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• What Will New York State’s Race to the Top Application Look Like?….Here it is…..

  —Transparent Christina

  Recently, the New York State Department of Education  (NYSED) circulated a Public Communication and Policy Recommendations Summary for its Race to the Top (RttT) grant proposal to the nearly 700 school districts throughout New York State. In order to participate, each district is required to sign a Memorandum of Understanding in support of the [...]

  Posted: December 21, 2009, 11:05pm EST
  by John Young

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• "What Do Teachers Make"

  —Salisbury News

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  The dinner guests were sitting around the table discussing life. One man, a CEO, decided to explain the problem with education.
  
  He argued, 'What's a kid going to learn from someone who decided his best option in life was to become a teacher?'
  
  He [...]

  Posted: December 21, 2009, 8:45am EST
  by joealbero

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• NOTICE FOR MONDAY, DECEMBER 21: SCHOOLS CLOSED, OFFICES OPEN

  —Transparent Christina

  All schools in the Christina School District will be closed on Monday, December 21 due to inclement weather conditions.  Preschool Programs, Parents As Teachers Stay and Play, Continuing Education Classes and Adult Education Classes are also canceled.  Offices will open at the regular time. Click here to access the School Closing Information and to register for the Christina School District E-News [...]

  Posted: December 20, 2009, 12:16pm EST
  by John Young

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• Union Veto Power in Race to the Top Agreements?- Teacher Beat

  —Transparent Christina

  To follow my previous post on the MOUs that states are beginning to create for their Race to the Top applications, it’s quite interesting that some states are giving their teachers’ unions seemingly much more leverage over whether or not the district will actually participate. Some states, like Colorado, are using the Education Department’s model [...]

  Posted: December 19, 2009, 11:18pm EST
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• Planet of the Apes Vs. Delaware Public Schools

  —Kilroy's delaware

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  Delaware State Education Association Position Regarding RTTT and the Delaware Department of Education Strategic Plan November 2009 Delaware DOE;  A World-Class Education for Every Child ;Build on the Teach for America program and other alternative certification processes to enhance teacher quality at challenging schools. Proposed Regulations DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION [...]

  Posted: December 19, 2009, 10:05pm EST
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• Riverside does not buy into federal education reform plan

  —Transparent Christina

  Another RttT decision…..this one from California. Saying they don’t have clear information and too little time before the deadline, Riverside school officials Friday declined to sign up for Race To The Top, the federal effort to reform education. “It appears there’s a lack of information on Race To The Top,” said Riverside Unified School District Superintendent [...]

  Posted: December 19, 2009, 8:13pm EST
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• The Gifted and Talented need programs too.

  —Transparent Christina

  Since the passage of the No Child Left Behind Act nearly eight years ago, public schools have focused on raising the test scores of their lowest achieving students. That has rankled some parents of students who not only meet but far exceed state and federal education standards. Their children, they say, are equally [...]

  Posted: December 19, 2009, 8:08pm EST
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• Tennesse Positioned for Race to the Top

  —Children and Educators First!

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  "Race to the Top" school guidelines approved
  
  Friday, December 18, 2009
  By JOHN I. CARNEY ~ jcarney@t-g.com
  
  Bedford County Board of Education, meeting Thursday night, approved a memorandum of understanding with the state to comply with the guidelines of President Obama's "Race To The Top"' [...]

  Posted: December 19, 2009, 4:40pm EST
  

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• Chicago school’s under Duncan leadership OMFG

  —Kilroy's delaware

  (Looks like Arne Duncan is full of shit! How can he lead the nation’s public schools when shit like what’s in these reports happened under his watch?) CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS Arne Duncan, Chief Executive Officer December 16, 2006 This Annual Report is being provided to the Chicago Board of Education and the Illinois General [...]

  Posted: December 19, 2009, 3:41pm EST
  by kilroysdelaware

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• Special Workshop Will Be Held On Wednesday, Januarty 6th at Dickinson High School

  —Red Clay Now

  A Special Workshop session of the Red Clay Consolidated School District Board of Education will be held on Wednesday, January 6, 2010. The Board of Education contemplates discussion of the regular public agenda items to commence at approximately 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. This meeting will be held at Dickinson [...]

