Sunday, May 28, 2017

‘I’m sorry it’s come to this’: Why Oklahoma’s 2016 Teacher of the Year is moving to Texas to work - The Washington Post

‘I’m sorry it’s come to this’: Why Oklahoma’s 2016 Teacher of the Year is moving to Texas to work - The Washington Post:

‘I’m sorry it’s come to this’: Why Oklahoma’s 2016 Teacher of the Year is moving to Texas to work

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Shawn Sheehan is a teacher of special education at Norman High School in Norman, Okla., and he was the 2016 Oklahoma Teacher of the Year, as well as a finalist for National Teacher of the Year. Sheehan has been teaching for more than five years, an active member of a profession that he had not expected to join.

Sheehan comes from a military family, and when he was in college, he decided to follow his father into the Air Force. A month before he was commissioned, he was found to have a kidney-related illness that disqualified him. Though he recovered, he was still thought to be too much of a risk and was refused again. In his biography for the Teacher of the Year program, he wrote, “I was heartbroken that I couldn’t serve my country and uncertain of what to do with my life.”

But he found a new purpose. During the summer and in after-school programs, Sheehan had worked with students with disabilities and coached Special Olympics teams. He realized that he could serve his country in a different way — and he became a teacher.

Now he says he can’t think of doing anything else — except not in Oklahoma. Sheehan and his wife, Kaysi Sullivent Sheehan, have accepted teaching jobs in Texas, where salaries for educators are higher. In this post, a version of one he published on his blog and gave me permission to republish, he explains why he and his family are moving and how hard it was to make the decision. He has been weighing the decision publicly on his blog. You can read, for example, this post, “All I Want for Christmas is a Reason to Keep Teaching in Oklahoma. He didn’t find it.

According to a report by the National Education Association this month, the average public school teacher salary in 2016 was $58,353. Oklahoma was ranked 49 out of 50 states and the District of Columbia, with an average salary of $45,276. The top average salary was in New York, at $79,152. And Oklahoma ranked 44th in expenditures for public K-12 students per student in average daily attendance.

My Post colleague Emma Brown wrote a story about the financial difficulties facing public ‘I’m sorry it’s come to this’: Why Oklahoma’s 2016 Teacher of the Year is moving to Texas to work - The Washington Post:

Teacher-Leaders - Dare to Make the World a Better Place?

Teacher-Leaders - Dare to Make the World a Better Place?:

Teacher-Leaders - Dare to Make the World a Better Place?

Pleas e join Internet radio host Dr. James Avington Miller Jr. for the final show in our Teacher Appreciation Month series.

Last week our show was about teachers as leaders and as warriors. This week's show will continue from where Dr. Miller left off last week.

Where will we get a new generation of teacher warriors who will work together to make a better world? How can we inspire current teachers to lead and fight for the teaching profession as a force for the good of humanuty? How can we grow teachers who will teach and lead for justice, equity, and excellence for all children?

Dr. Miller will suggest ideas for trying go grow our own future teachers from today's high school students and from oiur college students. We can grow our own teachers as social justices leaders. It is not too late to grow leaders from our school communities.

Teachers should and can be the leaders and warriors for all of humanity. Together we can make the world a better place.

Knowledge is power !

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RESISTANCE IS NOT FUTILE
RESISTANCE IS THE HIGHEST FORM OF EXPRESSION OF DEMOCRACY
RESISTANCE IS SURVIVAL

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CURMUDGUCATION: Politics vs. Ed Reform

CURMUDGUCATION: Politics vs. Ed Reform:
Politics vs. Ed Reform

Derrell Bradford is the head of NYCAN (and some other CANs too), one of the reformy arms of 50CAN, a reliably reformy group. He turns up in many of the usual reformy places, including Campbell Brown's the74 site, where he recently wrapped up a three-part series about the state of the reform movement, adapted from his speech at the Yale School of Management’s Education Leadership Conference in April. It's the third piece that I found most interesting; in it, he addresses the growing partisan problems that the reform movement has faced ever since Donald Trump became President.

I know what I think I see-- reformsters who self-identified as Democrats faced a challenge in a President whose politics they opposed, but whose policies were pretty much in line with what they've been advocating all along. But I'm curious about how they see it, and Bradford has always been an articulate advocate for the reformy world.

