Daily Kos: The Ignored Lessons of Education Reform

Daily Kos: The Ignored Lessons of Education Reform

Some Schools Now Track Students Like Prisoners | Psychology Today

Some Schools Now Track Students Like Prisoners | Psychology Today

Daily Kos: The CCSS Stampede: Trampling Why, What, How We Teach

Daily Kos: The CCSS Stampede: Trampling Why, What, How We Teach

When Disinformation is Fueled by Misinformation! CHANCELLOR TISCH, YOU ARE WRONG! « School Finance 101

When Disinformation is Fueled by Misinformation! CHANCELLOR TISCH, YOU ARE WRONG! « School Finance 101

Moving Beyond the Polarized Debate - Bridging Differences - Education Week

Moving Beyond the Polarized Debate - Bridging Differences - Education Week

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Digging Into Our 'Disagreements' on Schools - Bridging Differences - Education Week

Digging Into Our 'Disagreements' on Schools - Bridging Differences - Education Week

Be sure to read comments

Moving Beyond the Polarized Debate - Bridging Differences - Education Week

Moving Beyond the Polarized Debate - Bridging Differences - Education Week

Daily Kos: Misreading Customer Satisfaction, Compromise in Education Reform

Daily Kos: Misreading Customer Satisfaction, Compromise in Education Reform

Reading Games: Strategies for Reading Scholarly Sources by Karen Rosenberg

Reading Games: Strategies for Reading Scholarly Sources
by Karen Rosenberg

Alfie Kohn: 'Achievement' at the Expense of 'Learning' -- at School and at Home | Education on GOOD

Alfie Kohn: 'Achievement' at the Expense of 'Learning' -- at School and at Home | Education on GOOD

Shanker Blog » A Case Against Assigning Single Ratings To Schools

Shanker Blog » A Case Against Assigning Single Ratings To Schools

What we reformers learned about school reform in 2012 | CharlotteObserver.com

What we reformers learned about school reform in 2012 | CharlotteObserver.com

Homework: An unnecessary evil? … Surprising findings from new research

Homework: An unnecessary evil? … Surprising findings from new research

A story of educational courage

A story of educational courage

Schools Matter: The Cucumber Austerity of Teaching: Merit Pay and Grapes

Schools Matter: The Cucumber Austerity of Teaching: Merit Pay and Grapes

Gene V Glass: Education in Two Worlds: Infinite Campus ... No Place to Hide

Gene V Glass: Education in Two Worlds: Infinite Campus ... No Place to Hide

2 Monkeys Were Paid Unequally; See What Happens Next

2 Monkeys Were Paid Unequally; See What Happens Next

Black: The constitutional fix for SC schools - Editorial Columns - TheState.com

Black: The constitutional fix for SC schools - Editorial Columns - TheState.com

Shanker Blog » Beyond Anecdotes: The Evidence About Financial Incentives And Teacher Retention

Shanker Blog » Beyond Anecdotes: The Evidence About Financial Incentives And Teacher Retention

Obama Won, But Did Educators Lose In the Process? | Alternet

Obama Won, But Did Educators Lose In the Process? | Alternet

Compare the graphics

See the forth graphic here:

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/election/2012/

And compare with the third graphic here:

http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21565956-americas-poor-were-little-mentioned-barack-obamas-re-election-campaign-they-deserve

TEDxPioneerValley - EleanorDuckworth - "When Teachers Listen and Learners Explain" - YouTube

TEDxPioneerValley - EleanorDuckworth - "When Teachers Listen and Learners Explain" - YouTube

A Milestone En Route to a Majority Minority Nation | Pew Social & Demographic Trends

A Milestone En Route to a Majority Minority Nation | Pew Social & Demographic Trends

An Open Letter to President Obama from Bill Ayers | Education on GOOD

An Open Letter to President Obama from Bill Ayers | Education on GOOD

Shanker Blog » The Educational Attainment Of Girls And Boys: Two Sides of the Same Coin

Shanker Blog » The Educational Attainment Of Girls And Boys: Two Sides of the Same Coin

Future of Georgia’s Charter Schools on Ballot - NYTimes.com

Future of Georgia’s Charter Schools on Ballot - NYTimes.com

Daily Kos: The “Naïve Expert” Problem in Market Paradigm and Education Reform

Daily Kos: The “Naïve Expert” Problem in Market Paradigm and Education Reform

The most important element of student success?

The most important element of student success?

