- RT @JoanneLeeJacobs: New blog post: Three tracks to success in Santa Fe #
- The Dropout Nation Podcast: Rallying Single Parents, Grandparents and Immigrants for School Reform https://dropoutnation.net/sc #edreform #
- RT @amyalkon: Muslim w/m sues hosp. b/c no female techs avail to see if chest pains were heart attack (@walterolson) #
- Thank you RT @ToughLoveforX: http://ilnk.me/3613 < Another score by @DropoutNation ! >> @readywriting @iwantwealth @sourcePOV @jennar #
- #teachers moving to NV find trad/alternative licensing too rigid: #TQReform More NV #edu https://dropoutnation.net/ow5 #
- In Mass., Pioneer Institute criticizes ed leaders for supporting #CommonCore #CCSSI, calls it dumbed dwn #edreform #
- RT @howardowens: UK and US should be ashamed. RT @DandC: Iroquois lacrosse team exhausts last option to go to England http://rocne.ws/66v #
- Off-ed: RT @TPCarney: Why Google loves Democrats so much (and why Schumer goes after Facebook and Apple) #
- Poverty in the Dallas Suburbs? Irving school district deals w/challenges #education #
- RT @hechingerreport: Day 3 of #Hechinger Conf: Talking covering common standards, using ed data to localize stories… $ http://ow.ly/2d2sJ #
- Jeanne Allen of CER asks when will Montgomery County (Md) learn to embrace charter schools RT @schoolteaching: http://tinyurl.com/34sazob #
- CER's Allen asks when will Montgomery County (Md) learn to embrace charter schools RT @schoolteaching: http://tinyurl.com/34sazob #edreform #
- RT @EducateEarly: The Dropout Nation Podcast: Rallying Single Parents, Grandparents and Immigrants for #edreform https://dropoutnation.net/sc #
- #LAUnified tore down the famed, beautiful Ambassador Hotel to build, well, this for students #education #LAUSD #
- In Australia, advances on #SchoolChoice and #vouchers for the poorest families. #edreform #ParentPower #international #
- In New York State, low cut scores = rising scores #edreform #edpolicy #
- Newsweek looks at #ReverseSeniority #LastHiredFirstFired and efforts by Chicago Public Schools to ditch it #edreform #
- In NJ, Herald News ed board praises #ChrisChristie notes how he has fostered discussion about #TQReform #edreform #
- RT @DrStevePerry: At Capital Prep, we surround our students w/ a structured loving family whose expectations and support know no limits. #
- RT @JeanneAllen: Please rd my WaPo piece abt a great MD prog and a the chtr law it is seeking to defy http://tinyurl.com/34sazob #edreform #
- The Dropout Nation Podcast: Rallying Single Parents, Grandparents and Immigrants for #edreform https://dropoutnation.net/sc #ParentPower #
- RT @iwantwealth @7odSquad: Regardless how many critics attempte to sabatoge your name, Change your name to TRUTH & keep swingin #
- RT @theatrerache @DarlaBunting: Does Teacher Turnover Matter? by @DropoutNation https://dropoutnation.net/ttm #edchat #edreform #
- @rmccarl But talented people aren't going to stay in a job forever, no matter what. This is as true in Silicon Valley as it is in education in reply to rmccarl #
- @rmccarl The goal should recruit the best teachers, then pay them according to their p[erformance. Then give them opportunities to spread… in reply to rmccarl #
- @rmccarl their talent, either in the classroom, by starting their own schools (entrepreneurship — which is greatly needed in education)… in reply to rmccarl #
- @rmccarl within leadership of schools or even in training new generations of great teachers. Retention shouldn't be the goal… in reply to rmccarl #
- @rmccarl It should be recruiting and giving great teachers opportunities to do great things for children. in reply to rmccarl #
- @rmccarl I definitely agree with paying highly-effective teachers more. This is why I support performance pay and even providing in reply to rmccarl #
- @rmccarl seed money to great teachers ready to take on new challenges such as starting new schools that can improve student achievement. in reply to rmccarl #
- @rmccarl But pay isn't alone isn't going to be enough for really talented people. Pay is critical (which is why degree- and seniority-based in reply to rmccarl #
- @rmccarl pay scales are ineffective, for both our children's academic progress and for teachers). But more money won't mean much if we in reply to rmccarl #
- @rmccarl maintain the full scale of trad. teacher work conditions and seniority-based privileges (including limits on instructional time… in reply to rmccarl #
- @rmccarl tenure, and reverse seniority layoff rules). in reply to rmccarl #
- Guess the anti-#edreform folks on the board can't do any damage. RT @davidtokofsky: LAUSD Board of Education on 7 week vacation. #
- RT @rmccarl: @dropoutnation Good points. When unions talk about retention, they mean lifelong retention of all… regardless of performance #
- RT @rmccarl: @dropoutnation Far from being a value, that sort of blanket retention puts a stranglehold on the labor market/weakens quality. #
