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• 100 Years of Solipsism

  
  The Core Knowledge Blog — Authority: 130
  There is a significant shortcoming in Susan Engel’s much-discussed and widely lauded vision of what children should do in school all day, writes Dan Willingham at the Washington Post’s Answer Sheet blog, and it’s that content is never mentioned.  “It’s all about process—reading is a skill, science is ...
  1 day ago

• Addressing Myths About School Closures

  
  The Quick and the Ed — Authority: 588
  There’s a heated (verbal) battle going on around the country about school closures. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has made school turnarounds a central part of the Race to the Top, and several big-city superintendents are attempting to improve their schools by shutting down consistently poor-performing schools. ...
  6 days ago

• School closures rip New York communities apart

  
  The Perimeter Primate — Authority: 409
  Anguished New Yorkers are mourning the deaths of many schools in their communities, with 19 set to close soon. Mayor Michael Bloomberg took over the school district in 2002 and has closed 91 schools, replacing them with favored charter schools or small schools that receive better facilities, resources for smaller ...
  1 week ago

• Martin Luther Kings Legacy

  
  NYC Educator — Authority: 513
  One of my colleagues asked me if we could get t-shirts with pictures of Bloomberg dressed as Hitler. I found that distasteful, and I dont do Hitler comparisons as a rule. Im not an admirer of Mayor-for-life Bloomberg by any stretch of the imagination, but that seemed a little beyond the pale to me. Still, when ...
  2 weeks ago

• Duncan’s first year

  
  Joanne Jacobs — Authority: 580
  Arne “ Duncan carves deep mark on policy” in his first year as Education secretary, writes Education Week. A lot of people aren’t happy. “My report card is that he gets an A for being effective and a D-minus for the bad ideas,” said the education historian Diane Ravitch, who co-writes the Bridging ...
  2 weeks ago

• A State of Dysfunction

  
  The New York Observer — Authority: 804
  Late Tuesday morning, Lieutenant Governor Richard Ravitch stepped to the podium in the theater at Albanys Empire State Plaza before an audience filled with legislators awaiting presentation of the governors expectedly grim proposed budget. Introducing Governor Paterson, Mr. Ravitch took a minute to make a plea-as ...
  3 weeks ago

• Diane Ravitch On MLKs Legacy And Eduformers

  
  The Frustrated Teacher — Authority: 137
  Yes : Todays education "reformers" think they are advancing a civil rights agenda by creating charter schols, advocating merit pay, enshrining standardized tests of basic skills as the highest measure of acheivement, closing neighborhood schools, and getting rid of unions. Was that Martin Luther King Jr.s dream? ...
  3 weeks ago

• E.D Hirsch on Standards: “First, Do No Harm”

  
  The Core Knowledge Blog — Authority: 130
  EdWeek’s Quality Counts special report offers a comprehensive catch-up on the issues surrounding the soon-to-be-released work of the Common Core State Standards Initiative.  Lots of great reads:  Sean Cavanagh’s overview looks at the history of academic standards, unresolved issues, and (thank you!) the ...
  3 weeks ago

• QUOTABLES

  
  SmallTalk — Authority: 521
  Riding the Democratic Party horse Daniel A. Domenech , executive director of the American Association of School Administrators, in response to AFT Pres. Randi Weingarten s call for use of "multiple measures including student test scores" in evaluating teachers: "When a Democratic administration, which obviously ...
  3 weeks ago

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