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6-22-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Five Useful Ed Tech Articles & PostsHere are some recent useful pieces on ed tech-related issues: From Apple II to Touchcast, the evolution of computers in the classroom is from The Washington Post. I’m adding it to The Best Sites For Learning About The History Of Technology. Via Tablet or Smartphone, Learning With MOOC
by mike simpson / 9min 
6-22-14 Curmudgucation
CURMUDGUCATION: Whole Brain TeachingI had put this out of my whole brain until Diane Ravitch posted a clip this morning from Nashville Prep. Here's the clip:This looks to be an application of Whole Brain Teaching, sometimes called Power Teaching, a techniques that seems to be the brain child of Chris Biffle Biffle is no slacker; he's published an assortment of books with legit publishers, and his
by mike simpson / 18min 
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 6-22-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: EduShyster Interviews Jose Luis Vilson about His New BookEduShyster interviewed Jose Luis Vilson, New York City teacher and blogger, about his new book, “This Is Not a Test.” Vilson has woven together the story of his own life with narratives about his students and classroom experiences. My impression, when I read his book, is that
by mike simpson / 20min 
6-22-14 the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness (the public and scholarly writing by P. L. Thomas, Furman University)
the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness (the public and scholarly writing by P. L. Thomas, Furman University): Debating the Gates Moratorium, Or Life among the RoadbuildersAs a lifelong fan of science fiction (SF), I want to start by invoking a SF convention that never gets old: time travel (but I’ll spare you the whirlwind prestidigitation mastered by Kurt Vonnegut, who married
by mike simpson / 23min 
6-22-14 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: Regents GradingBleary-eyed teachers in different places around the city are grading Regents exams this weekend - including this bleary-eyed teacher at Perdido Street School.That so much is riding for students, teachers and schools on a grading process that has exhausted teachers working through the day, then grading at night and on weekends, really ought to trouble any fair
by mike simpson / 25min 
6-22-14 Ed Notes Online Week
Ed Notes Online: Johannah Chase, Farina Choice for Special Ed: Kipper and TFAPeople are saying "same old, same old" -- keeping the old BloomKlein crowd around - people who defended some of the most horrific policies we've seen. Do they mean to say there is not one NYC current or former special ed teacher or supervisor qualified for this job? It really is a slap in the face of every speci
by mike simpson / 28min 
6-22-14 Fred All Week 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.: Ken Previti. The sanctity of contracts in a capitalist society – but not for teachers. The recently signed 75 year contract for a parking meter “concession agreement” is sacred.- Ken Previti is a retired teacher, activist and blogger living in Florida. Reclaim Reform can be found here. $6.50 per hour
by mike simpson / 31min 
All Week 6-22-14 @ THE CHALK FACE
@ THE CHALK FACE: Sgt. Bowe BergdahlOriginally posted on Bill Ayers:My brother Rick was one of the heroes of the American war against Viet Nam—he helped to organize and articulate war resistance in his unit, refused to kill people or to be killed in pursuit of the rulers’ imperial dreams, and deserted the US Army, spending the next decade on…by Michael Paul Gold... / 16min  All Week 6-21-14 @ THE
by mike simpson / 35min 
6-22-14 Wait What? - Jonathan Pelto: Gubernatorial Candidate and A Really Nice Guy
Wait What?: Wait What? All WeekFinally, an opportunity to speak to union membersAfter being shut out from speaking to the members of the American Federation of Teachers’ endorsing committee and the AFL-CIO delegates charged with selecting a candidate for endorsement, the Connecticut Working Families Party was kind enough to adhere to the fundamental principle of democracy and fairness and allow me
by mike simpson / 39min 
6-22-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum Week
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Mythbusters: Seattle can't keep a superintendentOnce again Seattle is looking to hire a schools' superintendent, just two years after hiring the current one. So you're going to read and hear a lot of people saying stuff like "What the heck is wrong with Seattle that it can't keep a superintendent? There must be something wrong with that school district/school
by mike simpson / 41min 
Louisiana Educator: The Real Experts on the Common Core
Louisiana Educator: The Real Experts on the Common Core: The Real Experts on the Common CoreThe following is a letter by three Louisiana teachers giving their opinion about the Common Core Standards. I believe this letter accurately reflects the view of many teachers across the state. In February of this year I conducted an opinion poll on Common Core using this blog which you mayview by clicking
by mike simpson / 44min 

