Home » This Week In Education
Happy #firstdayofschool to #teachers and students starting today! pic.twitter.com/BHFCQ5P4vm KQED story describes impact of historic housing segregation, lack of district-provided transportation, and influx of white parents displaces kids of color in higher-performing schools (Oakland Prides Itself on Being Diverse — Until It Comes Time to Send Kids to School). Or, listen to super-cute incoming kindergartners starting school in Chicago, via WBEZ. ("I can count in Spanish") CPS begins new school year with same old problems - Tribune fw.to/qDvy7Vf Budget Cuts Take Center Stage In Chicago Teacher Contract Fight wbez.org/shows/wbez-new… Chicago’s Graduation Rate Goes Up Again wbez.org/shows/wbez-new… A closer look at LA test scores for English learners, magnet schools and charters latimes.com/local/educatio… Detroit teachers reach contract agreement with school district nzzl.us/9gApe9t Former Seattle charter school cuts back, sheds grades 2-5 seattletimes.com/seattle-news/e… 'You are not alone': A look at the rising trend of teacher 'onboarding' newsworks.org/index.php/loca… A Texas teacher named her class the j-word. Her racial slur defense: ignorance. - The Washington Post ow.ly/aLbj303Sets Chicago-area teacher spent summer helping Syrian refugees - Chicago Tribune pllqt.it/kw7bqi Online K-12 School Fights Attempt To Check If 17K Students Really Show Up - BuzzFeed News ow.ly/4ICy303W9sK Newark schools reopen, not water fountains, after lead scare hosted.ap.org/dynamic/storie… State funding ⬇️ 6.6 pct since 2008 -- student spending ⬇️ 2.4 percent | FiveThirtyEight https://t.co/74hFYHvYDU pic.twitter.com/cUug6VYIt0 Curious why states and districts are so upset with the notion of having to reallocate funding in order to remain eligible for ESSA? According to FiveThirtyEight, state funding has gone down nearly 7 percent since 2008, and student spending over all has gone down over 2 percent during the same period -- even as enrollments have increased (a bit). Neerav Kingsland (The Politics of Populism, Identity, and Charter Schools) Bringing back the Pledge of Allegiance. Schools are American. Kids are American. They -- and teachers, too -- should be reminded of this every day. And a US history test should be mandatory in 8th grade in every district and state. It's gonna be great. Kicking undocumented kids out of public schools. This won't be much of a problem once the wall is built and we make everyone leave, but any kids who don't have papers shouldn't get a free education paid for by real American taxpayers. Kick 'em out. Stop sending money to schools that educate them. Private school vouchers. America is about choice. People should be able to send their kids where they want. Why should anyone have to pay twice -- through taxes and then tuition -- to send Johnny or Jane to Sidwell Friends (not that I would advise anyone to send their children to that place)? Want to send them to a religious school? That's fine, too. Mayoral control. Things work better when one person is in charge, and in most cities that's the Mayor. City Hall should be in charge of schools just like it's in charge of everything else. Elected school boards are confusing, duplicative, and ineffective. Get rid of 'em. Free college for everyone. Sure, yes, college should be free for anyone who can't afford it. As long as they're American. The only thing I'm not sure about is whether females should get degrees in engineering, math, and science. They're more likely to be successful in business, like my daughter. So we might have to think about that. Eliminating the USDE. Well, duh. U.S. education chief to visit New Orleans, Baton Rouge nola.com/education/inde… Top Clinton advisor Anne O'Leary splits with Goodwin Liu - SFChronicle pllqt.it/4wPwvC Michelle Obama visits the District’s Howard University with host of NBC’s ‘Late Night’ wpo.st/3g5w1 Small reductions in children’s lead exposure dramatically improve educational outcomes - Vox pllqt.it/rRZvJY In Austin Public Schools, a Clear Divide on AP Test Passing Rates | KUT ow.ly/hNfy303Ofrd Room for compromise as teachers strike vote nears | Chicago Reporter ow.ly/wKyT303P7b0 N.J. triples weight of PARCC results in teacher evaluations | NJ.comow.ly/Zbz4303PQwH Welcome to first grade! Please bring two reams of copy paper with you kuow.org/post/welcome-f… This picture is the centerpiece of a NYT article (Photo of F.S.U. Football Star Sitting With Boy Eating Alone at School Charms Internet) about an FSU athlete pictured having lunch with a 6th grader who happens to be