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
CT News Junkie | OP-ED | Politicians Underestimate Common Core Opposition at Their Peril
CT News Junkie | OP-ED | Politicians Underestimate Common Core Opposition at Their Peril: OP-ED | Politicians Underestimate Common Core Opposition at Their Perilby Sarah Darer Littman | Mar 21, 2014 12:03am (6) Comments | Log in to Post a CommentPosted to: Education, OpinionSARAH DARER LITTMANThanks to Republican legislators who used a rare parliamentary procedure to get a bill asking for a morato
FairTest to Honor Michelle Fine | Deborah Meier on Education
FairTest to Honor Michelle Fine | Deborah Meier on Education: FairTest to Honor Michelle FinePosted on March 21, 2014 by debmeierPLEASE JOIN FAIRTESTIN HONORINGMICHELLE FINEPRESENTATION OFTHE DEBORAH W. MEIER AWARDFOR HEROES IN EDUCATIONWednesday, May 28, 2014, 6 – 8:30 PMJulia Richman Education Complex, 317 East 67th Street, New York, NYMichelle Fine is Distinguished Professor of Social Psycholog
Mr. Navarro Says | Gatsby In L.A.
Mr. Navarro Says | Gatsby In L.A.: Mr. Navarro SaysThe soft-spoken 18-year-old boy in a buttoned-down blue oxford cloth shirt tells me that when he was fifteen, he was taken away from his mother and put into a foster care facility. Up until then, Ramon* been hanging around with tough kids, doing drugs and feeling like he had no future; suddenly, he was at a new school, Cesar Chavez Social Justice
Parents, Workers, Community Leaders Hold Sit-In at Gov. Cuomo's Office to Demand Focus on Needs of Everyday New Yorkers NY for All of Us!
NY for All of Us!: Parents, Workers, Community Leaders Hold Sit-In at Gov. Cuomo's Office to Demand Focus on Needs of Everyday New YorkersFacing Growing Inequality and Neglect of NY's Working & Middle Classes, 59 Moved to Civil Disobedience in Effort to Change State's PrioritiesAlbany, NY - Intending to shift Governor Cuomo's policy priorities away from the needs of big banks and the wealthy,
3-21-14 Ed Notes Online Week
Ed Notes Online: Fred Smith: Parents Should Say NO to Field TestsFred is our testing guru - field tests have no purpose for kids or teachers or schools -- they are used by the testing companies to make new tests and use kids as guinea pigs. Fred has led the revolt against field tests. There is no penalty to a school to refuse to take them -- but sometimes there are bribes - like free ipads. Either
Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee Sees Fishy Bangladeshi Like Spike As Anti-Reform Swarm | Pith in the Wind | Nashville Scene
Rhee Sees Fishy Bangladeshi Like Spike As Anti-Reform Swarm | Pith in the Wind | Nashville Scene: Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee Sees Fishy Bangladeshi Like Spike As Anti-Reform SwarmPOSTED BY STEVEN HALE ON FRI, MAR 21, 2014 AT 11:04 AMDid Michelle Rhee's education organization StudentsFirst buy thousands of Facebook "likes" from a click farm in Bangladesh?Opponents of Rhee's "
Tax the Frackers, Fund Our Schools | WeArePCAPS
Tax the Frackers, Fund Our Schools | WeArePCAPS: Tax the Frackers, Fund Our SchoolsPosted on March 21, 2014by wearepcapsWhen it comes to raising money for our schools in Harrisburg, most of what we hear about is giving Philadelphia the right to levy more taxes its working class citizens. Meanwhile corporations, both state wide and in Philadelphia, keep reaping in subsidies. But State Senator Vi
The Washington Teacher: Orr Parents tell Councilmember Catania: Our Children Deserve Classrooms
The Washington Teacher: Orr Parents tell Councilmember Catania: Our Children Deserve Classrooms: Orr Parents tell Councilmember Catania: Our Children Deserve ClassroomsBy Candi Peterson I've covered the story about Orr elementary school in SE Washington, DC since I visited and learned of special needs students being taught in a vault and a music classroom with 42 students, much to my horror back
Starling Findings?: Black students “hardest hit” by Teacher Quality Inequities | Cloaking Inequity
Starling Findings?: Black students “hardest hit” by Teacher Quality Inequities | Cloaking Inequity: Starling Findings?: Black students “hardest hit” by Teacher Quality InequitiesThis is why the Civil Rights data collection by DoEd is so important. EdWeek published a piece entitled Black Students Less Likely to Be Taught By Certified Teachers, Ed. Dept. Data Show. A few months ago Cloaking Inequity
The Eleven Dumbest Common Core Problems | National Review Online
The Eleven Dumbest Common Core Problems | National Review Online: The Eleven Dumbest Common Core Problems Sample questions guaranteed to make your brain hurt in all the wrong places. By Alec TorresAbout AuthorArchiveLatestRSSSendPrintText Comments217The Common Core State Standards Initiative is widely denounced for imposing confusing, unhelpful experimental teaching methods, involving test probl
Kentucky report finds new preschools boost economy more than construction, retail | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC
Kentucky report finds new preschools boost economy more than construction, retail | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC: Kentucky report finds new preschools boost economy more than construction, retailDeepa Fernandes | March 21st, 2014, 10:21amDeepa Fernandes / KPCCMs DeLelio is starting her three-hour afternoon class at 11.30am. She teaches El Sereno Elementary's state PreK program to 23 children from 8am-1
How is the Russian takeover of Crimea like the new SCUSD LCAP Parent Group power grab?
