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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 8-18-12 Diane Ravitch's blog

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 4 minutes ago
Diane Ravitch's blog: [image: Click on picture to Listen to Diane Ravitch] CNN Interview: What They Dropped Out by dianerav I just watched my interview with Randi Kaye. I am happy to say that the editors clipped out her opening question, in which she tried to use NAEP scale scores as “grades” for the U.S., , which they are not. A scale is a trend line. It is better to see scores go up than down. The scale itself is an artificial construct (as all scales are). It is not aligned with any standards. You can’t say that a 300 is good or bad, you can only say that it is higher than 350 ... more »

‘Florida DOE Has Abdicated its Accountability Role to Pearson | Scathing Purple Musings

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 10 minutes ago
‘Florida DOE Has Abdicated its Accountability Role to Pearson | Scathing Purple Musings: ‘Florida DOE Has Abdicated its Accountability Role to Pearson by Bob Sikes Within a blistering critique of Gerard Robinson’s tenure as Florida’s education commissioner, Osceola school board member Jay Wheeler make an astonishing observation about the role that testing giant Pearson plays in Florida’s education system. Writes Wheeler in *Around Osceola:* Additionally the Florida Department of education has abdicated its role for accountability to a sole source for profit testing company for al... more »

Grumpy Educators: Florida Testing and Accountability System Creates Havoc in Private Schools

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 12 minutes ago
Grumpy Educators: Florida Testing and Accountability System Creates Havoc in Private Schools: Florida Testing and Accountability System Creates Havoc in Private Schools by Sandra The smooth system of transferring credits from private schools to public schools has apparently been eliminated. According to an email sent to Governor Scott, the Volusia County Director of Assessment informed the Trinity Christian Academy in Deltona that credit will not be given to private school students who transfer to public school for courses, such as Algebra and Biology, because the standardized end... more »

Obama Back-To-School Report Highlights Education Cuts, Teacher Layoffs

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 18 minutes ago
Obama Back-To-School Report Highlights Education Cuts, Teacher Layoffs: Obama Back-To-School Report Highlights Education Cuts, Teacher Layoffs by Joy Resmovits [image: FILE - In this Aug. 15, 2012 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks at a campaign event in Davenport, Iowa. Photo: Carolyn Kaster / AP] Hundreds of thousands of teachers have lost their jobs in recent years. And as U.S. students go back to school amid a presidential campaign with clashing budget visions, President Barack Obama is sounding the alarm. Since since the end of the recession three years ago, 300,000 edu... more »

Weekly Address: Congress Should Back Plan to Hire Teachers | The White House

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 24 minutes ago
Weekly Address: Congress Should Back Plan to Hire Teachers | The White House: Weekly Address: Congress Should Back Plan to Hire Teachers With students starting to head back to school, President Obama used this week’s address to discuss the critical role that education plays in America’s future. Nothing is more important to a child’s education than a great teacher. Unfortunately, tens of thousands of teachers will not be going back to school this year, partially because of budget cuts at the state and local level. That means more crowded classrooms, fewer kindergarten and preschoo... more »

Top Content this Week - 8-18-12 The Educator's PLN

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Top Content this Week - The Educator's PLN: 1[image: Reactive Attachment Disorder]Reactive Attachment Disorder Posted by Linda Curtis on August 12, 2012 2[image: ISTE-presentation Will Richardson]ISTE-presentation Will Richardson Added by Thomas Whitby on July 12, 2012 3[image: Motivation and Learning]Motivation and Learning Added by Adena Raub Dershowitz on July 30, 2012 4[image: SZOTER: CAPTURE AND ANNOTATE SCREENSHOTS]SZOTER: CAPTURE AND ANNOTATE SCREENSHOTS Added by Gianfranco D'Aversa on August 18, 2012 5[image: Student overload with technology]Student overload with technology Pos... more »

This Week's Answer Sheet 8-18-1212 - School Survival Guide for parents (and everyone else). - The Washington Post

