• In Philly, #ArleneAckerman others, get skewered in Daily News for high compensation, woeful results. #edreform #
  • The Dropout Nation Podcast: Five Questions Every Parent Should Ask https://dropoutnation.net/qpa #edreform #FamilyEngagement #
  • RT @JoanneLeeJacobs: New blog post: Now, fix the Regents exams #edreform #MerylTisch #
  • Thanks RT @DrLynneKenney @Dr_EricWaters: #ff @dropoutnation @Choqlate @EdEquality @getschooled @fasttrackes @principalspage @readywriting… #
  • RT @POWERORGmath: RT @DrStevePerry: Challenge – how do parents ensure that their special needs children receive proper services? #edreform #
  • 2nd Challenge: Determining if most of these kids are truly "special needs"-or labeled as such by districts unwilling to teach them #edreform #
  • When boys make up two of every three #sped students-a greater ratio than in nature-this is a problem. #edreform #
  • When 10%of black female students in Cleveland (and 19% of male classmates) labeled #sped learning disabeled, there's a problem. #edreform #
  • As Reid Lyon diagnosed more than a decade ago, many boys-especially blacks-are being placed into #sped because they can't read… #edreform #
  • It is easier for districts to warehouse kids they struggle to teach (and write them off) than to educate them. #edreform #
  • This is why parents must take power, why we must educate every parent on how to improve education for their kids… #edreform #
  • One inspiration is Virginia Walden Ford, whose own fight on behalf of her child led to the #edreform efforts being undertaken in DC today. #
  • Today, Dropout Nation presents a video featuring her discussion about how she fought for #edreform #ParentPower and her child. #
  • At Dropout Nation: Watch: Virginia Walden Ford on the Strength of Parent Power https://dropoutnation.net/tvd #edreform #ParentPower #
  • RT @sgermeraad: NYT: w/ shabby sleight of hand, Congress cuts food stamps to offset election-year priorities http://nyti.ms/dfhWNm #edujobs #
  • Over past four decades, trad. districts have condemned millions of kids to #sped and to dropping out- when many of them were… #edreform #
  • capable of learning, graduating if given intensive remediation and better teaching and curricula. Parents must turn this around #edreform #
  • And so must the rest of us. They are all our children. #edreform #
  • I'm doing my part this morning, on a train to DC after a ten hour drive. You don't need to do the same. #edreform #Grassroots #
  • In fact, if you have a child or a nephew or niece, start with them. All that matters is do something. So what will you do? #edreform #
  • Voices of the Dropout Nation: Steve Peha on Integration and Systemic Reform https://dropoutnation.net/qgx #edreform #BlackEd #edgap #
  • At Dropout Nation: Watch: Virginia Walden Ford on the Strength of #ParentPower https://dropoutnation.net/tvd #edreform #SchoolChoice #
  • RT @annaheffernan The anna grove heffernan Daily is out http://paper.li/annaheffernan – featuring @web20classroom @willrich45 @dropoutnation #
  • @annaheffernan Thank you! in reply to annaheffernan #
  • Off-edu: Sad, outrageous. RT @AmSpec: Poll: Just 3% of Arabs Empathize With Jewish Holocaust Victims #
  • RT @iwantwealth: RT @DarlaBunting: Healthy snack rewards for students: fruits/real fruit snacks, etc. Healthy (cont) http://tl.gd/2voe5f #
  • RT @DarlaBunting: RT @iwantwealth RT @readtoday: I do have an agenda. I want every child in the USA to read well (cont) http://tl.gd/2voen2 #
  • RT @DarlaBunting: RT @iwantwealth RT @readtoday: There are those who say I have a political agenda. They get angry and stop following me. #
  • RT @AngelaDaliet: Uh-huh! RT@ihatequotes: Haters are people who dedicate so much time to keep you on their mind. (cont) http://tl.gd/2vogb1 #
  • RT @iwantwealth: How do you eat and feed your babies poison because its cheap? Brown rice and beans…that's my value menu. #ParentPower #
  • @DarlaBunting Sadly, healthy eating is considered a luxury-even when it is not. You can cook a healthy delicious meal for a family… in reply to DarlaBunting #
  • @DarlaBunting for just two bucks a head a day. Roasted pork shoulder with a medley of spinach, broccoli and mushrooms… #
  • @DarlaBunting Black bean and vegetable soup (three days of dinner). Angel hair pasta with peppers, onions, broccoli and squash sauteed w/Pam #
  • All can be cooked for at most, $2 or $3 a head and feed a family of four. And delicious, gourmet to boot! #
  • Off-edu RT @amyalkon: Portland girl busted for unlicensed lemonade stand. #moronic #headshaker #
  • Rewind: The Dropout Nation Podcast: Six Steps Toward Building #ParentPower https://dropoutnation.net/42m #edreform #RttT #BlackEd #
  • While I agree w/@Johnswilson that we need to invest in summer education, I'm not sure summer school programs are the solution #edreform #
  • My view is that the best solution for continuing education during summer is to have year-round K-12 at all levels of the system #edreform #
