James Baldwin said it best:
"For these are all our children, and we will profit by or pay for whatever they become."
A BIG EDUCATION APE NITE CAP
Community Forum on the CORE Waiver's Urges Public Action | The Sacramento Coalition to Save Public Education
Community Forum on the CORE Waiver's Urges Public Action | The Sacramento Coalition to Save Public Education: Community Forum on the CORE Waiver's Urges Public Actionpublished by Kate_Lenox on Thu, 03/20/2014 - 1:36pm The takeaway from last night's Community Forum on the California Office to Reform Education NCLB Waiver was that this waiver, and the commission that oversees it, str
Public denied access to LA school officials' iPad software demonstration | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC
Public denied access to LA school officials' iPad software demonstration | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC: Public denied access to LA school officials' iPad software demonstrationAnnie Gilbertson | March 20th, 2014, 3:11pmTom Pennington/Getty ImagesMembers of the L.A. Unified school board and a committee investigating the iPad project were given the first demonstration of the tablet's educational softwar
Fixing Our Schools
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Parents United for Responsible Education » Blog Archive » PURE support from RESIST!
Parents United for Responsible Education » Blog Archive » PURE support from RESIST!: PURE support from RESIST!PURE is delighted to announce that we recently received a grant from RESIST, a grass roots foundation that supports social change.According to their website, RESIST currently funds over 100 amazing grassroots organizations around the country a year. These groups use grants from RESIST to d
Beyond Neoliberal Miseducation | Blog, Perspectives | BillMoyers.com
Beyond Neoliberal Miseducation | Blog, Perspectives | BillMoyers.com: Beyond Neoliberal MiseducationMarch 20, 2014by Henry Giroux1Gan Golan of Los Angeles holds a ball and chain representing his college loan debt at an Occupy DC demonstration in Washington, DC. October 6, 2011. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)This post originally appeared at Truthout. It draws from a number of ideas in Henry A. Giroux’
3-20-14 The Whole Child Blog — March Is Middle Level Education Month
The Whole Child Blog — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOGMarch Is Middle Level Education MonthMarch 20, 2014 by Kristen PekarekWhole child partner National Association of Secondary School Principals has joined with other organizations, including the Association for Middle Level Education, the National Forum to Accelerate Middle Grades Reform, and the National Association of Elementary Pri
ASU Regents’ Professor Emeritus David Berliner at Vergara v. California |
ASU Regents’ Professor Emeritus David Berliner at Vergara v. California |: ASU Regents’ Professor Emeritus David Berliner at Vergara v. California As you (hopefully) recall from a prior post, nine “students” from the Los Angeles School District are currently suing the state of California “arguing that their right to a good education is [being] violated by job protections that make it too difficult
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Guzzardi -- “The whole city is watching what we did here. This election didn’t happen in a vacuum.”