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 37 minutes ago
The Answer Sheet - School Survival Guide for parents (and everyone else). - The Washington Post: [image: Answer Sheet] The big business of charter schools Valerie Strauss at The Answer Sheet - 1 day ago If you are wondering why you should add charter schools to your investment portfolios, here’s David Brain, head of a major investment concern called Entertainment Properties Trust, to tell you. This isn’t a joke. Read full article >> [image: Add to Facebook] [image: Add to Twitter] [image: Add to Reddit] [image: Add to StumbleUpon] What schools need: Vigor instead of rigor Valerie ... more »

This Week's Education Research Report 8-18-12 #SOSCHAT #EDCHAT #P2

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 39 minutes ago
Education Research Report: *THIS WEEK'S EDUCATION RESEARCH REPORT* Poor Oral Health Can Mean Missed School, Lower Grades Jonathan Kantrowitz at Education Research Report - 3 days ago Poor oral health, dental disease, and tooth pain can put kids at a serious disadvantage in school, according to a new Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC study. “The Impact of Oral Health on the Academic Performance of Disadvantaged Children,” appearing in the September 2012 issue of the American Journal of Public Health, examined nearly 1500 socioeconomically disadvantaged elementary and high school chil... more »

Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… 8-18-12 …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 44 minutes ago
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: [image: Helping Students Motivate Themselves: Practical Answers To Classroom Problems.] “Boosting Parent Engagement Before School Starts” Larry Ferlazzo at Engaging Parents In School... - 21 hours ago Boosting Parent Engagement Before School Starts is a good post over at Education Week by Michele Molnar. It’s about a project in New Haven, Connecticut. It’s: Jump starting parent engagement before the first day of school involves a get-out-the-volunteer effort that will put up to 100 two-person teams in neighbor... more »

Daily Kos: Charles Blow: "Dark Road to the White House"

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 58 minutes ago
Daily Kos: Charles Blow: "Dark Road to the White House": Charles Blow: "Dark Road to the White House" by rss@dailykos.com (teacherken) [image: Road animated gif] Shady money, voter suppression, shifting positions, murky details and widespread apathy.If there is a road map for a Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan win in November, that’s it. Distasteful all. That is how Blow begins this *New York Times* column.On the web page along side the column, one reads some fascinating statistics, dervied from a Suffolk University Poll representing 90 million adults of voting age: Unregistered, unlikely t... more »

School Tech Connect: Rahm the Dupe

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 1 hour ago
School Tech Connect: Rahm the Dupe: Rahm the Dupe by noreply@blogger.com (Tim Furman) Just a reminder.... Popout So in the intervening time, Rahm Emanuel is elected mayor. on the first ballot, and he strongly supports our proposal. Jim (Crown) *talked about that talking point that we made up and he repeated a thousand time probably on the campaign trail about Houston kids going to school four more years than Chicago kids. --- *Jonah Edelman That tape from Aspen will live in infamy. Every time I see it, I focus on something new. What's striking about this particular segment is tha... more »

New coalition plans to offer own Philly schools overhaul vision - Philly.com

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 1 hour ago
New coalition plans to offer own Philly schools overhaul vision - Philly.com: New coalition plans to offer own Philly schools overhaul vision August 17, 2012|By Kristen A. Graham, Inquirer Staff Writer - - - Share on emailShare on printShare on redditMore Sharing Services - - - - - [image: Jerry Jordan , head of the teachers' union, answers questions from reporters in front of Spring Garden Elementary School, where the coalition announced its plans. AKIRA SUWA / Staff Photographer] Jerry Jordan , head of the teachers' u... more »

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: CTU printing strike signs

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 1 hour ago
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: CTU printing strike signs: CTU printing strike signs by Mike Klonsky Nina Gapshis of Progress Printing said Friday the Bridgeport printer was busy doing a run of 20,000 to 30,000 strike signs for the CTU. The last time Progress Printing had such an order from the CTU, a long-time client, was in 1987, when teachers waged a 19-day strike, Gapshis said. According to the CTU news release, the union must “prepare its members for the worst” so it ordered the printing of “on strike’’ signs.