autistic. The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore Let's be honest. Larry Wilmore wasn't as interested in education as Colbert, Stewart, Oliver, or even Key and Peele. But The Nightly Show did include a few school-related segments worth remembering, via EdWeek. And its larger significance -- focusing on communities of color and depictions of race in the media -- shouldn't be underestimated. - Robert Pondiscio How education reform lost its mojo Above, watch a clean-shaven Cory Turner segment about how Ohio and other non-Southern states have neighboring districts with wildly different poverty levels. Or, watch this Emerson Collective video segment about TFA's recruitment of undocumented college students to become classroom teachers. Homeless students get more attention under new education law hosted.ap.org/dynamic/storie… Amid Opioid Epidemic, States Experiment With Recovery High Schools ow.ly/AcZi303NpN9 School Closures: Americans Oppose Them, But Research Suggests They're Not A Bad Idea n.pr/2bzTfTc The school that art saved - Christian Science Monitor fw.to/m5vSnoD California teachers union launches campaign to link billionaires with charter schools edsource.org/2016/californi… Pro-Charter School Group Is Shelling Out $100,000 To Prove John Oliver Wrong huffingtonpost.com/2016/08/30/joh… NYC Stands By Water Testing Protocol in Schools wnyc.org/story/city-sta… NYC public schools have been underreporting bullying: report - NY Daily News ow.ly/GDZV303Ns9h This NYT map and accompanying story (Here’s Where They Went) shows the 231 towns and cities where the 10,000 Syrian refugees accepted into the United States have been settled over the past four years. These numbers are tiny compared to what other nations are doing currently or what the US has done in the past with Cuban and Vietnamese refugees, points out the Times. Big cities like NYC, Chicago, and LA haven't been among the leaders compared to affordable mid-sized citeis. "Boise, Idaho, has accepted more refugees than New York and Los Angeles combined; Worcester, Mass., has taken in more than Boston." Students in Lancaster, PA are suing the district for providing an inadequate education. School districts on Long Island, NY are being monitored to ensure that they enroll and serve refugee students appropriately. "The suit claims district administrators routinely sent older refugee students to a "disciplinary school" that subjected them to bullying, intense security protocols and an accelerated learning program that runs counter to conventional wisdom on the subject." In Syria, schools have been bombed, forcing children to attend classes in bunkers or to forego an education entirely. For more on the challenge of schooling Syrian refugee children, click here. You've seen the video, but here's the GIF: https://t.co/QAdht5Bc6O #EDgifs #BackToSchool pic.twitter.com/rTbNuUmVNv On PBS last night, a segment about a small seven year-old program in Chicago that attempts to prepare teachers (mostly white) for kids and communities they're likely to teach in (mostly black and brown) -- including a cross-cultural homestay program. Roughly half of Chicago teachers are white, while less than 10 percent of Chicago students are. States Loosen Teacher-Licensure Rules Amid Shortage Fears blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teacher… Despite Vergara Ruling, Teacher-Tenure Battles Set to Heat Up - Education Week ow.ly/WfyH303KTSm FBI raids home of ex-College Board official in probe of SAT leak | Reuters ow.ly/XgaS303Jlyn Staunch City Hall critic abandons appeal & resigns as principal of top Chicago school - Chicago Magazine ow.ly/TgME303K1Go ACLU claims Lancaster PA denies refugees proper education | PhillyVoice pllqt.it/OUxLlL Finally, a disturbing trend in education shows signs of reversal - LA Times ow.ly/R0xk303KRDj Why was it the ACLU, not charter school overseers, who called out 'illegal' behaviors? scpr.org/news/2016/08/3… In Chicago, preparing teachers for the classrooms that need them most - NewsHour feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewshourHea… "Fifty-five percent of public school parents oppose allowing children to sit out standardized tests. Overall, the demographic groups most opposed to the opt-out movement are black people (67 percent) and senior citizens (68 percent)." Results from #PDKPoll via Chalkbeat. Via Larry Ferlazzo: I Wonder How Many Students Experience School As It’s Illustrated In This Video?. The video was apparently produced by the Rollins Center for Language & Literacy at the Atlanta Speech School.