It's Time for the Poor to Come Out of the Plutocracy's Closet of Shame

It's Time for the Poor to Come Out of the Plutocracy's Closet of Shame

Who Controls the Table Wins | National Education Policy Center

Who Controls the Table Wins | National Education Policy Center

Thinking about School Reform, Teaching, and “Great” Teachers | National Education Policy Center

Thinking about School Reform, Teaching, and “Great” Teachers | National Education Policy Center

Ohanian: Putting a test on computer doesn’t make it up-to-date

Ohanian: Putting a test on computer doesn’t make it up-to-date

Motivation and merit pay

Herzberg

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B5rkPGGYEGphQkZXM2RSY21hNVk

Kohn

http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/edweek/meritpay.htm

Daniel Pink

http://www.danpink.com/

Bill Gates' Cannibalistic Culture

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/07/05/1106417/-Gates-s-Cannibalistic-Culture-Coming-to-a-School-Near-You

How to Make Kindergarten a Terrible Experience « Diane Ravitch's blog

How to Make Kindergarten a Terrible Experience « Diane Ravitch's blog

Shanker Blog » The Data-Driven Education Movement

Shanker Blog » The Data-Driven Education Movement

Daily Kos: The Polonius Chronicles: The Invisible Hand and the King Imperative

Daily Kos: The Polonius Chronicles: The Invisible Hand and the King Imperative

FL school board approves race-based academic plan - FOX Carolina 21

FL school board approves race-based academic plan - FOX Carolina 21

Can Democratic Education Survive in a Neoliberal Society?

Can Democratic Education Survive in a Neoliberal Society?

Why almost all school reform efforts have failed

Why almost all school reform efforts have failed

Invisible Men | Russell Sage Foundation

Invisible Men | Russell Sage Foundation

Effects of Inequality and Poverty vs. Teachers and Schooling on America’s Youth by David C. Berliner

Effects of Inequality and Poverty vs. Teachers and Schooling on America’s Youth by David C. Berliner

TCRecord: Article

Hidden rival to charter schools - Class Struggle - The Washington Post

Hidden rival to charter schools - Class Struggle - The Washington Post

Poverty Is Destiny (University of Arkansas talk)

Poverty Is Destiny (University of Arkansas talk)

'Multiplication is for White People': An Interview with Education Professor Lisa Delpit | Alternet

'Multiplication is for White People': An Interview with Education Professor Lisa Delpit | Alternet

NJ Advocates to Secretary Duncan: NJ’S NCLB Waiver Will Harm Schools Serving Our Neediest Children | Save Our Schools NJ

NJ Advocates to Secretary Duncan: NJ’S NCLB Waiver Will Harm Schools Serving Our Neediest Children | Save Our Schools NJ

Education Week: Two Lives Diverged

Education Week: Two Lives Diverged

Daily Kos: Save Unsuccessful Charter Schools (SUCS), Now!

Daily Kos: Save Unsuccessful Charter Schools (SUCS), Now!

Shifting to second half of course

Poverty Is Destiny: Ignoring the MLK Imperative in Corporate Education Reform

Talk outline

“Well, Duh!” -- Ten Obvious Truths That We Shouldn’t Be Ignoring, Alfie Kohn

America's Report Card 2012: Children in the US | First Focus

America's Report Card 2012: Children in the US | First Focus

Shanker Blog » NCLB And The Institutionalization Of Data Interpretation

Shanker Blog » NCLB And The Institutionalization Of Data Interpretation

Can schools really reform society?

Can schools really reform society?

Things educators could say but don’t

Things educators could say but don’t

‘Your women are oppressed, but ours are awesome’: How Nicholas Kristof and Half the Sky use women against each other | Racialicious - the intersection of race and pop culture

‘Your women are oppressed, but ours are awesome’: How Nicholas Kristof and Half the Sky use women against each other | Racialicious - the intersection of race and pop culture

As Children’s Freedom Has Declined, So Has Their Creativity | Psychology Today

As Children’s Freedom Has Declined, So Has Their Creativity | Psychology Today

This Week in Poverty: The Invisibles in Mississippi and the US | The Nation

This Week in Poverty: The Invisibles in Mississippi and the US | The Nation

Daily Kos: On "Reform" and the "Public" in Education

Daily Kos: On "Reform" and the "Public" in Education

What is Wendy Kopp talking about? - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

What is Wendy Kopp talking about? - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

When 4th Graders ask the BIG questions...: 10 weeks of NO HOMEWORK - 10 observations

When 4th Graders ask the BIG questions...: 10 weeks of NO HOMEWORK - 10 observations

Guest column: Meredith was fearless in the face of evil » The Commercial Appeal

Guest column: Meredith was fearless in the face of evil » The Commercial Appeal

Educational Leadership:Students Who Challenge Us:Empowering Young Black Males

Educational Leadership:Students Who Challenge Us:Empowering Young Black Males

Shanker Blog » Our Not-So-College-Ready Annual Discussion Of SAT Results

Shanker Blog » Our Not-So-College-Ready Annual Discussion Of SAT Results

Why Self-Discipline Is Overrated

Why Self-Discipline Is Overrated

Schools Matter: Homeschooling, Freely Unequal

Schools Matter: Homeschooling, Freely Unequal

Daily Kos: Segregated South Rises Again

Daily Kos: Segregated South Rises Again

Southern Slippage: Growing School Segregation in the Most Desegregated Region of the Country — The Civil Rights Project at UCLA

Southern Slippage: Growing School Segregation in the Most Desegregated Region of the Country — The Civil Rights Project at UCLA

Daily Kos: SAT: A Primer

Daily Kos: SAT: A Primer

Group Presentation

Each group MUST provide the class a one-page handout of your topic (submit that handout to me before presenting also and email as attachment).