How is the Russian takeover of Crimea like the new SCUSD LCAP Parent Group power grab?If you didn't see the Board Meeting it will be available on Tuesday 3-25-14: SCUSD's Propaganda Chief Gabe Ross declared elected parent representatives (DAC, DLAC, Site Councils) The "Usual Suspects" and appointed a "parent" group to fulfill the Corporate Education Reform Agenda. I am persona
LA School Report - What's Really Going on Inside LAUSD (Los Angeles Unified School District)
LA School Report - What's Really Going on Inside LAUSD (Los Angeles Unified School District): Caputo-Pearl, Fletcher moving on to runoff in UTLA electionAlex Caputo-Pearl All that criticism of Warren Fletcher as a weak UTLA president and of Alex Caputo-Pearl as a campaign rules scofflaw apparently didn’t make much difference. They emerged as the top two vote-getters for the president of United Tea
FCMAT » Cali Education Headlines Friday, March 21, 2014
FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team: EdSource: School funding reforms spark push to get parent inputEducation HeadlinesFriday, March 21, 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.Bassett Unified hires Alex Rojas as deputy superintendentLa Puente V
3-21-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Friday Open ThreadSeattle Education blog is having a Meetup. It's An Opt-Out Workshop with Jesse Hagopian (currently running on the SEE slate- Social Equality Educators - for SEA president).It's Wednesday, March 26th at 6:30 p.m. RSVP: seattled@icloud.com (you must RSVP to attend as it is being held at a private home.) What's on your mind?1 by Melissa Westbrook /
Closing the Generation Gap in Our Unions | InterACT
Closing the Generation Gap in Our Unions | InterACT: Closing the Generation Gap in Our UnionsMARCH 21, 2014tags: engagement, generation, unionby Lisa Alva WoodTeachers are tribal people. We build a nice little fortress and stay inside as much as possible, defending the gates when necessary. This tribalism has saved us in an ever-shifting landscape, but it’s got its limitations and it may soon be t
3-21-14 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.: IEA ex-President Haisman accuses.- Bob Haisman, former IEA President. Klonsky posted his latest Anti-IEA blog this AM…. entitled ….”IEA President Cinda Klickna tolerates no dissent. Her language turns ugly.” ….WOW! All I can say is Klonsky must have grown up in a very Cloistered environment (No wonder
New federal report: Racial disparities in school discipline... | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com
New federal report: Racial disparities in school discipline... | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com: New federal report: Racial disparities in school discipline begin in preschool COMMENT(10) 6 9 0 33Are we treating all kids the same?Previous PostsGovernors and school superintendents: Are they bound to be foes in view of budget strains? March 20, 2014Grady High coach says he didn’t hinder Atlanta Public S
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 3-20-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: PUBLIC DENIED ACCESS TO LA SCHOOL OFFICIALS’ iPAD SOFTWARE DEMONSTRATION + smf’s 2¢by Annie Gilbertson, KPCC 89.3 FM Pass/Fail | http://bit.ly/1iKxBrj Tom Pennington/Getty Images March 20th, 2014, 3:11pm :: Members of the L.A. Unified school board and a committee investigating the iPad project were given the first demonstration of the tablet's educat
“Social Welfare Agencies” Spending Millions to Push Privatization of Education | janresseger
“Social Welfare Agencies” Spending Millions to Push Privatization of Education | janresseger: “Social Welfare Agencies” Spending Millions to Push Privatization of EducationPosted on March 21, 2014 by janressegerWhile states continue to spend less money on public education than they did in 2007 prior to the Great Recession, lots of people are spending lavishly to promote what is frequently called t
Morning Wink 3-21-14 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK AM POSTSLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 3-21-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for allDiane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Florida: Parents and Teachers Stopped the Voucher BillKathleen McGrory of the Miami Herald shows how parents and teachers stopped the voucher bill in Florida. ““We really saw this as an attack o
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 3-21-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Florida: Parents and Teachers Stopped the Voucher BillKathleen McGrory of the Miami Herald shows how parents and teachers stopped the voucher bill in Florida. ““We really saw this as an attack on public education,” said Mindy Gould legislative affairs for the PTA. “The testing issue had become a sticking point. “John Kirtley, who h
When Data Privacy Bills Don’t Protect Privacy: A Mom Takes on NGOs, Governmental Agencies and Politicians | Missouri Education Watchdog
When Data Privacy Bills Don’t Protect Privacy: A Mom Takes on NGOs, Governmental Agencies and Politicians | Missouri Education Watchdog: When Data Privacy Bills Don’t Protect Privacy: A Mom Takes on NGOs, Governmental Agencies and PoliticiansinShareIs this what your state legislature believes when it concerns personal student data?What’s happening in Louisiana with SB449 is happening in Missouri w