When Comic Journalism Meets Education Reform « Diane Ravitch's blog

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 13 hours ago
When Comic Journalism Meets Education Reform « Diane Ravitch's blog: When Comic Journalism Meets Education Reform by dianerav What do you do when you want to reach the public but you have no money and no access to the mainstream media? Here’s what: Some very brilliant educators decided to try a novel way to explain the issues to the public. They used comic journalism, a simple, direct means of communicating complex ideas. What do you think? Is it an effective medium? Pre-K Standards in Common Core by dianerav A reader does some Internet searching for pre-K standards and comments: ... more »

TO STUDENT LOAN OR NOT TO STUDENT LOAN, THAT IS THE QUESTION (A préstamo de estudiante o de no prestar ESTUDIANTE, ESA ES LA CUESTIÓN) - Perdaily.com

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 14 hours ago
TO STUDENT LOAN OR NOT TO STUDENT LOAN, THAT IS THE QUESTION (A préstamo de estudiante o de no prestar ESTUDIANTE, ESA ES LA CUESTIÓN) - Perdaily.com: TO STUDENT LOAN OR NOT TO STUDENT LOAN, THAT IS THE QUESTION (A préstamo de estudiante o de no prestar ESTUDIANTE, ESA ES LA CUESTIÓN) by Leonard Isenberg [image: Student Loan Default.jpg] *(Mensaje se repite en Español) (For a national view of public education reform see the end of this blog post) **Somebody just sent me a post about student loans and the necessity of getting a cosigner. It got me thinking about the whole issue of st... more »

UPDATE: Just back from Springfield, Illinois. Friday, August 17th, 2012. « Fred Klonsky

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 15 hours ago
Just back from Springfield. « Fred Klonsky: Springfield, Illinois. Friday, August 17th, 2012. by Fred Klonsky Just back from Springfield. by Fred Klonsky At about noon the rumor was that a deal might have been worked out to take the language of HB1447 and apply it to all the state pension systems in exchange for dropping the pension cost shift. The HB1447 language was to create a forced choice of health care for a cost of living adjustment. Originally HB1447 only applied to a certain group of state employees. Arriving home from our trip to the state capital, it now appears that t... more »

Schools Matter: Public Education Being Set on Fire

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 15 hours ago
Schools Matter: Public Education Being Set on Fire: Public Education Being Set on Fire by Judy Rabin Colleges of education can no longer hide the truth about what's in store for future public school teachers.Barbara Madeloni at UMASS Amherst led the fight against Pearson but the corporate control over schools of education continues. Who will want to teach in the new Walmart version of education? A Student and Future Teacher’s Voice about “Teachers Rock” POSTED BY STEPHRRIVERA ⋅ AUGUST 17, 2012 ⋅ LEAVE A COMMENT *FILED UNDER* BLOG, EDUCATION, EDUCATORS, MEDIA, NEWS, OPINION, PERSON... more »

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: SOS PRESS RELEASE

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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: SOS PRESS RELEASE: SOS PRESS RELEASE by Mike Klonsky SOS National Press Release; Ongoing Organizing Roles, Platforms, Action *Save Our Schools: A National Call to Action* www.saveourschoolsmarch.org For Further Information: Bob George (708) 692-5818 *For Immediate Release August 16, 2012* SAVE OUR SCHOOLS PLANS ONGOING ORGANIZING ROLE; RELEASES FIRST SET OF EDUCATION PLATFORM PLANKS; ANNOUNCES INITIAL CAMPAIGN OPPOSING “PARENT TRIGGER” SCHEME Energized by the scores of grassroots leaders from across the nation who attended its national convention in Wa... more »

The in box. Teacher MiC concludes his letters to Governor Quinn. « Fred Klonsky

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 16 hours ago
The in box. Teacher MiC concludes his letters to Governor Quinn. « Fred Klonsky: The in box. Teacher MiC concludes his letters to Governor Quinn. by Fred Klonsky In this third letter to Governor Quinn Teacher MiC explains why it isn’t pensions that need reforming. It is Springfield that needs to be reformed. *Dear Governor Quinn,* *I saw on the news that you visited the state fair the other day and were booed off the stage. Even after this interaction you said “I think the people of Illinois are with me.” If the people of Illinois are with you Governor, who were those people in t... more »