PLEASE submit your reference list in Word file (by email) and in hard copy before you present. (I recommend you send a draft well before you present also). Your references should be on your PP, if you do a PP.

All groups must be prepared to go the first day, but email and claim first presenting slot if you want.

PRESENTATIONS MUST BE 16-20 MINS LONG (ONLY), AND YOU SHOULD BE FAMILIAR WITH THE TECHNOLOGY YOU USE BEFORE THE PRESENTATION.

Monday

(1) Single-sex education

(2) Corporal punishment

(3) Homeschooling

(4) Foreign Language

Midterm

Midterm; self-evaluation/course midterm feedback

***[Include by mid-term your four school choices for your virtual school assignment.]

Frame the discussion below between Cody (Social Context Reformer) and the Gates Foundation ("No Excuses" Reformers) within this: "Is Poverty Destiny?"

You need to submit TWO requirements for this midterm:

(1) DUE before class October 12, email me a list of 8-10 key talking points you plan to contribute to the class discussion in class that day. These talking points should grow from the discussion below and should pull together the entire first half of this semester (topic readings, supplemental reading [Kozol], tutoring, and class discussions).

(2) Also email before October 12 a self-evaluation (as attachment) of your learning and work throughout the semester so far. What have you learned? How have you been challenged? What have we not covered yet that you want us to cover? What has been the quality of your work and engagement in the course so far? Please assign yourself a letter grade for the course so far. Feel free to offer positive and critical feedback on the course and my teaching as well in order to insure the course fulfills your needs and expectations for the remainder of the semester.

Class discussion: Anthony Cody education reform debate with the Gates Foundation (GF):

Cody

(1) Dialogue With the Gates Foundation: How Do We Build the Teaching Profession?
(2) Responding to the Gates Foundation: How do we Consider Evidence of Learning in Teacher Evaluations?
(3) Dialogue with the Gates Foundation: Can Schools Defeat Poverty by Ignoring It?
(4) Dialogue With the Gates Foundation: What Is the Purpose of K-12 Education?
(5) The Dialogue With the Gates Foundation: What Happens When Profits Drive Reform?

GF

(1) The Gates Foundation Responds: How do we Build the Teaching Profession
(2) The Gates Foundation Writes: How Do We Consider Evidence of Student Learning in Teacher Evaluation?
(3) The Gates Foundation Responds: Poverty Does Matter--But It Is Not Destiny
(4) The Gates Foundation Writes: K-12 Education: An Opportunity Catalyst
(5) The Gates Foundation Responds: The Role of the Marketplace in Education

Behind the SAT numbers - The Washington Post

Behind the SAT numbers - The Washington Post

Palmetto Educators Network: How Do Charter Schools Compare to “Schools with St...

Palmetto Educators Network: How Do Charter Schools Compare to “Schools with St...: How Do Charter Schools Compare to “Schools with Students Like Ours” in South Carolina? Using the South Carolina School Report Card sys...

Stuff White People Like: Education Reform | National Education Policy Center

Stuff White People Like: Education Reform | National Education Policy Center

Superintendents fight Ohio’s ‘Third Grade Guarantee’ - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

Superintendents fight Ohio’s ‘Third Grade Guarantee’ - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

Palmetto Educators Network: Charter Advocacy Misses Point, Misleads

Palmetto Educators Network: Charter Advocacy Misses Point, Misleads: In an Op-Ed focusing on how the Chicago teachers' strike is relevant to SC education concerns , I offered one point that included a caution ...

Daily Kos: Essential Reading/Viewing for "No Excuses" Reformers

Daily Kos: Essential Reading/Viewing for "No Excuses" Reformers

Bolton: South Carolina still trails in education - Warren Bolton - TheState.com

Bolton: South Carolina still trails in education - Warren Bolton - TheState.com

Editorial: School equity suit an indictment of SC political system - Editorial - TheState.com

Editorial: School equity suit an indictment of SC political system - Editorial - TheState.com

Black: SC Supreme Court has responsibility to act in school equity case - Editorial Columns - TheState.com

Black: SC Supreme Court has responsibility to act in school equity case - Editorial Columns - TheState.com

How our love for numbers warps school reform - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

How our love for numbers warps school reform - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

Top 10 - Bully Free World - the Bully Project campaign for children with special needds

Top 10 - Bully Free World - the Bully Project campaign for children with special needds

“The Difficult Thirty Percent” Redux: The Equity Gap 2012 | Dailycensored.com

“The Difficult Thirty Percent” Redux: The Equity Gap 2012 | Dailycensored.com

Civil Rights Project Reports Deepening Segregation and Challenges Educators and Political Leaders to Develop Positive Policies — The Civil Rights Project at UCLA

Civil Rights Project Reports Deepening Segregation and Challenges Educators and Political Leaders to Develop Positive Policies — The Civil Rights Project at UCLA

The Urgency of Now | The Schott 50 State Report on Public Education and Black Males 2012