Party allegiance is the new litmus test not just for political philosophy, but for personal belief and social inclusion. Answering the wrong way on the wrong question not just on reform — but on anything — carries the weight of possible ostracism from both the left and the right.

Agreed. In fact, that fits the trend I've seen presented that we are entering an era of "tribal CURMUDGUCATION: Politics vs. Ed Reform:

Sleight of Hand, Slate? – Wrench in the Gears

Sleight of Hand, Slate? – Wrench in the Gears:

Sleight of Hand, Slate?

Over the past few days, my social media feed has been buzzing about Slate’s “The Big Shortcut.” The eight-part series, developed in coordination with Columbia Graduate School of Journalism’s The Teacher Project, explores “the exponential rise in online learning for high school students who have failed traditional classes.” Many of us have been working hard to sound the alarm about online education undermining teaching as an inherently human, relationship-driven endeavor and to draw attention to negative impacts of digital curriculum on student health and emotional well being. So to have our concerns seemingly validated by not just one article but by EIGHT was initially refreshing; that is until I read the whole series. Once I finished the last article, I was left scratching my head.

Why would Slate and The Teacher Project expend significant resources to discuss one VERY narrow aspect of online education, namely credit recovery? Certainly it’s an egregious practice, but given the rise of personalized “blended/hybrid” online learning that is overtaking regular classrooms, why choose to expend ALL their energy exhausting that topic while remaining silent on so many others? There are millions of students today enrolled in regular bricks and mortar neighborhood schools who are taking one or more online classes as a regular part of their curriculum. In fact, some states actually require students to take an online course in order to graduate. These are not credit-recovery courses. Austerity budgeting, teacher shortages and ever-more rigorous graduation requirements are increasingly pressuring districts to delegate core instruction to the cyber-sphere. Everyone is expected to do more with less—less money, less time, fewer human bodies; and with this disaster by design, digital curriculum becomes a convenient, but ultimately dangerous, remedy. Readers should take note that in this 8-part series, discussion of non-credit recovery cyber instruction, blended-hybrid-personalized learning and flipped classrooms is conspicuously absent.

As Slate focuses our attention on credit-recovery, you might ask what are Sleight of Hand, Slate? – Wrench in the Gears:

5 End of the Year Classroom Management Tips - Teacher Habits

5 End of the Year Classroom Management Tips - Teacher Habits:

5 End of the Year Classroom Management Tips

One of my favorite education blogs is Michael Linsin’s Smart Classroom Management. Yesterday, he published a post titled, “How to Avoid Losing Control the Final Days of the School Year.” Like always, he offers solid advice, but his tips are somewhat general (possibly because he does a better job of writing for the entire spectrum of K-12 teachers than I do). Michael’s post made me think about some of the specific things I do to keep a handle on student behavior during the last few weeks of the year.

Less Me. More Them.

For the most part, my students like me. They respect me. They say nice things, make an occasional card for my bulletin board, and tell me they’ll miss me next year. That doesn’t mean they want to listen to me anymore. It’s a long year, and my students are sick and tired of my voice. I don’t blame them. I’m tired of me, too. Since I know listening is a challenge for them this time of year, I talk a lot less. Instead of spoken directions, I write them on the board or in Google Classroom. Instead of delivering lectures, I assign text. Rather than teach a particular math strategy, I show a video of someone else teaching it. Mostly, I try to keep them busy with work instead of asking them to listen to me.

Give In

Talking tends to go off the charts this time of year. Instead of fighting it by making students listen to me or by asking students to work quietly at their desks, I allow them to work with partners or in small groups on nearly every assignment. Since they’re going to talk anyway, give them something academic to talk about. I also require a certain amount of the work to be finished before I give the class a break. As I wrote in this post, I give my students five-minute breaks throughout the day when they can pretty much do what they want. But at the end of the year, some kids don’t want to work. So I set a timer for all to see and tell them that if their group doesn’t have x amount of work done when the timer goes off, we’ll skip the break, and I’ll provide more time to get the work done instead.

Recommit to the Rules

The embarrassing truth is that student behavior slips at the end of the year because I have allowed it to. While the same rules are still hanging 5 End of the Year Classroom

CURMUDGUCATION: ICYMI: Memorial Day Weekend Edition + Catch up with CURMUDGUCATION

CURMUDGUCATION: ICYMI: Memorial Day Weekend Edition (5/28):

ICYMI: Memorial Day Weekend Edition

The best read of the week was actually an eight-part series at Slate about cyber schooling, and that's so important that I gave it its own post. So if you haven't caught that yet, you can find the posts laid out here.