  Posted: December 19, 2009, 2:07pm EST
  

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• Duncan’s Education factory: The Daily Riff.

  —Transparent Christina

  http://www.thedailyriff.com/2009/12/post-1.php Powered by ScribeFire. Posted in Uncategorized [...]

  Posted: December 19, 2009, 1:53pm EST
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• Bill Gates to Delaware: You don’t cut it….thank you, drive through.

  —Transparent Christina

  14 States Fail Gates’ Race to the Top Test By Michele McNeil on December 17, 2009 3:15 PM With the Race to the Top deadline just around the corner, education policy wonks are already sizing up the competition to figure out who’s already in the lead, and who isn’t. Vegas odds probably [...]

  Posted: December 19, 2009, 10:02am EST
  by John Young

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• SALF-gate? 49,000 questions for Education Secretary Arne Duncan

  —Transparent Christina

  “One of the most erudite, prolific and acidic critics of national education policy.” That’s how the Washington Post memorialized Gerald Bracey shortly after his death in late October. One of his regular targets was President Obama’s basketball buddy, US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. In an eerie parting shot from [...]

  Posted: December 18, 2009, 11:43pm EST
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• Delaware SES; The Big money grab !

  —Kilroy's delaware

  Approved SES Vendor Statewide Services SES Provider Report Card NEW What are supplemental educational services? Supplemental educational services are extra academic services offered outside the regular school day to help eligible students improve reading and math skills. Which schools must offer free tutoring services? A Title I school that is in its second year of [...]

  Posted: December 18, 2009, 8:50pm EST
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• Race Watch: Louisiana

  —Children and Educators First!

  Bossier School District opts out of Race to the Top
  
  
  By Nicole Blake • nblake@gannett.com • December 18, 2009
  
  To the applause of people at the Bossier School Board meeting Thursday, the panel unanimously rejected further involvement in a federal rewards program designed to address education [...]

  Posted: December 18, 2009, 9:57am EST
  

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• Grand Rapids area educators torn about last-minute grab at federal Race to the Top funding

  —Children and Educators First!

  By Kym Reinstadler
  The Grand Rapids Press
  December 18, 2009, 8:27AM
  
  E-mail Kym Reinstadler: kreinstadler@grpress.com
  
  GRAND RAPIDS -- As the state Legislature worked Thursday considering education reforms to make the state's request for a slice of the $4.35 billion Race to the Top pie more savory, some [...]

  Posted: December 18, 2009, 9:32am EST
  

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• Educationists defend Minnesota teacher program

  —The Colossus of Rhodey

  From the NAS e-mail bag: MINNEAPOLIS, December 17, 2009—The University of Minnesota–Twin Cities is defending its plans to enforce a political litmus test for future teachers in the face of national outrage. The plans from its College of Education and... [...]

  Posted: December 18, 2009, 8:05am EST
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• 2010-2011 Draft Calendar Now Available For Review

  —Salisbury News

  The Wicomico County Board of Education is seeking input on its calendar for the 2010-2011 school year, prior to a final vote at the Jan. 12 Board meeting. The draft calendar, with school closings and holidays, is posted on the main page of the Board’s web site, under Links.
  
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  Posted: December 18, 2009, 7:05am EST
  by joealbero

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• Delaware's Plan to Strengthen Our Schools

  —Red Clay Now

  Every child in Delaware deserves a world-class education. From the moment they leave our schools, Delaware's students will compete for jobs and college admission against students from across our country and around the globe. Their ability to compete – and Delaware's economic future – depends on providing Delaware students with [...]

  Posted: December 17, 2009, 4:27pm EST
  

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• Race to the Top or Something Closer to the Heart

  —Children and Educators First!

  Vermont Commons, Number 31, Fall, 2009
  from  [www.pathsoflearning.net]
  by Dr. Ron Miller (see links below for more information on Miller's alternative approach to education.)
  
  I was inspired by Barack Obama’s campaign for the presidency. When I read The Audacity of Hope, I was convinced that he was [...]

