschool for all 3- and 4-year-olds.

• Parental disapproval of the following "reforms":

• 79 percent disapprove of reducing salaries and benefits for teachers and other school employees.
• 76 percent object to reducing spending on regular public schools and increasing spending on charters.
• 61 percent oppose closing down low-performing public schools and assigning students to other schools.
• 60 percent reject ending additional teacher pay for advanced degrees.
• 58 percent disapprove of a longer school day; 53 percent oppose a longer school year.
• 56 percent oppose taxpayer-funded vouchers for private school tuition.

• Who has right ideas for public education: 81 percent of parents said they believe teachers have the right ideas for their public schools; 77 percent said principals have the right ideas; 70 percent gave the nod to parent organizations; 39 percent said their governor has the right ideas; 37 percent had confidence in mayors/local officials; and 33 percent said business owners/corporate executives have the right ideas.

 

Follow AFT President Randi Weingarten: http://twitter.com/rweingarten

Schooling in the Ownership Society: Peter Buffett has no taste for the 'Charitable/Industrial Complex'

Schooling in the Ownership Society: Peter Buffett has no taste for the 'Charitable/Industrial Complex':

Peter Buffett has no taste for the 'Charitable/Industrial Complex'

Warren Buffett's kid Peter, gets a seat at the power-philanthropy table. But he doesn't like what's being served up. He calls it, "Philanthropic Colonialism".

As more lives and communities are destroyed by the system that creates vast amounts of wealth for the few, the more heroic it sounds to “give back.” It’s what I would call “conscience laundering” — feeling better about accumulating more than any one person could possibly need to live on by sprinkling a little around as an act of charity. 

 And with more business-minded folks getting into the act, business 

ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THE CORPORATE WORLD IMPOSES THEIR WILL ON TEACHERS ? | Teachers Fight Back

ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THE CORPORATE WORLD IMPOSES THEIR WILL ON TEACHERS ? | Teachers Fight Back:

ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THE CORPORATE WORLD IMPOSES THEIR WILL ON TEACHERS ?

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I just heard an amazing business statistic.  Average revenues for corporations are down for the past two years, while corporate profits and stocks are at all time highs.  How in the world is that possible ?  It’s possible because the business world has been able to turn back the clock and adopt a strategy that the corporate titans used when Rockefeller, Carnegie, and Morgan ruled industrial America. Corporations simply demand more output from their workers, while at the same time offering lower pay and less benefits.

Teachers, have you seen your workload increase and your benefits diminished over the past several years ?  It’s all part of the grand corporate strategy to break teacher unions and save taxpayer money.  If it worked in corporate America, why not in the world of education?  Teacher unions are all that stand between the final corporate goal of turning our schools into business models.

Why do you think so many wealthy business leaders have blamed teacher unions for an “education crisis” ?  Why do you think corporate leaders are now so concerned about our poor inner city students and all the “incompetent teachers” that must be holding them back? Why is the corporate world promoting non-union charter schools ?  Do you really think these corporate leaders have finally become concerned about the poor 

State news roundup for July 27, 2013 « Education Votes

State news roundup for July 27, 2013 « Education Votes:

State news roundup for July 27, 2013

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Colorado – Secretary Duncan on “Preschool for All” at Denver townhall

U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan spoke at a Denver townhall meeting, July 19, about a proposal to provide every four-year-old child with access to high-quality preschoool, while also incentivizing states to adopt full-day kindergarten policies [ed note: pictured above].

President Obama is proposing a series of new investments that will establish a continuum of high-quality early learning for a child – beginning at birth and continuing to age five.

Secretary Duncan told the audience at the Clayton Early Learning Campus that less then 30% of the nation’s four-year-olds have access to high-quality preschool programs, and as a result, children starting kindergarten in disadvantaged communities are typically more than a year behind in academic and social skills.

“We have to close what I call the ‘opportunity gap’. Our children, from every community, are as smart, as talented, as great as children anywhere. We just haven’t given them the chance to be successful,” said Duncan.

Get the full story at ColoradoEA.org.

Connecticut – Teachers talk education with Connecticut members of Congress at STEM conference in DC

CEA member Kristen Record with Sen. Chris Murphy in D.C.

Stratford physics teacher Kristen Record [ed note: Connecticut's Teacher of the Year] and Guilford physics teacher Ernie Smoker were part of a group of 20 STEM teachers from around the country participating in the STEM Policy Institute in Washington, D.C., last week, co-sponsored by MIT and George Washington University.

The CEA members are part of the Network of Educators of Science and Technology (NEST) affiliated with MIT. Twenty NESTers were invited to this first-ever STEM Policy Institute. The goal of the program was to create a dialogue among educators, policy experts, and public officials about the current opportunities and challenges related to science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Click through to read Kristen’s take on the meetings at BlogCEA.org.

Michigan – Buena Vista School District to dissolve following budget 

Among city leaders, little movement on calls for school aid increase | Philadelphia Public School Notebook

Among city leaders, little movement on calls for school aid increase | Philadelphia Public School Notebook:

Among city leaders, little movement on calls for school aid increase

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We’ve done our part. And then some. Now it’s somebody else’s turn.

That seems to be the prevailing view of Philadelphia’s City Council members on the school funding crisis.

Two years ago, City Council swallowed hard and raised property taxes for the schools. A year later, Council did it again, while also upping the use and occupancy tax. And this spring, Council enacted (though Harrisburg failed to approve enabling legislation) a city cigarette tax to provide additional funding for the schools.

All these actions were taken as federal cash evaporated with the end of the stimulus and state funding for the state-run School District of Philadelphia