And for reasons to cast a careful eye on that series, read this piece from Wrench in the Gears.

In the meantime, here's the rest of your reading selections. Remember to post, tweet, promote and otherwise amplify the work of the writers you support. It's a way that everyone can help shape the conversation.

Trump Budget Would Abandon Public Education for Private Choice

How the Trump/DeVos education program looks to a law professor (spoiler alert: not good).

Five Startling Things Betsy DeVos Just Told Congress

There was a lot to process in the DeVos testimony at the top of the week. Here Valerie Strauss lays out the five most striking things that came out of DeVos's mouth.

Who Is Behind the Assault on Public Schools

Howard Ryan at the independent Socialist magazine takes a look at what, exactly, has been driving the assault on public education.

Don't Like Betsy DeVos? Blame the Democrats.

Diane Ravitch in the New Republic with a little history lesson to remind us how Democrats bear some of the blame for Betsy DeVos and her policies.

Why Do Billionaires Care So Much About Charter Schools

Harold Meyerson in the LA Times talking about why folks like Eli Broad just have to get their fingers in the charter pie. You have to love a piece that ends with this line:

Pure of heart though some of them may be, the charter billionaires have settled on a diagnosis, and a cure, that focuses on the deficiencies of the system’s victims, not the system itself. How very comforting for them.

Personalized Learning Pathways and the Gig Economy

How not really getting an education dovetails nicely with growing up to not really get a job.

What Betsy DeVos Calls Education Transformation Is Actually Public Theft

Jeff Bryant walks us through what DeVos is actually telling us, and what's she's telling us is that she's going to turn education over to privateers.

The TFA Top-Ten Listers: Where Are They Now?

Remember when ten TFA-ers went on Letterman to say why they became a teacher? That was four years ago. Gery Rubinstein checked to see how their teaching careers are coming along.

The Facts about Charter School Finances in Camden, NJ

Jersey Jazzman is actually continuing his series about how University of Arkansas screwed up its study, but this segment also has some larger implications.

The New York Times on the "Little-Known Statistician" Who Passed

Audrey Amslein-Beardsley on the passing of William Sanders, the inventor of VAAS.

Screw-U

Betsy DeVos has brought Robert Eitel in to "right-size" the Department of Education. His previous experience is running a fraudulent for-profit university. Jennifer Berkshire and Christopher Crowley look at all the bad signs here.

Death by a Thousand Retirements

Marie Corfield passes on her speech from a retirement dinner that saw 800 years of educational experience head out the door.

I Am Done-- I Hope Public Education Is Not

Thomas Ultican, friend of this blog, is retiring, and he offers some reflections on what he's been through in his career.

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The Sunday Times. | Fred Klonsky

The Sunday Times. | Fred Klonsky:

The Sunday Times.

While thousands from every part of the world rallied to the call of the Communist International to form an International Brigade to confront with arms the fascist threat, the solidarity movement everywhere took practical shape.
Banners for Spain, Fighting the Spanish Civil War in London shows in public, for the first time in decades, banners produced by the Hammersmith Communist Party to aid Spain.

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The first center devoted to victims of police torture opened its doors in Chicago Friday. Chicago Torture Justice Center is in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood and is the first center of its kind in the country.

The idea is to cater to the specific needs of victims of police torture. The center offers everything from therapy to counseling and educational resources. Many who come to the center for help were victims of disgraced Chicago police commander John Burge. And they say this is necessary to help them get some part of their lives back.

The center is funded largely by private donations along with the Chicago Public Health Department. WGN

The Beleaguered Tenants of Kushnerville.

That February, Lennettea filed a written court notice explaining that her mother, who was dying of pancreatic cancer, was “in terminal hospice care and is not eligible to work.” She added by way of supporting evidence a letter from the hospice provider to Joan Beverly’s bank, explaining her and her husband’s late mortgage payments on their The Sunday Times. | Fred Klonsky:

Want an Authentic Teaching Degree Without Working for It? | deutsch29

Want an Authentic Teaching Degree Without Working for It? | deutsch29:
Want an Authentic Teaching Degree Without Working for It?