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Guzzardi -- “The whole city is watching what we did here. This election didn’t happen in a vacuum.”: Guzzardi -- “The whole city is watching what we did here. This election didn’t happen in a vacuum.”In These Times photoA POWERFUL MOVEMENT IN CHICAGO... Dan Mihalopoulos gets it (sorta) in this morning's Sun-Times ("Victories few for Preckwinkle on Election Night
Louisiana Educator: Update on Student Privacy Legislation
Louisiana Educator: Update on Student Privacy Legislation: Update on Student Privacy LegislationMost of the discussion in the House Education Committee Wednesday centered on Representative Schroeder's HB 946 on student data privacy. The committee heard emotional testimony from parents from all parts of the state who were appalled that State Superintendent John White had agreed to hand over much cr
Tip of the Cap, Wag of the Finger | EduShyster
Tip of the Cap, Wag of the Finger | EduShyster: Tip of the Cap, Wag of the FingerPosted on March 20, 2014It’s the height of charter cap-lifting season here in Massachusetts, which means that talk of excellence and achievement abounds—along with plenty of wagging fingers (read threats) aimed at those who would dare to stand in the way of excellence and achievement. And things officially took a turn
Pay Pearson, Go Further? - Integrity in Education
Pay Pearson, Go Further? - Integrity in Education: Pay Pearson, Go Further?Yesterday, Jeb Bush’s Foundation for ‘Excellence’ in Education (FEE) launched a pro-testing, pro-Common Core media campaign entitled “Learn More, Go Further.” Targeting viewers of stations like HGTV, Animal Planet and the Family Channel, the ads feature teachers proclaiming good news about education in Florida, which they s
SES IS A MESS! Fraud still dogs SES programs despite waivers :: SI&A Cabinet Report
Fraud still dogs SES programs despite waivers :: SI&A Cabinet Report :: The Essential Resource for Superintendents and the Cabinet: MARCH 20, 2014Fraud still dogs SES programs despite waiversby Tom Chorneau(District of Columbia) Although most of the nation is operating under waivers that relieve states and school districts from mandates to provide tutoring services, federal auditors remain con
Can NC charter school pay stay secret? | CharlotteObserver.com
Can NC charter school pay stay secret? | CharlotteObserver.com: Can NC charter school pay stay secret?By Ann Doss Helmsahelms@charlotteobserver.comPosted: Wednesday, Mar. 19, 2014Slideshow« Prev of 2 Next »David T. Foster III - dtfoster@charlotteobserver.comStudentFirst Academy, a charter school that opened in west Charlotte, has faced questions over pay. The former top administrators were paid m
3-20-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Scenes from Last Night's Board MeetingLast night's Board meeting saw the honoring of four (!) SPS basketball championship teams. (My apologies to Garfield's boys basketball team - I managed to flub my photos of them.)Ballard High School Beavers -Special Olympics Unified Basketball TeamCleveland High School Lady Eagles- 3A State ChampsRainier Beach Vikings - 3A Sta
I’m Interviewed In Podcast “Parent Involvement Versus Parent Engagement: Is There Really a Difference?” | Engaging Parents In School…
I’m Interviewed In Podcast “Parent Involvement Versus Parent Engagement: Is There Really a Difference?” | Engaging Parents In School…: I’m Interviewed In Podcast “Parent Involvement Versus Parent Engagement: Is There Really a Difference?”I was a guest during #PTchat on Twitter last week discussing the difference between parent engagement and parent involvement (you can see the tweets here). As a f
3-20-14 CURMUDGUCATION: Pearson's Vision for the World
CURMUDGUCATION: Pearson's Vision for the WorldMercedes Schneider recently directed the blogosphere's attention to a Pearson paper from February of 2014, "Impacts of the Digital Ocean on Education." If you're wondering just what Pearson (and by extension, the various government bodies that they own) envisions for our collective future, this document sheds plenty of light.There are 44 page
3-20-14 LA School Report - What's Really Going on Inside LAUSD
LA School Report - What's Really Going on Inside LAUSD (Los Angeles Unified School District): Morning Read: Delayed pension funds may cost taxpayersDelays would mean bigger costs for shoring up teacher pension fund The longer California’s leaders delay shoring up the cash-strapped teacher pension fund, the more money it will cost taxpayers in the long run, according to an analysis presented to law