When the Common Core=Teaching Reading Strategies 2.0 « The Core Knowledge Blog

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 16 hours ago
When the Common Core=Teaching Reading Strategies 2.0 « The Core Knowledge Blog: When the Common Core=Teaching Reading Strategies 2.0by Rachel Levy *August 17th, 2012* Tags: Common Core State Standards, Literacy, reading strategies, Teaching Posted in Education Practice | No Comments » According to its advocates, the Common Core Standards will usher in an era of equal opportunity to higher quality education via better, richer, and more career and college relevant standards. But if the account presented in this post on Education Sector’s *The Quick & The Ed* is any indication, I fear ... more »

Dick Meister: The billionaire's bill of rights | SF Bay Guardian

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 16 hours ago
Dick Meister: The billionaire's bill of rights | SF Bay Guardian: Dick Meister: The billionaire's bill of rights 08.16.12 - 8:53 pm | (3) - [image: Print]Print - Share *By Dick Meister** * *Dick Meister, former labor editor of the SF Chronicle and KQED-TV Newsroom, has covered labor and politics for more than a half-century. Contact him through his website, www.dickmeister, which includes more than 350 of his columns.* Billionaire corporate interests and other well financed anti-labor forces are waging a major drive to stifle the political voice of workers and their uni... more »

Fake special ed vendors stole $1.5 million from city, probe finds | GothamSchools

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 16 hours ago
Fake special ed vendors stole $1.5 million from city, probe finds | GothamSchools: Fake special ed vendors stole $1.5 million from city, probe findsby Geoff Decker, at 6:08 pm Two men used shell companies and forged signatures to charge the Department of Education for sign language services that students didn’t need, an investigation found. The fraud ran for more than two school years and cost the city at least $1.5 million. The brazen scheme involved claiming payment for services to students who were not enrolled in city schools and, in some cases, offered as proof that services... more »

Schools Matter: Common Core Comments Tell Different Story

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 17 hours ago
Schools Matter: Common Core Comments Tell Different Story: Common Core Comments Tell Different Story by Judy Rabin Reading through the comments on the National Governor's Association (NGA) Report on *Public Feedback on Common Core Standards **(2*010) you would never know the public would like to see a well-rounded curriculum, less testing and assessment in math and reading, and age level appropriate curriculum that doesn't include standardized testing. Despite repeated concerns about these and other issues in the report, however, these concerns are being ignored by policy makers a... more »

RheeFirst! » Three interesting findings in the RomneyFirst report

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 17 hours ago
RheeFirst! » Three interesting findings in the RomneyFirst report: Three interesting findings in the RomneyFirst report by admin The RomneyFirst report released yesterday by New Yorker for Great Public Schools, contains a few findings that are worth highlighting on their own. - According to the report, StudentsFirst has overwhelmingly endorsed Republicans—according to the report, 68% of StudentsFirst endorsements went to Republicans (page 3). - A PAC connected to StudentsFirst is run by a former Bush-Cheney 2004 communications staffer (page 3). - StudentsFirst... more »

Schools Matter: Parents, Teachers and Citizens Organize to Save Public Education

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 18 hours ago
Schools Matter: Parents, Teachers and Citizens Organize to Save Public Education: Parents, Teachers and Citizens Organize to Save Public Education by Judy Rabin * * *With three months before the election, parents, teachers and citizens join in fight to save public schools and end the reign of high stakes testing as a weapon of mass destruction. Instead of just one tool, or measurement of ability in a particular area, the tests have produced a steady stream of cash for those who sell them and track the data and a way to close down failing public schools and replace them with for pr... more »

Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee's Shopping Spree Continues In Florida - Orlando Sentinel

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 20 hours ago
School choice Florida: 'School choice' measure hinges on outcome of Senate races - Orlando Sentinel: 'School choice' measure hinges on outcome of Senate races 1:36 p.m. EST, August 17, 2012|Aaron Deslatte, Capitol View TALLAHASSEE –Legislative elections this fall may have outsized importance for the future direction of public schools, charters and school vouchers -- and the unions, for-profit companies and education advocates attempting to gain sway. In last week's primaries, one aim of the "school choice" organizations working under the banner of Florida Federation for Children w... more »

Jersey Jazzman: StudentsFirst & B4K: What's The Connection?