In reading about teacher ed scams, I came across an interesting website:

universitydegree.education

This website purports to deliver authentic degrees to individuals who want a “real accredited degree” without the bothersome task of actually earning it.

I read a couple of the website pages and noticed a number of typos and other errors. Not encouraging. (The types of errors make me think that the English is that of a non-native individual(s).)

I also noticed that even as the site specializes in fraudulent credentialing, it strokes the egos of those who would fake an education that they do not possess.

All of this for a fee, of course.

From the universitydegree.education home page:

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Our goal is to specifically let you buy a degree online at a very affordable price and in a shorter period of time.

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Our mission is to partner with educational institutions and help degree seekers attain their needs such as to buy a degree online.

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In less than 5 days you will get a real accredited and verifiable degree, without stepping foot into a classroom or doing any kind of coursework or exams! …

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Badass Teachers Association: Tonight I Saw America. by Mamma Brown's Blog

Badass Teachers Association: Tonight I Saw America. by Mamma Brown's Blog:

Tonight I Saw America.

by Mamma Brown's Blog

Originally posted at: https://medium.com/march-for-public-education/tonight-i-saw-america-1ed831b790d3

Colleagues huddle over white sheets, names neatly typed, organized in order of appearance. We, the teachers, wearing our “better” clothes, with makeup freshly applied, smile. We are happy tonight as we celebrate both the foreign and the familiar names. These names belong to students who have excelled in subjects like Business, Science, History, Foreign Language, English, Geometry, and Algebra — the subjects in which we attempt to breathe life into every academic day. These names represent our collective efforts and fulfill our aspirations we hold every September — that our students will learn, grow, and flourish.

The audience is filled with parents who proudly rushed home from work, prepared dinner, and helped sons with their ties and daughters with their outfits. One son on the stage was born in Nepal, and now awaits his certificate of excellence in his freshly pressed suit. As I gaze out at the audience I see smiling faces of parents supporting their children. Some are holding flowers. Many families include parents, siblings, and grandparents. The applause is constant and sincere.

On the stage are many white kids born and raised in suburbia who have utilized the available resources to the best of their abilities. Many of these white suburban students have overcome obstacles and have benefitted from a standardized, stable system. Many of these white kid’s names include Italian, German, and Irish surnames — descendants from the immigrants who came to Syracuse to work in the salt works and dig the Erie Canal. I see black kids, some of whom transferred from local city schools, one of which will be graduating in three years — one year short of the norm.

She will attend Spelman College. I see brown kids, some wearing hijabsBadass Teachers Association: Tonight I Saw America. by Mamma Brown's Blog:

Saturday, May 27, 2017

Special Nite Cap: Catch Up on Today's Post 5/27/17

Special Nite Cap: Catch Up on Today's Post 5/27/17

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New Director of Audits and Investigations Division - Year 2017 (CA Dept of Education)

CURMUDGUCATION: NC: Vindictive GOP Cuts Education Just Because

by mike simpson / 43min

CURMUDGUCATION: NC: Vindictive GOP Cuts Education Just Because : NC: Vindictive GOP Cuts Education Just Because This is now two-week old news, but I swear-- in the current climate, somebody can murder a nun with his bare hands in front of a bus full of young orphans, and the outrage will die down in less than twelve hours (or be replaced by the outrage over a new awfulness). I almost passed on th

CURMUDGUCATION: What Do Charter Schools Solve

by mike simpson / 32min

CURMUDGUCATION: What Do Charter Schools Solve : What Do Charter Schools Solve The challenge-- the problem to be solved-- for public education is fairly simple: How do we provide a solid education for every child in the United States for a politically sustainable cost? (I wish the last part of the challenge wasn't there, but let's face it-- it's not like education is, say, a war in Afghanistan for

From Boom Boxes to Writing Panther History: Our Collective Soundtrack -- The Intersectional Black Panther Party History Project | NewBlackMan (in Exile)

by mike simpson / 45min

From Boom Boxes to Writing Panther History: Our Collective Soundtrack -- The Intersectional Black Panther Party History Project | NewBlackMan (in Exile) : From Boom Boxes to Writing Panther History: Our Collective Soundtrack -- The Intersectional Black Panther Party History Project From Boom Boxes to Writing Panther History: Our Collective Soundtrack b y the Intersectional Black Panther Party His

