8 ways to fight high-stakes testing.
January 23, 2013
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Mike Klonsky’s Small Talk- Divide and rule is a dangerous game"Not without a fight..." -- 9-year-old Asean Johnsont's a desperate, dangerous games that Rahm and Byrd-Bennett are playing. As today's vote approaches the Mayor's people and CPS "insiders" are having a ball, leaking inside information to from "unnamed sources" about which schools will be closed and which will sta […]
- Divide and rule is a dangerous game
- Glen Brown: Teacher/poet/musician
- The Illinois Supreme Court JusticesThe Supreme Court,highest tribunal in Illinois, has seven justices, elected from judicial districts for a term of 10 years. Three justices are elected from the First District (Cook County) and one from each of the other four districts. The Supreme Court has general administrative and supervisory authority over all courts in the state. This authority is exerc […]
- The Illinois Supreme Court Justices
- John Dillon’s Pension Education
- Let's Make A Deal: SB2404Let’s Make Deal: SB2404Quite honestly, I was at first befuddled when it came to choices as a retiree looking at SB2404. I’m not good at choices. I lose at Blackjack without fail.Could be worse. I could be an active teacher looking at SB2404. Thank goodness I’m not an active anymore. The spreadsheet on the IEA Fact Sheet reads like a graduate level test […]
- Let's Make A Deal: SB2404
- NYC Educator
- The Disappearing Teacher CafI'm in one of two Queens high schools that still has a teacher cafeteria. It's under threat of closure, as not enough teachers are patronizing it lately. A food truck has parked by our school and has become pretty popular. Mayor Bloombucks has decreed if teacher cafes don't make enough money, too bad for the teachers. There's something in […]
- The Disappearing Teacher Caf
- CPS Chatter
- Finally, Somebody Who Isn’t Afraid of RahmThose of you who were at yesterday’s rally downtown saw a star in the making. Asean Johnson is a 9 year old from Marcus Garvey Elementary School. He also highhandedly destroys Mayor Emanuel’s argument that these schools need to be closed for the good of the children. Any school that produces a student like […]
- Finally, Somebody Who Isn’t Afraid of Rahm
- Jersey Jazzman
- Great Moments In White People CluelessnessFrom Matt Kramer, Co-CEO of Teach For America: As white person, I thk role of white ppl in ed reform is a fair Q. But, I believe answer lies in allyship, not abdicating responsibility. So please don't get so upset, black parents, when Matt sends privileged, young, white, untrained, unqualified, uncommitted "teachers" into your children's […]
- Great Moments In White People Cluelessness
- TuttleSVC
- Comments Which Don't Inspire ResponsesMe, commenting on Grant Wiggins On close reading, part 2:The CC standards do not call generically for close reading as it is broadly defined in the discipline. They *could have* and other standards have done so, but they chose not to. Standard one only calls for students to “Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferenc […]
- Comments Which Don't Inspire Responses
- Ken Previti’s Reclaim Reform
- John “002″ Cullerton: Part-Time President of the SenateJohn “002″ Cullerton is the Part-Time President of the Illinois Senate at $67,836. What does he do as his full-time job? “Cullerton serves part-time as an Illinois state senator. Fagel Haber merged with Thompson Cobern LLP in 2007, and Cullerton … Continue reading →
- John “002″ Cullerton: Part-Time President of the Senate
- Roger Sanders
- Pension Legislation UnsureReportedly House Speaker Madigan is still blocking SB2404, Cullerton’s bill (We Are One...
- Pension Legislation Unsure
- IEA LOCAL 28
- jd2718
- Chapter Leader’s Notes: Mayoral forum at the Bronx UFTNotes by Donald March, chapter leader of Christopher Columbus HS Bronx Mayoral Forum. May 8, 2013. Christine Quinn, Bill DeBlasio, Bill Thompson, John Liu As has been the case at these forums or late, Christine Quinn arrives ahead of the pack and is allowed to speak and take questions first. She is a rather forceful […]
- Chapter Leader’s Notes: Mayoral forum at the Bronx UFT
- Diane Ravitch
- Join Discussion of Parent Trigger HoaxPlease join this important discussion about the corporate attempt to trick parents into handing their public schools over to private corporations: The Parent Trigger from California to Florida Sunday, May 26, 2013 from 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM Pacific Time We will be hearing from Lori Yuan, a parent in Adelanto who fought the Parent […]
- Join Discussion of Parent Trigger Hoax
- Rogers Park Neighbors For Public Schools
- Getting Out The VoteSeveral RPNPS members are taking this training tomorrow night; if you're interested in carpooling, get in touch.We're going to work with several of our northside community partners to get people registered to vote starting this summer.
- Getting Out The Vote
If you haven’t read this I recommend you do. http://books.google.com/books/about/The_reign_of_ETS.html?id=BWJHAAAAMAAJ It’s hard to get a hold of. It’s scarcity may be due to the content and it’s revelations about the ETS’s history. It retells how mass testing was more reflective of the discriminatory and racist views that prevailed at a time when testing was being touted as a time saver and allowing of “proper” placement of individuals into jobs that they were “best suited for.”