  • After all, the old paradigm worked in an age of kids working on farms and in factories. Our kids today don't have this issue #edreform #
  • At the same time, I'm not sure I'm for extending the school day, largely because it may merely add on to inefficiency #edreform #
  • After all, if one looks at school district collective bargaining agreements, teachers are restricted to working only a certain #edreform #
  • number of hours a day. In fact, in Chicago, for instance, the district has the least amount of time dedicated to instruction #edreform #
  • Just 308 minutes — or a mere 5 hours — of instruction a day in Chicago schools. Five hours out of an 8-hour school day #edreform #
  • Does one really think adding an extra 20 days will work if the days aren't used efficiently? Not likely. #edreform #
  • See, it's not just the longer instructional day that is a secret of success for #KIPP and other charter schools… #edreform #
  • It's what is done in that day that matters too. This means, in some sense, #NEA and #AFT will have to accept longer work days #edreform #
  • And in turn, trad. districts will have to restructure what they ask teachers to do that isn't related to instruction #edreform #
  • And professional development must be an activity that happens outside of the school instruction week. #edreform #
  • Of course, there are those who say other professions get paid training during work days. True. But there is one factor at play #edreform #
  • That differs between teaching and other professions. Actually two. One: School is only open 180 days a year #edreform #
  • The second: Few other professions are responsible for the long-term outcomes of children #edreform #
  • RT @POWERORGmath: @dropoutnation #summer school= only 1 part of the solution. #edreform Resources 4 parents, rigor+engagement of Ss… #
  • RT @DarlaBunting: I do agree that the school day/year should be extended bc our students are behind. They need the time to catch up. #
  • RT @DarlaBunting: I'm not a proponent of everyone adopting KIPP hours, but I'm for them doing what works best for their students. #edreform #
  • RT @DarlaBunting: @dropoutnation Exactly! The key is to work smarter by maximizing the learning time that works best to educate students. #
  • @AngelaDaliet Just wondering why? I have to ask. in reply to AngelaDaliet #
  • RT @DarlaBunting: We extended our day til 4pm. 1 parent complained. I know she wont mind when she sees how much her children r learning #
  • @DarlaBunting I'm not shocked. I wouldn't be surprised that middle-class parents will also complain about longer days/year #edreform in reply to DarlaBunting #
  • @DarlaBunting Not to be mean, but far too many middle class parents are as blind about the quality of ed their kids receive… in reply to DarlaBunting #
  • @DarlaBunting as some poor parents. And they think that their kids will succeed no matter what. But right now, our brightest #edreform in reply to DarlaBunting #
  • @DarlaBunting American students–many of them from the middle class–are trailing the world on PISA and TIMSS. #edreform in reply to DarlaBunting #
  • @DarlaBunting And if you look at many of our suburban districts on test score growth, the growth levels trail KIPP and other #edreform in reply to DarlaBunting #
  • @DarlaBunting urban schools that are turning around and improving achievement. You can start at top, but may not stay there. #edreform in reply to DarlaBunting #
  • RT @AngelaDaliet: @dropoutnation, we have to teach kids the "love of learning" and the creativeness to "learn" for themselves… #
  • @AngelaDaliet I can see your points. I will also politely disagree on year-round schooling. I think most kids could benefit from #edreform #
  • @AngelaDaliet @AngelaDaliet Same for longer days. I think the keys to making both works comes down to teachers and schools #edreform in reply to AngelaDaliet #
  • @AngelaDaliet Making learning fun and educational. It's the same issue w/the focus of tests on reading and math. You can teach #edreform in reply to AngelaDaliet #
  • @AngelaDaliet teach history, social studies, art, music while teaching reading and math. They all go together. #edreform in reply to AngelaDaliet #
  • @AngelaDaliet But I will say that a longer school day alone isn't the panacea. Same w/year-round schooling. #edreform in reply to AngelaDaliet #
  • @AngelaDaliet Better teaching, more-rigorous curricula, a culture of genius in every school, must also be part of this #edreform in reply to AngelaDaliet #
  • @DarlaBunting It is. But not shocking. Success has many imitators. in reply to DarlaBunting #
  • The Dropout Nation Podcast: Five Questions Every Parent Should Ask https://dropoutnation.net/qpa #edreform #ParentPower #BlackEd #
  • Latest Labor Watch Report on "Last Hired, First Fired" and generation gap w/in #NEA #AFT https://dropoutnation.net/783 #TQReform #

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