After a slow start, #eduween15 is off and running. Check out some recent entries, and feel free to toss in your own: #eduween15 Tweets
Also, related, a great piece from a Baltimore high school teacher on teaching kids during all of this. http://t.co/b5IeMZWz4I
— Jamelle Bouie (@jbouie) April 30, 2015
Education groups were top NY lobbyists of 2014 - Times Union http://t.co/0e6fII4VTx FFES leads with nearly $10M, NYSUT $3M
— alexanderrusso (@alexanderrusso) April 30, 2015
Processing the Baltimore Story — Justin C. Cohen http://t.co/kR95GMVlbr @juscohen "Today, however, is your opportunity to follow."
— alexanderrusso (@alexanderrusso) April 30, 2015
US Ed's Deb Delisle becomes CEO of profssl development group ASCD July 1 http://t.co/Aork62VlF1
— Catherine Gewertz (@cgewertz) April 30, 2015
Check out new blog by @DavidKirp https://t.co/5Z7eUxxcCw
— Pedro Noguera (@PedroANoguera) April 24, 2015
French School Deems Teenagers Long Skirt an Illegal Display of Religion - http://t.co/RB7oYPGmX4 http://t.co/5kHtYzq5ok
— alexanderrusso (@alexanderrusso) April 30, 2015
I'm at @yaleELC #backtowhy today, mostly on Twitter (Snapchatting an event is not so easy or fun as it sounds). You can check out all the updates here, or on Facebook (Alexander Russo), or directly on Twitter (@alexanderrusso). You won't miss a thing, plus you can see the fun things people Tweet at me all day. Tweets about "@alexanderrusso"
It's hard to find a more useful, far-ranging, and long-running blog than the one California teacher Larry Ferlazzo has been running the last eight years. And so its easy for me to wish him a hearty Eighth Anniversary (just a few weeks late!).
What makes Larry's work so notable is that he shares and collects so prodigiously, and his work isn't anywhere near as narcissistic as most of us online tend to be. Some example blog posts include: New Resources On Race & Racism. Or let Larry tell you: What Have Been My Most Popular Posts? His personal favorites are here, As you will see, Ferlazzo's work spans classrooms and courthouses.
Related posts: This ELL Teacher Has *Way* More Klout Than You; Blogger / ELL Teacher Makes The New York Times; Praise For This Site From A Very High High Place; Bloggers Write Books, Too;
Total cost of big 5 education ideas would be $130B/yrx20 but would generate $225T/80y, says Forbes ow.ly/FymGt
Why reporters are still writing as if TX school board is all-powerful - CJR ow.ly/FyZk6
Forbes ed roundtable features @arneduncan@HendersonKaya @rweingarten and ... Andrew Cuomo? ow.ly/FyldN
Why Progressives Have Ignored Deaths Like Eric Garner's For Years ow.ly/Fz4g2
Departing NYT labor scribe @greenhousenytdescribes potential impact of non-union worker advocacy groups ow.ly/Fzble
As if NY doesn't already have enough education coverage, Politico adds morning ed email "Capital Education" ow.ly/FyxrT
Union helps Jeb Bush build cred by calling him out - Washington Wire - WSJ http://ow.ly/EOsH2
Marion Barry’s Complicated Education Legacy | Ahead of the Heard http://ow.ly/EOqSY @saramead
NEA’s $132M Influence Spree - @dropoutnation http://ow.ly/EP49n
What It Takes to Fix American Education - The Daily Beast http://ow.ly/EOXHZ Universal preschool, apparently
Five Graphics That Show Why a Post-White America Is Already Here | New Republic http://ow.ly/ENjl3
"Goldstein’s conclusions are loosely aligned with what we might label the Finland wing of the school reform debate." http://ow.ly/ENBJ3
How many K-12 students are illegal immigrants? - The Washington Post http://ow.ly/EGcVW
School Funding Reform: Hard Work and Fraught with Potential | Ahead of the Heard http://ow.ly/EGKzC
Not another test! Yes, but a valuable one - Chicago Tribune http://ow.ly/EGgAc
Could Minnesota Be Next for a Vergara-Style Lawsuit? - @teacherbeat - Education Week http://ow.ly/EFC0U
Uh, oh, reform types. Ravitch is mobile again - Ed Dive http://ow.ly/EGTHr
A Complete Guide to the Shooting of Michael Brown by Darren Wilson - The Intercept http://ow.ly/EGX3T
30 states using Common Core assessments this spring, says @ecscommreport ow.ly/ECmFc
Accomplishments & post-game analysis from @MarshallTuck re CA Supe Race ow.ly/EChbn
Third Way: Creating a Consistent & Rigorous Licensure Process ow.ly/ECjYM @ThirdWayEDU
Opt out advocates want to use COPPA to oppose testing - National Public Ed Network ow.ly/ECiVc
Jeb Bush's Delicate Dance with Common Core - Bloomberg Politics ow.ly/ECm3h@MichaelCBender
Do we know who organized & paid for busload of Newark protesters to travel to DC? ow.ly/ECnWy We don't - yet.