Catch up with CURMUDGUCATION

by mike simpson / 3h

CURMUDGUCATION : Catch up with CURMUDGUCATION Slate Series Unmasks Cyber School 33 by Peter Greene / 1d Slate, for whatever reason, teamed up this week with Columbia Journalism School's Teacher Project, to take a look at on line education. Much of their work is focused on on line courses as a means of credit recovery-- the quick-and-easy method of letting students replace credits for courses they

Jersey Jazzman: The Facts About Charter School Finances in Camden, NJ

by mike simpson / 3h

Jersey Jazzman: The Facts About Charter School Finances in Camden, NJ : The Facts About Charter School Finances in Camden, NJ Here's Part I of my U-Ark series . Here's Part II. This post really should be called " U-Ark Screws Up A Charter School Revenue Study, AGAIN: Part III, " as it is a follow-up to my last two posts about how the University of Arkansas Department of Education Reform messed up

Dear Phineas | Bill Ayers

by mike simpson / 4h

Dear Phineas | Bill Ayers : Dear Phineas Dear Phineas: Your letter finally reached me here in Chicago. Thank you for writing. Sounds like your eighth-grade research project is generating a lot of important thinking and insights. People often confuse pacifism with non-violent direct action or civil disobedience. Pacifism is a philosophy and a guide to living, and there’s much to admire about it. I

East Hartford School Community Refutes DeVos - Courant Community

by mike simpson / 4h

East Hartford School Community Refutes DeVos - Courant Community : East Hartford School Community Refutes DeVos The U.S. education secretary's recent recounting of the dismal education experience of a former East Hartford student aroused angry responses from the school community Friday and prompted the governor to schedule a press conference. " Betsy DeVos is using the East Hartford public school

Betsy DeVos has invested millions in this ‘brain training’ company. So I checked it out. - The Washington Post

by mike simpson / 4h

Betsy DeVos has invested millions in this ‘brain training’ company. So I checked it out. - The Washington Post : Betsy DeVos has invested millions in this ‘brain training’ company. So I checked it out. At a clinic in Florida, I found that Neurocore seems to be promising more than it can deliver. A TECHNICIAN SNAPPED a stretchy electrode cap onto my head, and I felt a cold pinch as she affixed eac

Betsy DeVos' Bad, Bad, Very Bad Week

by mike simpson / 5h

Betsy DeVos' Bad, Bad, Very Bad Week : Betsy DeVos' Bad, Bad, Very Bad Week Betsy DeVos' week went from bad to worse, reminding educators, parents, lawmakers and other public education advocates that she is willing to say anything to eliminate vital education services in pursuit of her and President Trump's number one goal: creating a national private school voucher program. In her defense of vou

Screw U – Have You Heard

by mike simpson / 5h

Screw U – Have You Heard : Screw U Screw U Screw U Go Screw U Betsy DeVos’ top advisor led a for-profit university that defrauded students and hoovered up federal student aid. Now Robert Eitel is tasked with *right-sizing* the Department of Education. What could possibly go wrong? Jennifer Berkshire : This week Betsy DeVos announced that she was tasking one of her top advisors, Robert Eitel , for

New Director of Audits and Investigations Division - Year 2017 (CA Dept of Education)

by mike simpson / 6h

New Director of Audits and Investigations Division - Year 2017 (CA Dept of Education) : State Schools Chief Tom Torlakson Appoints Kimberly Tarvin as Director of Audits and Investigations Division SACRAMENTO—State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson announced today the appointment of Kimberly Tarvin as the new Director of the Audits and Investigations Division at the California Dep

Donald Trump Be Afraid Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all

by mike simpson / 6h

Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all : Donald Trump Be Afraid Diane Ravitch's blog A site to discuss better education for all Gene V. Glass: An Ugly Look Inside a Charter School in Arizona 3 by dianeravitch / 32min Gene V. Glass, one of the nation’s most distinguished education researchers, posted a blog about the experience of parents applying to a charter school in

Marie Corfield: Public Education: Death By A Thousand Retirements

by mike simpson / 7h

Marie Corfield: Public Education: Death By A Thousand Retirements : Public Education: Death By A Thousand Retirements Retirement dinners are bittersweet. We say goodbye to those who have worked for decades, but we also lose those decades of experience. Last week I hosted my county education association's annual retirement dinner. These were my opening remarks: Tonite we are celebrating almost 800