The Urgency of Now | The Schott 50 State Report on Public Education and Black Males 2012

Thomas: Chicago teachers’ strike raises issues important to S.C. - Editorial Columns - TheState.com

Thomas: Chicago teachers’ strike raises issues important to S.C. - Editorial Columns - TheState.com

The Urgency of Now

The Urgency of Now

'Corridor of shame' debated before SC Supreme Court

'Corridor of shame' debated before SC Supreme Court

Is poverty destiny? Ideology vs. evidence in school reform - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

Is poverty destiny? Ideology vs. evidence in school reform - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

#TroubleontheEstate: how can we build support for ending poverty without resorting to stereotypes? | Joseph Rowntree Foundation

#TroubleontheEstate: how can we build support for ending poverty without resorting to stereotypes? | Joseph Rowntree Foundation

Corridor of Shame and the deficit view of poverty

How does the documentary Corridor of Shame portray people and children in poverty?

Place the portrayal of poverty and people in poverty in the context of the following:

"Return of the Deficit," Curt Dudley-Marling

"The Myth of the Culture of Poverty," Paul Gorski

"No Excuses" and the Culture of Shame: Why Metrics Don't Matter

Daily Kos: Is Poverty Destiny?: Ideology v. Evidence in Education Reform

Daily Kos: Is Poverty Destiny?: Ideology v. Evidence in Education Reform

20 years later, debate rages on over ‘minimally adequate’ education - Education - TheState.com

20 years later, debate rages on over ‘minimally adequate’ education - Education - TheState.com

The Chicago Teachers’ Strike, in Perspective - NYTimes.com

The Chicago Teachers’ Strike, in Perspective - NYTimes.com

Change of Subject: Why teachers have test anxiety, too

Change of Subject: Why teachers have test anxiety, too

Lean Production: What’s Really Hurting Public Education | Jacobin

Lean Production: What’s Really Hurting Public Education | Jacobin

Daily Kos: Why you should care about what happens to the poor

Daily Kos: Why you should care about what happens to the poor

Daily Kos: On "Hostile Rhetoric," Laziness, and the Education Debate

Daily Kos: On "Hostile Rhetoric," Laziness, and the Education Debate

Midterm: Anthony Cody/ Gates Foundation Reform Dialogue

Midterm; self-evaluation/course midterm feedback

Class discussion: Anthony Cody education reform debate with the Gates Foundation (GF):

Cody

(1) Dialogue With the Gates Foundation: How Do We Build the Teaching Profession?
(2) Responding to the Gates Foundation: How do we Consider Evidence of Learning in Teacher Evaluations?
(3) Dialogue with the Gates Foundation: Can Schools Defeat Poverty by Ignoring It?
(4) Dialogue With the Gates Foundation: What Is the Purpose of K-12 Education?
(5) The Dialogue With the Gates Foundation: What Happens When Profits Drive Reform?

GF

(1) The Gates Foundation Responds: How do we Build the Teaching Profession
(2) The Gates Foundation Writes: How Do We Consider Evidence of Student Learning in Teacher Evaluation?
(3) The Gates Foundation Responds: Poverty Does Matter--But It Is Not Destiny
(4) The Gates Foundation Writes: K-12 Education: An Opportunity Catalyst
(5) The Gates Foundation Responds: The Role of the Marketplace in Education

The Great Lakes Center for Education Research and Practice

The Great Lakes Center for Education Research and Practice

Brookings Study Does Not Support Claim that Vouchers Boosted College Enrollment | National Education Policy Center

Brookings Study Does Not Support Claim that Vouchers Boosted College Enrollment | National Education Policy Center

Can you identify the bias?

Thomas B. Fordham Institute

NEPC

The Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice

Hoover Institute

Rethinking the achievement gap: Lessons from the African diaspora - The Root DC Live - The Washington Post

Rethinking the achievement gap: Lessons from the African diaspora - The Root DC Live - The Washington Post

Daily Kos: Daring to Look Behind the Curtain: The Drop-Out Crisis Redux

Daily Kos: Daring to Look Behind the Curtain: The Drop-Out Crisis Redux

The achievement gap: By the numbers - The Washington Post

The achievement gap: By the numbers - The Washington Post

High-Performing Charter Schools: Beating the Odds, or Beating the Test?

High-Performing Charter Schools: Beating the Odds, or Beating the Test?

Why kids hate school — subject by subject - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

Why kids hate school — subject by subject - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

Why All Ed Reform Fails | Alternet

Why All Ed Reform Fails | Alternet

Outing ACT: Test-and-Punish Doesn't Educate, but It's Profitable for Testing Companies

Outing ACT: Test-and-Punish Doesn't Educate, but It's Profitable for Testing Companies

Kliebard, Herbert M. (2004). The Struggle for the American Curriculum, 1893–1958 (3rd ed.). New York: RoutledgeFalmer.

Kliebard, Herbert M. (2004). The Struggle for the American Curriculum, 1893–1958 (3rd ed.). New York: RoutledgeFalmer.