3-20-14 The Answer Sheet
The Answer Sheet: A defense (of sorts) of the SATSomebody had to do it. Here’s a defense of sorts of the SAT, written by Patrick O’Connor, associate dean of college counseling at Cranbrook Kingswood School, and counselor educator at Oakland Community College. By Patrick O’Connor After College Board updated the SAT in 2005, critics called the test user unfriendly and irrelevant. The 2005 […] 5
3-21-14 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: Human Rights: The Civil Rights Issue of This GenerationBy now it is abundantly clear that the federal government plans to do nothing about enforcing the Fair Housing Act, which was passed in 1968 as a sop to those grieving the assassination of Dr. King, just as it is clear that the Feds plan to do nothing to stop funding the resegregation and cultural neutering of American minority
3-21-14 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: Influential Miami-Dade Superintendent Finds Selection of New Florida Tests “Insufficient”StateImpact reporter John O’Connor has this: Miami-Dade schools superintendent Alberto Carvalho said the process by which Florida chose a new statewide exam was ‘insufficient’ and he
3-21-14 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: What’s Wrong with Teacher Education?What’s Wrong with Teacher Education?. via What’s Wrong with Teacher Education?.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical1 by plthomasedd / 3h hide // saveYESTERDAYBill Gates’ Sobering 2009 Speech to LegislatorsOn March 13, 2014, Bill Gates had dinner with 80 senators and other elected officials. Given his keynote the following day to members
3-21-14 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): Talk about the PassionThe best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity. “The Second Coming,” William Butler Yeats All across the upstate of South Carolina recently, yard signs have been appearing: Stop Common Core (see the one held in the ph
3-21-14 empathyeducates
empathyeducates: The Science of ‘Paying It Forward’Graphic; Olimpia Zagnoli By Milena Tsvetkova and Michael Macy | Originally Published at Gray Matter. The New York times. March 14, 2014 ONE morning in December of 2012, at the drive-through window of a Tim Hortons coffee shop in Winnipeg, Manitoba, a customer paid for her order […]by empathy / 6h 3-19-14 empathyeducatesempathyeducates: Liberals an
3-21-14 Curmudgucation:
CURMUDGUCATION: You Don't KnowTesty stuff experts could discuss all of the following in scholarly type terms, and God bless them for that. But let me try to explain in more ordinary English why standardized tests must fail, have failed, will always fail. There's one simple truth that the masters of test-driven accountability must wrestle with, and yet fail to even acknowledge:It is not possible to
3-21-14 Perdido Street School Week
Perdido Street School: Cuomo Threatens De Blasio Over Charter School IssuesThe governor who claims he has nothing to do with education policy keeps getting involved in education policy: ALBANY - Gov. Cuomo is pressing Mayor de Blasio to resolve controversies over charter schools — including three lawsuits — before the state has to get involved, a source said. "The governor is urging the mayor
Five Hours of Gates-led Kindergarten Common Core MAP Tests! #TESTHearingsNow | Teachers' Letters to Bill Gates
Five Hours of Gates-led Kindergarten Common Core MAP Tests! #TESTHearingsNow | Teachers' Letters to Bill Gates: Five Hours of Gates-led Kindergarten Common Core MAP Tests! #TESTHearingsNowPosted on March 21, 2014by Teachers'LettersToBillGatesDear Bill and Melinda,You are making history, Bill and Melinda. You have now reached a new level of notoriety. You two can now be known in history books as
Budget panel sensitive to more money for common core :: SI&A Cabinet Report :: The Essential Resource for Superintendents and the Cabinet
Budget panel sensitive to more money for common core :: SI&A Cabinet Report :: The Essential Resource for Superintendents and the Cabinet: MARCH 21, 2014Budget panel sensitive to more money for common coreby Tom Chorneau(Calif.) A key legislative budget panel appeared sympatric Thursday to providing schools more funding next year to implement the Common Core State Standards.Last summer legisla
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Creepy Rauner Dems
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Creepy Rauner Dems: Creepy Rauner DemsCREEPY! Rauner DemsInteresting to see who showed up Thursday for Rauner's photo shoot of “Democrats and Independents for Rauner” besides Mrs. Rauner.Only surprise was that Bruce's buddy Rahm wasn't in this picture, even though everyone knows it should be.Interesting names on the list include:Rahm/Daley pal, billionaire James Crow
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A Kindergartner’s Nightmare | Seattle Education
A Kindergartner’s Nightmare | Seattle Education: A Kindergartner’s NightmareIs this education? Is this what we want for our children and grandchildren?Teachers have called the testing regime child abuse and here you get to read about it firsthand.A teacher’s recount of the first day of Common Core Testing as posted on the Badass Teachers (BATS) Facebook page:“I’m aiming for the short version here.
