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• NASUWT Slam Council Over School Changes

  
  Ventnor Blog — Authority: 151
  Teachers union slam the IWC on changes to the Island education system.
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• Do Teachers REALLY Come From The Bottom Third Of Colleges? Or Is That Statistic A Bunch Of Baloney?

  
  Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... — Authority: 530
  In listening to the trio of Gingrich, Sharpton and Duncan on Meet The Press today , one of the things that struck me was this videotaped piece from Bruce Stewart, formerly the head of the private Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C.: MR. BRUCE STEWART: When I began teaching in the ’60s, we had that ...
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• What Newt Gingrich Thinks Students Should Learn

  
  Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... — Authority: 530
  On Meet The Press today , Newt Gingrich shared what I thought was an excellent description of what students should leave with when they graduate from high school: GREGORY: Newt Gingrich, what is the knowledge most worth having in 2010 if you are a high school graduate? What do you need to know? What should the ...
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• Style Over Substance…

  
  Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... — Authority: 530
  I just wrote a post in my other blog titled What Might Aesop’s Fables Say About Glitzy Media Parent Involvement Campaigns? It’s obviously geared toward some parent involvement efforts, but can also be applicable to any efforts or programs that emphasize style over substance. I’m sure we’ve all seen a few ...
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• Wordle of My Book

  
  Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... — Authority: 530
  Wordle is a free and easy web application that lets you paste text into it and then produces a “word cloud” illustrating the words that are used most with their size showing their frequency of use. It’s pretty neat. Here is the link to the Wordle for our book, “Building Parent Engagement In Schools.” I ...
  2 days ago

• More Truth Comes Out On School Reform

  
  The Frustrated Teacher — Authority: 137
  From truthout : Education Reform: Wrong Diagnosis, So Wrong Cure ... If Congress and the administration are wise, theyll use their levers of power not to tighten but to loosen the rigor screws and end the innovation-stifling role of Carnegie Units, course distribution requirements, mandated instructional ...
  3 days ago

• The Education Wars III

  
  Random Thoughts from Random Places — Authority: 148
  There is little doubt at all President Obama is the most anti-public education president in the nations history . The fact he appointed his buddy Arne Duncan to the secretary of education post tells it all. Charter schools are by and large jokes; the truly scary part is existing public school districts are being ...
  4 days ago

• Reform Rhetoric Needs to Match Teaching Realities

  
  Advancing the Teaching Profession — Authority: 406
  A recent report from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Center for American Progress identifies what it describes as “leaders and laggards” in efforts to reinvent our nation’s public schools. As a backdrop to the federal government’s $4 billion-plus Race to the Top competition for innovative state actions, ...
  4 days ago

• “A Parent Engagement Model That Works”

  
  Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... — Authority: 530
  In case you’re interested, Education World just published a short piece I wrote titled “A Parent Engagement Model That Works.”It gives a brief overview of my book. addthis_url = http%3A%2F%2Flarryferlazzo.edublogs.org%2F2009%2F11%2F11%2Fa-parent-engagement-model-that-works%2F; addthis_title = ...
  5 days ago

• Meeting Testing Goals By Lowering Standards

  
  Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... — Authority: 530
  Michigan State University Professor and author Yong Zhao has just written a piece on the “causes of education corruption.” I’d strongly recommend you read his entire post, but would like to specifically share a quote he uses from from social scientist Donald Campbell, who has developed an interesting concept ...
  6 days ago

• Want To Read A Rant?

  
  Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... — Authority: 530
  Syndicated columnist Ruben Navarrete just wrote a foaming at the mouth rant against public schools and teachers (and how teachers view parents). You can read my thoughts at my other blog, Engaging Parents In Schools. The post is titled Boy, Did Ruben Navarrete Get Up On The Wrong Side Of The Bed This Morning!
  6 days ago

• Imagine Schools Cash in On Education

  
  That's Right Nate — Authority: 468
  Dennis Bakke is on top of the education world.   As the CEO of Imagine Schools, he oversees the fastest growing brand name in the education business with over 36,000 students at 74 schools in 12 states and the District of Columbia.   He is rightfully heralded as one of the leaders of the education reform ...
  6 days ago

• “Bracey Report on the Condition of Public Education”

  
  Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... — Authority: 530
  The last “Bracey Report on the Condition of Public Education” is now available online. Education researcher Gerald Bracey passed away this fall. In this final report, he takes issue with three positions many school “reformers” are taking: 1. High-quality schools can eliminate the achievement gap between ...
  6 days ago

• Discussion, not flaming torches, should drive teacher pay reform

  
  Liberty Maven Liberty Maven: For Liberty, One Individual At A Time — Authority: 548
  We live in a time when government is a form of theater; that is, it manages us by appearing to manage us. The current administration, perhaps because it came in with so much support, has broken new ground in what I’m calling Fantasy Government. It rails against health insurance companies, after giving them ...
  1 week ago

• “I just thought it would end differently this time”

  
  Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... — Authority: 530
  You may have heard about the bill that was just introduced by U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, a Democrat from Washington state, into the U.S. Congress that would provide $2.35 billion in funding for literacy programs in K-12 schools. You can read more about it at the Education Week piece titled U.S. Sen. Murray Introduces ...
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• Who Will Teach? Student Voices

  
  President's Blog — Authority: 412
  Many great comments continue to come in on my original blog in this series Who Will Teach? Students in Early Childhood Education offer these thoughts on the discussion: Makai Kellogg writes: "Yesterday after leaving my preschool to go to Trinity for class, I came across a bumper sticker that read "Its too bad ...
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• Meeting the School Turnaround Challenge

  
  TakePart Social Action Network — Authority: 607
  In recent months, the federal government has made it perfectly clear that one of its key education reform goals is to turn around the nation’s chronically underperforming schools. In fact, President Obama pledged to devote billions of dollars to fund a federal school turnaround program which would close 5,000 of ...
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• The Magna Sententia Podcast: Episode 4

  
  The Magna Sententia Weblog — Authority: 117
  The Magna Sententia Podcast with Anna and Ellie Sherise. Hosted by Rodger McMillan. This week: The Sherise Method: Rectify “ Four Teens Arraigned In California Gang-Rape Case ” ( Agence France-Presse ) “ Richmond Gang Rape Seen As Nearly Inevitable ” (SFGate.com) “ ...
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• So This Is What Obama Was Talking About…

  
  Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... — Authority: 530
  In response to my request for help in figuring out what President Obama was referring to in his speech this week when he spoke about a national competition to identify better assessments different from having students “fill out a bubble” ( An Interesting Thing In Obama’s Speech This Week) , “chalkdusty” ...
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• The Education Wars II

  
  Random Thoughts from Random Places — Authority: 148
  I liked this comment from this blog (typos in original): Anonymous said... As a teacer Im not inclined to agree with any negative comments regarding seniority. Furthermore, imagine the ridiculous standards that teachers are measured by, would be used to hold doctors and lawyers "accountable". It is like telling ...
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