Education Review-a journal of book reviews

Kliebard devotes the bulk of his book to describing four relatively stable and distinct “interest groups” that competed over seven decades for control of the schools through the curriculum. Humanists embraced “the systematic development of reasoning power” (p. 9) as well as the Western cultural heritage. Developmentalists “proceeded basically from the assumption that the natural order of development in the child was the most significant and scientifically defensible basis for determining what should be taught” (p. 11). Social efficiency educators wanted schools to employ the “scientific management” techniques of supervision, accountability, precise measurement, and efficiency and to differentiate education according to students’ perceived needs, abilities, and probable life courses. Social meliorists wanted to use schooling as a lever for societal progress.

Bias in the SAT?

Bias in the SAT?

New Evidence of Racial Bias on SAT | Inside Higher Ed

New Evidence of Racial Bias on SAT | Inside Higher Ed

Why Scotland's approach to publicly funded education works | Education | The Guardian

Why Scotland's approach to publicly funded education works | Education | The Guardian

On "Hostile Rhetoric," Laziness, and the Education Debate

On "Hostile Rhetoric," Laziness, and the Education Debate

FCAT, PARCC: High-stakes testing by any other name - Other Views - MiamiHerald.com

FCAT, PARCC: High-stakes testing by any other name - Other Views - MiamiHerald.com

Students of Color Still Receiving Unequal Education | Alternet

Students of Color Still Receiving Unequal Education | Alternet

Little Rock 9 – Zinn Education Project

Little Rock 9 – Zinn Education Project

"No Excuses" and the Culture of Shame: The Miseducation of Our Nation's Children | Alternet

"No Excuses" and the Culture of Shame: The Miseducation of Our Nation's Children | Alternet

Daily Kos: "No Excuses" and the Culture of Shame: Why Metrics Don't Matter

Daily Kos: "No Excuses" and the Culture of Shame: Why Metrics Don't Matter

What do the available data tell us about NYC charter school teachers & their jobs?

What do the available data tell us about NYC charter school teachers & their jobs?

W. E. B. Du Bois: Online Resources (Virtual Programs & Services, Library of Congress)

W. E. B. Du Bois: Online Resources (Virtual Programs & Services, Library of Congress)

Daily Kos: Why Tenure and Unions?: On Democracy and Equity in the U.S.

Daily Kos: Why Tenure and Unions?: On Democracy and Equity in the U.S.

Time as Capital: The Rise of the Frantic Class

Time as Capital: The Rise of the Frantic Class

Alfie Kohn on Twitter

Alfie Kohn ‏@alfiekohn

Philip Jackson: Kids sit around tables but usually must remain silent. Key lesson of US classrooms is “how to be alone in a crowd”

What happens if...?

What happens to this course if the grades for the class are restricted the following way?:

A = 2

B = 10

C = 3

Consider this in light of reading Foucault.

Everything You've Heard About Failing Schools Is Wrong | Mother Jones

Everything You've Heard About Failing Schools Is Wrong | Mother Jones

Education Reform (graphic journalism)

The Disaster Capitalism Curriculum: The High Price of Education Reform (Episode I)

Murky Waters: The Education Debate in New Orleans

The Finnish Alternative: Reclaiming Public Education From Corporate Reform

Education as “Politically Contested Spaces”

Education as “Politically Contested Spaces”

Six Degrees of Insanity: "Reforming" Education | Alternet

Six Degrees of Insanity: "Reforming" Education | Alternet

Alternative Assignment: Education Advocacy Assignment

Education Advocacy Assignment:

1)    Identify three education-related bills on the federal level about which you have some interest and/or concern.  Submit those three choices by the due date to the instructor.  The instructor will then assign you one of those three options on a first-come, first-serve basis.  No more than two students will be permitted to analyze the same bill.

2)    Next, answer the following questions about the bill (2-3 double-spaced pages minimum).  Make sure to attach a copy of the first page of the proposed bill to your paper. 

a)     Summary of the bill (a paragraph will suffice).

b)     What does this bill propose to do?

c)   Do you favor or oppose the bill?  Explain.

d)   What might be some of the opposing viewpoints (to your own) regarding the bill?

e)   Does this bill illustrate any awareness of community or cultural diversity?  Why or why not?

3)   Identify a United States senator or representative from South Carolina (or your home state) and prepare a letter telling him/her whether you think he/she should or should not support the bill.  Be clear and concise in your reasoning (1 single-spaced page maximum).  Attach a copy of your letter to your paper.

4)   Identify a newspaper in South Carolina (or your home state) and write a letter to the editor regarding your viewpoints about the bill. Give your letter a brief title.  Do no exceed 250 words.  Attach your letter to the editor to your paper.

It is your decision whether to actually submit your letter to a senator/representative and/or a newspaper editor.

Useful websites for this assignment:

Search Current Legislation

Use the subject/keyword “education” for best results:

http://www.congress.org/congressorg/issuesaction/bill/

http://thomas.loc.gov/

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/legislation.xpd

How Can I Contact my Legislators?

