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Original Technorati articles tagged “education reform”

• in Politics
  Matt Damon Fights for Teachers
  Save Our Schools March in Washington a success.
  by danbimrose / on Jul 31, 2011
• in Technorati Women
  Parents and Community: The Overlooked Piece of the Education Puzzle
  An overlooked part of the education puzzle is the role parents play in their child's success.
  by amymyers / on Jun 30, 2011
• in Technorati Women
  Getting Rid of Homework, Not a Bad Idea
  Finally a school reform proposal that makes sense, getting rid of homework
  by wksocmom / on Jun 18, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “education reform”

 

• Lewis Points Finger At ‘Rich White People’ For School Problems

  
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  A day before the first set of school closings was set to begin, Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis had some harsh words about how the Chicago Public Schools are funded and managed, blaming much of the district’s problems on racism.
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• MassBudget: Ed Reform at Twenty: Whats Worked, Whats Changed, and Whats Next

  
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  MassBudget    Information.    Participation.  Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center    Democracy. 20th Anniversary of Ed. Reform New Factsheet + Online Discussion Twenty years ago this week, Massachusetts remade its ...
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• Youth Day 2013: Too many South African learners continue to struggle against long odds

  
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  EDITOR’S NOTE: Sparked by a government mandate that black schools teach in Afrikaans instead of English, South Africa’s 1976 Soweto riots touched off worldwide awareness of the brutalities of apartheid. The riots began when 10,000 angry teenagers staged a march. Police opened fire, killing 23. The uprising that ...
  3 days ago

• Our Information Stinks

  
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  As a guest writer in the Post’s Answer Sheet blog points out , a good deal of the debate over education reform in the past two decades has centered around two concepts: choice and accountability. Choice, of course, usually comes back to charter schools and vouchers, and accountability may as well be a synonym for ...
  4 days ago

• Discussions on Poverty and Ed Reform on HuffPost Live

  
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  On June 7, 2013, I participated in a HuffPost Live segment called, "Get Rich Quick With Education Reform." Two articles that are critical of school reform, notably, charter schools, standardized testing and increasing attention on teacher accountability, inspired the segment (see below).  I was one of four ...
  4 days ago

• Petition demands 21st Century educational system to rebuild America

  
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  Latina Lista: News from the Latino perspective Latina Lista: News from the Latino perspective - News from the Latino perspective . Petition demands 21st Century educational system to rebuild America by Latina Lista LatinaLista — It is an understatement to say that the nation’s public school system is yet ...
  6 days ago

• In New York, it’s Team Education Reform vs. Team Stop Albany

  
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  A couple of weeks ago, a new coalition of education, business and government groups came together in White Plains to protest all the “mandates” coming down from Albany—all the rules and programs and reforms that force school districts to spend money. At the time, a schools superintendent referred to Race... ...
  6 days ago

• An Education Declaration for the Future

  
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  The Institute for America’s Future and the Opportunity to Learn Campaign have joined a diverse group of education advocates to release an “Education Declaration” that demands a new direction in public school policy , focused on opportunities and supports for students – and respect for teachers.   ...
  1 week ago

• In memo on the mayoral race, DFER tells everyone to “chill”

  
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  Democrats for Education Reform, the national political organization with local roots, are telling anxious supporters who fear that a new mayor could weaken their hold on favored education policy to relax. “Don’t believe all of the doomsday talk you’ve heard surrounding the NYC mayoral race,” a political ...
  1 week ago

• Freedom Drives Success in New Orleans Charter School Revolution

  
  The Pelican Post — Authority: 95
  Site-based autonomy gives schools more control over personnel, curriculum and budget Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans on the morning of August 29, 2005. The levee failure caused 80% of the city to flood and was the costliest natural disaster in United States history. It destroyed infrastructure and displaced ...
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• The latest statement on the education system that America really, truly needs

  
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  Yonkers City Council President Chuck Lesnick is part of a very diverse group of educators and public policy people who today signed an “Education Declaration to Rebuild America.” Sounds ambitious. Here’s the declaration and its signatories. See what you think: An Education Declaration to Rebuild America ...
  1 week ago

• Minds Are Like Parachutes

  
  Living Equals Learning — Authority: 104
  Alternatives in education, by definition, fall outside the dominant paradigm.  Unschooling is not what most of us grew up with.  Democratic Education is not as accessible as the school at the end of the block.  When something as near and … Read more › The post Minds Are Like Parachutes appeared first on ...
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• Marguerite Roza: The case for weighted student funding

  
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  As much debate as discussions about weighted student funding generate, the basic concept is straightforward: Instead of allocating staff to schools and paying their costs, a district that uses a student-based funding model would simply allocate a set dollar amount to each school based on its actual mix of students. ...
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• Nonfiction Picture Books: 7 Choices

  
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  2013 GradeReading.NET Summer Reading Lists Keep your students reading all summer! The lists for 2nd, 3rd and 4th, include 10 recommended fiction titles and 10 recommended nonfiction titles. Printed double-sided, these one-page flyers are perfect to hand out to students, teachers, or parents. Great for PTA meetings, ...
  1 week ago

• An unfriendly view of parent trigger laws

  
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  Parent trigger laws portrayed, At the Chalkface; it’s a warning sign, of course. Filed under: Cartoons , Education , Education reform , Political cartoons Tagged: Education , Education reform , Humor , Parent Trigger , Political cartoons
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• War on Teachers and Education, Part 3: Prof. Ravitch’s response

  
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  At her blog again, Diane Ravitch responded to Ben Austin’s open letter to her at the Huffington Post. Earlier today, Ben Austin wrote an open letter to me on Huffington Post. He expressed dismay about my characterization of him and his group Parent Revolution. Read his letter here . Here is my reply. My Reply ...
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• War on Teachers and Education, Part 2: Ben Austin of Parent Revolution attacked Prof. Ravitch

  
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  Ben Austin is the head of Parent Revolution, the group trying to push teachers out of management of schools in California.  After Prof. Diane Ravitch noted problems with his group’s actions at Weigand Avenue Elementary in Los Angeles , on her blog, he responded with an “open-letter” carried by Huffington ...
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• War on Teachers and Education, part 1: Prof. Ravitch’s emotion-touching call for a cease-fire on teachers

  
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  This is the first of five parts needed to document and lay the background for what unfortunately promises to be a pitched public relations battle, if not a serious battle to rescue a California school from being crushed by a corporation making a hostile takeover of a school using California’s “ parent trigger ” ...
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• Overflowing classrooms continue to battle illiteracy in Jordan

  
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  Munir Atalla for Open Democracy – WNN Learning! (WNN/OD) Amman, JORDAN, WESTERN ASIA: Having no significant natural resources like our neighbors in the Gulf, and no coastline like Mediterranean countries, Jordan has always seemed intentionally delineated to be void of natural wealth. At times, this has been more of ...
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• Pay for performance in public ed is here- for education mercenaries

  
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  Much is being debated about the metrics for “pay for performance” in public education. How much of the weight should be given to classroom evaluation and skills vs performance of students. But there is a new brand of education professional these days- the “education mercenary” – who promises to do a ...
  1 week ago

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