Archives for January 2012

Via @DianeRavitch: puzzling that Pres. Obama calls for an end to “teach to the test,” yet his data-driven policies in RTTT & NCLB incentivize exactly that. Does he not know what Secretary Arne Duncan is doing?Does President Obama Know What Race to the …

With no clear directives from a Congressionally re-authorized NCLB, state education heads insert themselves into the policy fray.School Chiefs’ Group Elbows Into Policy Fightwww.edweek.orgA cadre of current and former state school officers is pushing a…

A lawsuit advances arguing that “fees” for lockers, books, field trips during the school day & other such expenses chip away at the CA Constitution’s guarantee of a free education to K-12 schoolkids. Lawsuit to ban public-school fees clears key hurdlel…

No education researchers, college students, or faculty associations were consulted in the creation of the White House’s RTTT for higher ed. Just college presidents and a few foundations. That might explain why the policy’s main feature is a federal sti…

.@ClassSizeMatters writes: “…23-year-old Camila Vallejo has attained rock-star status among the global activist class. Since June she has led regular street marches of up to 200,000 people through the streets of Chile’s capital, protesting their ineq…

A happy ending for the young homeless teen girl who nevertheless was chosen as an Intel Science Competition semi-finalist — she and her family now have a place to live. Support ALL kids and their families, and society will reap the benefits.Samantha G…

Planned for March, 2012 — TX writer/activist Tony Diaz is smuggling “wet-books” (Chicano literature & history) BACK INTO Tuscon, AZ. Rock on — or as Tony says, “V for vatos.”Wet Books: Smuggling Banned Literature Back Into Arizonawww.youtube.comwww.l…

Teach-ins & other actions planned on Feb 1, 2012, in support of the reinstatement of Tucson’s Mexican American Studies program. Stand up for relevant & excellent education that tells the entire story of the American mosaic.WordStrike | National Actions…

LAUSD might eliminate funding for Adult Ed, including ESL, in 2012-13. Feb 14th rally to protest! “For poor parents who are taking ESL classes, including our Family Literacy parents, this is devastating. Join us in signing the petition or coming to a r…

Around the world, rural/impoverished kids rely on schools to provide them w/a hot nutritious lunch. Hungry kids can’t focus.For China’s ‘Left-Behind Kids,’ A Free Lunch : NPRwww.npr.orgShocked by the poverty he saw on a reporting trip, a Chinese journa…