All this and more at @alexanderrusso
Any love for education at CAP's policy conference today? http://ow.ly/EyLWE @EdProgress @ulrichboser
Meet The TFA Official Charged With Bringing Change To Ferguson And Beyond http://ow.ly/EyFBJ #BrittanyPacknett
Report cites high suspension rates for charter schools - Metro - The Boston Globe http://ow.ly/ExnFd
Karen Lewis' replacement in @ctulocal1 is a Brown grad, as is @UTLAnow's Alex Caputo Pearl http://ow.ly/EyF0G Any other Brownies?
Report Offers 'Lessons Learned' From Teacher-Residency Programs - Teacher Beat - Education Week http://ow.ly/EyaDV
Meet the activist who says “unions get way too much blame” - http://Salon.com http://ow.ly/EyvnH
Poor CA high schools lose 25 days/year to various interruptions, notes @jillbarshay http://ow.ly/EuwcR @FordFoundation @hechingerreport
The Case Against Universal Preschool - The Atlantic http://ow.ly/EsJsT @aliaemily FYI @conorpwilliams @ffyf
In New Republican Congress, Charters a Focus – But Not Much Else | National Title I Association http://ow.ly/EtwNv @titlei
How Strict Is Too Strict? - The Atlantic http://ow.ly/EtqKv What does Carr miss or get wrong, if anything?
Tomorrow in Chicago: The Atlantic's @tanehisicoates ("The case for reparations") will be at North Lawndale College Prep and the IOP
All this and more throughout the day at @alexanderrusso
Lots of ideas for solving the teacher equity problem from @chadaldeman -- Education Next http://ow.ly/Eqimf Are any of these viable?
Projected Results from Spring Common-Core Tests - Education Week http://ow.ly/Eq0OQ
Why public-sector unions lost big in Illinois - The Washington Post http://ow.ly/EqnYS
Common Core critic Carol Burris debates supporter Jayne Ellsperman on the latest Bloomberg EDU Podcast http://ow.ly/EoRgp [Who won?]
Ex-Chancellor Klein on #edreform, karaoke, contradictions: http://bit.ly/1uIN9IJ via #helenzelon
Meet @Sonali_Kohli, the Quartz reporter covering education http://ow.ly/EqskK
The Problem With "Serial" And The Model Minority Myth - BuzzFeed http://ow.ly/EqhAl Spoiler Alert!
Starting tomorrow! All the day's most interesting education news & commentary, delivered each afternoon M-F via email http://eepurl.com/8Gwiv
It's ideology not outside money that's ruining think tanks -- The National Interest http://ow.ly/Ee3gm
Boston Benefits from Mutual Consent Hiring | TNTP http://ow.ly/Ee01v
Minneapolis Schools Now Need Permission to Suspend Black Students - Atlanta Blackstar http://ow.ly/EdmPt Anyone else doing this?
Oh, no, TFA has expanded to San Diego! Check out 2 pieces in @voiceofsandiego http://ow.ly/EbnLw and http://ow.ly/EbnNI
How activists generate buzz to generate media coverage - Columbia Journalism Review http://ow.ly/EdZ3y @jgordonwright @mikephillips1
Handy dandy writeup of yesterday's EdWeek midterms confab http://t.co/mDQg9eMY1O
Yikes: 43 Frantic 911 Calls Document The Horror Of The Marysville School Shooting http://ow.ly/Edij5
This @cpre look at the midterms/CommonCore overlap seems notably clear, no? http://ow.ly/E8hDo
3 reasons Common Core is especially controversial in New York - Vox http://ow.ly/E7lXk
EdWeek bill tracker shows 2 Common Core rollback proposals have made it into law (so far) http://ow.ly/E7yIU They're MO & NC
Obama's Fragile Education Legacy http://ow.ly/E7tMf by @conorpwilliams
New report from Urban Teacher Residency United features Aspire & Denver Teacher Residency http://ow.ly/E8vjK @utrunited
Head of Tulane-affiliated think tank (& former Chicago charter guru) John Ayers quits after release of flawed study http://ow.ly/E7EWc
Salman Khan is changing the way kids learn - Portrait by Annie Leibovitz http://vnty.fr/11e1mfV
All this and more at @alexanderrusso.
Ed. Dept. Directs States to Improve Teacher Distribution - Politics K-12 - Education Week http://ow.ly/E4SVt
State-mandated testing takes 1 pct of FL class says @excelined - but district practices vary http://ow.ly/E513i @ewaemily @LizetteNYT
Nice post from @MikeStryer on union rhetoric http://ow.ly/E4WzN but hold on - @CivilRightsOrg opposes Vergara http://ow.ly/E4WIB
Atlanta-area judge lifts order banning outlets from publishing cheating story | Poynter. http://ow.ly/E4T9O @AJCGetSchooled
Dana Goldstein's The Teacher Wars is now in its 5th hardcover printing and the author will be in DC on 11/17 http://ow.ly/E4r56
Hey, Vox, NPR, & WSJ: The Equity Project results aren't that different from other NYC charters, says @neeravkingsland http://ow.ly/E1JVc
Here's @StudentsFirst's self-rep 104-race $2.2M '14 tally http://ow.ly/DYSdi [You're next, @FiftyCAN @DFER @Stand4Children @LEE_National!]