Daylight Disinfectant | “Critical Race Theory” Rolled Out To Portland Public Schools
DAYLIGHT DISINFECTANT | “CRITICAL RACE THEORY” ROLLED OUT TO PORTLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS: “CRITICAL RACE THEORY” ROLLED OUT TO PORTLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLSPosted by Daylight Disinfectant“I hadn’t the slightest clue what my privilege of being a white man had brought me… I learned to see my life through a racial lens.” That’s what one Portland student took away from a new controversial course in “Critical Ra
Student loans still growing faster than any other debt and now most likely to be 90-days-plus delinquent | Education By The Numbers
Student loans still growing faster than any other debt and now most likely to be 90-days-plus delinquent | Education By The Numbers: Student loans still growing faster than any other debt and now most likely to be 90-days-plus delinquentBack in 2010, student loan debt outstanding in the United States surpassed outstanding credit card debt. Student loan debt hit the $1 trillion mark in 2013. It’s s
FCMAT » Cali Education Headlines Thursday, March 20, 2014
FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team: Petition for charter school draws uproarEducation HeadlinesThursday, March 20, 2014FCMAT provides links to California K-12 news stories as a service to the industry. However, some stories may not be accessible because of newspapers' subscription policies.Desert Sands teachers set for raisesNegotiation teams in the Desert Sands Unified School
Russ on Reading: On (Teaching) Writing Well
Russ on Reading: On (Teaching) Writing Well: On (Teaching) Writing WellHow did you learn to write? Can you point to particular lessons? Particular teachers? Particular assignments? When did you know you were a good writer? When did your writing achieve voice? When did you develop a discernible style?Now that you are thinking about how you learned to write, begin thinking about how you would teach
What Applying to Charter Schools Showed Me About Inequality - Conor Williams - The Atlantic
What Applying to Charter Schools Showed Me About Inequality - Conor Williams - The Atlantic: What Applying to Charter Schools Showed Me About InequalityCharters are not a comprehensive solution to public education's problems.Matt Rourke/AP PhotoBy the time we arrived—five minutes late—the school’s basement was packed. As I turned my eyes to the lectern, I wondered at the speed of childhood. My son
Morning Wink 3-20-14 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 3-20-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: California: The Language Police Are on the Job!A teacher in California sent me the latest state testing guidelines and was disturbed to see the large number of forbidden topics. I was not surpri
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 3-20-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: California: The Language Police Are on the Job!A teacher in California sent me the latest state testing guidelines and was disturbed to see the large number of forbidden topics. I was not surprised because in 2003, I published a book called “The Language Police: How Pressure Groups Restrict What Students Learn.” I reported that tes
Why Voting Beats 'Voting With One's Feet' - Bridging Differences - Education Week
Why Voting Beats 'Voting With One's Feet' - Bridging Differences - Education Week: Why Voting Beats 'Voting With One's Feet'By Deborah Meier on March 20, 2014 9:55 AMDeborah Meier writes again to Robert Pondiscio of Democracy Prep.Dear Robert,I don't want to give you too much joy, Robert. But, yes, I'm always nervous about rapid changes (so I'm conservative in this sense), and I can't bear being c
Colorado State Education Agency Sharing Identifiable Student Information with Various Agencies. Will This Happen in Missouri? | Missouri Education Watchdog
Colorado State Education Agency Sharing Identifiable Student Information with Various Agencies. Will This Happen in Missouri? | Missouri Education Watchdog: Colorado State Education Agency Sharing Identifiable Student Information with Various Agencies. Will This Happen in Missouri?inShareStudent data shared in Colorado longitudinal data system.Busted.States have built longitudinal data systems for
3-20-14 Wait What?