Use your zip code to find your legislator.  Click on the names listed to read a bio and see contact information:

http://www.votesmart.org/

Sample Letters

http://www.scstatehouse.gov/studentpage/Who/sample_letters.shtml

Greenville News tips for writing a Letter to the Editor (can be applied generally to all newspapers)

http://www.greenvilleonline.com/article/99999999/OPINION/50715007/Tips-For-Getting-Published

http://www.greenvilleonline.com/article/99999999/OPINION/50715008/What-You-Should-Know-About-Letters-To-The-Editor

5 People Who Bravely Fought Christian Takeover of America | Alternet

5 People Who Bravely Fought Christian Takeover of America | Alternet

Evolution as Design | National Education Policy Center

Evolution as Design | National Education Policy Center

Topic 7: Current Issues and the Future of Education

Topic 7: Current Issues and the Future of Education

Recommended by Larry Cuban

CCSS

See Susan Ohanian's collection of CCSS posts

"Rotten to the (Common) Core," James Arnold

Assorted blogs related to CCSS by P. L. Thomas

TFA

Collected research/commentaries on TFA at PEN

Assorted blog posts on TFA by P. L. Thomas

NCLB, RTTT, Opting Out of NCLB

Assorted research/commentary on accountability at PEN

Assorted blog posts on NCLB by P. L. Thomas

Blog posts on RTTT by P. L. Thomas

Charter schools

Research/commentary on charter schools (and school choice) at PEN

Numerous blog posts about charter schools by P. L. Thomas

Merit Pay

"The Folly of Merit Pay," Education Week, September 17, 2003, Alfie Kohn

"Against 'Competitiveness,'" Education Week, September 19, 2007, Alfie Kohn

Topic 6: Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment

Topic 6: Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment

Curriculum

National Curriculum or National Standards?

Preparing for Today and Tomorrow, Elliot W. Eisner

What Students Need to Learn (Educational Leadership)

Curriculum and Consciousness, Maxine Greene (1971)

Diversity and Inclusion, Maxine Greene (1993)

Schooling as if Democracy Matters (Journal of Educational Controversy)

Instruction

Busting Myths about Differentiated Instruction, Wormeli, Rick

Response: Several Ways To Differentiate Instruction, Larry Ferlazzo

Alfie Kohn:

"Poor Teaching for Poor Children...in the Name of Reform," Education Week, April 27, 2011

"It's Not What We Teach; It's What They Learn," Education Week, September 10, 2008

"Unconditional Teaching," Educational Leadership, September 2005

"Getting-Hit-on-the-Head Lessons," Education Week, September 7, 2005

Assessment and grades

"The Case Against Grades," Educational Leadership, November 2011, Alfie Kohn

Alfie Kohn on Standards and Testing: https://www.alfiekohn.org/essays-standards-testing/

"The Trouble with Rubrics," English Journal, March 2006, Alfie Kohn

Textbooks

Textbook Selection and Respect for Diversity in the United States, SUSAN WATTS-TAFFE

How Do Teachers Use Textbooks

How Texas Inflicts Bad Textbooks on Us, Gail Collins

Teaching content v. teaching students

Hidden curriculum

Technology in education

State and national assessment

Popham

Topic 5: Legal, Political, and Financial

Topic 5: Legal, Political, and Financial

The Constitution and Federal Jurisdiction in American Education, Kerry L. Morgan

Role Of Federal Government In Public Education: Historical Perspectives, Carolyn Jefferson-Jenkins and Margaret Hawkins Hill

The Evolving Federal Role in Education: An Introductory Essay, Don Wolfensberger (2005)

CATO Institute: Refuting Federal Role in Education

Key Issue: Prayer in School (Religion and Education)

An old debate over religion in school is opening up again 

Guidance on Constitutionally Protected Prayer in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools, USDOE (February 7, 2003)

ACLU Resources

Key Issues: School Choice, Private Schools, Homeschooling, Charter Schools

Charter Schools Not the Answer, Especially if We Fail to Identify the Question, Thomas

Comparing Private Schools and Public Schools Using Hierarchical Linear Modeling (NCES, USDOE, 2006)

Private School Costs, Bruce Baker

Charter Schools, Bruce Baker

Liberals, Don’t Homeschool Your Kids, D. Goldstein

See related: Response to Goldstein, The Atlantic

Multiple Choice (CREDO, 2009)

Topic 4: Diversity, Multiculturalism, Poverty/Privilege, Class, and Race

Topic 4: Diversity, Multiculturalism, Poverty/Privilege, Class, and Race

Unlearning Deficit Ideology and the Scornful Gaze:Thoughts on Authenticating the Class Discourse in Education, Paul Gorski

Good Intentions Are Not Enough, Paul Gorski

Equality of Educational Opportunity: A 40-Year Retrospective

“Poverty and Education: A Critical Analysis of the Ruby Payne Phenomenon,” Jennifer C. Ng & John L. Rury (July 18, 2006), TCR

“Poverty and Testing in Education: ‘The Present Scientifico-legal Complex,’” Thomas (2011)

“The Myth of the Culture of Poverty,” P. Gorski (2008)

