via Larry Ferlazzo
10 Things Charter Schools Won’t Tell You is the headline of an excellent article from, of all places, The Wall Street Journal.
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Mapping Our Neighborhoods, Mapping America - NYTimes.com
Mapping Our Neighborhoods, Mapping America - NYTimes.com
Mapping Our Neighborhoods, Mapping America
By SHANNON DOYNE
WHERE in the United States have more immigrants been settling in recent years?
WHY have they been moving to those areas?
WHEN did the biggest single data release in Census Bureau history take place?
WHO are the groups, according to the data, to have lower graduation rates?
HOW does the interactive map of the New York metropolitan area reflect what demographers say about racial integration?
WHAT, according to the interactive map that accompanies the article, is the racial makeup of the place where you live?
WHAT differences do you notice as you look at other nearby Census tracts?
Related: Our lesson plan Making Sense of the Census: Ideas for Classes Across the Curriculum and reader idea Population Studies with English Language Learners.
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Must See: Daily Show Clips I Want Our 8th Graders To Appreciate
Lame-as-F@#k CongressEpisode #15158Here's a tribute to a few Republican senators who find comfort and advantage in invoking the heroes of 9/11 but refuse to give them health care. (08:16)
Must See: Daily Show Clips I Want Our 8th Graders To Appreciate
The Best F#@king News Team Won't Stop EverEpisode #15159While other news networks claim to move or lean forward, no one is as relentless as the Best F#@king News Team on TV. (02:37)http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-december-14-2010/the-best-f--king-news-team-won-t-stop-ever
Must See: Daily Show Clips I Want Our 8th Graders To Appreciate
Big Brother, Where Art Thou?Episode #15159The government is never going to be the perfect Big Brother, so maybe America should opt for a big sister. (06:13)http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-december-14-2010/big-brother--where-art-thou-
New Issue of "History Now" - New Interpretations of the Civil War
The Institute is pleased to present the latest issue of History Now, a quarterly online journal for historyteachers and students, available at www.gilderlehrman.org/
In this final issue of 2010, History Now offers readers a selection of the latest interpretations of the Civil War era by four leading historians. These essays remind us that this critical moment in the history of our nation deserves reexamination.
In this final issue of 2010, History Now offers readers a selection of the latest interpretations of the Civil War era by four leading historians. These essays remind us that this critical moment in the history of our nation deserves reexamination.
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Sending ‘That’s so gay’ on Vacation – Permanently
Sending ‘That’s so gay’ on Vacation – Permanently:
The Ad Council of America and the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) launched an ad campaign, “Think Before You Speak.” The ads challenges people to consider how hurtful their language can be when the identity of someone is used as an insult.
The Ad Council of America and the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) launched an ad campaign, “Think Before You Speak.” The ads challenges people to consider how hurtful their language can be when the identity of someone is used as an insult.
Wisdom From A Trailblazer: Ruby Bridges Talks Racism In Education
Wisdom From A Trailblazer: Ruby Bridges Talks Racism In Education: In 1960, six-year-old Ruby Bridges made history when she integrated a New Orleans elementary school under the escort of US Marshals. She is widely known as the first African-American to attend an all-white school in the South. In our occasional 'Wisdom Watch' series, host Michel Martin speaks with Bridges about her experience and about her spearheading of the launch of New Orleans’ first-ever children's book festival this weekend.
Alfie Kohn: Remember When We Had Higher Standards? Neither Do I
Alfie Kohn: Remember When We Had Higher Standards? Neither Do I: "'In recent years, parents have cried in dismay that their children could not read out loud, could not spell, could not write clearly,' while 'employers have said that mechanics could not read simple directions. Many a college has blamed high schools for passing on students ... who could not read adequately to study college subjects; high schools have had to give remedial reading instruction to boys and girls who did not learn to read properly in elementary schools...'
On and on goes the devastating indictment of our education system. Or -- well, perhaps I shouldn't say 'our' education system, since few of us had much to say about school policy when this article appeared in 1954.
On and on goes the devastating indictment of our education system. Or -- well, perhaps I shouldn't say 'our' education system, since few of us had much to say about school policy when this article appeared in 1954.
Steve Nelson: The Disservice of a 'Rigorous' Education
"At each end of the economic spectrum we are pressing children harder and harder in the service of a 'rigorous' education. It is not mere semantic coincidence that the word 'rigor' is most often paired with the word 'mortis."
Steve Nelson: The Disservice of a 'Rigorous' Education: "Tests, standards, accountability, economic competitiveness, managers, vouchers, data, metrics... does anyone actually care about children?
Public discourse about education is unbearably impersonal. Nearly all the heated rhetoric suggests that children are nothing but small units of future production, especially in the saddest precincts of South Central, Baltimore, Harlem, Cleveland, Detroit and the other abandoned parcels of our divided nation.
Steve Nelson: The Disservice of a 'Rigorous' Education: "Tests, standards, accountability, economic competitiveness, managers, vouchers, data, metrics... does anyone actually care about children?
Public discourse about education is unbearably impersonal. Nearly all the heated rhetoric suggests that children are nothing but small units of future production, especially in the saddest precincts of South Central, Baltimore, Harlem, Cleveland, Detroit and the other abandoned parcels of our divided nation.
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