Teachers spent $100M says WSJ's @allysiafinley http://ow.ly/DZ02z [but most of it wasn't on education races, right?]
Outside Money, Mixed Results in Austin school board race - The Austin Chronicle http://ow.ly/DVA17
Cunningham's take on midterms2014 includes praise & concern for reformers http://ow.ly/DZbOk
New Jersey Gets No Child Left Behind Waiver Extension - Politics K-12 - Education Week http://ow.ly/DZcPN
High School Graduation Rates at an All-Time High - The Atlantic http://ow.ly/DZbFt
NYT editorial board slams de Blasio school improvement plan for being weak, slow, complicated http://ow.ly/DYbKx
All this and more at @alexanderrusso.
Teachers' Union Bosses Barnstorm Across U.S., AFT Makes Final TV Ad Push - State EdWatch - Education Week http://ow.ly/DKPXt
Your Edu-Watching Guide to the 2014 Mid-Term Elections - Politics K-12 - Education Week http://ow.ly/DKOB5
John Oliver takes on state legislators, the most important politicians you're ignoring - Vox http://ow.ly/DKSEl @dylanmatt
Too Many Kids Quit Science Because They Don't Think They're Smart - The Atlantic http://ow.ly/DKJ3J
Trying to make it in a Richmond neighborhood with a 70 percent poverty rate - The Washington Post http://ow.ly/DKRWm @tinagriego
Palo Alto #teacher @EstherWojcicki on " #tenure as a problem, but also as a necessity." @haleybureau http://ow.ly/DKNj9 via @susansawyers
For all this and more, see @alexanderrusso.
Three decades after order, Denver schools struggle to teach English - Denver Post http://ow.ly/DzjJE @yeseniarobles via @annenberginst
#5: Sean McComb - 2014 National Teacher Of The Year by Education on Tap http://ow.ly/DAE5O
"A strange shift in overlapping allegiances" [& contributions] in this year's Austin school board race http://ow.ly/Dzss9
Vilson: A few questions to ask yourself before you talk to me about bad teachers. http://ow.ly/DA2BU @TheJLV
Not too long ago, @rweingarten & @marshalltuck were allies not mortal enemies, reminds EdWeek's @andrewujifusa http://ow.ly/DArOW
States Are [Still] Prioritizing Prisons Over Education, Budgets Show http://ow.ly/DAqxO
(What) Do Americans really think about education? | The Thomas B. Fordham Institute http://ow.ly/DAqbW @mpolikoff
White House pool reports President Obama & First Lady Michelle Obama are at Sidwell Friends School 4 parent-teacher confs. 'Tis the season. via @juliehdavis
Oklahoma Teacher Will Have To Quarantine Herself After Trip To Ebola-Free Rwanda http://ow.ly/Du6Qw
Why Marshall Tuck Should Not Be Elected State Superintendent | Diane Ravitch's blog http://ow.ly/DtQla
7 in 10 Young Americans Too Fat, Uneducated, or Criminal to Join Army - Newsweek http://ow.ly/DtPSW
Arne Duncan Talks K-12 Policy in Tennessee, Where It's Somewhat Stalled - Politics K-12 - Education Week http://ow.ly/DtOUU
Civil Rights Groups Want Resources for Students to Factor in Accountability - @politicsk12 Education Week http://ow.ly/DtOMa
Here's The Average SAT Score For Every College Major - Business Insider http://ow.ly/DtOfo Education Majors = 1438 combined
An Icy Attack on the Georgia Governor’s Education Policies - NYT http://ow.ly/Dqmjx @AJCGetSchooled
Election 2014 Caravan of Delights: Illinois Gubernatorial Race - State EdWatch - Education Week http://ow.ly/DqljU
State schools chief race may reverberate beyond California - LA Times http://ow.ly/DoIgo
White House telling Duncan what to do.? not sure what's new about that @politicsk12 http://feedly.com/k/1w9rfsJ
Roundup of responses to TIME’s controversial teacher tenure cover story - TIME http://ow.ly/DpUXt
87th school shooting since New Town, reports ThinkProgress http://ow.ly/DoktP
New @JoelIKlein book reiterates his claim that @DianeRavitch reform reversal was personally motivated, says Newsweek's @alexnazaryan
@DianeRavitch: @JoelIKlein @alexnazaryan Silly. My "reversal" occurred five years after my partner retired from NYC DOE.