Confusion Over Purpose of U.S. Education System | US News https://t.co/M3ygdtbpbc
Poll Finds Decreasing Public Support for Teacher-Tenure Laws#PDKpoll blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teacher… Oakland schools nearly fully staffed after starting summer with teacher shortage edsource.org/2016/oakland-s…
-- Daphna Bassok, a co-author of the study and professor at the University of Virginia (Despite Growing Income Inequality, Learning Gaps Between Rich And Poor Kids Are Actually Closing) From PBS NewsHour:"Students at the Refugee Youth Summer Academy in New York City are taking their first steps to adjusting to life in a U.S. classroom. This year's class of 118 students comes from families who have been granted asylum in the U.S." Or, watch this VERY excited kid talk about going back to school: "Because I'm going to fourth grade and then after that I'm going to fifth grade and then I'm going to college—or high school." Surprise! Amid rising inequality, one school gap is narrowing scpr.org/news/2016/08/2… Low-income kindergartners are closing the achievement gap, reversing a decades-old trend washingtonpost.com/news/education… There are two good ways to tell if someone actually doesn't know me very well. First, they refer to me as "Alex." Second, they are unaware that I have headed off to the waters near Boston, MA for a few days with family and loved ones. I'll be back on the 29th. You'll hardly know I'm gone. Can't bear the wait? I might be here and there on Twitter between now and then: @alexanderrusso. See you soon! "Last September, a federal court in Alabama ruled that the disciplinary practices used by the Birmingham Police Department toward high school students were unconstitutional. Ebony Howard, the lawyer who filed the class-action suit, speaks with special correspondent Charlayne Hunter-Gault about the specific police conduct and the settlement." "No, this is great." When the teacher declines to throw the guest speaker a lifeline. #TheNightOf #edgifs pic.twitter.com/StGbETFtDW In the opening scene of Sunday night's episode of "The Night Of," hapless criminal defense lawyer John Stone (John Turturro) visits a high school classroom to explain what he does. But the kids aren't interested or sympathetic, and might turn on him any second now. So Turturro's character turns to see if the teacher will help him out. She gives him a blank look and says, "No, this is great." According to a new report from EPI, teachers’ weekly wages are now 23 percent lower than those of other college graduates. Dr. Steve Perry and Hilary Shelton, Bureau Director of the Washington, D.C. Chapter of the NAACP debated the provision last week. (News One) 2016 Back-To-School Spending Expected To Reach $75.8 Billion - Forbes pllqt.it/07xzzs NCLB Waivers Carry Lessons for Shift to ESSA, Says Congressional Watchdog blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaig… The Best Schools In The World Do This, Why Don't We? npr.org/sections/ed/20… School board elections heat up with 4 more candidates jumping into race - LA School Report ow.ly/z7HL30347eY Georgia schools paddled nearly 6,000 students last year. Why? | Get Schooled ow.ly/QOsB3031LiT To Prevent Sexual Assault, Schools And Parents Start Lessons Early npr.org/2016/08/09/487… Google and Facebook are helping high school students get exposed to computer science. trib.al/XXW2XWH Trans student outed by teachers wins legal battle in Canada | VICE News ow.ly/501q3031YhO We provided record funding two years in a row and protected your pensions... Don’t believe this phony ‘cut’ propaganda from the union thugs.” - Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) on his Facebook page, according to the Washington Post (Hogan calls teachers union officials ‘thugs’) The #edreform response to @NAACP, #MovementforBlacklives, & #DNCinPHL setbacks, far as I can tell: pic.twitter.com/1lNvalW3zC There have been three recent setbacks for edreform folks -- somewhat symbolic in nature but important nonetheless. The edereform response -- even with a recent effort to get opposing views out there -- has been slow, confused, and seemingly ineffective. The first edreform setback was the addition of anti-charter amendments to the DNC platform last month. The second was the decision by the NAACP to include strong anti-charter legislation in its annual resolutions. The third was the inclusion of several anti-charter provisions in the Black Lives Matter education agenda released last week (along with some provisions with which the edreform community would likely agree). While symbolic in nature, these three instances are both critical of the edreform approach and -- even more important -- seem to expose the lack of engagement and reach of edreform advocates in the DNC, NAACP, and BlackLivesMatter. Last night's episode of "The Night Of," an HBO miniseries, opens with lawyer John Stone (played by John Turturro) trying to explain to a group of NYC high school students what a criminal defense lawyer does. As with many things Stone attempts, the lesson isn't going very well. But when he turns to try and get some help from the classroom teacher, she responds indifferently (or obliviously) that things are going great. Gold Coast, Cabrini-Green skl merger thwarted by officials, but some in comm still want it