Wait What?: Investigation needed into Malloy administration’s handling of Clark Elementary School FiascoLast October Governor Malloy’s Commissioner of Education, Stefan Pryor, and his corporate education reform industry allies teamed up with Hartford’s outgoing superintendent of schools, Christina Kishimoto, to hand Hartford’s Clark Elementary School over to Achievement First, Inc., the large char
Need More Info About Common Core? There’s an App for That! | Truth in American Education
Need More Info About Common Core? There’s an App for That! | Truth in American Education: Need More Info About Common Core? There’s an App for That!Filed in Common Core State Standards by Shane Vander Hart on March 20, 2014 • 1 Comment1113Yesterday a new tool became available in the fight to Stop Common Core. A group on Georgia developed a mobile app entitled “About Common Core.”Rob Cunningham wh
The Answer Sheet 3-20-14 School reformers love ‘choice,’ except when …
The Answer Sheet: Avoiding the most common financial aid application errorsIf you have kids in college, or kids who are going to be in college, you want to read this advice on how to get financial aid without making big mistakes. It was written by Mark Kantrowitz, senior vice president and publisher of Edvisors.com, a group of web sites about planning and paying for college. […] by Valerie Stra
3-20-14 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: Haslam Fiddles with Vouchers and More Tests While Tennesseans Go Without Health CareIs school privatization really more important than keeping the most vulnerable citizens from having access to health care? What would it cost the State of Tennessee to say Yes to expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act? Nothing, except the wrath of the billionaires.The Daily Show Get More:
3-20-14 Scathing Purple Musings | Color me purple in Florida
Scathing Purple Musings | Color me purple in Florida, red in Washington, dark sky-blue in Israel and public school in Education: Jeb Bush’s Fingerprints on Florida’s New High-Stakes Tests and His Sudden Arrival to the Common Core WarsScathing Purple Musings wrote yesterday that the next FCAT is going to parachute in just like the last one. Only this time, fresh off a field test of predominately wh
Save Our Schools March – BATs March on D.C. + Rally to Save Education – Seattle
Save Our Schools March – BATs March on D.C.: BATs March on D.C.BATs March on D.C. on July 28thSave the Date! Details are still developing, but watch the site for updates.Like this event on Facebook!Sunday:9:00 – 12:00 BAT Leadership Training2:00 – 7:00 BAT Social with familesHoliday Inn – Washington CapitalMonday:10:00 – 6:00 BATs March on D.C.Rally to Save Education – SeattleRally to Save Educati
3-20-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Learning About The Spring SeasonToday’s the first day of Spring, and I’ve just updated The Best Sites For Learning About The Spring Season. Additional suggestions are welcome.by Larry Ferlazzo / 1h YESTERDAYI’m Interviewed In Podcast “Parent Involvement Versus Parent Engagement: Is There Really a Difference?”I was a guest d
3-20-14 Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher
Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.: John Dillon. Good cops and bad: Rauner and Rimel.- John Dillon publishes Pension Vocabulary where this piece was first posted. My email from Rebecca Rimel couldn’t have come at a worse time. Bruce Rauner had just won the nomination to run as the Republican gubernatorial candidate in Illinois, and the
3-20-14 Ed Notes Online Week
Ed Notes Online: The Lies Eva Moskowitz Tells: More Destructive Than Global WarmingIn my speech at the PEP the other night I didn't have time to make a better case against the Success Charter scam. I wanted to quote from a Ravitch post (Fact-Checking Eva’s Claims on National Television) exposing the lies. The Moskowitz machine has rolled de Blasio, with 3.5 million bucks spent on commercials, enou
3-20-14 With A Brooklyn Accent Go BATs All Week
With A Brooklyn Accent: How Hip Hop Crosses Cultural Boundaries: An Afternoon and Evening with the Bronx Berlin ConnectionWhat an afternoon and evening yesterday with the young people from the Bronx-Berlin Connection and the great program organizers Olad Aden andFabian Farbeon Saucedo! It reminded me of the power of hip hop culture- and the arts, generally- to cross boundaries of language and nati
3-20-14 the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness by P. L. Thomas, EdD
the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness (the public and scholarly writing by P. L. Thomas, Furman University): From Baldwin to Coates: Denying Racism, Ignoring EvidenceI have offered two posts confronting a pattern in the U.S. of denying racism (usually arguing class instead) despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary: Denying Racism Has an Evidence Problem The Mistrial of Jor