- @avalonsensei Mischaracterization of school reform positions again, huh? Try harder. It fails. #edreform in reply to avalonsensei #
- @jmvarner @smapplegate At Dropout Nation: Does Teacher Turnover Matter https://dropoutnation.net/ttm #TQReform #Teachers #edreform #TFA #
- @smapplegate Same for me. From where I sit, spreading out great, talented teachers into education, advocacy, is critical for true #edreform in reply to smapplegate #
- @smapplegate Consider, for example, all the TFA grads who end up starting new schools. Example 1: Steve Evangelista of Harlem Link in NYC. in reply to smapplegate #
- @smapplegate His French teacher is now starting her own school in the same neighborhood; she will continue to conduct lessons at Harlem Link in reply to smapplegate #
- @smapplegate I want to get past the idea that retention is the problem. It is and it isn't. The issues of retention have to do with other in reply to smapplegate #
- @smapplegate systemic issues (tenure, seniority-based pay and privileges, lack of entrepreneurship/innovation in trad. public ed… in reply to smapplegate #
- @smapplegate low expectations, lack of engagement w/parents and communities), the same ones that fuel our nation's dropout crisis in reply to smapplegate #
- @smapplegate and make it difficult to recruit high-quality teachers. The ed schools are also part of this problem, for the reasons I have in reply to smapplegate #
- @smapplegate laid out in the piece and elsewhere. they don't properly train teachers for classrooms; they come in depressed, ready to fail in reply to smapplegate #
- @smapplegate they leave even more depressed and in failure. Most never stay in education to work on policy, advocacy, #grassroots in reply to smapplegate #
- @smapplegate At least we know the #TFA folks aren't leaving classrooms and education. They stay in education. in reply to smapplegate #
- @smapplegate Many stay in communities or go to new urban communities with the same sets of issues. in reply to smapplegate #
- RT @smapplegate: @dropoutnation Yes. Further, if teachers spread out & stay in community, imagine how much deeper/long-term impact #edreform #
- @jmvarner I wouldn't give Ravitch much credit on anything. She gets her facts wrong way too often in reply to jmvarner #
- @jmvarner For better perspective on Ravitch (especially her new book), Stuart Buck did an entire fisking of it: in reply to jmvarner #
- @jmvarner Sorry, but citing Ravitch as a source of anything is really not a good idea. in reply to jmvarner #
- @jmvarner You're better off reading the studies on TFA, not anything Ravitch has to say. in reply to jmvarner #
- @parcep on Pennsylvania's stem initiatives #edreform #STEM #
- @jmvarner We're not talking about TFA. If you re-read my statement, I was discussing her general work as of late (which is what Buck focuses in reply to jmvarner #
- @jmvarner on). I didn't specifically state #TFA The point is that Ravitch has been, well, engaging in far too many strawmen arguments in reply to jmvarner #
- @jmvarner selective use of data (EdWeek's Sawchuk had her dead to rights on that issue) and general lack of understanding of #edreform in reply to jmvarner #
- @jmvarner issues and community makes her not a very good source upon which to rely. in reply to jmvarner #
- @jmvarner Not an ad hominem. Just based on the overall evidence from where I sit. You can disagree. That is your right. in reply to jmvarner #
- @jmvarner Now, that said, in some ways, Ravitch is no different than a number of folks on both sides of the #edreform debate. in reply to jmvarner #
- @jmvarner The reality is that there is no one "answer". Just a number of "answers" to improving education for every child. in reply to jmvarner #
- @jmvarner And no one answer will fully solve all the issues involved in the crisis of systemic failure in American public education. in reply to jmvarner #
- @jmvarner I may be in pursuit of #edreform but I'm not going to say that every solution doesn't come with a set of other issues. in reply to jmvarner #
- @jmvarner You use multiple approaches to solving a problem. You just don't pick one answer. And when people stop touting their "answer" in reply to jmvarner #
- @jmvarner and/or stop arguing that the "answer" is wrong, or oppose the "answer" because it disturbs their interests. We may get somewhere in reply to jmvarner #
- RT @CliftonR: Ida B. Wells chastised Black men in Jxn, TN for allowing "white men to outrage…by stripping 1 of our women & hanging her…" #
- RT @CliftonR: In 1889! Ida B. Wells was a really radical Republican (before they sold out the former slaves). #
- RT @CliftonR: Ida B. Wells exhorted black men to "rise in their manhood and resent such outrages as white men do".1889! #
- It would be a great idea to have this for #education news http://kickpost.com/beta Sweet. #