https://t.co/DOWRT3pY39 pic.twitter.com/EqPxVgI3G2 Chicago Public Radio's Becky Vevea has a long piece about what happened when two principals and some parents come up with a plan to merge an overcrowded high-performing school (with relatively large numbers of white kids) with an under-enrolled lower-performing school (mostly serving kids of color). It isn't pretty, but it's fascinating and important -- especially the voices and viewpoints of the parents who currently send their children to the two schools. Check out the story here. Chicago Schools Lays off 1,000, About Half Are Teachers abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/c… Feds Spar With NAACP Over Criticism of Charter Schools - TakePart nzzl.us/QK9uvEa Republican MD Governor calls teachers union officials 'thugs' on Facebook nzzl.us/KjVNdMa The first day of school keeps getting earlier and earlier. Here's why.scpr.org/news/2016/08/0… For thousands of D.C. students, school starts early with new, year-round schedule washingtonpost.com/local/educatio… At 11 D.C. Schools, Students Head To Class Today Under New Year-Round Schedule wamu.org/news/16/08/08/… At 69 schools in #STL region, at least half of teachers missed > 2 weeks - stltoday.com nzzl.us/ludNVul Fear of black students, unfair treatment rampant in Denver schools, black educators say | Chalkbeat ow.ly/pPS33031Mss Baltimore summer school does the seemingly impossible — the kids actually want to be there hechingerreport.org/baltimore-summ… Chancellor Kaya Henderson And The Future Of D.C. Public Schools wamu.org/programs/the_k… After Court Win, Texas Legislators Mull Tying K-12 Funding, Performance blogs.edweek.org/edweek/state_e… Not a bang but a whimper: bilingual ed ban’s likely exit cabinetreport.com/politics-educa… Ed. Dept. Announces $8.6 Million Grant Competition for States to Improve Testing blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaig… Leaks of the SAT in Asia have been far more pervasive than acknowledged: reut.rs/1XYFnQP The most common profession in many states is truck driver -- a group that could soon lose their jobs to robots, according to Vox. But the most common job in few states including Florida, Alaska and some in New England is primary school teacher -- a notoriously low-paying but abundant job. No news yet on robot primary school teachers. But it's probably coming soon. New Jersey Joins NM As Second State to Require PARCC Passage for Graduation – EdWeek ow.ly/PMnM302WbUp More High School Students Are Graduating With Dual-Language Proficiency – The Atlantic ow.ly/iy4E302XjSo What If High School Were More Like Kindergarten? theatlantic.com/education/arch… Pro-charter effort begins massive TV ad campaign – The Boston Globe ow.ly/i5c7302XhXK The Kindergarten Shock voiceofsandiego.org/topics/educati… Some Chicago Teachers Think School Integration Plan Still Possible Despite Rejection From City Officials wbez.org/shows/wbez-new… MoCo sees rise in abuse reports amid increased efforts to protect kids washingtonpost.com/local/educatio… After School Satan Club proposal spurs debate on religious activity in public schools washingtonpost.com/local/educatio… How U.S. Charter Schools May Be Tied to Turkey’s Political Unrest wnyc.org/story/charter-… Guys. No joke. #NABJNAHJ16 pic.twitter.com/Qjnx0nRQcd Fact-check 19. (Aug. 2015) Clinton: black children 500% more likely to die from asthma than white children. True. https://t.co/4L13ZO1ImS -- NEA director of education policy and practice Donna Harris-Aikens in US News (The New Era of Education Accountability) The test he's referring to isn't standardized -- it's not even at school -- but I thought you might want to see this: "An instructor telling a student ‘It’s OK to cry’ is going viral for all the right reasons. "That's what this is about, son." via Upworthy. New Jersey Ties Graduation to Tests Aligned With Common Core Standards NYTimes.com ow.ly/avDy100gcEI 'Massive' security breach exposes hundreds of new SAT questions - Reuters nzzl.us/v8hclwr As ACT scores rise, more students can choose college: Editorial nola.com/education/inde… One Principal, Two Schools - an "unfortunate compromise" theatlantic.com/education/arch… New York Education Commissioner Asks Feds to Ease Up on Opt-Out Rules blogs.edweek.org/edweek/state_e… High Court: School Can Block Transgender Teen From Boys Room abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/h… Much criticism, no consensus on how to fix charter school oversight edsource.org/2016/much-crit… Can't Buy Me Love (Of Reading) npr.org/sections/ed/20… Vintage notebook. 