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Lesser of Two Evils for Education: FL Lunacy | Reclaim Reform
Lesser of Two Evils for Education: FL Lunacy | Reclaim Reform: Lesser of Two Evils for Education: FL LunacyPosted on June 21, 2014by Ken PrevitiChoose the lesser of two evils for education?In Florida, both candidates for governor are definitely evils who are known for being part of the corporate dismantling public education. As a matter of fact, the Republican incumbent, Rick Scott, was not part o
by mike simpson / 9h 
Nite Cap 6-21-14 #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 CAPWho Should Go, the Public Education Privatizers or the Teachers? You be the Judge - Perdaily.comWho Should Go, the Public Education Privatizers or the Teachers? You be the Judge Big money, Edvoice, Privatization scams, AB215 and Vergara invoking
by mike simpson / 15h 
Who Should Go, the Public Education Privatizers or the Teachers? You be the Judge - Perdaily.com
Who Should Go, the Public Education Privatizers or the Teachers? You be the Judge Big money, Edvoice, Privatization scams, AB215 and Vergara invoking misassignment problems supposedly addressed in the Williams settlement. By Kathleen Carroll - Perdaily.com: Who Should Go, the Public Education Privatizers or the Teachers? You be the Judge Big money, Edvoice, Privatization scams, AB215 and Vergara i
by mike simpson / 15h 
New York Badass Teachers Association Press Release - Badass Teachers Association
Badass Teachers Association: New York Badass Teachers AssociationPress ReleaseFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  June 21, 2014More Information Contact:Mark Naison, Co-founder  BATsMarla Kilfoyle, General Manager, BATscontact.batmanager@gmail.comBadass Teachers Association -  http://www.badassteacher.org/The New York Badass Teachers Association (BATs), an activist organization of over 2000 educators, are rele
by mike simpson / 17h 
Democrats Reap $91,000 From Charter Schools Advocate And His Family - Courant.com
Democrats Reap $91,000 From Charter Schools Advocate And His Family - Courant.com: Democrats Reap $91,000 From Charter Schools Advocate And His FamilyComments1EmailShare7Jon LenderGovernment Watch2:17 p.m. EDT, June 21, 2014There may be no better illustration of state Democrats' massive fundraising efforts in Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's re-election year than the political donations of Jonathan Sackler
by mike simpson / 17h 
D.C. halting key Michelle Rhee reform - Salon.com
D.C. halting key Michelle Rhee reform - Salon.com: D.C. halting key Michelle Rhee reformOne of the first U.S. cities to judge teachers off of student test scores is now putting the practice on holdWashington, D.C., chancellor Kaya Henderson announced on Thursday that the city’s public schools would at least temporarily stop evaluating teachers based off of student test scores, a move Henderson des
by mike simpson / 17h 
LAUSD Superintendent John Deasy: "3 LAUSD teachers should have been fired without a hassle" - Perdaily.com
LAUSD Superintendent John Deasy: "3 LAUSD teachers should have been fired without a hassle" - Perdaily.com: LAUSD Superintendent John Deasy: "3 LAUSD teachers should have been fired without a hassle"(Mensaje se repite en Español)I would agree with Superintendent Deasy that it shouldn't take years to get rid of the few dangerous and incompetent teachers. However, it is LAUSD tha
by mike simpson / 18h 
Transcript of Gates’ March 2014 Washington Post Interview | deutsch29
Transcript of Gates’ March 2014 Washington Post Interview | deutsch29: Transcript of Gates’ March 2014 Washington Post InterviewJune 21, 2014On June 7, 2014, Washington Post reporter Lyndsey Layton published a blockbuster article largely based on a 28-minute interview she had with Gates following his keynote speech at the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards’ (NBPTS) Teaching and Lea
by mike simpson / 21h 
CERESTA SMITH For NEA Executive Committee - Badass Teachers Association
Badass Teachers Association: CERESTA SMITH For NEA Executive Committee Defend the Right to Public Education for ALL Students! Stop the Privatization of Public Education! Build the New Social Justice Labor Movement! I have been on the forefront of organizing on the community level to fight for and to protect public education, and while out there I discovered that as we struggle to provide quality p
by mike simpson / 22h 
2nd Banana 6-21-14 Recap of Last Week's Best Post #EDchat #EDreform #RealEdTalk #p2
BIG EDUCATION APE 2ND BANANARECAP OF LAST WEEK'S BEST POST Pedro Noguera: In Defense of Teacher Tenure - WSJPedro Noguera: In Defense of Teacher Tenure - WSJ: Email Print 108 Comments Facebook Twitter Google+ LinkedInsmaller  LargerBy PEDRO A. NOGUERAJune 18, 2014 7:42 p.m. ETLast week, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Rolf Treu struck down California's teacher-tenure law in Vergara v. State of Ca
by mike simpson / 22h 
Does this History Lesson Promote Illiberalism? | Missouri Education Watchdog
Does this History Lesson Promote Illiberalism? | Missouri Education Watchdog: Does this History Lesson Promote Illiberalism?inShareWhat is “illiberalism”?  It can be defined as narrow-minded, prejudiced, intolerant.  How is this applied in political discourse and defining others for their political views?  From Intolerance as Illiberalism:We live in intolerant times. A former Secretary of State is
by mike simpson / 22h 
Is a High Stakes Moratorium Worth Embracing? - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher
Is a High Stakes Moratorium Worth Embracing? - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher: Is a High Stakes Moratorium Worth Embracing?By Anthony Cody on June 21, 2014 10:43 AMYesterday I carried a guest post by John Thompson which suggested we ought to accept as an olive branch the recent concession by the Gates Foundation, which hascalled for a two year moratorium on high stakes consequences fo
by mike simpson / 22h 
Morning Wink 6-21-14 AM Posts #edchat #edreform
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK  AM POSTSNYC Educator: Alert: $1,000 Signing Bonuses and Delays in Teacher Taste-Testing of Rotten Common-Core PieNYC Educator: Alert: $1,000 Signing Bonuses and Delays in Teacher Taste-Testing of Rotten Common-Core Pie: Alert: $1,000 Signing Bonuses and Delays in Teacher Taste-Testing of Rotten Common-Core PieI received two e-mails from UFT President Mulgrew yeste
by mike simpson / 23h 