- Which means I'll have to find a way to create one myself #WalkingTheTalk #
- RT @honeynoir @OwlAsylum: Questions are our friends-if you don't ask for fear of revealing ignorance, then you will be reveling in ignorance #
- @smapplegate Look at the Urban Institute/CALDER study on TFA, which cites its effectiveness with students: in reply to smapplegate #
- @smapplegate I think Darling-Hammond goes a little far in arguing that #TFA exacerbates the achievement gap in reply to smapplegate #
- @smapplegate Achievement gap issues really start at the early days of K-12. Ineffective curricula and ineffective instruction. in reply to smapplegate #
- @smapplegate I generally have high regard for Darling-Hammond's work (even if I don't always agree with it) in reply to smapplegate #
- @smapplegate but she has a generally skeptical view of #TFA and other alternative teacher training programs in reply to smapplegate #
- @smapplegate Which also reflects her background in ed schools/belief that ed schools are doing a great job of prepping teachers. in reply to smapplegate #
- @smapplegate Arthur Levine would disagree on that. ' in reply to smapplegate #
- @smapplegate This said, #TFA is a fine program. But not perfect. And it should do better. in reply to smapplegate #
- RT @CliftonR: "we are resting on our oars…content with expressing our indignation by resolution at the outrages…". Ida Wells #BlackEd #
- @CliftonR I'd argue a lot of us aren't even engaging in resolution. We are active participants in supporting some of these outrages… in reply to CliftonR #
- @CliftonR Think what's going to be on Sunday night on VH-1 and Thursday's on a couple of other networks. in reply to CliftonR #
- RT @CliftonR "Others are presuming upon this inaction and encroaching more and more upon our rights…upon life itself." Ida Wells #BlackEd #
- Yes, folks, @CliftonR is on fire tonight. Follow him. #
- @CliftonR I don't think it's because she's a woman. It's because, like a number of major black figures, she came before the civil rights era in reply to CliftonR #
- @CliftonR Booker T, Sojourner, Tubman, WEB are all well-known, but almost despite the amount of time we spend in schools/among ourselves in reply to CliftonR #
- @CliftonR on MLK, John Lewis and the like. Nothing against the latter, but the fight for improving the conditions of our people started in reply to CliftonR #
- @CliftonR long before Brown v. Board of Ed. in reply to CliftonR #
- RT @CliftonR: "We want to be so banded together as with-steel that the race-will contribute any measure to the relief of the ppl" Ida Wells #
- @CliftonR Consider James Forten, who along w/Richard Allen, began advocating right at the time of the Revolutionary War in reply to CliftonR #
- @CliftonR Sadly, no one outside of a few folks in Philly and historians even know Forten's contributions–or his name. #
- @CliftonR I think it accounts for a lot of it. Madame C.J. Walker is also quite well-known and she's a contemporary of Ida B. Wells. in reply to CliftonR #
- @CliftonR It also hurts that a lot of us don't mention her name or spend any time devoting Web sites, bios, to her and her work. in reply to CliftonR #
- @CliftonR My first knowledge of Ida B. Wells came because my mother had attended a New York City school named for her. in reply to CliftonR #
- @jmvarner I just engaged in a conversation. If you don't like widespread discussion, then get out of the arena and talk off-line. in reply to jmvarner #
- @jmvarner Play the game. Or don't play. Make your choice. in reply to jmvarner #
- @jmvarner Have a nice day. in reply to jmvarner #
- RT @CliftonR: Ida B. Wells was among the founders of the NAACP. #BlackEdd #
- RT @CliftonR: Ida B. Wells was among the founders of the NAACP. #BlackEd #
- @CliftonR Our forgotten voices–and how they are relevant today–could be a nice subject for #BlackEd in reply to CliftonR #
- RT @Eduflack: Conn. scores show achievement gap narrowing in large, urban districts http://sbne.ws/r/5a9n (from ASCD) #
- @avalonsensei Huh? in reply to avalonsensei #
- @avalonsensei It's nice that a local branch of the NAACP is doing that work (although Wake is a pretty complicated issue) in reply to avalonsensei #
- @avalonsensei But last I checked, the NAACP remains rather absent in #edreform discussions, especially in advocating for #ParentPower in reply to avalonsensei #
- @avalonsensei It spends far more time on a national level on the tea party than on addressing the critical issues for our children. in reply to avalonsensei #
- @avalonsensei The local branches can be exceptions. The rule, however, is that it has lost touch on the most-important issue for our kids in reply to avalonsensei #
- @avalonsensei Access to high-quality education, which means more than just dealing with deseg. in reply to avalonsensei #