The internecine conflict within NJ teachers union (& across the nation) - NJ Spotlight http://ow.ly/DigSL @NJLeftbehind
Your local schools probably aren't nearly as good as you think they are - @BrookingsEd http://ow.ly/Dik3O
Public Schools... for the rich — Joanne Jacobs http://ow.ly/Dip4x
Rethinking vocational high school as a path to college | http://Marketplace.org @ehanford http://ow.ly/Dijhi
Just 8 states - AL, KY, NE, MT, ND, SD, VT, WV - still don't allow charters, and AL could be next to fall http://ow.ly/DijMU
NPR's 50 great teachers premiers on Tuesday WFSU http://ow.ly/Di9l7 @npr_ed
Lewis Black Slams Guidance Counselors, Praises Teachers ow.ly/D3Auk
Karen Lewis Returns to Twitter After Brain Tumor Diagnosis | CSN Chicago ow.ly/D3ivF
It nearly all boils down to money/funding inequities, says @NewAmericaEd's @ConorPWilliams ow.ly/D3pfc
To Siri, with love - NYT ow.ly/D3Q7R Mother of autistic child writes about how the voice recognition program has helped
AFT & NEA weigh in on all-Dem CA supe race ow.ly/D3GUv
The role of the private sector in education: A convo w/ Chicago Community Trust's Terry Mazany — Chicago Business ow.ly/D3zt5
UMD's Journalism Center on Children and Families (home of Casey Medals) will shut down | Poynter. ow.ly/D3rnm
Reaction to Deasy resignation as polarizing as his tenure #LAUSD http://wp.me/p2fzpD-7Rn
LAUSD kids under @DrDeasyLAUSD outpaced other urban kids in gains on NAEP in reading & math, but raw scores still well behind big-city avg
State Education Funding Lags Behind Pre-Recession Levels - US News http://ow.ly/CRqlh @alliebidwell
Jindal's teacher tenure law ruled constitutional by LA Supreme Court | http://NOLA.com http://ow.ly/CSixi @jwilliamsNOLA
De Blasio: Congratulations, @RahmEmanuel for taking steps toward bringing universal pre-k to Chicago’s kids next year.
Ravitch blog reaches 15M pageviews in just over 2 years blog http://ow.ly/CSjd7 Anyone else anywhere near her, including mainstream?
Millions pour into CA supe’s race | @EdSource http://ow.ly/COarD @calteachers still outspending Broad et al
NC charter CEO funnels money to his own for-profit companies, reports ProPublic @mariancw @hvogell Reminds me of UNO. http://ow.ly/CNALO
MOOCs go to high school | http://Marketplace.org http://ow.ly/COERm @adrienehill on EdX's launch of two dozen free HS classes
Ailing Lewis’ condition remains under wraps - Chicago Sun-Times http://ow.ly/COLjt @bylaurenfitz @ctulocal1
Conservative think-tank paying protestors at Philly teachers union event | Billy Penn http://ow.ly/COKDi
Reform types / PACs donate to D.C. school board candidate http://ow.ly/COcb3 What about NEA & AFT, @valeriestrauss?
Michelle Obama Recalls Stressful Time In Elementary & High School - DNA Info http://ow.ly/CNqd5
4 Things We've Learned Since The Widget Effect | http://ow.ly/CKAR9 @TNTP
TCRecord: article describes USA's "systematically brutal, flagrantly discriminatory system of education." http://ow.ly/CKP4c
The challenges of a US teaching force that is 81 percent white and overwhelmingly female - TCRecord: Article http://ow.ly/CKPBG
Dropout Nation » A Prayer for Karen Lewis http://ow.ly/CL7vw
Longtime @AnnenbergInst head Warren Simmons stepping down in June, according to press release.
Reactions to @edtrust school rating report rounded up at @morning_edu http://ow.ly/3szUrN
“The Educator and the Oligarch" - The Washington Post http://ow.ly/CAznt @valeriestrauss interviews @anthonycody
How College Students Battled Textbook Publishers To A Draw, In 3 Graphs http://ow.ly/Cxka3
Improve education by having teachers recite from e-readers? Hmm. http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/10/is-it-okay-to-make-teachers-read-scripted-lessons/381265/ …
Can We Find A Truce in the Teacher Wars? | EdCentral http://ow.ly/CzIA2
Philissa's Weekend Reads: http://feedly.com/e/K05pQg4V @chalkbeatny
Success Academy Network Has An Extremely Small Lobbying Operation in DC http://feedly.com/e/1n4yS9CN
CTU's Lewis Recovering From Surgery, Sharkey To Assume Duties For Now http://tinyurl.com/kft7blj #Twill #IL #P2
In These Times reports on pro-reform contributions to Minnesota board race http://ow.ly/CvI6z No mention of union $. Funded by Puffin.
How Videogames Like Minecraft Actually Help Kids Learn to Read | Clive Thompson in WIRED http://ow.ly/CwU8U @gtoppo
Twitterfight of the day: @dropoutnation & @DmitriMehlhorn vs. @tragerUFT & others re whether Philly kid protest was paid advocacy
Is your state one of the 36 states to introduce privacy legislation this year? @paigekowalski http://ow.ly/CvmWE
Common Core could help limit impact of teachers' low expectations of minority students, notes CAP report http://ow.ly/CnCin
When it comes to teacher testing rebellions, it's hard to beat @CTULocal1's George Schmidt http://ow.ly/CoCYy @teacherbeat @joravben
Former @massteacher president Paul Toner will be the head of Teacher Voice Strategies, which runs @VIVAVoices... via TeacherBeat
Did @AFTunion's $13k contrib to Demos fund @bobherbert's critique of @gatesed? http://ow.ly/CokVp ? @mbmarklein @PoliticsK12 @teacherbeat
Who's *Missing* From New Student Privacy Pledge? Google, Apple, Pearson http://ow.ly/CofWK BuzzFeed @Molly_HC
A year inside the Netherlands' 22 "Steve Jobs" schools http://ow.ly/CnBoN
All this and more at @alexanderrusso.