😉 #HipsterSchoolSuppliesList pic.twitter.com/GjymBlQIJd For some reason, #HipsterSchoolSupplies is trending on Twitter today. Things must be slow. Most of the items relate to college kids I'm not sure if there are hipster high school or elementary students, or even if hipster is still a thing. But a few of them, like this vintage notebook, seem appropriate to all levels of hipster students. - CUNY professor L'Heureux Lewis-McCoy in EWA via Education Post (We Can't Keep Ignoring the Suburbs and the Black People That Live in Them) "New York is the biggest spender, doling out more than $20,000 per student each year, counting teacher salaries, support services and all the other costs associated with public schools. On the opposite end of the spectrum, Idaho and Utah spend only about one-third as much." Click on your state for extra information. Click here for the story behind the graph. It's the latest from Governing. However, a little-noted part of the comprehensive agenda was its education section, which calls for "An End to the Privatization of Education and Real Community Control by Parents, Students and Community Members of Schools Including Democratic School Boards and Community Control of Curriculum, Hiring/Firing, and Discipline Policies." *Privatization strips Black people of the right to self-determine the kind of education their children receive. *Using mayoral control and state takeover, they impose their experimental, market-based approach to school reform. *The education crises plaguing most of our public school districts are the result of corporate-controlled, state-sanctioned and federally-funded attacks to reverse Brown v. Board of Education, and create a desuetude discrimination and educational apartheid that must be challenged and overthrown. *Their aims are to undermine Black democracy and self-determination, destroy organized labor, and decolor education curriculum, while they simultaneously overemphasize Standardized Testing, and use school closures to disproportionately disrupt access to education in Black communities. The authors of this section include Jonathan Stith (Alliance for Educational Justice), Hiram Rivera (Philadelphia Student Union), and Chinyere Tutashinda (Center for Media Justice). According to an Tweet from Stith, "A squad of Black education justice parent & youth organizers [was] present as well." The resources provided for this agenda include the Every Student Succeeds Act Explained, AROS Demands Memo, and Journey For Justice. In case it isn't clear, this call for elected school boards, an end to privatization, and a pullback from foundations like Gates and Broad is very much a reform critic's view of what needs to be done -- not at all a reformers' vision. Or, as The American Prospect's Rachel Cohen put it, "There are some high-profile Teach for America alums in Black Lives Matter, but the As such, this is the second time in recent weeks that we're reading about reform groups seeming to have been outflanked by their critics. The earlier instance was the development of the DNC party platform, which included amendments from Randi Weingarten and others that called for similar things. (You could also include the release of stolen DNC emails in which campaign officials urge against mention of Common Core.) It's also an early indication of where the larger Black Lives Matter movement might be headed on education issues, which has been until now a murky thing to understand. There are several TFA alumni among the leaders of the movement, but the movement has also partnered with teachers unions in places like Chicago (where a BLM activist surprised union leaders by denouncing the police union). However, there are areas in which the movement's agenda would seem to go along with the priorities of many reform groups -- and put them in conflict with organized labor. Some quoted highlights: *Put a moratorium on all out of school suspensions. *Remove police from schools and replace them with positive alternatives to discipline and safety. *Inequitable funding at the school district, local and state level leave most public schools — where poor communities of color are the majority — unable to provide adequate and high quality education for all students, criminalizing and targeting Black students through racist zero-tolerance discipline policies. *Key stakeholders, such as parents, teachers, and students are left out of the decision making process. *Create Community Schools that have wrap-around services for students and community members as a turnaround model instead of closing schools or charterization. It's also well worth noting that this document, released by a group calling itself the Movement for Black Lives (aka "Algebra is a core subject for U.S. high school students. But should it be? Author Andrew Hacker believes we should reconsider how math is taught: only 5 percent of the American workforce actually uses math beyond arithmetic, though higher-level classes are widely required." Via PBS NewsHour When Trump rallied at her high school, this Muslim valedictorian spoke up, felt targeted washingtonpost.com/news/education… Mom of boy at Trump rally who yelled “take the bitch down” defends his right to "say what he wants to" on.wsj.com/2aL2kIs How Hillary Clinton created her plan for America — behind-the-scenes - The Washington Post ow.ly/yUh1302Sv8G A teachers share challenges and solutions at statewide summit edsource.org/2016/teachers-… State teachers union has given more than $13 million to extend income taxes on wealthy Californians latimes.com/local/educatio… A new all-male high school gets a head start in DC. washingtonpost.com/local/educatio… NSVF offers up to $7M for projects around administrator diversity, tech tools | Education Dive ow.ly/L0Iy302Rgls Impact of 1:1 laptop programs - Journalist's Resource pllqt.it/OIa91A “While I was at school, a bomb exploded.” Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in This Week In Education are strictly those of the author and do not reflect the opinions or endorsement of Scholastic, Inc.