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 20 hours ago
Jersey Jazzman: StudentsFirst & B4K: What's The Connection?: StudentsFirst & B4K: What's The Connection? by Duke Yesterday, I wrote about how New Yorkers for Great Public Schools is trying to tar StudentsFirst with its connections to Mitt Romney (or is it the other way around?). SF is Michelle Rhee's anti-union, anti-tenure, reformy group which gets lots of support from Rupert Murdoch, Eli Broad, and other wealthy conservative funders. Today, I read the Rhee/Romney report, put out by a group under the name "Alliance for Quality Education." As a Jersey boy, I was especially intrigu...more »

Your Summer PD: School Improvement — Whole Child Education

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 21 hours ago
Your Summer PD: School Improvement — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOG [image: Klea Scharberg]Your Summer PD: School Improvement August 17, 2012 by Klea Scharberg [image: 2012 ASCD Whole Child Virtual Conference] ASCD conducted its second Whole Child Virtual Conference in May. This free conference showcases schools, authors, and research about implementing a whole child approach for a worldwide audience. View and share archived session recordings, presenter handouts, and related resources at www.ascd.org/wcvirtualconference. Gain insight into ways to implement comprehensive,...more »

Missouri Education Watchdog: Resistance to Common Core State Standards Gaining Steam

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 21 hours ago
Missouri Education Watchdog: Resistance to Common Core State Standards Gaining Steam: Resistance to Common Core State Standards Gaining Steam by Anngie Utah leads the effort to push back against Common Core Standards and all of their associated regulations and requirements. Their state school board has already voted to withdraw from SBAC, the consortium developing the assessments. The fight continues however, as this vote was only step one in divesting themselves of CCSS. Predictably the USDoE is not going to make backing out of the consortia easy. They are the third and final hur... more »

Mother Crusader: The Reformy Double Bind

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 21 hours ago
Mother Crusader: The Reformy Double Bind: The Reformy Double Bind by darciecima Jersey Jazzman has a great piece today about the fact that the NJDOE has yet to release the names of the schools participating in the Interdistrict Public School Choice Program for the 2012-2013 school year. In his post he points out a potential pitfall with the program: "I am concerned, however, that IPSC creates the same trap that charter schools do: the kids who will use it are going to be the kids with fewer special needs, fewer language issues, and aren't as poor as the kids staying in their home ... more »

How Not to Get Kids Ready for the First Day of School -

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 21 hours ago
How Not to Get Kids Ready for the First Day of School -: *How Not to Get Kids Ready for the First Day of School* AUGUST 17, 2012 Last school year, I saw a young mother and father in the Decatur Public Library leaning forward over a small table at their three-year-old daughter as she tried to put together the puzzle of an alligator with 26 green pieces A to Z. The A-piece belonged at the nose and Z at the tip of the tail. Their intensity was disturbing. They talked at her constantly as if their willpower could get their daughter to put the alphabet in order. “Everyone knows” that the... more »

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: I agree with GOP on this

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 21 hours ago
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: I agree with GOP on this: I agree with GOP on this by Mike Klonsky As thousands of teachers and other public employee unions gather in Springfield to oppose the big

Ed Roundup for 8-17-12 - Year 2012 (CA Dept of Education)

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 21 hours ago
Ed Roundup for 8-17-12 - Year 2012 (CA Dept of Education): Education Roundup for the Week Ending August 17, 2012 SACRAMENTO—The California Department of Education (CDE) today issued this week's Education Roundup of education-related announcements of public interest. California Students Win Awards and Scholarships State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson today congratulated four California students for winning medals and scholarships last month at the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) National Leadership Conference held in Florida. Two other Cali... more »

