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Monday, July 6, 2020

Mike Klonsky's Blog: KIPP's rebranding

Mike Klonsky's Blog: KIPP's rebranding

KIPP's rebranding



A little more than a decade ago, teacher union organizers in the midst of an organizing drive at a KIPP charter school in Brooklyn, used KIPP's slogan, "Work hard. Be Nice" against the school's anti-union leaders. They launched a national campaign urging KIPP teachers everywhere to get organized under the slogan of "Be Nice."

Now, feeling the impact of the continuing Black Lives Matter protests, as well as criticisms of sexual abuse and racism coming from within their own ranks, KIPP, one of the first "no excuses" charters, has announced they are dumping the slogan altogether. The move is in many ways, comparable to the name changes being considered under pressure, by Major League Baseball's Cleveland Indians and the NFL's Washington Red***ns. It could easily fall under the heading: Giving up a little to hold on to a lot.

But whether the superficial rebranding will mean an end to KIPP's abusive discipline practices remains to be seen. For example, they have so far failed to adequately address the allegations of sexual harassment and assault of girls of color by one of their founders, Mike Feinberg which CONTINUE READING: Mike Klonsky's Blog: KIPP's rebranding

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A VERY BUSY DAY Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... The latest news and resources in education since 2007

Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... | The latest news and resources in education since 2007



A VERY BUSY DAY
Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...
The latest news and resources in education since 2007









“A ‘Communication, Action, Reflection’ Cycle Makes a Teacher-Paraprofessional Relationship Work”
by Larry Ferlazzo / 3h
A ‘Communication, Action, Reflection’ Cycle Makes a Teacher-Paraprofessional Relationship Work is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. Three educators share ideas on how to make a teacher-paraprofessional relationship work, including through constant communication, planning, and reflection. Here are some excerpts:

YESTERDAY

The World Day against Trafficking in Persons Is On July 30th – Here Are Teaching & Learning Resources
25by Larry Ferlazzo / 10h
sammisreachers / Pixabay The United Nations has declared July 30th to be the World Day against Trafficking in Persons . You might be interested in The Best Resources For Learning About Human Trafficking Today .
New Resources On Race & Racism
by Larry Ferlazzo / 10h
Events this week have – once again – highlighted why we (and I mean us white educators) need to emphasize anti-racist education. I’m adding these new resources to various “Best” lists. You can find links to all of those many lists that relate to race and racism at “Best” Lists Of The Week: Resources For Teaching & Learning About Race & Racism: Talking About the Murder of George Floyd & the Black
Pins Of The Week
by Larry Ferlazzo / 11h
I’m fairly active on Pinterest and, in fact, have curated 22,000 resources there that I haven’t shared on this blog. I thought readers might find it useful if I began sharing a handful of my most recent “pins” each week (I’m not sure if you can see them through an RSS Reader – you might have to click through to the original post). You might also be interested in MY MOST POPULAR PINS OF 2020 – PAR
A Look Back: Study Finds Long-Term Effectiveness Of Simple Intervention Supporting First Generation College Students – Here’s How I Adapted It For High School
by Larry Ferlazzo / 11h
I thought that new – and veteran – readers might find it interesting if I began sharing my best posts from the first half of this year. You can see the entire collection of best posts from the past thirteen years here . A new follow-up study of first generation college students found that, particularly for African-Americans who had participated in the simple one-hour intervention, its effectivene
“Tips for Working With Classroom Aides”
by Larry Ferlazzo / 21h
Tips for Working With Classroom Aides is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. Four educators share tips on how teachers and paraprofessionals can work effectively together, including by maintaining regular daily communication and providing professional-development opportunities. Here are some excerpts:
New Resources On What People Are Saying About The Next School Year
20by Larry Ferlazzo / 23h
geralt / Pixabay Here are new additions to THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING WHAT SCHOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FALL : ‘How the hell are we going to do this?’ The panic over reopening schools is from Politico. Schools want to reopen safely. Without federal funds, many worry they can’t. is from 
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Sunday, July 5, 2020

CATCH UP WITH CURMUDGUCATION + ICYMI: Pet Recovery Day Edition (7/5)

CURMUDGUCATION: ICYMI: Pet Recovery Day Edition (7/5)


 Pet Recovery Day Edition

Our current dog is impervious to pretty much everything other than people on our front porch. But my previous dog spent every July 4 cowering under a shed, and every year I think of him and all the pets like him. This year, a number of things derailed our usual Fourth celebration, including the cancellation of local fireworks. But today can still be a rest and reflect opportunity. And I have things for you to read.

You know that I sometimes paraphrase these headlines, right. Here's Wesley Whistle at Forbes with the latest in DeVosian misbehavior. 

Nancy Flanagan spins off some meme wisdom.

