CURMUDGUCATION: David Coleman Messes Up Again : David Coleman Messes Up Again I have spent entirely much time over the past few years reading about David Coleman, the magical and super-powered wizard who manufactured the Common Core and convinced Bill Gates to become the Core's greatest patron. Coleman needed to set the Core up with a foster parent because as soon as the little tyke's wings had b
Illinois Education Association is organizing buses to the Women’s March in Washington. Info here. | Fred Klonsky : Illinois Education Association is organizing buses to the Women’s March in Washington. Info here . From: Crawford, Tim Sent: Friday, December 09, 2016 11:01 PM To: AllField; AllHQ Subject: Women’s March on Washington Importance: High Dear Colleagues, IEA is looking into booking two b
Show me the data! Government restrictions hamper attempts to see how NOLA kids really fare - The Hechinger Report : Show me the data! Government restrictions hamper attempts to see how NOLA kids really fare re are some key recent findings about the youth of New Orleans during the last year: Their numbers are up five percent from 2014 to 2015 — but the number of black children living in the city d
Why so many teachers need a second job to make ends meet - The Washington Post : Why so many teachers need a second job to make ends meet Teachers have it easy, right? They get summers off, go home in the middle of the afternoon when students leave campus, and are paid well. Actually, for most teachers, those are all myths, especially the last one. Many teachers are paid so poorly, in fact, that
U.S. Officially Trapped in High School | the becoming radical : U.S. Officially Trapped in High School Electing Donald Trump verifies that the U.S. is officially trapped in high school. The bravado and superficial qualities that made people popular in high school—but for most of us wore thin by early adulthood—are all that Trump has, but it earned him the White House because enough people in the
What The Hillsdale College Connection Reveals About Donald Trump’s Extremist Education Agenda : What The Hillsdale College Connection Reveals About Donald Trump’s Extremist Education Agenda Donald Trump’s election to the US Presidency left education policy experts at a complete loss to explain what this would mean for the nation’s schools. During his campaign, Trump had given few clues about what
Alert: @NAACP Holding Charter School Hearings Across Nation – Cloaking Inequity : Alert: @NAACP Holding Charter School Hearings Across Nation The NAACP’s most recent national resolution on charter schools has elicited a vigorous discourse about charter schools in the United States. The nation’s largest and oldest civil right organization is also a democratic, community-based organization. The Nat
Mayor Kevin Johnson Gets Brisk Farewell From Sacramento Kings Kevin Johnson: It's All Over But The Crying Recalling KJ’s reign of error as mayor SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — It was a grand finale moment that seemed more awkward than an honor. In a brand new arena that could have housed a spectacular farewell for Mayor Kevin Johnson, the mayor got an autographed basketball from Kings owner Vivek Ranadive.
Protecting more than privacy in K-12 sector | CSO Online : Protecting more than privacy in K-12 sector Regulations protect privacy, but what about the overall cybersecurity of public schools that already function on limited resources Parent Coalition for Student Privacy - http://www.studentprivacymatters.org/ Larger enterprises have the resources to not only afford the technology needed to grow i
Are the H-1B-Using Gulen Charter Schools About to Face Hard Times? | Center for Immigration Studies : Are the H-1B-Using Gulen Charter Schools About to Face Hard Times? Off in a small corner of the immigration policy world there is an intriguing side-show – it is a battle which pits one group of conservatives against another in a fascinating contest that the mainstream media has all but ignored.
