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Chicago Teachers Union Overwhelmingly Re-Elects Karen Lewis's CORE Caucus

x wrote 4 days ago: I’ve got a story up at The Nation about the re-election of Karen Lewis’s CORE caucus and … more →

Tags: Chicago Teachers Union, Karen Lewis, Education reform, social justice unionism, Social Movement Unionism, Teacher Unionism, rank and file caucus, corporate education reform, The Nation

Academies: The conclusion

MeganC wrote 1 week ago: By Megan Caulfield When Sarah Barton sent her children to Bournville School and Sixth Form Centre, s … more →

Tags: Editor, schools, Academies, Michael Gove, academy schools, Teachers, Government, department for eduction, Pupils

Baltimore Teachers Union supports call to halt Common Core consequences

ilpatriot wrote 1 week ago: The Baltimore Sun - The Baltimore Teacher’s Union has called for the district hold off on atta … more →

Tags: Common Core Testing

Union Leader: Put Stakes Associated with Common Core Tests on Hold

ilpatriot wrote 1 week ago: Heritage Foundation - The Common Core State Standards are causing major discontent across the ideolo … more →

Grey Clouds Looming Over Education: Is There a Bright Future? (by Guest Blogger Meaghan McHill)6 comments

zapoura wrote 2 weeks ago: There is a lot of tension hovering over education in regards with Charter schools. They are privatel … more →

Tags: 2013, National School News, Student Voices, Capstone, Charter Schools, educational equity, Enhancing Youth Literacy, Portland State University, Social Justice

Common Core Stakes Moratorium Proposed By Unions As National Standards Face Backlash

ilpatriot wrote 3 weeks ago: The Huffington Post - Dennis Van Roekel, the president of the National Education Association, the na … more →

Time for Teacher Unions to Hop Off the Common Core Train

ilpatriot wrote 4 weeks ago: Anthony Cody at Education Week- The two largest teacher unions in the US have positioned themselves … more →

DC Charter Schools Run Rings Around Public Schools For Half The Cost

johngalt wrote 4 weeks ago:   Read This If You Still Think Teachers Unions, Educrats Care About Kids       … more →

Tags: Politics, corruption, Education, Law, Statism, Arrogance, Monetary Policy, shame, Hypocrisy

School Games

Christine Noble wrote 1 month ago: De Cito Eindtoets Basisonderwijs. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)   We are just a couple of weeks awa … more →

Tags: Economic Justice, Education, school district, Educators, standardized test, teacher, School Boards

Conservatives Look South

Adam Laats wrote 1 month ago: If educational progressives these days tend to wave Finland’s flag, perhaps educational conservative … more →

Tags: In The News, Freedom & the Free Market, Heritage Foundation, conservatism, La maestra, israel ortega, Elba Esther Gordillo, Enrique Peña Nieto, ruben flores

T. Willard Fair: Being poor doesn't mean you're a poor parent

Sara Clements wrote 1 month ago: This opinion piece was first published on Tallahassee.com. So good, I had to repost! There has long … more →

Tags: Achievement gap, Parent Empowerment, Politics, Education Policy, Education reform, Democrats, title i, low-income students, Low Expectations

Sacrifice

Saying Everything wrote 1 month ago: Where do I start? First I’d like to say how disappointed and sickened I am by the attitudes of … more →

Tags: Miscellaneous, Life, WTF, kids, Why, Wow, strongsville city schools, strongsville teachers strike, Strongsville Ohio

NYSUT Clamps Down on Free Speech25 comments

Lauren Cohen wrote 1 month ago: Dear Readers, I would like to share with you an email I sent last week to my class parents:  April i … more →

Tags: LAUREN COHEN: Fill-in-the-Blank Generation, Standardized Testing, Selling out, free speech

Teachers Groups Sue Over Performance Evaluations

cbs4kephart wrote 1 month ago: TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami) – A coalition of teachers unions have filed suit against the state and three … more →

Tags: News, Local, Syndicated Local, Teachers, fcat, union, Florida teachers, Teachers Group, National Education Association

Teachers Unions Sue State Over Teacher Performance Evaluations

Matt Higgins wrote 1 month ago: TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Teachers unions on Tuesday sued the state and three local school boards ove … more →

Tags: News, Florida, Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, Florida Education Association, performance evaluations, National Education Association

Comparing The Catholic Church And Public Schools

Taoist wrote 1 month ago: What if the media treated both the same? … more →

Tags: The Media, Double Standards, Public Schools, the Catholic Church, Sex Abuse

Empowerment proposal rescues kids from failure

Sara Clements wrote 1 month ago: This originally appeared in the Orlando Sentinel as one perspective on the Parent Empowerment debate … more →

Tags: Accountability, Achievement gap, Parent Empowerment, Politics, Student achievement, School Leadership, Education Policy, Education reform, low-income students

The parent trigger boogeyman

Sara Clements wrote 2 months ago: This was a great week for kids and parents in Florida. Today, the Parent Empowerment bill passed its … more →

Tags: Accountability, Achievement gap, Parent Empowerment, Politics, Student achievement, Teacher effectiveness, Charter Schools, Democrats, Education Policy

Corruption and Teachers Unions

moderncicero wrote 2 months ago: Isn’t there a fundamental conflict of interest in allowing public teacher’s unions to gi … more →

Tags: Politics 2, Education, Government, Bribes, ethics


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