September 6, 2016 | Posted At: 04:32 PM | Author: Alexander Russo | Category: School Life Pop Culture
#EDgif Of The Day: #BackToSchool
COMMENTS (0)PERMALINKTRACKBACK (0)
September 6, 2016 | Posted At: 10:38 AM | Author: Alexander Russo | Category: Parents & Parenting , Urban Ed
Morning Listen: Oakland Diversity? Not So Much When It Comes To Schools
September 6, 2016 | Posted At: 09:00 AM | Author: Alexander Russo | Category: Campaign 2016 , Daily News
AM News: Back To School, Post-Recession Inequalities, Absenteeism, & More
American schools have a chronic absentee problem washingtonpost.com/local/educatio…
Preschool Suspensions Still Happen And That's Not OK With Connecticut n.pr/2aY2I33
September 2, 2016 | Posted At: 10:09 PM | Author: Alexander Russo | Category: (Who Cares What) Research Says , The Business Of Education
Numbers: Education Funding Goes Down Even As Enrollments Go Up
September 2, 2016 | Posted At: 01:38 PM | Author: Alexander Russo | Category: Campaign 2016 , Parents & Parenting , Teachers, Teaching, Unions
Quotes: How Charters Could Leverage Populist and Identity Momentum
On the populist side, there is room to build bridges with those who distrust elitist authority... On the identity side... the charter community could do more to build bridges with race-based organizations that consist of, or serve, these families.
September 2, 2016 | Posted At: 11:54 AM | Author: Alexander Russo | Category: Campaign 2016 , Made-Up News
Campaign 2016: Donald Trump's 5 Imagined Education Positions
For months now, hapless education reporters have been struggling to determine what education policies and positions Republican candidate Donald Trump holds. In the absence of any discernible education positions, here are several semi-imagined ones:
September 2, 2016 | Posted At: 10:51 AM | Author: Alexander Russo | Category: (Who Cares What) Research Says , Media Watch
Morning Listen: Helping Low-Income Kids Make It To Graduation
Listen to this new hourlong audio documentary from APM Reports (formerly known as American RadioWorks, about "what kids are up against at the growing number of high-poverty schools in America." And look forward to a September 20 event in DC.
September 2, 2016 | Posted At: 09:00 AM | Author: Alexander Russo | Category: (Who Cares What) Research Says , Campaign 2016 , Daily News
AM News: FLOTUS, EdSec, Lead Exposure Research, & More
September 2, 2016 | Posted At: 04:05 AM | Author: Alexander Russo | Category: School Life Pop Culture
Pictures: A Momentary Act Of Kindness In The Cafeteria
September 1, 2016 | Posted At: 02:37 PM | Author: Alexander Russo | Category: School Life Pop Culture
Afternoon Video: Now-Cancelled Comedy Show Took On Segregation
Get More: The Nightly Show Full Episodes,The Nightly Show on Facebook,The Nightly Show Video Archive
September 1, 2016 | Posted At: 01:04 PM | Author: Alexander Russo
Quotes: Reformers Have Forgotten (Never Learned?) How To Fight
Politically orphaned, loath to ask much of fair-weather friends, and too morally exhausted and intimidated by "social justice" crusaders to defend its successes.... reform has lost its mojo, no question about it. It's not coming back until reformers remember how to fight. And when to do so.
September 1, 2016 | Posted At: 10:35 AM | Author: Alexander Russo | Category: (Who Cares What) Research Says , The Business Of Education , Urban Ed
Morning Video: Why Ohio Leads Nation In Poverty-Segregated School Districts
September 1, 2016 | Posted At: 09:30 AM | Author: Alexander Russo | Category: Daily News
AM News: New Fed School Spending Rules, NYT Lead Testing Dispute, & More
RITZ'S OFFICE BACKED LUCRATIVE DEAL WITHOUT BIDDING - Associated Press ow.ly/SIp1303NpRj
Lead Tests on New York City Schools’ Water May Have Masked Scope of Risk nytimes.com/2016/09/01/nyr…
August 31, 2016 | Posted At: 12:26 PM | Author: Alexander Russo | Category: (Who Cares What) Research Says , Teachers, Teaching, Unions , The Business Of Education , Urban Ed
Maps: Syrian Refugee Students Placed In Mid-Sized Cities (Boise, Worcester)
August 31, 2016 | Posted At: 11:43 AM | Author: Alexander Russo | Category: Parents & Parenting , School Life Pop Culture
#EDgif Of The Day: Excited 4th Grader Already Thinking About What Comes Next
August 31, 2016 | Posted At: 10:18 AM | Author: Alexander Russo | Category: (Who Cares What) Research Says , Teachers, Teaching, Unions , Urban Ed
Morning Video: "Cultural Competency" Teacher Prep Program Includes Homestay
August 31, 2016 | Posted At: 09:03 AM | Author: Alexander Russo | Category: (Who Cares What) Research Says , Daily News , Teachers, Teaching, Unions
AM News: Loosened Teacher Licensing, Vergara Followup, Inadequate Refugee Education, & More
Why did Washington's schools get an F in recent test results? kuow.org/post/why-did-w…
Lead Tests on New York City Schools’ Water May Have Masked Scope of Risk - The New York Times ow.ly/bOEB303KVB0
August 30, 2016 | Posted At: 02:29 PM | Author: Alexander Russo | Category: (Who Cares What) Research Says , Parents & Parenting
Charts: Poll Shows Majority Of Americans & Public School Parents Oppose Opting Out Of Standardize Tests
August 30, 2016 | Posted At: 10:41 AM | Author: Alexander Russo | Category: (Who Cares What) Research Says , School Life Pop Culture , Teachers, Teaching, Unions
Morning Video: What A Welcoming School Looks Like
August 30, 2016 | Posted At: 07:15 AM | Author: Alexander Russo | Category: Daily News , Parents & Parenting
AM News: PDK Poll Results, Renewed Focus On Attendance, & More
August 29, 2016 | Posted At: 11:22 AM | Author: Alexander Russo | Category: (Who Cares What) Research Says , Parents & Parenting
Quotes: How The Recession Might Help Explain Low-Income Kids' Progress
One likely explanation for the across-the-board increase in parents’ investing in their young children’s learning is that parents today are just far more aware of the unique importance of the early childhood years in shaping their children’s development... It also may be that the increase in parent-child interactions among low-income families has been driven, in part, by the shift of low-income children out of preschool programs and into parental care during the economic recession.