So, NEPC wrote a study that suggests that Summit Education is big on claims, low on actual evidence. This made Summit (even though they had steadfastly stonewalled NEPC while they were trying to do the study), and they wrote a rebuttal. Now you can read NEPC's rebuttal to the rebuttal, pointing out that Summit's "defense" repeats all of the problems they were called out on in the first place.

The Grio asked a slate of writers to contribute to this list, including Andre Perry and Jitu Brown.

Along with everything else they've been up to, it turns out the department left a bunch of borrower SS numbers exposed on the web for at least six months. Yikes. From the Washington Post.  

Rick Hess (AEI) at EdWeek makes a case for renaming the schools named after Confederate heroes. 

I have shied away at ICYM from the new sub-genre of "We can't open schools but we must open schools but we can't but here's how to do what can't be done" because, as I'[ve said repeatedly, solutions will be specific and local. But this is a pretty good example in plain language, from CNN of all places.

This one, too. Jersey Jazzman lays out some of the details that crafters of these nifty plans have overlooked (because they don't nbecesarily know them to begin with).

York, PA schools are in a mess and have been for a while (extra notable because that's our governor's home town). Here the editorial board of the York Dispatch points some fingers and names some names about how this happens, and how bad it is.

This Chronotope piece from 2015 recently resurfaced and it's worth a read-- a good explanation of how devotion to data over everything else leads to things like catastrophic land wars in Asia. Lots for education to learn.

A Success Academy parent contacted Mercedes Schneider about problems with the infamous charter chain. Pushing kids out. Classroom bias. 


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Report: PA Charters Game The Special Education System. - https://www.forbes.com/sites/petergreene/2020/07/02/report-pa-charters-game-the-special-education-system/#357e420c7828 by @palan57 on @forbes

SCOTUS Just Poked Another Hole In The Wall Separating Church And State; Schools Will Suffer. - https://www.forbes.com/sites/petergreene/2020/06/30/scotus-just-poked-another-hole-in-the-wall-separating-church-and-state/#2e2e64237172 by @palan57 on @forbes

New Report: Zuckerberg’s Favorite Digital Ed Program Is All Sizzle, No Steak - https://www.forbes.com/sites/petergreene/2020/06/25/new-report-zuckerbergs-favorite-digital-ed-program-is-all-sizzle-no-steak/#248e700d6b5b by @palan57 on @forbes


Trump Comes After Public School Teachers
2Kby Peter Greene / 20h
Against every law of society and nature, our children are taught in school to hate their own country and to believe that the men and women who built it were not heroes but that were villains. One of the big pull quotes from Donald Trump's historically shallow paean to the idea of American exceptionalism on July 3rd at Mount Rushmore, an attack on public education and the teachers who work there e
Baradaran: The Neoliberal Looting of America
67by Peter Greene / 1d
Mehrsa Baradaran, who wrote The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap (a properly self-explanatory title), had a great piece this week in the New York Times-- not directly about education, but involving many points that folks in the education world will recognize. " The Neoliberal Looting of America " is behind the usual paywall, and if you have means to get past it, I recommend th
Oh Good Lord In Heaven We're Going To Mess With College Loans Again
78by Peter Greene / 2d
One hallmark of the DeVos era has been a deep devotion to debt-- specifically the debt of students who tried to go to college, and making sure that Those People don't try to wiggle out of it . She has stayed close to companies in the debt biz , a biz that she has her own ties to . All of this is why some folks have looked askance at her stated desire to shake up Federal Student Aid, the gazillion-
Betsy Devos's Happy Day
70by Peter Greene / 3d
There is plenty of joy in some Reformsterville neighborhoods these days, thanks to the not-unexpected ruling by the Supreme Court on Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue . As some education f olks have pointed out , it could have been worse. The court said that if states are going to pay for any non-public schools, they must include religious schools in the mix, which is not as bad as saying
To Everyone Who Was Never A Classroom Teacher, Re Pandemic School Openings
9Kby Peter Greene / 5d
To everyone who was never a classroom teacher but who has some ideas about how school should be reopened in the fall: Hush. Just hush. There are some special categories of life experiences. Divorce. Parenthood. Deafness. Living as a Black person in the US. Classroom teacher. They are very different experiences, but they all have on thing in common. You can read about these things. But if you haven
ICYMI: Yes, It's Still Happening Edition (6/28)
29by Peter Greene / 6d
I haven't reminded you for a while-- if you read something here that speaks to you, go to the original posting site and share that puppy. You have the power to amplify voices. Everything that ever went viral was shared one person at a time. So do your part and spread the word. An Experiment in the Socially-Distanced Classroom From the blog "Counting From Zero," some teachers head to the classroom
Florida Tightens The Public Education Noose
1Kby Peter Greene / 7d
I have run out of words for Florida. It's been a little more than a year since I dubbed them "the worst," and there really isn't anything to add to that, except of course there is. The leadership positions under Governor Ron DeSantis 
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