Betsy DeVos and the Plan to Break Public Schools - The New Yorker : BETSY DEVOS AND THE PLAN TO BREAK PUBLIC SCHOOLS Among the points that can be made in favor of Betsy DeVos, Donald Trump’s billionaire nominee for the position of Secretary of Education, are the following: She has no known ties to President Vladimir Putin, unlike Trump’s nominee to head the State Department, Rex Tillerson, who wa
Federal And State Officials Demand Expansion Of Low Performing, Corruption-Laced Charter Schools : Federal And State Officials Demand Expansion Of Low Performing, Corruption-Laced Charter Schools When traditional public schools are low performing, federal and state officials demand alternatives-when charter schools are low performing and laced with corruption, they demand charter expansion What i
Trump. Hangin’ with the Emanuel bros. | Fred Klonsky : Trump. Hangin’ with the Emanuel bros. Rahm’s deportation memo to President Bill Clinton. Donald Trump seems to have a major jones for the Emanuel brothers. That would be Zeke, Ari and, of course, Rahm. Trump has met with all three of them during the transition. Dr. Zeke Emanuel, you might recall, wrote a piece for Atlantic , in which he sugge
TROUBLED SCHOOLS ON TRIAL: The MUST READ series by the CT Mirror - Wait What? : TROUBLED SCHOOLS ON TRIAL: The MUST READ series by the CT Mirror CT Mirror reporter Jacqueline Rabe has written a MUST READ series of seven stories about the controversies surrounding Connecticut’s public school system. As her CT Mirror biography notes, Rabe has won two first prizes from the national Education Writers
OKCPS principals' conflict borne of legacy problems - NonDoc : OKCPS principals’ conflict borne of legacy problems I have been dreading this post. I had hoped to sidestep the questions raised by Tim Willert’s article Monday regarding the criticism OKCPS principals and vice principals have aimed at district leadership . Willert cited charges by principals that I had hoped to avoid, but his article
CURMUDGUCATION: OH: Turn Schools Over To Businessmen : OH: Turn Schools Over To Businessmen Back in September, Ohio's Governor (and lonely failed Presidential candidate) John Kasich decided to unravel a puzzle-- the mismatch between Ohio's open jobs and unemployed workers. One might think that a possible answer might be that the hundreds of thousands of blue collar workers whose jobs have been ou
LA Unified schools: hubs for education — and social services? | 89.3 KPCC : LA Unified schools: hubs for education — and social services? Los Angeles schools shouldn't only be places where students go to learn; they should also be community centers , after-school gathering spots and hubs for social services. That principle is better known nationally as the "community schools" model — and it's abo
Recent Important Coverage of Betsy DeVos, Part 1 | janresseger : Recent Important Coverage of Betsy DeVos, Part 1 Here begins a two-part post—today and tomorrow—to summarize recent news coverage about Betsy DeVos. You may feel you already know enough about Betsy DeVos, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Education. You may be disgusted that a one-cause activist and philanthrop
Personalized Learning at Pomeroy Elementary School (Milpitas, CA) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice : Personalized Learning at Pomeroy Elementary School (Milpitas, CA) The recently built Learning Lab at Pomeroy Elementary School is a large room with multi-colored chairs, cubbies for students to sit in, and tables where students work together. Part of the previous Superintenden
The College Board and Its Doomed Agilix Connection | deutsch29 : The College Board and Its Doomed Agilix Connection On December 12, 2016, Reuters published an extensive article about David Coleman’s botch job in trying to fast-track a “new” SAT that was supposed to be aligned with the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). Based upon a number of College Board internal documents, the Reuters article
IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO REFORM THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY WITHOUT ADDRESSING THE "5TH COLUMN" - Perdaily.com : IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO REFORM THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY WITHOUT ADDRESSING THE "5TH COLUMN" In watching the Our Revolution online event tonight supporting Keith Ellison , who is being put forward to head and implement past due reform in the Democratic Party, there remained the proverbial 800 lbs gorilla on
Special Nite Cap: Catch Up on Today's Post 12/14/16 Featured Post Ohio charter-school advocacy group disbanding | The Columbus Dispatch CURMUDGUCATION: John King and the Devils by mike simpson / 14min
Thinking of Not Paying UFT Dues After Janus?
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Janus is looming over our heads. How will the Supreme Court rule? If it
rules against the unions, how narrow or broad will the decision be?
As many know, G...
James Brown Is Back Once Again.
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It has come to my attention that James Brown is back on the DOE payroll.
Now he is assistant Superintendent under the* infamous ...
It’s NOT Education Reform – It’s School Sabotage
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High stakes testing and school privatization are NOT “Education Reform."
Even if we use the term to criticize the practice, we’re helping them do
their work.
One More Bad Personalized Learning Puff Piece
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Yet another example of a writer who just took the PR packet he was handed
and ran with it.
Adam Thomson has covered a variety of topics for the Financial T...
