Engaging Parents In School… » This Week’s #PTchat On Twitter

Engaging Parents In School… » This Week’s #PTchat On Twitter:

This Week’s #PTchat On Twitter

by Larry Ferlazzo

Guest post by Joe Mazza

Image credit: http://www.educationfuture.info

This Wednesday night at 9PM EDT/6PM PST, we’ll be talking politics and the future of U.S. Education on #PTchat (Parent-Teacher Chat). Nikhil Goyal (@nikhilgoya_l), a 17 year-old student and author of One Size Does Not Fit All: A Student’s Assessment of School will answer questions and offer ideas during our chat according to his lens as a student attending today’s schools. 

During the chat, we’ll discuss current local and national education policies in place, as well as any future plans and ideas our Presidential candidates plan to implement. Greg Toppo (@gtoppo) of USA Today recently wrote an article on thediffering views on education our candidate possess. 

With the final Presidential debate in the books, Wednesday’s timely chat promises to be lively and full of perspectives from all areas of education. We encourage you to send sample questions for Nikhil to pennedtech@gmail.com by Tuesday, 10/23/12 5PM. 

New to Twitterchats?

After logging on to Twitter, visit Tweetchat and simply enter “ptchat” in the box at the top. Follow along, just watch and/or participate as you as much as you like to join others around the world in this weekly chat. We look forward to engaging your unique and important parent and/or educator perspective.

Short Notes: Inspire The Next, Recognize The Present | The Jose Vilson

Short Notes: Inspire The Next, Recognize The Present | The Jose Vilson:

Short Notes: Inspire The Next, Recognize The Present

by Jose

Malala Yousafzai

A few notes:

• Relando Thompkins interviews a few of us for his People Who Inspire Me series. Read our dialogue. [Relando Thompkins]
• Facing History wants you to nominate teachers who’ve inspired you to speak out against injustice. More details here. [GOOD Magazine]
• NYC Educator demonstrates the value of a New York (presidential) vote. We can be honest, right? [NYC Educator]

THE PERIMETER PRIMATE: J.B.'s charter schools fostering equity? Not so much.

THE PERIMETER PRIMATE: J.B.'s charter schools fostering equity? Not so much.:

J.B.'s charter schools fostering equity? Not so much.

This is an update on the tons of extra money that Jerry Brown gets for his two charter schools in Oakland. The San Francisco Chronicle previously reported about this phenomenon in July 2009. Contributions are tracked by the California Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC). A spreadsheet of contributions to Jerry Brown for 2012 is posted online (updated 8/3/2012) at www.fppc.ca.gov/cosponsor/2012-state.xls

The vast majority of contributions directed to Brown are for Oakland Military Institute (OMI) and Oakland School for the Arts (OSA).

OMI is located at 3877 Lusk Street on the campus previously occupied by Longfellow Elementary School (closed in 2004). OMI has leased this site from the Oakland Unified School District since 2007 and the lease expires June 30, 2013. A self-funded expansion on 39th Street next to OMI has recently been completed, and