3-20-14 Perdido Street School Week
Perdido Street School: Eva Moskowitz And Her Allies Spent $3.6 Million On Pro-Charter Ads In Last Three WeeksHow come they can't pay rent but they can spend $3.6 million dollars on pro-charter ads?A pro-charter school group has spent $3.6 million over the past three weeks on TV ads attacking Mayor de Blasio, an insider revealed Wednesday.Families for Excellent Schools — founded by a deep-pocketed
In NYC, Charters May or May Not “Backfill” Students; Public Schools Take Everybody | janresseger
In NYC, Charters May or May Not “Backfill” Students; Public Schools Take Everybody | janresseger: In NYC, Charters May or May Not “Backfill” Students; Public Schools Take EverybodyPosted on March 20, 2014 by janressegerWho knew that New York City has a name for what lots of charter schools do or fail to do: accept new students when students drop out. Backfilling students. In NYC, “backfilling s
Newark, New Jersey school official threatens to fire one third of district’s teachers - World Socialist Web Site
Newark, New Jersey school official threatens to fire one third of district’s teachers - World Socialist Web Site: Newark, New Jersey school official threatens to fire one third of district’s teachersBy Rory Dean and Sandy English 20 March 2014Newark, New Jersey Public Schools Superintendent Cami Anderson, citing falling student enrollment as well as budget shortfalls, announced her intention to la
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Karma Smacks Los Angeles Times Reporter Jason Felch southbronxschool.com
http://www.southbronxschool.com: Karma Smacks Los Angeles Times Reporter Jason FelchKarma usually has a way of coming back and kicking you in the butt. This week Los Angeles Times reporter Jason Felch felt Karma's full wrath.For those that do not recall, Jason spearheaded a Los Angeles Times report in August of 2010 using data of that funky science of value added measurements to determine who is a
The Network For Public Education | PRESS RELEASE: Member of Congress joins with NPE and calls for public hearings on the misuse and abuse of standardized tests
The Network For Public Education | PRESS RELEASE: Member of Congress joins with NPE and calls for public hearings on the misuse and abuse of standardized tests: PRESS RELEASE: Member of Congress joins with NPE and calls for public hearings on the misuse and abuse of standardized testsMarch 19, 2014 NPE Call for Hearings, Press ReleaseMarch 19, 2014Contact:Robin Hiller phone: 520-668-4634 email: ro
3-19-14 The Whole Child Blog — Town Hall Discussion: Bringing the Questions Together — Whole Child Education
Town Hall Discussion: Bringing the Questions Together — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOGTown Hall Discussion: Bringing the Questions TogetherMarch 19, 2014 by Whole Child SymposiumDownload the Town Hall Discussion Now [Right-Click to Save]The decisions we make today—for our systems, our schools, and our classrooms—will affect what all of our tomorrows will look like tomorrow. This month
The Washington Teacher: DCPS IS Violating the Law!
The Washington Teacher: DCPS IS Violating the Law!: DCPS IS Violating the Law!March 19, 2014 Dear Members of the WTU Bargaining Unit: It has come to our attention that DCPS has disseminated a survey to members of our bargaining unit asking among other things, whether you approve or disapprove of extending the school day by one hour next year. WTU is the sole and exclusive bargaining representative
Schooling in the Ownership Society: DFER brags: Our money beat Travis
Schooling in the Ownership Society: DFER brags: Our money beat Travis: DFER brags: Our money beat TravisMitchell on the make and on the take.School privatizers and charter hustlers from DFER are all over Twitter, taking credit forChristian Mitchell's questionable narrow victory over progressive candidate Jay Travis. The IL branch of the N.Y.-based hedge-fund-started group dropped more than $50,00
Cami’s bad week | Bob Braun's Ledger
Cami’s bad week | Bob Braun's Ledger: Cami’s bad weekArne DuncanUS Education Secretary Arne Duncan met last Saturday with Cami Anderson, the state-appointed superintendent of Newark schools, and suggested she might be moving too fast to privatize the city’s schools with her “One Newark” plan. To which, according to sources at the meeting, Cami told Duncan he was wrong. A few days later, just hour
Nite Cap 3-19-14 #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
James Baldwin said it best: "For these are all our children, and we will profit by or pay for whatever they become."A BIG EDUCATION APE NITE CAPTeachers' Letters to Bill Gates | Educators from the US and beyond: please share your teaching stories with Mr. Bill Gates.Teachers' Letters to Bill Gates | Educators from the US and beyond: please share your teaching stories with Mr. Bill Gates.
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