“Return of the Deficit,” C. Dudley-Marling (2007)

Key Issue: At-Risk Students

Helping At-Risk Students Meet Standards: A Synthesis of Evidence-Based Classroom Practices (2002)

Helping at-risk students succeed: A psychologist-designed program that supports learning among at-risk kids gains nationwide momentum, Tori DeAngelis(February 2012, Vol 43, No. 2, page 46) [APA]

Key Issue: LGBT Students and Education

ACLU: LGBT Students and Education

Students defend gay right, P. Slevin (2005)

Sexual Orientation and Human Rights

Students: Know Your Rights (Southern Poverty Law Center)

Debunking Education Myths About Blacks

MLK on Poverty in America - YouTube

A Talk to Teachers, James Baldwin

James Baldwin on Education

Topic 3: Historical Foundations of Education

Topic 3: Historical Foundations of Education

120 Years ofAmerican Education:A Statistical Portrait

Thomas Jefferson on education

Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson (1841)

Historical Foundations (PPT)

Key Issue: Corporal Punishment

“Is Corporal Punishment an Effective Means of Discipline?” (APA)

“Perspectives on the Effects of Corporal Punishment: Comment on Gershoff (2002),” G. W. Holden (2002)

Key Issue: Single-Sex Education

Single-sec education: Pros and cons

“The Pseudoscience of Single-Sex Schooling,” Halpern, et al. (2011)

NYT related coverage of Halpern, et al.

Progressive education: An overview

Recommended: “Progressive Education: Why It’s Hard to Beat, But Also Hard to Find,” Alfie Kohn (2008)

John Dewey’s Theories of Education, W. F. Warde (1960)

Experience and Education, John Dewey

Key Issue: Parental Public School Choice

“Fixing the Milwaukee Public Schools: The Limits of Parent-Driven Reform,” David Dodenhoff (2007)

Topic 2: Educational Philosophies

Topic 2: Educational Philosophies

Overview (Oregon State University)

Theories of learning (OSU)

Learning Theories

Educational philosophies (chart)

Philosophy and Education Continuum

Recommended: “Michel Foucault on education: a preliminary theoretical overview, “Roger Deacon (2006)

“Foucault and Education Reform,” D. M. Cheshier

Michel Foucault. Discipline & Punish (1975), Panopticism

Topic 1: The Teaching Profession

Topic 1: The Teaching Profession

History of teacher education

Diane Ravitch, Ph.D.—A Brief History of Teacher Professionalism

Only a Teacher: Teaching Timeline (PBS)

Merit pay, VAM evaluation: Resources

VAM evaluation of teachers, Bruce Baker

Recommended: Getting Teacher Evaluation Right: A Background Paper for Policy Makers

“Of Rocks and Hard Places—The Challenge of Maxine Greene’s Mystification in Teacher Education,” P. L. Thomas

Is teaching a profession?

“Is Teaching a Profession?” G.M. Inlow (1956)

“Making Teaching a Profession,” J. Epstein (2010), Inside Higher Ed

What Teacher Tenure Is — And What It’s Not, neatoday

“Is teacher tenure a myth?,” V. Strauss, The Answer Sheet, The Washington Post

Teachers’ Unions: An Overview

NCTQ, Bruce Baker

The role of aspirations, attitudes and behaviour in closing the educational attainment gap | Joseph Rowntree Foundation

The role of aspirations, attitudes and behaviour in closing the educational attainment gap | Joseph Rowntree Foundation

Politics and Education Don't Mix - P.L. Thomas - National - The Atlantic

Politics and Education Don't Mix - P.L. Thomas - National - The Atlantic

Jack Hassard: Creationism Creeps Into Louisiana and Tennessee Science Classrooms - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher

Jack Hassard: Creationism Creeps Into Louisiana and Tennessee Science Classrooms - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher

Podcasts for Leaderful Schools

Podcasts for Leaderful Schools

Volume 5 Episode12: Dr. Paul Thomas: Educating the "Others"April 19, 2012 9:00 PM

How state anti-evolution laws evolved - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

How state anti-evolution laws evolved - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

Tennessee Skewers Teaching of Evolution in Schools — Is Your State Next? | | AlterNet

Tennessee Skewers Teaching of Evolution in Schools — Is Your State Next? | | AlterNet

Flunking the Test | American Journalism Review

Flunking the Test  | American Journalism Review

Testing, Tracking, and Toeing the Line

zinnedproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/41testingtracking.pdf

Daily Kos: The Teaching Profession?: Of License, Compulsion, and Autonomy

Daily Kos: The Teaching Profession?: Of License, Compulsion, and Autonomy

Education: What's Next?

• Charter school movement continues and vouchers return.

RESOURCES

Explaining The Consistently Inconsistent Results Of Charter Schools

Matthew DiCarlo

Shifting Talking Points among School Choice Advocates

P. L. Thomas

• Teacher quality under assault—VAM, Teacher for America, NCTQ.

• Accountability, standards, and testing remain, and increase—Common Core State Standards (CCSS).