Schoolbook relaunches today with new media partners - Nieman via Current http://ow.ly/Cl0sB @bethfertig @pwillens @ceodonovan
See also: Ki Sung taking over editing @mindshiftKQED from Tina Bargesghian http://ow.ly/Cj3aA
Educators increasingly optimistic on the Common Core, despite general public uncertainty. http://ow.ly/CkZtU @ewaemily @AtlanticEDU
No Constructive Solutions for Educational Change Offered in The Nation - Education Post http://ow.ly/Cl48q
Why can't the grown-ups get it right on education? - LA Times http://ow.ly/Ckfdu
"Marshall Tuck Will Destroy Public Education in California" via @dianeravitch http://ow.ly/Clgnh
Mixed results from KY's 3rd year Common Core test results - @AndrewUjifusa http://ow.ly/CfXp7 @ccsso @minnichc @AchieveInc
Due process gives bad teachers -not poor kids- the benefit of the doubt in NYC, says new @AEIeducation report http://ow.ly/CfKMi
Writers @amandaripley & @elizwgreen discuss overlaps between their books, vitriol directed at them by readers http://ow.ly/CfNLn
Missed Opportunities at Congressional Black Caucus conference http://ow.ly/CfWED @citizenstewart
A high-poverty public school tries charter-type reforms | Al Jazeera America http://ow.ly/CfW8in @etammykim @solutionsjournalism
Vouchers on the horizon for IL, wonders @catalystchicago? http://ow.ly/CfVaQ
“The Feds just keep pushing the one button they have—which is accountability. ” —@amandaripley http://ow.ly/CfO02
Inaugural @NetworkPublicEd event 10/11 replaces NBC's now-defunct @educationnation conference, says @dianeravitch http://ow.ly/CfN3a
ICYMI: The Roots' @questlove tweeted in support of yesterday's Families / @jeremiahkitt event. via @edu_post
The inevitable comparison between Uber and school choice - James Courtovich in the WSJ http://ow.ly/C6T4y
Putting The Trust Back In Education ow.ly/C7S14 @ConorPWilliams riffs off of @ulrichboser's new book
Instead Of Staring At Screens, These Kids Stared At Faces : NPR ow.ly/C7OJ9 @NPRCoryTurner
End the charter school wars - NY Daily News ow.ly/C7APr@RickKahlenberg @HalleyTCF
Wave of undocumented students challenges schools, costs extra $2K per kid | PBS NewsHour Extra ow.ly/C7oOb
Investigations into teacher misconduct can often take more than a year http://ow.ly/C6ZhC @lizbowie
Nearly 5 years in, NYC is "nowhere close to delivering" on Race to the Top promises, writes Steve Brill ow.ly/C82tI
Confessions Of A Six-Figure Father: Why I'd Never Send My Kids To Private School ow.ly/C7oxf
Education key topic in PA, KS, AR, TX campaign debates | MSNBC ow.ly/C3Sgn
The states versus Secretary Duncan — Mediumow.ly/C1h5r Why Mary Fallin has a case but Bobby Jindal doesn’t
Atlanta cheating scandal has changed the way educators approach exam security - WSJ @carolineporterow.ly/C2UUg
Colleges are doing diversity all wrong - Vox ow.ly/C2U6E
With the Right Technology, Can Children Teach Themselves? | MindShift ow.ly/C2WG0
Montana teacher who raped student & initially got one (1) month sentence gets new, longer sentence - Vox ow.ly/C2U86 @DLind
Congrats to WSJ ed reporter @carolineporter on the occasion of her marriage (and on making the NYT) ow.ly/C2Tqv #edjourn
Students before teachers, writes Harvard's Laurence Tribe http://ow.ly/BWAdB #Vergara @studentsmatter
How to Make Teachers More Like Doctors - The Atlantic http://ow.ly/BV4da @DmitriMehlhorn
Where Girls Get Kidnapped on Their Way to School - Atlantic Mobile @jesslahey http://ow.ly/BWtgE
Oh No! It's @EduShyster! by Education on Tap http://ow.ly/BWjvI @TeachForAmerica @AaronMoFoFrench
Why @nctqKate is suing the University of Missouri http://ow.ly/BWgkp @nctq
The Mis-Education Of African-American Girls : NPR Ed : NPR http://ow.ly/BV0xL @Ericnpr Interview with LDF's Janel George
Bill Clinton, like @AFTunion, favors grade span testing http://goo.gl/1W9v53 via @knowledgealliance
KS Teacher of the Year: The Common Core Is Working in My Classroom - Education Week http://ow.ly/BS0Ei
Most-banned books include The Bluest Eye http://ow.ly/BPZ9o But here are 19 others with disturbing elements http://ow.ly/BPZim
Three R's For The Digital Age: Rockets, Robots and Remote Control : NPR Ed : NPR http://ow.ly/BSspX
Map of school paddling percentages by state - @igotcharts via @libbyanelson http://ow.ly/BSdMT
Is the Providence mayoral campaign behind the teachers union contract rejection? | Rhode Island Public Radio http://ow.ly/BRKgR
Beating Walker a top priority, says @neamedia @Lily_NEA http://ow.ly/BRK9q
NB: I'm looking for (unpaid) interns and contributors for Fall 2014 -- pass it along or ping me directly at alexanderrusso at gmail if you're interested in helping out.