UPDATE: CNN Interview Airs Saturday @8:40 am EST« Diane Ravitch's blog

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 21 hours ago
My Interview on CNN « Diane Ravitch's blog: CNN Interview Airs Saturday @8:40 am EST by dianerav Just got airtime. CNN interview on Newsroom tomorrow at 8:40 AM EST Who Should Be Held Accountable? by dianerav A reader–a parent and teacher–writes. Does she refer to the way that education policy is made by non-educators? Or to the reduction of education to data? Or the reduction of children to data points on a graph? Or the indifference to the developmental needs of children and adolescents? Or to the arrival of greedy for-profits into managing schools? Or the galloping Who Should... more »

No-Bid contracts may be “The Vallas Style,” but they are illegal in Connecticut. - Wait, What?

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 21 hours ago
No-Bid contracts may be “The Vallas Style,” but they are illegal in Connecticut. - Wait, What?: No-Bid contracts may be “The Vallas Style,” but they are illegal in Connecticut. by jonpelto During the first eight months that Paul Vallas worked as the Superintendent of the Recovery School District in New Orleans, he spent about $3 million on personal service contracts. According to an investigation by the *Times Picayune *newspaper, most of those consultants had worked with Vallas when he was the CEO of the Philadelphia and Chicago schools systems. The paper also discovered that “th... more »

Behind the Scenes: Getting Ready for the Kids’ State Dinner | ED.gov Blog

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 22 hours ago
Behind the Scenes: Getting Ready for the Kids’ State Dinner | ED.gov Blog: Behind the Scenes: Getting Ready for the Kids’ State Dinner Posted on August 17, 2012 by Guest Blogger *Cross-posted from the Let’s Move! blog.* * * We’re all pretty excited to greet 54 amazing young chefs at the White House on Monday, August 20, when First Lady Michelle Obama will host the first-ever Kids’ State Dinner. Joining us will be the talented young people (and their parents) whose recipes submitted for the Healthy Lunchtime Challenge most impressed the judges, and best met all the criteria: A health... more »

District Race to the Trough Is Off and Running | Truth in American Education

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District Race to the Trough Is Off and Running | Truth in American Education: District Race to the Trough Is Off and Running by Shane Vander Hart [image: sheep-feeding-trough]The Department of Education announced last week that it is accepting applications for District Race to the Top funds. They have allocated $400 million for the program with a $25 million award cap. The grading system has changed compared to what was originally proposed. *Education Week* reports what the new contest rules and grading system consists of: In addition to meeting the 2,000-student threshold, to be ... more »

Vouchering an Educational Adventure | Dissident Voice

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 22 hours ago
Vouchering an Educational Adventure | Dissident Voice: Vouchering an Educational Adventure by Walter Brasch I hadn’t talked with Marshbaum for a couple of years, ever since he left newspaper journalism for more lucrative work in the fast food industry. But here he was in my office to ask if I would publicize his new educational adventure. “That’s great!” I said. “You’re finishing the last three years of college.” “I own the school. CEO of Little Minds Charter and Voucher Corp. We’re on the leading edge of the trend to privatize schools.” “How does mumbling into a broken speaker box m... more »

Jersey Jazzman: Yet Another NJDOE Secret: Interdistrict Choice

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 23 hours ago
Jersey Jazzman: Yet Another NJDOE Secret: Interdistrict Choice: Yet Another NJDOE Secret: Interdistrict Choice by Duke We have a program in New Jersey called Interdistrict Public School Choice. It's an interesting idea: a student can go to another appoved school district, within 20 miles. Ostensibly, the student will choose to leave their "worse" home district and choose to go to a "better" district; most of the migration is going to be away from the cities and toward the suburbs. I have mixed feelings about this. There's no denying that New Jersey's schools are highly segregated;... more »

FCMAT » CALI Education Headlines Friday, August 17, 2012

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 23 hours ago
FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team: Anthony Cody Anthony Cody spent 24 years working in Oakland schools, 18 of them as a science teacher at a high needs middle school. He is National Board certified, and now leads workshops with teachers focused on Project Based Learning. With education at a crossroads, he invites you to join him in a dialogue on education reform and teaching for change and deep learning. For additional information on Cody's work, visit his Web site, Teachers Lead. Or follow him on Twitter. Education Headlines *Friday, August 17, 2012* Baron: Ch... more »