RESOURCES

Rotten to the (Common) Core
P. L. Thomas

• Race to the Top, Opting Out of NCLB.


• Increased acquisition of technology in education, as well as increased use of technology for test-prep and testing.


CAUTION!: Technology

The Assault on Public Education

The Assault on Public Education

How Do You Know When Teaching Is Good? - Athens, GA Patch

How Do You Know When Teaching Is Good? - Athens, GA Patch

Longevity Up in U.S., but Education Creates Disparity, Study Says - NYTimes.com

Longevity Up in U.S., but Education Creates Disparity, Study Says - NYTimes.com

To See or Not to See: Kids, Movies, and Reality - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher

To See or Not to See: Kids, Movies, and Reality - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher

Letters of Note: C. S. Lewis on Writing

Letters of Note: C. S. Lewis on Writing

Hoodie Politics: Trayvon Martin and Racist Violence in Post-Racial America

Hoodie Politics: Trayvon Martin and Racist Violence in Post-Racial America

Adrienne Rich: Artist of the Possible | Dailycensored.com

Adrienne Rich: Artist of the Possible | Dailycensored.com

Daily Kos: The Tragedy of Education Transformation: Leadership without Expertise

Daily Kos: The Tragedy of Education Transformation: Leadership without Expertise

Daily Kos: Successful School?: More than Data, No Miracles

Daily Kos: Successful School?: More than Data, No Miracles

How We Cured “The Culture of Poverty,” Not Poverty Itself | Truthout

How We Cured “The Culture of Poverty,” Not Poverty Itself | Truthout

Education Department Orientation: Wednesday, March 21, 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.

THINKING ABOUT TEACHING?
Education Department Orientation
Wednesday, March 21
4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Hipp Hall 107

At this meeting, you will receive the needed information to be admitted into the program, learn more about the transition points as you progress through the program, and the teaching internship. Please plan to attend if you wish to explore certification options or intend to teach in any of the following areas:

* Elementary Education (Grades 2-6)
* Secondary fields (Grades 9-12):
Biology, Chemistry, English, Mathematics,
Physics, or Social Studies
* Languages (Grades PK-12): French, Latin, or Spanish
* Music Education (Grades PK-12)

For more information, please contact charmaine.moore@furman.edu

Daily Kos: Separate, Unequal...and Distracted

Daily Kos: Separate, Unequal...and Distracted

A LETTER TO THE SEATTLE WA. SCHOOL BOARD | DCG MENTORING

A LETTER TO THE SEATTLE WA. SCHOOL BOARD | DCG MENTORING

Could school prayer bill allow Satanic messages in schools? - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

Could school prayer bill allow Satanic messages in schools? - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

Notice THIRD paragraph...

Politicians should know the law, at least, right?

Study: Rich more likely to take candy from babies - The Washington Post

Study: Rich more likely to take candy from babies - The Washington Post

Consider these findings related to the stereotypes about people living in poverty.

Also:

Self-Interest Spurs Society’s ‘Elite’ To Lie, Cheat, Study Finds

Daily Kos: The Education Games: Reform as Double-Speak

Daily Kos: The Education Games: Reform as Double-Speak

Hyper-accountability, Burnout and Blame: A TFA Corps Member Speaks Out - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher

Hyper-accountability, Burnout and Blame: A TFA Corps Member Speaks Out - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher

Resources re: group presentations 2/23/12

TFA resources:

http://palmettoeducatorsnetwork.blogspot.com/2011/02/resources-teach-for-america-think-tanks.html

Public, Private, Charter resources:

http://palmettoeducatorsnetwork.blogspot.com/2011/02/resources-private-v-public.html

http://palmettoeducatorsnetwork.blogspot.com/2011/02/resources-charter-schools.html

Schools’ Effectiveness Varies By What They Do, Not What They Are

Daily Kos: Do as I Say, Not as I Do: Why Authority Fails

Daily Kos: Do as I Say, Not as I Do: Why Authority Fails

HBO: Hard Times at Douglass High: Home

HBO: Hard Times at Douglass High: Home

Portrait of a Baltimore School That Is Left Behind - NYTimes.com

Portrait of a Baltimore School That Is Left Behind - NYTimes.com

Phil Kovacs Responds to the Latest Research on Teach For America - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher

Phil Kovacs Responds to the Latest Research on Teach For America - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher

Midterm

DUE before class Thursday (March 1).

Send by email as attachments (two separate attachments):

(1) Self-evaluation: Discuss in about 2 pp. (dbl-spaced, 12 pt font, 1"
margins) what you have learns so far this semester, how engaged you have been
in the course work (with specific examples), and what GRADE you believe you
deserve at midterm. Attach a file labeled with you three initials and
"selfeval": ex. ABC.selfeval.docx

(2) Class discussion: Email as an attachment a list of 6-10 topics to focus a midterm class
discussion focusing on the content addressed through midterm in EDU 111. This
should be a list with some detail about the topics--what you want to discuss,
etc. Attach a file labeled with you three initials and "midterm": ex.
ABC.midterm.docx