THE TVAAS CANARD CONTINUES
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There is one thing that has remained consistent since I began writing this
blog 5 years ago: the inability of the state of Tennessee to conduct an
error-fr...
What I wish I knew my first year (podcast!)
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If you ask Toby Murphy, a 10-year language arts teacher from New Jersey, he
would tell you that middle schoolers really aren’t as intimidating as
you’ve he...
Gangsters’ Moves By TEA in Houston
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So Mike Morath, Texas Education Agency (TEA) commissioner, failed at his
Home Rule attempt in Dallas (See Panning a Charter Takeover of all public
schools)...
“Your House Is Just a Place for Your Stuff”
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The secretary’s desk is dark wood with a pull down door and one drawer
beneath the main section, divided into sections for office supplies and
such. It sit...
Testimony on Improving School Planning and Siting
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Below is the our testimony Class Size Matters gave at the City Council
hearings on tackling school overcrowding by improving the efficiency and
accuracy of...
It's Testing Time; Opting Out?
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This is a notice from an elementary school. That's a lot of time for
sitting for a test.
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What White People Need to Understand
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Last night, I listened to David Remnick’s New Yorker podcast interview with
James Comey to hear what he had to say about our 45th President, but what
dis...
WEEKEND QUOTABLES
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Photo: Sporting News Archive, Sporting News Via Getty ImagesDave Zirin
*It’s not for us to forgive Jack Johnson. The opposite is the case.* -- The
Nation
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A Journey Without End
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I've done a lot of traveling lately. In the past three weeks I've been to
eastern British Columbia, Vietnam, and Sandusky, Ohio, where I keynoted the
O...
Early Signs of Dementia
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*“...Memory loss is a common symptom, but different types of memory loss
can mean different things. *Memory loss is closely associated with
dementia, s...
Assessing My Writing: A Look Backward
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A month ago, a colleague wrote to me and asked me to write about my career
as a practitioner/scholar over the past half-century. I accepted. Part of
the re...
The Fake Frugality of the Fabulously Rich
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As a society, we simply do not want to believe that our rich may have
gained their riches through exploiting others or rigging our economy or
just finding ...
Classroom Instruction Resources Of The Week
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Each week, I publish a post or two containing three or four particularly
useful resources on classroom instruction, and you can see them all here.
You migh...
an interesting factoid on NRA and Virginia
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an explanation
I have just returned from a fundraiser for Barbara Kanninen to be reelected
to Arlington County VIrginia school board. it had a special f...
Berta Lives! Support Honduras!
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*Join us in showing our solidarity for Honduras!*
* Music Performance, Friday, April 27, 7PM *
* Film honoring Berta Caceres, Saturday, April 28, 5-7PM *
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Don't forget about reading
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Sent to the Taipei Times, April 22,2018
I was surprised to discover that the Taiwan Ministry of Education will
prioritize “listening and speaking skills” i...
Why I Am So Dangerous
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When it comes to transforming this country, I am much more dangerous than
George Soros, even the George Soros of Fox News imagination! That George is
tran...
On the Road, Singing the Dark Times
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SINGING in DARK TIMES Sunday, April 29 | 5:00 PM-6:30 PM Comfort Station
| 2579 N Milwaukee Ave Motto In the dark times, will there also be singing?
Yes, t...
Neo-Confederates, Monuments, and Flags
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By Paul Horton. Although advocacy groups like the United Daughters of the
Confederacy have made statements disavowing any groups that promote hate,
many ...
This Week in Education Organizing - April 20, 2018
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*Books, Not Guns*
Today is another day of protest, as tens of thousands of students and
supporters are expected to walk out of schools and rally for stri...
What Feeds Bias in the Education World?
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I'm not naïve enough to think that schools could turn hearts and minds in a
K-12 generation. But could they do significant good, given the right tools
and ...
2018 Medley #10
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Teacher Activism, Retention-in-Grade, Charters, Testing, First Amendment,
Science TEACHER ACTIVISM The 9 states where teachers have it worst
According to C...
A Rotten Peach Poisoning Atlanta Public Schools
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Sadly, the Atlantic Public Schools (APS) are careening from one destructive
tragedy to the next. On the heels of the great cheating scandal of 2009,
APS hi...