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6-22-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL

Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL:







Around The Web In ESL/EFL/ELL
I’ve started a somewhat regular feature where I share a few posts and resources from around the Web related to ESL/EFL or to language in general that have caught my attention: Welcome.us invites people to share their immigration stories and to celebrate June as Immigrant Heritage Month: I’m adding the link and video to The Best Sites For Learning About Immigration In The United States. David Pe
by Larry Ferlazzo / 12min 
Sunday’s New World Cup Resources
Here are today’s additions to The Best Sites For Learning About The 2014 World Cup In Brazil: Let The Commercials Explain World Cup Passion is from NPR. The Clubs That Connect The World Cup is a NY Times interactive. Watch the Most Beautiful Free Kicks in World Cup History is from Slate. How We Play The Game is another neat interactive from the NY Times. What language does soccer speak? is from A
by Larry Ferlazzo / 12min 


The Best and Worst Education News of 2014 — So Far
I always do a year-end “Best & Worst” round-up of ed news, and I also often do a preliminary mid-year summary. June is a good time for it, and here it is — not ranking in any order…. I hope readers will let me know if they agree or disagree, and also share what they think I missed. You might also be interested in lists from previous years: Best and worst education news of 2013 The best — and
by Larry Ferlazzo / 21min 


Five Useful Ed Tech Articles & Posts
Here are some recent useful pieces on ed tech-related issues: From Apple II to Touchcast, the evolution of computers in the classroom is from The Washington Post. I’m adding it to The Best Sites For Learning About The History Of Technology. Via Tablet or Smartphone, Learning With MOOCs is from The New York Times. I’m adding it to The Best Posts & Articles On MOOC’s — Help Me Find More. Three
by Larry Ferlazzo / 5min 


Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Week… 6-21-14 …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EF
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFLLARRY FERLAZZO’S WEBSITES OF THE DAYResearch Studies Of The WeekI often write about research studies from various fields and how they can be applied to the classroom. I write individual posts about ones that I think are especially significant, and will continue to do so. However, so many studies are published that it’s hard t
by mike simpson / 9h 
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6-22-14 Curmudgucation

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Dancing into the Apocalypse
I'm writing this now so that I can read it to myself when the first day of school rolls around. Sometimes you have to be your own motivational speaker at the start of the new year.Why the World of Public Education Has Never Been Worse, and Why I'm Excited To Be a Teacher AnywayHow Bad Is It? It is almost breathtaking to step back and try to take in the wide array of forces lined up against the gre
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Whole Brain Teaching
I had put this out of my whole brain until Diane Ravitch posted a clip this morning from Nashville Prep. Here's the clip:This looks to be an application of Whole Brain Teaching, sometimes called Power Teaching, a techniques that seems to be the brain child of Chris Biffle Biffle is no slacker; he's published an assortment of books with legit publishers, and his Whole Brain empire boasts a pretty w
1 by Peter Greene / 2min 


