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Sunday, May 19, 2013

AFTERNOON UPDATE: Assessment Time? – @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER

Assessment Time? – @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER:


Pearson history text mimics art history textbook in same controversy




“V” is for Victory #commoncore

Chalk Face, PhD at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 25 minutes ago
More “propaganda”

Bloomberg Commish to Make Case for Corporate Ed’s Status Quo

Jim Horn at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 4 hours ago
Dennis Wolcott has kept a low profile during his reign over the coffee machine at the NYC Education Department. Until now. Yesterday began the campaign to save the test-punish-lie-privatize plan that Bloomberg instituted during the past 12 years in the City. Dennis surely has an steep row to hoe, with every Democratic mayoral candidate in […]

Is Larry Ferlazzo a dingus?

Chalk Face, PhD at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 5 hours ago
I’m just asking. And I mean this with all due respect. What are the best ways to spend the last two weeks of school? Why does this question need answering? What the hell have teachers been doing all these years? Plus, does Mr. Ferlazzo have any ideas of his own, or is he ALWAYS linking to […]


At the Chalk Face today, starting at 5:30 to 6:30 EST! Two segments

We’re starting at 5:30 talking to the Blue Hat Movement, info here. Then, Sharon Higgins of Charter School Scandals about the Gulen School movement, which is the biggest charter chain the US right now. Important stuff. Listen in.


Assessment Time?