Providence RI Teachers Want Contract To Retain "No Layoff" Provision | Rhode Island Public Radio http://ow.ly/BOEXQ
Parent group allied with @ctulocal1 asks questions about group allied with charters and choice http://ow.ly/BOAFV @ILRaiseYourHand
23 states still allow teachers to hit students - & it's still common in Mississippi and Arkansas - @libbyanelson Vox http://ow.ly/BPTom
Lessons from Guilford County’s @amplify Tablet Rollout | EdSurge News http://ow.ly/BPT6T @EdSurge
More parents join suit to overturn tenure laws | New York Post http://ow.ly/BPJrs via @Dyrnwyn
Debate aside, Core a reality in classrooms | News | The Advocate — Baton Rouge, Louisiana http://ow.ly/BPDqQ @WillSentell
State Auditor has a very different take on #CommonCore than Bobby Jindal | http://NOLA.com http://ow.ly/BPCKh
Broad panel frustrated at incremental progress, notes @benweider at @FiveThirtyEight http://ow.ly/BPsJw
Being pro-reform -- and pro-labor -- in the Vergara era, by Ama Nyamekye http://ow.ly/BPoG9 @ed4excellence
Diverse charter has 5 of top 6 public schools in Denver - @DSSTPubSchools ow.ly/BM6yT @RickKahlenberg@HalleyTCF
What is the value of understanding public opinion about teaching? - NJ ow.ly/BM9xy @fawnjohnson namechecks @WhiteRhinoRay
Weingarten: The True Story of Public Education in America http://ow.ly/3rEMMO @rweingarten
NYC schools list test score cutoffs for admission despite prohibition - New York Post http://ow.ly/BLAqw #checkyourself
Just 19 years ago today, Bill Clinton proposed getting all American schools online | Poynter. ow.ly/BMCEv
Before you file those SIG comments, check out @theOunce 's new report on turnound metrics being proposed ow.ly/BML20
All-Girls Schools Don't Make Girls More Competitive - Pacific Standard ow.ly/BMCwA
NCEE 's Tucker responds to Ravitch and Cody http://ow.ly/3qZsNF
Actually, public education is getting better, not worse - The Washington Post http://ow.ly/BGAx4 @crampell
Wendy Kopp: Criticism toward Teach for America is misplaced - The Washington Post http://ow.ly/BHyz3
New MTA head Barbara Madeloni Thinks Tests Are Failing Our Schools http://ow.ly/BHmcU Boston Magazine
Funders band together to invest in “Teacher Town, USA” [aka Memphis] http://ow.ly/BHmsZ @bridgespangroup via @michaelpetrilli
Charter accountability "too important to be left to those working for their demise," notes EIA re @annenberginst rpt http://ow.ly/BHGDd
"The LEAST Informative School Ranking Ever Developed!" http://ow.ly/BHBN9 Boston Magazine feat. XKCD's Randall Munroe
Hitting your kids is legal in all 50 states TIME ti.me/1ASGwgt [Legal for teachers in 20.]
State appropriations to early care and education programs increased by 3.8% ($368.8 million) in FY 14 - modo.ly/1nNSGRS via @NCSLorg
Gates-funded news shows @npr_ed & @LearningCurveEd shld bolster disclosure, saysCurrent.org ow.ly/BEfNJ
"When in doubt, blame the teachers and their union." | Diane Ravitch's blog ow.ly/BEDPC
With nearly 30k applications, Indiana might be No. 1 in the U.S. for vouchers this year | ow.ly/BEfti @ChalkbeatIN
New Yorker Cartoon: “This is what I learned during my summer at TED camp." ow.ly/BFfC2 via @hotfored
First, Garcetti softened on Vergara ow.ly/BCnZR Now he's endorsed Vergara opponent Torlakson ow.ly/BCnzi
Maybe reformers aren't going to leave Rahm hanging after all ow.ly/BByrx @DFER_IL @libbyanelson @HeatherHJ
Louisiana CommonCore snafus are "A fiasco caused by one person," according to Chas Roemer ow.ly/BBZIl #blamecommoncore
Martin West says the public wants teachers evaluated using test scores #frizzle ow.ly/BBVQO [But PDK Gallup says otherwise]
‘A National Admissions Office’ for Low-Income Strivers -NYTimes.com ow.ly/BBVwo QuestBridge via @ScholasticAdms
Does Moving Poor People Work? - Not without other changes, apparently NYTimes.com ow.ly/BBLhd Mentions @KIPP
Federal Program Supplies Surplus Military Gear to Schools - WSJ ow.ly/BBy2W [But LAUSD's giving back grenade launchers]
MA vocational schools unable to educate enough - The Boston Globe ow.ly/Bw9cL
In face of broad vendor claims, some districts rate#commoncore materials for quality ow.ly/Bx140
Eduwonk also questions @libbyanelson's Vox critique of HS ratings ow.ly/BwYbB My orig post here ow.ly/BwZab
NY union local upset with AFT head @rweingarten for making calls on behalf of Cuomo running mate ow.ly/BwXQg
More names from @Larryferlazzo for my ow.ly/BwBv1 list: @DrCamikaRoyal @Roxanna_Elden @WhiteRhinoRay@Lily_NEA @TeachMoore
#TheTeacherWars' @DanaGoldstein takes a narrow lead with a New Yorker mention/review ow.ly/Bwu3n
"This is not research but pamphlet. Unfortunate misinformation. Myths rather than facts." says Pasi Sahlberg
Barely 30 percent of US adults exceed their parents' education level - worse than all but 3 OECD nations ow.ly/Bo9FD
ICYMI: @ChiPubSchools Show Real Graduation Rate Progress, @UChicagoUEI Tim Knowles US News ow.ly/Bo84n
Jose Vilson praises @elizwgreen book for listening to teachers ow.ly/Bo1EI
The nations "most-educated" towns are mostly affluent suburbs ow.ly/Bon3w #yayneighborhoodschools?