  Posted: December 16, 2009, 8:41pm EST
  

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• How should a teacher be rated? (Today’s Essential Question)

  —Transparent Christina

  Thompson: First Do No Harm…. from Russo’s Blog “Teachers can be forgiven for worrying about the imposition of crude, unfair policies characterized by the phrase ‘sort and fire,’ given public education’s history of half-baked, fads, and fleeting reforms.” It was nice to read the acknowledgment that “The work of teaching is complex, but test-based accountability [...]

  Posted: December 16, 2009, 11:57am EST
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• RUSH RUSH RUSH QUICK QUICK QUICK: RttT Style.

  —Transparent Christina

  File this under time is the friend of good decision making, not the enemy…..why do I have a feeling a lot of states and districts are going to wish they had more time and used it wisely to make the best decisions….. Under the Obama administration’s guidelines, in addition to prompting legislative education [...]

  Posted: December 15, 2009, 11:43pm EST
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• Race to the Top Insights: interesting stuff…… #edreform #RttT

  —Transparent Christina

  After listening to the second half of the U.S. Department of Education’s Race to the Top technical seminar, it’s clear that there are many, many state-specific circumstances for which state teams want answers. South Dakota asked if Indian-chartered schools count as charter schools. Hawaii officials had a few questions about how the application applies to [...]

  Posted: December 15, 2009, 11:07pm EST
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• December Delmar Board Of Education Meeting

  —Delmar DustPan

  
  Instead of listening to joyful music tonight at the High School Band Concert we entered "The District Office" for the 7 PM Board Of Education Meeting
  
  The District office meeting room is small so only about fifty people could sit in it [...]

  Posted: December 15, 2009, 8:59pm EST
  

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• Teaching Moment Bloomberg and Klein’s data troubles. #NYC #Kleinfail

  —Transparent Christina

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  Klein also found good news in the demographics. “Whose blacks are on top?” he said. “Our blacks are dramatically outperforming everybody else.” Klein does sincerely care about education, but his inartful choice of words points to one of the problems with the ongoing overhaul of the public-school system: The obsession with tests too often treats kids [...]

  Posted: December 14, 2009, 11:45pm EST
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• Motor City Madness: NAEP failure is devastating.

  —Transparent Christina

  Sharlonda Buckman, CEO of the Detroit Parent Network, called for jailing and civil lawsuits against anyone in the city’s educational system that is not doing his or her share to help properly educate children. “Somebody needs to go to jail,” she said in a tearful address to 500 parents gathered [...]

  Posted: December 14, 2009, 11:03pm EST
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• Arne Duncan linked to Chicago ed corruption probe?

  —Kilroy's delaware

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  Obama Secretary of Education Arne Duncan linked to Chicago corruption probe “Attorneys for the Board of Education have refused to turn over either Scott’s or Duncan’s credit card records on the grounds they are both under investigation.” Scott is Michael Scott the president of Chicago school board who committed suicide. Illinois corruption fighter and [...]

  Posted: December 14, 2009, 7:41pm EST
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• The Turnaround Trap: Frederick M. Hess

  —Transparent Christina

  Given the good intentions, it’s only natural to root for turnarounds. But, while the phrase “turnaround” may be relatively new to those in education, “silver bullet” enthusiasm has a long track record in other sectors. And that record makes the case for steely-eyed realism. Even in the business world, where management enjoys many more degrees [...]

  Posted: December 14, 2009, 5:04pm EST
  by John Young

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• Dropouts going Elvis without a trace

  —Kilroy's delaware

  Delaware schools: Looking for early signs of dropout risk; Educators hope to be able to intervene early The Department of Education did not have data on why about 82 percent of the students dropped out because their schools or districts did not report it. Coffield said the department plans to require schools [...]

  Posted: December 13, 2009, 9:01pm EST
  by kilroysdelaware

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• A sinking feeling about the ‘race to the top’: Russ Dondero

  —Transparent Christina

  The race-to-the-top mentality in education or in the workplace creates a “blame the victim” mentality. The victims are the students and teachers who have to master testing rather than critical thinking skills. Yes, we want the best teachers and need to get incompetent teachers out of the classroom. To do this we need to challenge [...]

  Posted: December 12, 2009, 9:33pm EST
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