Nashville school board to revisit charter decision | The Tennessean | tennessean.com

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 23 hours ago
Nashville school board to revisit charter decision | The Tennessean | tennessean.com: Nashville school board to revisit charter decision [image: Charter Schools - Dividing Communities since 1991] Nashville school officials will reconsider a controversial charter school application in September when a new group of board members takes office. Outgoing school board Chairwoman Gracie Porter, who continues in her role until the end of August, and system Director Jesse Register jointly decided to add the application from Great Hearts Academies to the September agenda, said Meredith Lib... more »

DPS school board plans to sue the state, reinstate teachers | City of Detroit | Detroit Free Press | freep.com

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 23 hours ago
DPS school board plans to sue the state, reinstate teachers | City of Detroit | Detroit Free Press | freep.com: DPS school board plans to sue the state, reinstate teachers [image: Image 1 of 2,] In its first meeting since regaining some authority, the Detroit Board of Education voted Thursday evening to sue the state, shake up the district's organizational chart and ensure that teachers get school assignments soon. The suit seeks to replace more than $200 million in deficits that accrued during the first five years of state takeover of the school district, from 1999 to 2005. The... more »

Guess what Arne’s lying about now Parents United for Responsible Education

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 23 hours ago
Parents United for Responsible Education » Blog Archive » Guess what Arne’s lying about now: Guess what Arne’s lying about now by admin We’ve caught him lying about turnaround schools and charter schools, and his overall track record. But apparently this bad habit has former Chicago Public Schools CEO and current Education Secretary Arne Duncan mythologizing himself, too. A friend alerted me to this recent New Jersey Star-Ledger interview where Duncan makes this claim: When I was in high school in the South Side of Chicago, my friends could drop out and get a

UPDATE: What’s Wrong with Privatization? « Diane Ravitch's blog

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 1 day ago
What’s Wrong with Privatization? « Diane Ravitch's blog: What’s Wrong with Privatization? by dianerav Someone tweeted me a few days ago and asked “what’s wrong with privatization?” I didn’t have time or space to respond in 140 characters, but fortunately someone else has done it for me. See this article. Let me be clear. I believe in the value and strength of the private sector. Long ago, I traveled in the Soviet Union and in China, and I developed a deep respect for the efficiency of the private sector in supplying goods to markets for consumers. But I believe that a healthy and ... more »

New Assessment for Teacher Candidates Launching Nationwide | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 1 day ago
New Assessment for Teacher Candidates Launching Nationwide | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights: New Assessment for Teacher Candidates Launching Nationwide by obriena A couple months ago, I wrote about a new assessment designed to address one of the ever-present challenges in teacher preparation: How do you ensure that those entering the classroom can teach effectively starting their first day as the teacher of record? Now called the edTPA (formerly the Teacher Performance Assessment (TPA)), the assessment was developed by Stanford University in collaboration with ... more »

NYC Educator: This Is School, and There Will Be No Enjoyment

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 1 day ago
NYC Educator: This Is School, and There Will Be No Enjoyment: This Is School, and There Will Be No Enjoyment by NYC Educator It's incredible to read that even 4-year-olds are now taking tests, due to the brilliance of common core. No more of this play nonsense, no more discovery, and no more fun for children. Unless, of course, they go to schools like Sidwell Friends, where the president's kids, and the VP's grandchildren go. For the rest of us, it's get ready for a life of sheer drudgery as a Walmart associate, and no wonder the Walmart folks put their big bucks behind this. My d... more »

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Students sit-in at SoJo

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 1 day ago
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Students sit-in at SoJo: Students sit-in at SoJo by Mike Klonsky Little Village hunger strikers and community members started the school.Teachers for Social Justice posted a summary of the issues behind yesterday's student sit-in at Social Justice High School. This small school within Little Village High School, was born out of community struggle -- a 19-day hunger strike by parents in 2001. *Sojo's very existence as a neighborhood public school serving low-income African American and Latina/o students with the vision of community self-determination-... more »






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