August 29, 2016 | Posted At: 10:12 AM | Author: Alexander Russo | Category: Teachers, Teaching, Unions
Morning Video: Helping Refugee Kids In School
August 29, 2016 | Posted At: 08:08 AM | Author: Alexander Russo | Category: (Who Cares What) Research Says , Campaign 2016 , Daily News
AM News: Narrowing Gaps, Poll Time, Homework Debate, & More
Dozens of Baltimore County Schools Closed for Heat abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/d…
A new school year, and a 204th school, as enrollment surges in Maryland district washingtonpost.com/local/educatio…
As Students Return to School, Debate About the Amount of Homework Rages nytimes.com/2016/08/25/us/…
4 Years After Tragedy, A New Sandy Hook Elementary Prepares To Open Its Doors npr.org/sections/thetw…
From Humans of New York to Obama's Office: How a Principal Built a School - NYT nzzl.us/0kspD5L
Buckeye, Ariz., HS Student Wears 'Black Lives Matter' Shirt, Told to Change - EBONY nzzl.us/zz58IEK
August 10, 2016 | Posted At: 08:20 AM | Author: Alexander Russo | Category: Site News
Site News: Headed North For Now - Back To Work Monday August 29th
August 9, 2016 | Posted At: 04:54 PM | Author: Alexander Russo
Afternoon Video: Changing How Police Treat Students In Birmingham & Elsewhere
August 9, 2016 | Posted At: 04:05 PM | Author: Alexander Russo | Category: School Life Pop Culture , Teachers, Teaching, Unions
#EDgif Of The Day: When The Teacher Doesn't Bail Out The Guest Speaker
August 9, 2016 | Posted At: 02:25 PM | Author: Alexander Russo | Category: Parents & Parenting , Urban Ed
Update: Remembering Mike Brown, Two Years Later
Two years after the death of Mike Brown is as good a time as any to point to remember a few important parts of the story of the Ferguson teen who was killed on this day in 2014.
We all probably remember that he he had graduated from high school three months early -- and that his graduation was not an unremarkable accomplishment.
It's less widely known that his mother, Lezley McSpadden, was among many teens who had been bused to school as part of a state desegregation program. According to a ProPublica story, she attended school in affluent Ladue.
But perhaps the most important thing to remember is how she responded in one interview, demonstrating frustration, despair, and anger that few of us will ever feel:
Click the link to view the clip.
August 9, 2016 | Posted At: 01:21 PM | Author: Alexander Russo | Category: (Who Cares What) Research Says , Teachers, Teaching, Unions
Charts: Teacher Pay Gap Keeps Going Up - Now 23 Percent
August 9, 2016 | Posted At: 10:07 AM | Author: Alexander Russo | Category: Campaign 2016
Morning Video: Debate Over That NAACP Charter School Resolution
August 9, 2016 | Posted At: 08:29 AM | Author: Alexander Russo | Category: Daily News
AM News: Back To School Billions, ESSA Anticipation, & More
August 8, 2016 | Posted At: 01:46 PM | Author: Alexander Russo
Quotes: Frustrated MD Governor Lashes Out Against Union Funding Demands
August 8, 2016 | Posted At: 11:24 AM | Author: Alexander Russo | Category: Campaign 2016 , Foundation / Advocacy Follies , Teachers, Teaching, Unions
#EDgif Of The Day: Vacationing EdReformers Sip Cold Brewed Coffee While Setbacks Mount
August 8, 2016 | Posted At: 11:19 AM | Author: Alexander Russo | Category: School Life Pop Culture
TV: "This Is Going Great."
