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Jeb Bush and Florida’s Education Miracle Or, Lack Thereof | educationclearinghouse
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Information that matters to educators…. Jeb Bush and Florida’s Education Miracle Or, Lack Thereof. March 6, 2013. I have read about Jeb Bush’s “Florida Miracle” more times than I desire to count. I have also read of the deplorable conditions for Florida’s teachers and students and the wholesale ‘outsourcing’ of public dollars into private charters and testing companies. Editorial: Florida needs no advice from Jeb Bush on education policy. Palm Beach Post Staff Writer. The Legislature gradually is replaci...
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Information that matters to educators…. Patron Saint of this site…. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Email (Address never made public). You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out. You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out. You are commenting using your Facebook account. ( Log Out. You are commenting using your Google account. ( Log Out. Notify me of new comments via email. Join 47 other followers.
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Highered Intelligence: January 2014
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All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare. SED OMNIA PRAECLARA TAM DIFFICILIA QUAM RARA SUNT. Chronicling the Meier-Pondiscio Debates. Posted by Michael E. Lopez. I want to warn you, gentle readers, this post is VERY, VERY long. I'm more or less summarizing several months of blogging that took place on another site. Robert Pondiscio, executive director of CitizenshipFirst. It started with what I thought was a fairly innoccuous. Safe and orderly schools staffed by competent and committed adul...
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Highered Intelligence: Portrayals,Caricatures, and Stereotypes
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All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare. SED OMNIA PRAECLARA TAM DIFFICILIA QUAM RARA SUNT. Portrayals,Caricatures, and Stereotypes. Posted by Michael E. Lopez. I think, though, that civil society could really do with a refresher course on the distinction between something that is merely subjectively offensive to someone. And something that is (for lack of a better term) "objectively" offensive in the sense that it's the sort of thing a reasonable person would find offensive. The reason th...
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Highered Intelligence: Responses to Rachel Levy's Concerns
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All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare. SED OMNIA PRAECLARA TAM DIFFICILIA QUAM RARA SUNT. Responses to Rachel Levy's Concerns. Posted by Michael E. Lopez. One of my favourite bloggers, Rachel Levy, has recently taken it upon herself to write out a series of thoughts, worries, and ruminations about various things having to do with education, race, and social class. Her ideas are ideas about which much thought is required, and I wanted to take the time to address some of them. 3 Some white...
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All Teachers Need to Join Diane Ravitch’s New Group… | educationclearinghouse
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Information that matters to educators…. All Teachers Need to Join Diane Ravitch’s New Group…. March 11, 2013. Diane Ravitch, Anthony Cody, Leonie Haimson, and others have launched a new education advocacy group aimed at supporting public education, which at the same time means, going against the Reform Movement funded by billionaires with no education background or teaching experience. This is a major deal, I joined immediately! Diane Ravitch Launches New Education Advocacy Counterforce. All of which are...
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Diane Ravitch at the Save Texas Schools Rally | educationclearinghouse
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Information that matters to educators…. Diane Ravitch at the Save Texas Schools Rally. March 7, 2013. Diane Ravitch is the BEST advocate for public education in this country! She is the BEST by far! Please watch her, digest what she is saying, and forward this video to ALL your teacher friends! From → Archives. Laquo; All Teachers Need to Join Diane Ravitch’s New Group…. Jeb Bush and Florida’s Education Miracle Or, Lack Thereof. Join 47 other followers. Diane Ravitch at the Save Texas Schools Rally.
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About me… | educationclearinghouse
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Information that matters to educators…. Definitely notify via email. Thanks for consolidating the information that is out there. I’m a veteran teacher (finishing my 35th year) of classes for Emotionally Handicapped, Emotionally Disturbed, Emotionally Disabled, and Severely Emotionally/Behaviorally Disabled students (wait for it…wait for it…they’ll change the name again) in high schools and middle schools in Central Florida and the Bronx. Thanks for subscribing. How do you feel about your Governor? Smart ...
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The Story You Haven’t Heard on the Adelanto Parent Trigger Situation | educationclearinghouse
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Information that matters to educators…. The Story You Haven’t Heard on the Adelanto Parent Trigger Situation. March 16, 2013. The NEA (National Education Association) has an excellent video and web-commentary regarding the Parent Trigger Law that was activated in the Adelanto School District. Watch the below 4 minute video, link to it, pass it around, people need to know that this is just ONE MORE way that public education is being attacked in this country. The Education Opportunity Network is part of a ...
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Demoralizing Teachers | educationclearinghouse
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Information that matters to educators…. March 13, 2013. Here is an excellent. Article from Frank Breslin, a high-school teacher with 40 years experience. Mr. Breslin talks about evaluating teachers while ignoring other factors which also contribute to how or if a child is learning and growing academically. I have highlighted these other factors in paragraph 2 and they are spot-on and out of a teacher’s control. It is full of truths that teachers face on a daily basis. A fantastic read! The issue of teach...
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