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Very glad to see @chrislhayes inviting Karen Lewis onto his show #inners
May 25, 2013 By Leave a Comment
No More KINGS!
May 25, 2013 By 1 Comment
Over the last few weeks, my first graders have watched this Schoolhouse Rock video at least a dozen times. They would excitedly request a viewing nearly every day. Why did they like it so much? Honestly, they LOVED the part where the colonist sticks his tongue out at the King! Of course they did-they are […]
Pledge Your Support to the Common Core!
May 24, 2013 By 7 Comments
New York Education Commissioner, John King, has partnered with Education Reform Now! to start getting private businesses on board with the Common Core State Standards. Nobody in education really buys any of this garbage, so King has decided to start getting businesses to sign on and wrap a huge media campaign around it. Hey, Exxon-Mobil […]
How Many More Teachers Have to Quit Before Things Change?
May 24, 2013 By 1 Comment
ANNOUNCEMENT: Launching i2
May 24, 2013 By 2 Comments
ANNOUNCEMENT Launching i2: Innovative Innovators FAQs What is i2? i2 is a venture designed to recruit and train educators without any experience or expertise in innovation, entrepreneurship, or cagebusting to serve as consultants for innovators, entrepreneurs, and cagebusters. Who will i2 serve? Innovators stuck in an innovation rut. Entrepreneurs (and Edupreneurs) trapped inside the entrepreneurial […]
The new gym class in PA, 112 questions? Really?
May 24, 2013 By 2 Comments
A bubble test for gym. Stay classy. But I have to mention the following. I am actually a former ACE-certified personal trainer. I know this stuff. And these are pretty terrible questions about weight training. Leg press is a compound exercise that also works out the hamstrings. Weight training rarely uses the push-pull concept anymore. […]
Toddler Testing
May 24, 2013 By 1 Comment
Ed. Dept. Launches Competition for Kindergarten Entry Assessments “Kindergarten-entry assessments are designed to measure a child’s “essential domains of school readiness,” which include language and literacy development, cognition and general early knowledge, readiness to learn, physical well-being, and social and emotional development.” @the chalkface is developing the “NON essential domains of school readiness” kindergarten entry […]
A Day of Professional Development…or Professional Discouragement?
May 24, 2013 By 5 Comments
Yesterday, I attended a day of Professional Development offered by our local BOCES Center. The title “Math and Technology Integration” sounded fairly benign, and I agreed to attend when asked by my Principal if I would be interested. The day long “training” also included some prizes – an iPad and an iPevo document camera for […]
The Obama Plan to Allow Casino Capitalists to Set Student Loan Interest Rates
May 24, 2013 By 1 Comment
With the one year extension on student loan rates set to expire July 1, the President is following his standard negotiating strategy of carving out a position just to the left of proto-fascists’ mouthpiece, John Boehner: the President has come out in favor of allowing the manipulators of Wall Street to determine interest rates for […]
Just Say No: “Big egos don’t produce success”
May 24, 2013 By Leave a Comment
I thought I was about to read yet another news story about Michelle Rhee and DC schools when I saw this headline: Big egos don’t produce success, study finds Instead, I found an article about research addressing students who feel entitled. Yet, I cannot help thinking that the headline from Australian Geographic is a potential […]
Our interview with John Merrow: Everything you need to know
Sorry to keep reminding everyone, but this story needs to continue getting coverage. It’s the “lynchpin”, I believe, to this entire iteration of “education reform” we are experiencing at present. Remember, 7PM EST, right here. Once we’ve heard from Mr. Merrow, we’ll take some calls. Now, here’s a link to a comprehensive PDF of Merrow’s […]