It's always exciting or at least interesting when schools are part of popular culture, right?
August 8, 2016 | Posted At: 10:00 AM | Author: Alexander Russo | Category: Media Watch , Parents & Parenting
Morning Audio: Chicago Parents Debate School Integration Plan
August 8, 2016 | Posted At: 09:17 AM | Author: Alexander Russo | Category: Daily News
AM News: Chicago Layoffs, Union "Thugs," Early School Starts, & More
August 5, 2016 | Posted At: 11:56 AM | Author: Alexander Russo | Category: (Who Cares What) Research Says , Teachers, Teaching, Unions
Maps: Primary School Teachers Top Some State Job Lists (But Robots...)
August 5, 2016 | Posted At: 09:50 AM | Author: Alexander Russo | Category: Campaign 2016 , Foundation / Advocacy Follies , Teachers, Teaching, Unions
Morning Videos: Dueling Massachusetts Charter Ads
August 5, 2016 | Posted At: 08:50 AM | Author: Alexander Russo | Category: Daily News
AM News: Two States Require PARCC For Grads, Chicago Teachers Push Integration, & More
August 4, 2016 | Posted At: 03:15 PM | Author: Alexander Russo | Category: (Who Cares What) Research Says , Media Watch
Events: Lots Of Education Discussion At Minority Journalists' Conference
There's lots of education-related panels at the conference in DC going on this week. Check it all out here or scroll through the #NABJNAHJ16 hashtag.
August 4, 2016 | Posted At: 12:54 PM | Author: Alexander Russo | Category: (Who Cares What) Research Says , Campaign 2016
Campaign 2016: Black Kids 500% More Likely To Die From Asthsma
August 4, 2016 | Posted At: 12:12 PM | Author: Alexander Russo
Quotes: NEA Compares Proposed ESSA Regs To NCLB
We believe that the regulations miss the mark in terms of fidelity to the spirit and letter of ESSA, and instead revive elements of NCLB's test, label, and punish system by adding the agency's own restrictions on goals, indicators, weights, labels, interventions, and state plans.
August 4, 2016 | Posted At: 10:35 AM | Author: Alexander Russo
Morning Video: "It's Called A Test For A Reason"
August 4, 2016 | Posted At: 08:37 AM | Author: Alexander Russo | Category: Campaign 2016 , Daily News
AM News: NJ Scores Well, SAT Hacked, NYC Tries Shared Principals
August 3, 2016 | Posted At: 04:08 PM | Author: Alexander Russo | Category: School Life Pop Culture
Trending: Hipster School Supplies
August 3, 2016 | Posted At: 12:38 PM | Author: Alexander Russo | Category: (Who Cares What) Research Says , Parents & Parenting
Quotes: Wealthier White Parents Want One Thing, Wealthier Black Parents Another
I found middle class and affluent white families organizing to limit access, taking the good teachers, in the principal’s office daily advocating that ‘my kid gets the good programs.’ Wealthy Black families would rather pay their money and send kids to private schools.
August 3, 2016 | Posted At: 12:31 PM | Author: Alexander Russo
Charts: State Elementary School Spending As Of 2014
August 3, 2016 | Posted At: 11:01 AM | Author: Alexander Russo | Category: Foundation / Advocacy Follies , Teachers, Teaching, Unions , Urban Ed
Explainer: #Vision4BlackLives Agenda Highlights School Reform Critics' Priorities (With Some Key Exceptions)
Most of the attention on the Movement for Black Lives' agenda, released earlier this week, focused on the call for reparations and other agenda items.#Vision4BlackLives platform calls for the program's end."#Vision4BlackLives), may not represent the larger movement's education agenda, or the focal point of BLM efforts on education.
August 3, 2016 | Posted At: 09:50 AM | Author: Alexander Russo | Category: (Who Cares What) Research Says , Teachers, Teaching, Unions
Morning Video: Advanced Math Classes Too Much For Most?
August 3, 2016 | Posted At: 09:32 AM | Author: Alexander Russo | Category: Campaign 2016 , Daily News
AM News: Trump At School, Laptop Programs, CA Teachers' $13M Campaign
August 2, 2016 | Posted At: 03:10 PM | Author: Alexander Russo
Afternoon Video: Syrian Kids Going To School In A War Zone
In Syria, students are taking huge risks to pass exams.https://t.co/tXQQvpIl0U
Advertisement
Recent Posts
Advertisement
Categories