HS rankings may not tell us much, as @libbyanelsonnotes - but what about high-perf, high-pov HSs also listed? ow.ly/BofgC
On Dana Goldstein’s Piece Last Week in Vox @TeachForAmerica @DanaGoldstein ow.ly/Boe2x
NYT's Porter corrects attribution of income gap / grad rate research - UM's Bailey & Dynarski #edjourn ow.ly/Boaa2
CCSS critics out-debated advocates -- but [spoiler alert/trigger warning!] audience voted for CC anyway - EdWeek ow.ly/BlsUN
Common Core Advocates' Top 3 Mistakes - @yep-DC @BrainofMatter ow.ly/BkLHr Mistake #1: Ignoring materials and training.
Just 5 of 43 states with #CCSS are considering repeal of some kind, reports @ecs ow.ly/BkPt5 Though many have #renamed
Revamping tenure doesn't poll well in MO, reports @TeacherBeat ow.ly/BlMoO Then again, the state's already revamped tval.
Is It Time to Cash in on Charter Schools? I Don’t Think So - NJ Spotlight http://ow.ly/Bk3bU
Newsweek: The Manhattan School That's Helping Immigrant Students Succeed ow.ly/Bl6dp
About 70 percent of America's elementary schools still rely on slow Internet connections. ow.ly/BkDTS
FL district rescinds testing opt-out vote WBBH News http://ow.ly/BiI4n
Former EdTrust/Obama/Kennedy/Pell guy @M_Dannenberg1 is joining Ed Reform Now, "think tank to DFER and others."
RT @hechingerreport: If there is a testing craze, @BarthRichard says his three NYC public school kids are getting tested more in soccer...
Key Players in the Future of Education - OZY http://ow.ly/Bi3pL feat. Ruslyn Ali, John White, Roland Fryer, Mike Johnston, Poland.
Statement from Chancellor Henderson Regarding Washington Post Column http://ow.ly/3qqcDG
Richard Kahlenberg of Century Foundation: “It’s not hard to be pro-union on this panel.” He’s with Michelle Rhee and Mitch Daniels. #nytsft via @scholasticadms
A Rare Virus Plagues Back-to-School Season - Atlantic Mobile http://ow.ly/3qqskJ
On the School-Choice Barricades with Kevin Chavous - WSJ http://ow.ly/Be47y
Atlanta school cheating trial has 12 teachers facing prison - LA Times ow.ly/Bf244
Common Core’s five big half-truths - @rickhess99 via @DianeRavitch ow.ly/BfIea
Beyond standardized tests, we need a richer accountability model. Test scores alone aren't enough. msdf.co/1niIsdn
States Collaborate to Keep Track of Students http://ow.ly/Be1NN - Stateline
Ravitch & Deasy scheduled to be on Tavis Smiley tonight (separately, I presume) http://ow.ly/Be3Hm
So Bill Gates Has This Idea for a History Class - NYT Sunday Magazine - ow.ly/B9pPD ow.ly/3q4oSB
Teachers Unions Under Fire, Firing Back [at allies as well as sworn enemies] - WSJ ow.ly/B9Bcw @carolineporter
Why Do Teacher Unions Hate Eva Moskowitz? -- NYMag @jonathanchait ow.ly/B8YkP She focuses on results, not jobs
The Ivy League Is Broken -- and Only Standardized Tests Can Fix It http://ow.ly/B8VE5
‘It Was Like A War Zone’: Busing In Boston | WBUR http://ow.ly/B8oIX Looking back at 40 years ago - via @annenberginst
New @AJAMPresents doc showing what life's like for 15 HS seniors starts Sunday ow.ly/B9iWs
"Brave Teen Refuses to Attend Middle School, Chooses Jail Instead" http://feedly.com/e/qRPVk_g1
How the Common Core Became the Biggest Conservative Bogeyman Since Obamacare | Mother Jones @timothypmurphy ow.ly/B5eIW
Student demographics are rapidly changing but teacher demographics aren't keeping up: http://bddy.me/1AaDLH0
Varied views on launch of @edu_post in EdWeek http://ow.ly/B6e0M Seemed to stumble a bit the first day despite lovely WP writeup
Michele Cahill leaving Carnegie Corp of NY as of 9/12ow.ly/B6zER LaVerne Evans Srinivasan will be acting VP for ed
"Google Will Refund At Least $19 Million for Kids' In-App Purchases" feedly.com/e/kMGzBDW7
New criticism of The Wire raises provocative questions about journalism and race http://ow.ly/B4ans #edjourn