Heartbroken
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She was brilliant in high school. I admired her so much. She traveled to
our not so great school in the Bronx from Manhattan because of our honor
prog...
Featured Author @ Palmdale Book Festival
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Join me for a captivating book signing & storytelling! Get your very own
signed copy of 5 stars Chike the Invincible! and Oma the Faithful
Daughter! ...
Terrorism?
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Could somebody explain to me why acts like the unprovoked and senseless
attack by Salman Abidi in 2017 on an audience of predominantly innocent
children wa...
Expanding "No Excuses" Models is a Bad Idea
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An organization called The Future of Children came out recently with a
report titled* Charter Schools and the Achievement Gap* by Sarah Cohodes,
an assist...
ELA Assessment: Dear Board of Regents,
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Dear Members of the Board of Regents,
Thank you for your service as leaders in public education in New York
State. I am writing as a parent of two public ...
Advocating for Schools to City Leaders
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Dr. Robert Moses, civil rights icon and education advocate, joined the
April 12 Education Town Hall, along with long-time DC education advocate
Suzanne Wel...
PAA joins Google/You Tube FTC complaint
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Today, Parents Across America joined more than 20 civic and children’s
advocacy organizations in filing a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) complaint
against ...
A maximizing area question
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I gave this question to students as a challenge at the end of a trig unit.
A quadrilateral has perimeter = 60 and a 30º angle. What is the maximum
possible...
Welcome to the walkout, from okeducationmom
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When I marched for the passage of HB 1017 in 1990, I was hopeful and then
grateful that Governor Henry Bellmon and a bipartisan group of legislators
found ...
Who Survives Success?
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Success Academy opened in 2006 with 156 students — 83 kindergarteners and
73 first graders. Now, eleven years later, they have their first
graduating seni...
Silence Speaks At March For Our Lives
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Listen to Emma’s profound silence. Remember the silence of students
crouched in closets, hiding from the sound of an automatic weapon being
fired in their ...
Scenes for the March For Life in New York
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And so they came and came by the thousands, flooding Central Park West with
citizens of all ages, all races, all creeds, all who have had enough of
insane ...
A NATION THAT FEARS ITS CHILDREN?
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Here we are again. The murders caused by the NRA-GOP-Gun manufacturers
corruption have terrorized America for over a generation. Young people do
not see ad...
I’m voting for Chris Kennedy
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A question was posed to me last night. “At this point, does a vote for
Daniel Biss instead of Chris Kennedy help JB Pritzker?” During the last
presidential...
Amy/Andy and the Orphans
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Willowbrook. Any New Yorker of a certain age shutters at that name–and no,
not because it was Geraldo Rivera who brought it to our attention.
Willowbrook w...
Florina Rodov: The Truth About Charter Schools
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*“[W]hen teachers aren’t unionized, they’re exploited — and when teachers
suffer, so do kids.” — Florina Rodov*
This amazing piece by Florina Rodov on *S...
#NationalSchoolWalkout – Grown Ups Need to Listen
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Student activists, responding to the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman
Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, organized a national walk out to
memoriali...
Letter for BCPS Parents: My Child is Not a Pipeline
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(Image courtesy of Alison McDowell) Dear County Council Members, I am
writing on behalf of concerned BCPS parents regarding the newest rounds of
BCPS polic...
3rd Grade Reading: Who is Failing?
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Education Trust Midwest has just released its study on third grade reading
and, predictably, the results aren’t great. This study uniquely compares
Michiga...
Opting out of the Dinosaur (end of year test)
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Today I sent in a second letter to refuse PARCC/CMAS for my son, Luke. The
first email I sent at the beginning of the year was not sufficient as they
requi...
Resurrection
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I realized it's Lent, but this blog, bless Jesus Christ, can't wait.
Ok, so with that said, I plan to discuss Class Action suits in existence,
as well as w...
Are Our Educators Prepared For Their Students?
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If there is one thing that I am sure of as an educator it is that rapid
change greatly affects both what and how we learn. If there is a second
thing that ...
Who Is Pulling The Muppet Strings?
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Originally posted on Wrench in the Gears:
Sesame Street is an iconic brand that embodies humor, acceptance, and
humanity. Who doesn’t love a muppet? So, on...