Lauren Anderson: Grit, Galton and Eugenics - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher
Lauren Anderson: Grit, Galton and Eugenics - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher: Lauren Anderson: Grit, Galton and EugenicsBy Anthony Cody on March 21, 2014 1:24 AMGuest post by Lauren Anderson.Last September, a headline caught my attention: "MacArthur Foundation announces 24 fellows."[1] In an historical moment characterized by heated debate about education research and reform,
American Schools Are STILL Racist, Government Report Finds
American Schools Are STILL Racist, Government Report Finds: American Schools Are STILL Racist, Government Report FindsPosted: 03/21/2014 12:01 am EDT Updated: 03/21/2014 12:59 am EDTPublic school students of color get more punishment and less access to veteran teachers than their white peers, according to surveys released Friday by the U.S. Education Department that include data from every U.S. sc
Bill Gates’ Sobering 2009 Speech to Legislators | deutsch29
Bill Gates’ Sobering 2009 Speech to Legislators | deutsch29: Bill Gates’ Sobering 2009 Speech to LegislatorsMarch 20, 2014On March 13, 2014, Bill Gates had dinner with 80 senators and other elected officials. Given his keynote the following day to members of the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS), make no mistake that Gates used his time with the senators and other officials
Teachers: You Are The Target Under Common Core - Girard At Large
Teachers: You Are The Target Under Common Core - Girard At Large: Teachers: You Are The Target Under Common CoreCategories: Oh My BLOG!In New Hampshire, the Department of Eduction will try to avoid the subject of tying a teacher’s evaluation to the Smarter Balanced Assessment (SBAC) by saying, this only applies to schools that receive Title 1 funding. That means many teachers in NH will be subjec
Marie Corfield: Rally for NJ Public Education Part 2: Stop Bashing Teachers!
Marie Corfield: Rally for NJ Public Education Part 2: Stop Bashing Teachers!: Rally for NJ Public Education Part 2: Stop Bashing Teachers!Is it just me, or is everything marketed as ‘sexy’ these days? Almost every bride on every bridal reality show (Ok, I admit it, I watch them all!) wants to look sexy. (Whatever happened to classy?) Cell phones, computers, paint colors, guns, food, tools, toothpa
Race to lead L.A. teachers union headed to runoff - latimes.com
Race to lead L.A. teachers union headed to runoff - latimes.com: Race to lead L.A. teachers union headed to runoffComments0EmailShare43Warren Fletcher, right, is president of United Teachers-Los Angeles. Above, he speaks during a candidates forum in Boyle Heights. (Katie Falkenberg / Los Angeles Times / March 4, 2014)By Howard BlumeMarch 20, 2014, 4:25 p.m.The contest to head the nation's second-l
Vergara trial: Stanford education reseacher defends California teacher dismissal system | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC
Vergara trial: Stanford education reseacher defends California teacher dismissal system | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC: Vergara trial: Stanford education reseacher defends California teacher dismissal systemAdolfo Guzman-Lopez | March 20th, 2014, 4:17pmRebecca Hill/KPCCA Stanford education researcher testified Thursday that the existing teacher dismissal system already works swiftly in a well-managed s
Nite Cap 3-20-14 #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 CAPCommunity Forum on the CORE Waiver's Urges Public Action | The Sacramento Coalition to Save Public EducationCommunity Forum on the CORE Waiver's Urges Public Action | The Sacramento Coalition to Save Public Education: Community Forum on the CORE