Why a tough year for America’s Democrats could be a good opportunity for the party’s far left - Quartz ow.ly/B3ujx
Don't tell @davidsirota that the NEA is partnering with Walden ("Won't Back Down") Media ow.ly/B39yj
Ray Suarez interviews NEA head Lily Eskelsen Garcia re#vergara etc on AJAM ow.ly/B358X
Democrats, unions pour $25M into key Colo. races | Chalkbeat ow.ly/B3rYC via @RealClearEd
Zero (0) black/Hispanic students at 90 NYC schools passed state tests this year @NYDNBenChapman via @RedditEducation ow.ly/B3404
Teachers in Reno embrace the Common Core | American RadioWorks | ow.ly/B3caB
The Battle for NYC Schools: Moskowitz vs. de Blasio - NYT Sunday Magazine - http://ow.ly/B2FWF Anything new or different here?
iPad is Running Into Trouble in the Education Market - Motley Fool via @RedditEducation http://ow.ly/B34CZ
So many school stories on the first day of a new year -- some of them good, many pro forma, very few breaking through #edjourn
Skipping School Correlates With Low Test Scores But Cracking Down on Truancy May Not Solve The Problem- @ewaemily http://ow.ly/AZOxL
Lawsuits, snafus, delays, and unchanged outcomes snag early teacher rating efforts, reports @caitlinzemma http://ow.ly/B0ddD
CPS outpaces charter schools in improvements, especially in reading - Chicago Sun-Times http://ow.ly/AZjOL
Why Do Americans Love to Blame Teachers? - The Atlantic @hoodedu http://ow.ly/AZOqB
NPR's Ominous "The End Of Neighborhood Schools" in NOLA http://ow.ly/B07wu But isn't that what Cambridge, MA has?
Boston principals hire own teachers & leave 110 veterans out - "wasting" $10M - The Boston Globe http://ow.ly/AZi8p via @annenberginst
Governor Jindal is a [Legal] Troll | EdCentral ow.ly/APrXV@l tepe
Teacher unions ought to ease up on the gas — @njleftbehind - NewsWorks ow.ly/AQ7YB
5 @greendot [unionized charter] schools make Daily Beast/Newsweek top HS in the nation list ow.ly/APxGU
Ferguson area teachers given directives on how to talk about Michael Brown | Al Jazeera America ow.ly/APrPg
A Simple Education App [Remind] May Reach The Top Of The App Store Charts ow.ly/APpkq
More Research On Precisely What Works for English Language Learners | EdCentral ow.ly/APrRY
Teenagers Favor Tech Over Clothes - NYT ow.ly/AQ8gn "The conversation always circles back to the iPhone 6"
25 High Schools "Doing the Most With the Least" - includes Noble Street - The Daily Beast ow.ly/ANgzm
Jindal Sues Feds over Common Core ow.ly/ANyFw & Receives Renewed Support For Voucher Program ow.ly/ANyBe
Can @DrDeasyLAUSD survive the iPad fiasco? - LA Times ow.ly/ANy0M
Jay Matthews: Big charter change seen in 2 D.C. schools - The Washington Post ow.ly/3pfiSJ @HalleyTCF @RickKahlenberg
Theme park law keeps VA schools from opening until after labor day, reports Washingtonian http://ow.ly/AKEoP @brfreed Other states?
Most of Chicago's Little League Champs attend magnet or charter schools, reports ABC News http://ow.ly/AMc2L
"Gadflies' latest attacks on New York's Common Core exams are the most ignorant yet." Oped in the NYDN ow.ly/AK5PL
Great story from Chicago Tribune's @lollybowean about what happened to some of @UrbanPrep's 2010 grads ow.ly/AK4dA
New Teachers College book on #diversecharters (among other things) coming out next week: A Smarter Charter http://ow.ly/3p7GPS
The problem isn't tenure, writes David B. Cohen in @valeriestrauss' The Answer Sheet http://ow.ly/AJrGz It's, er, something else.
Four years ago, the case for teacher cams was already being made by @MichaelPetrilli educationnext.org/lights-camera-…) #teachercams
Today's college freshman were in kindergarten when 9/11 happened & other tdibts via @libbyanelson ow.ly/AKqmx [beneath Vox, but it's a late August week and I obviously have no standards].
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