IDEA Is Still The Law Of The Land
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Unless you've been living under a rock, you know the US Department of
Education (USDOE) rescinded 72 Dear Colleague and other letters of
explanation to s...
Budget Cuts To Kids Are Not Necessary!
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We’ve been hearing a lot of news from OUSD about how cuts to schools and
kids are necessary. So we’ll need to keep saying the truth… they are not
necessar...
Education Is a Civic Question
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In their final post to end Bridging Differences' decade-long run, Deborah
Meier and Harry Boyte urge readers to put the energy, talents, wisdom, and
hard w...
This is our Sputnik moment.
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School’s all across the nation are either starting or about to start a new
academic year. It’s suppose to be an exciting time for students and
teacher. How...
Student of the Month Nightmare
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*This is something I wrote for a monthly gathering to honor some of the
best students at our school. I figure most teachers will relate:*
I was grading pap...
99 Years of Progress Erased – unless we fight back
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Public healthcare for all? Public education for all? What is being done to
our monetized children regarding their potential healthcare and their
existing e...
You Can Be an Astronaut, but You Can't Be Black
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“What do you want to be when you grow up?” It’s a question I always
imagined every kindergarten student hearing.
“I want to be a doctor!” declares Sally.
...
Site News: New Home for Education News & Commentary
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Quick! Get over there! The daily education news roundup and education
commentaries that you're probably looking for are now being published over
at The Gra...
An Open Letter to NC Lawmakers
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An Open Letter to NC State Lawmakers and NC State Superintendent Mark
Johnson: I am a NC native, voter, and public school teacher. I am
addressing you all ...
Don't Like Chris Christie? Blame the Democrats.
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Yesterday Diane Ravitch published a piece in The New Republic, titled Don't
Like Betsy DeVos? Blame the Democrats.
If you care about public education at al...
The Secret to Fixing Schools (My Next Bestseller)
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The Secret to Fixing Schools (My next bestseller) Prologue I just finished
watching a fascinating documentary on Netflix entitled, “The Secret”. The
film p...
Farewell, Sleep
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Today is the official last day of my spring break. I've done a scientific
survey: My natural bedtime is 2 AM, and my natural wake up time is 9:41
AM. Tom...
New Local Businesses in Sacramento
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Starting a new local business in Sacramento is a monumental task, but can
be accomplished with footwork, perseverance and knowledge. One must learn
the loc...
Education Bloggers Daily Highlights 3/2/2017
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Education Bloggers Daily Highlights 3/1/2017 Education Bloggers Daily
Highlights Courtesy of Big Education Ape A special thank you to education
blogger Mik...
Bad Hair Day
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It’s winter time. It’s cold — okay, not for anyone outside California and
Florida, but still — I’m wearing hats in the morning. Lovely knitted hats
that I’...
Capturing the Spark
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It’s been a long time since InterACT was an active education blog, though I
remain quite proud of what we did here. Those of us who wrote blog posts
here h...
Random Musings and Observations. . . .
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I’ve been gone a while from the blogging scene. Some of my more regular
readers no doubt noticed but did not hassle me about it. Thank you for
that. Sinc...
WTU Peterson Slate: Not a 1 Woman Dictatorship
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Candi Peterson & GeLynn Thompson
Candidates for WTU Prez & GVP 2016By Candi Peterson, WTU Gen. Vice President
*Statements or expressions of opinions herein...
MY NEW BLOG
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My new blog will consist of fictitious headlines, meant to be a blend of
humor and satire. I apologize ahead of time if any other satirical site has
simila...
Thank you
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Dear Readers,
Thank you for visiting *The Perimeter Primate*. This blog is being retired
for the time being. Although I no longer post here, I do still s...
I am Retiring
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I have some news: I am retiring from the PBS NewsHour and Learning Matters.
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conte...
All Aboard the Opt Out Bus
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The #OptOutBus is currently traveling the country giving away free books to
children! Follow their progress at their Facebook page and donate to their
FR...
Flaws at the Heart of Current Education Reforms
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Originally posted on Creative by Nature:
“Teaching is an art form rooted in the wise and careful use of educational
research and assessment tools. When gove...