More “propaganda”
Is Larry Ferlazzo a dingus?
May 19, 2013 By 8 Comments
#Blended Learning is cheap learning, isn’t it? #edtech
May 18, 2013 By Leave a Comment
This isn’t a reaction to anything in particular, but when I do happen to glance at something about “Blended learning,” I always feel like advocates want to get the same learning for half the price. Technology in this instance means to replace certain more expensive teaching functions with videos and other nonsense. When the private […]
GAO report finds evidence of cheating in 33 states
May 17, 2013 By 6 Comments
Hypothetical (or not) exercise on inBloom, data, and student privacy
May 17, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Here’s a little thought experiment. Big Data advocates like inBloom are proposing to collect about 400 data points on every student in states that contract with this company. That’s a pretty long list. Presented as such, it may seem fairly innocuous. Your child’s school already has this information on file for the most part. All […]
If tweeting is an art, Weingarten is no Picasso. She's barely a George W.
May 17, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Reblogged from Fred Klonsky: “Tweeting is an art.” Randi is to Twitter as George W is to painting. The trouble all began when American Federation of Teachers President issued a statement in support of the We Are One/Cullerton bill. The bill, SB2404 is Senate President Cullerton’s attempt to circumvent the pension protection provision of the […]
Chicago students are fighting back!
May 17, 2013 By Leave a Comment
There’s some really creative resistance happening in Chicago. The massive school closures there have ignited a great conflagration. For all of the Mayor’s apparent political wisdom, how could city officials assume this would happen without a fight? Well, I have a few links for you. First, watch the video. Then, check out At the Chalk […]
President Trumps Arne’s Celebration of Astounding and Amazing and Extraordinary Teachers with Charter School Week
May 16, 2013 By 1 Comment
I haven’t been able to say anything printable about Obama’s dissing of teachers that accompanied his Proclamation declaring Charter Schools Week on Friday before the beginning of last week’s Teacher Appreciation Week. Obama’s odious Proclamation did not deter his corporate jackrabbit at ED, however, from posting his own notice of celebration on that began on […]
Standardized Tests Remain Chief Weapon in Class War
May 16, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Just as the incomes of the affluent have grown much more rapidly than those of the middle class over the last few decades, so, too, have most of the gains in educational success accrued to the children of the rich. –Sean Reardon Valerie Strauss has a new piece that reminds us with this chart from […]
Why Hasn’t Duncan Be Dumped Already?
May 16, 2013 By 1 Comment
Secretary of Education Rod Paige, who used his false claims of success in Houston to push for No Child Left Behind, was awful enough. If his statement that we are in an “education recession” was not boo-worthy, it deserved ridicule. But, neither he or the Bush Administration’s other Secretary of Education did the harm that […]
Pearson history text mimics art history textbook in same controversy
Remember that story from September where an art school was charging $180 for an art history text with no artwork? Yeah, that one. It’s published by Pearson. From Brent Ashley: There is no discount on the $180 price for an ART textbook that has NO PICTURES. Devoid of pictures. Bereft of art. If I am […]