10 Serious Issues Facing Public School Students: Where’s Betsy?

by mike simpson / 7h

10 Serious Issues Facing Public School Students: Where’s Betsy? : 10 Serious Issues Facing Public School Students: Where’s Betsy? Betsy DeVos wastes precious time on her choice initiative, ignoring the most serious problems facing our young people in public schools. At a hearing the other day, she pushed many of these problems onto the states. But I would argue that these difficulties still requi

Stability and Change in Our Environment, Organizations, and Individual Lives (Part 1) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice

by mike simpson / 7h

Stability and Change in Our Environment, Organizations, and Individual Lives (Part 1) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice : Stability and Change in Our Environment, Organizations, and Individual Lives (Part 1) Over the past few months I have posted drafts of different sections of the book on technology integration in Silicon Valley schools that I have been working on since the b

Report: Charter School Vampires Drain Traditional PA Districts Dry | gadflyonthewallblog

by mike simpson / 7h

Report: Charter School Vampires Drain Traditional PA Districts Dry | gadflyonthewallblog : Report: Charter School Vampires Drain Traditional PA Districts Dry If you ever needed proof that charter schools harm traditional public school districts, look no further. A new report by Pennsylvania’s Legislative Budget and Finance Committee concludes that these privately run but publicly financed schools

Personalized Learning Pathways & the Gig Economy | Seattle Education

by mike simpson / 7h

Personalized Learning Pathways & the Gig Economy | Seattle Education : Personalized Learning Pathways & the Gig Economy Individual learning pathways, 21st century skills, Embracing the whole child; These empowering phrases are being used to sell the public on a technology-centric, radical redesign of public education. Why? So our students will be able to keep pace in the highly competitive global

Russ on Reading: What Will We Do Without You, Jean Fritz?

by mike simpson / 7h

Russ on Reading: What Will We Do Without You, Jean Fritz? : What Will We Do Without You, Jean Fritz? Only when a book is written out of passion is there much hope of its being read with passion. - Jean Fritz I read of the passing of children's author, Jean Fritz, in the New York Times this past week. Ms. Fritz was 101 years-old, yet she died too soon because her voice is needed now more than ever

Badass Teachers Association: Governance by the Perpetually Clueless, Politics as a Comedy of Classes by Cheryl Binkley

by mike simpson / 7h

Badass Teachers Association: Governance by the Perpetually Clueless, Politics as a Comedy of Classes by Cheryl Binkley : Governance by the Perpetually Clueless, Politics as a Comedy of Classes by Cheryl Binkley Originally posted at: http://3rdmillenniumteacher.blogspot.com/2017/05/governance-by-perpetually-clueless.html Most people are familiar with Jane Austen’s Emma , even if they don’t realize

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Seattle Schools Community Forum: Hey, Big Spenders (that would be the Gates Foundation)

by mike simpson / 22h

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Hey, Big Spenders (that would be the Gates Foundation) : Hey, Big Spenders (that would be the Gates Foundation) The Gates Foundation has this notice on their grants page: Seattle Public Schools Date: April 2017 Purpose: to ensure the K-12 team’s work in equity is grounded in the real experiences of teachers, we must engage them directly in our learning Amount: $22

June 2017 ACCS Meeting Agenda - Advisory Commission on Charter Schools (CA Dept of Education)

by mike simpson / 22h

June 2017 ACCS Meeting Agenda - Advisory Commission on Charter Schools (CA Dept of Education) : June 2017 ACCS Meeting Agenda Advisory Commission on Charter Schools June 7, 2017 notice of items and attachments. ACCS Meeting Webcast MEETING NOTICE Advisory Commission on Charter Schools An Advisory Body to the State Board of Education Wednesday, June 7, 2017 9:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. ± California Depar

Special Nite Cap: Catch Up on Today's Post 5/26/17

by mike simpson / 23h

Special Nite Cap: Catch Up on Today's Post 5/26/17 Featured Post Schools Matter: The New Gold Rush by TFA in Camden Choosing Democracy: Why Do Billionaires Want Charter Schools ? by mike simpson / 7min Choosing