6-21-14 Curmudgucation Week
CURMUDGUCATION:Curmudgucation WeekUPenn Offers Degree in Soulless ProfiteeringThe University of Pennsylvania has decided that the only thing the world needs more than educational profiteers looking to make a buck in the ed biz is educational profiteers with a Masters degree.At EdTech Times, Michelle Harven reports, "Education and entrepreneurship is the modern match, and the evidence of a new
by mike simpson / 8h 


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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 6-22-14 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all

Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all:







Jonathan Pelto Running for Governor of Connecticut, Speaks to Working Families Party
Jonathan Pelto supported Dannell Malloy in the last election,but is now running against him as a third-party candidate. Pelto was not invited to address either the AFT or the AFL-CIO, but finally got his chance to speak to the Working Families Party. Will WFP in Connecticut follow the example of its counterpart in New York, which toyed with a progressive candidate but then endorsed Governor Cuom
2 by dianeravitch / 2h 

Gary Rubinstein: How “Reformers” Responded to Vergara, Gates’ Moratorium on VAM
Gary Rubinstein wondered how the “reform” sector reacted to the two big events of the past two weeks: the Vergara decision and the Gates Foundation’s advice to suspend test-based evaluations for teachers for two years. Reformers like Arne Duncan, StudentsFirst, and The New Teacher Project were delighted by the Vergara decision, which strikes at job protections for veteran teachers (more openings f
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Arizona School Chief Admits Posting Anonymous Internet Comments
John Huppenthal, state school superintendent in Arizona, admitted that he had posted many comments on conservative blogs using a pseudonym. Some of his comments were inflammatory. “He likened welfare recipients to “lazy pigs.” “He blamed the Great Depression on Franklin D. Roosevelt and said FDR’s economic policies gave rise to Hitler. “He said Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger was respon
6 by dianeravitch / 42min 


Tulane Professor: Néw Orleans Choice Experiment Failed
J. Celeste Lay, a professor of political science at Tulane University, reviewed the results of the Recovery School District—which replaced all public schools with privately-managed charter schools—and concluded that the story of “the Néw Orleans miracle” is a Big Lie. She writes: “The Louisiana Department of Education’s recent release of the results of the LEAP and iLEAP testing is incontroverti
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Stanton Lawrence: How Missouri Killed the Normandy School District
Sixty years after the landmark Brown decision, school segregation is on the rise. The nation prefers to mark the anniversary of the decision every ten years but to neglect its promise to end racial segregation. One of the most egregious examples of malign neglect occurred recently in the Normandy school district in Missouri. That district had been a high-achieving all-white district in the 1950s.
by dianeravitch / 6min 


EduShyster Interviews Jose Luis Vilson about His New Book
EduShyster interviewed Jose Luis Vilson, New York City teacher and blogger, about his new book, “This Is Not a Test.” Vilson has woven together the story of his own life with narratives about his students and classroom experiences. My impression, when I read his book, is that he has a fresh voice, a style all his own, and a compelling way of bringing together issues and personal stories. In resp
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The Secrets of Success at Nashville Prep?
Nashville Prep boasts some of the highest test scores in Tennessee.   Its singular goal is college preparation.   Fortunately, we can see what the school considers good instruction by looking at a video that is posted on its website.   It is called “6 Minutes with Ms. McDonalds’ 5th Grade Social Studies Class.”   Watch it and decide for yourself. Are these students being prepared to be successfu
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Paul Thomas: How Allegory Teaches Us Life Lessons
Paul,Thomas writes here about what we learn from fiction–some fiction–about life. Why do we keep reading George Orwell’s “1984″ or Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible”? They teach us important life lessons, which we value. In this post, he writes about other books, books that teach us lessons about scarcity and about our willingness to accept harsh conditions as inevitable. This is the book he explore
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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH ALL WEEK LONG Diane Ravitch's blog 6-21-14 #thankateacher #EDCHAT #P2
Diane Ravitch's blogLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH ALL WEEK LONGDIANE RAVITCH'S BLOGRobert Reich: The Three Biggest Right-Wing Lies About PovertyA coalition of billionaires, millionaires, corporations, and hedge fund managers have decided that the best way to cure poverty is to fire teachers whose students don’t get higher test scores. This coalition–whose leaders include Arne Duncan, Michelle Rhee, ALEC
by mike simpson / 9h 


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