- RT @CliftonR @dropoutnation It is awful that a child can study "Mississippi History" in…high school and learn nothing about Ida B. Wells #
- @CliftonR @CliftonR Yup. In some sense, this is the problem throughout American public eduation today. in reply to CliftonR #
- @CliftonR Yup. In some sense, this is the problem throughout American public education today. #
- @CliftonR The wide range of American history is widely ignored. This is because history is among the most-political areas in ed curricula in reply to CliftonR #
- @CliftonR Which is why we have to do the work and teach our kids (whether we birthed them or not) about our history. in reply to CliftonR #
- RT @CliftonR: Most of children do not get enough knowledge to have pride in what we have overcome to get this far. #BlackEd #
- @avalonsensei Ultimately, as important as deseg can be, it is meaningless if we don't improve the quality of education for every child. in reply to avalonsensei #
- @avalonsensei We have already seen the results of just focusing on deseg. If we don't ensure that every school has high-quality teachers in reply to avalonsensei #
- @avalonsensei no matter whether the schools are mixed demographically or demographically segregated (a reality in most of America) in reply to avalonsensei #
- @avalonsensei then all deseg will do is ensure that schools in black neighborhoods remain dropout factories. Or worse, closed down. in reply to avalonsensei #
- RT @CliftonR: "Let us show the world that the interests of our people are greater than our personal feeling". – Ida B. Wells – 1889 #BlackEd #
- @avalonsensei By the way: The best form of deseg is #SchoolChoice Not just vouchers or charters. But ending the concept of zoned districts in reply to avalonsensei #
- @avalonsensei Why should a child be "zoned" to a particular school. Or limited to attending a school in just one city. in reply to avalonsensei #
- @avalonsensei In Indianapolis, there are 11 school districts. Sometimes the best school in the area for a child is the one he cannot attend in reply to avalonsensei #
- @avalonsensei because it is outside of his "district". Really. in reply to avalonsensei #
- @avalonsensei This is pure abuse of every child. What is happening in Wake is bad. But it happens in every city and state in trad. public ed in reply to avalonsensei #
- @avalonsensei Think about L.A., where sometimes the best school may not be in Century City, where a kid lives, but just a mile away in in reply to avalonsensei #
- @avalonsensei Beverly Hills. Yet that child must go through a lot of work in order to just attend that school. in reply to avalonsensei #
- @avalonsensei But then, the kid should also be able to attend a great school in his or her own neighborhood. in reply to avalonsensei #
- @avalonsensei What we have is a two-sided problem. A kid cannot attend a great school in his neighborhood… in reply to avalonsensei #
- @avalonsensei because of academic neglect. But then, cannot easily escape to attend a great school elsewhere either. This is unjust. in reply to avalonsensei #
- @avalonsensei And no one can defend it. in reply to avalonsensei #
- @markslavkin With trad. public schools, you are certainly right. And certainly with many private schools. But it's especially heinous in reply to markslavkin #
- @markslavkin with trad. public schools because we actually fund them with our tax dollars. How dare they! in reply to markslavkin #
- RT @Dr_EricWaters: @CliftonR My belief is IT is because she is a woman. Double jeopardy in terms of race and gender… http://tl.gd/2jntr2 #
- @markslavkin That's my point. Choice is only one of the answers. We must improve the quality of teaching, curricula, school leadership. in reply to markslavkin #
- @DianeRavitch: Bloomberg got re-elected because he was good at his job. Based on the improved #gradrate for NYC, he's doing it. #
- @DianeRavitch: Once again, try harder. #
- @markslavkin No child should be condemned to failure mills and dropout factories because adults want to continue the status quo #edreform in reply to markslavkin #
- @DianeRavitch: That job, by the way, also includes reducing crime along with improving schools. Doing well on both (if not perfect). #
- Forcibly segregating kids is wrong. Zoned schools is wrong. Banning intra-district and interdistrict choice is wrong… #
- Stifling vouchers and charters is wrong. Leaving parents out is wrong. #
- And failing to improve the quality of teaching, curricula, school leadership and school options is wrong. It is all wrong. This is clear. #
- @honeynoir Hope the surgery goes fantastic. I fear I may join the Franken-knee gang in a few years. in reply to honeynoir #
- RT @NancyEH: Effect of substitutes on #education (at least in NYC): http://tinyurl.com/2vj5upz #edreform #teacher #
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