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Update: Boston Lab Tests Abuse-Resistant Robot Teacher Prototype
In the lab, Boston Dynamics subjects its robot teacher prototype to a typical day of abuse. (Pictured here is the Hallway Hockey Stick Confrontation test.) Read more about it here.
View ArticleLive Event: Ford Foundation #FundMovements Conference
fordfound on livestream.com. Broadcast Live Free It's not too late to catch up with From Protest to Power, or at least to check out the topics and speakers.
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Trends: Using Video & Animation To Tell Broad, Detailed Stories
USA Today's massive look at the inadequate national and state tracking system for teachers who have abused kids continues to make the rounds (and has already generated some renewed interest in closing...
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Quotes: What School Can Mean To A Homeless Student
For children like Dasani, school is not just a place to cultivate a hungry mind. It is a refuge. The right school can provide routine, nourishment and the guiding hand of responsible adults. But school...
View ArticleAM News: Cuomo's Reversals, Deportation Fears Lower Attendance, Super Tuesday
Gov. Andrew Cuomo Faces Criticism for Reversals WSJ: In the interview, Mr. Cuomo said he supported a change of course because the large number of parents who allowed their children to skip statewide...
View ArticleMorning Video: Anti-Bullying Commercial Wins Oscars2016
This cute, inspiring Android commercial is the talk of Twitter during the #Oscars. https://t.co/vMQPYSesxJ — Mashable (@mashable) February 29, 2016 "The commercial has a "paper" student show up to...
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Quotes: A Rookie Teacher's Lament
Of all the hours I was at graduate school, I don’t think there was all together an hour devoted to classroom management... We were developing beautifully crafted lesson plans that no one could use. I...
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Charts: Some States (NV, DE, NC, GA) Serving Super-Low Head Start Percentages
"Stephanie Schmit, senior policy analyst at CLASP and co-author of the report, says that researchers aren’t yet sure why access to these programs is so low but believes that inadequate funding and...
View ArticleAM News: Disappointing Impact Of Teacher Evaluation Changes In DC & Elsewhere
Very Few Teachers Receive Poor Job Ratings, And New evaluations Haven’t Changed That Washington Post: Are the new evaluations — many of which incorporate test scores or other measures of student...
View ArticleMorning Video: A [Reform-Side] View Of How NYC Can Best Serve Communities of...
"On February 13th, StudentsFirstNY teamed up with Assemblymember Michael Blake to host a panel discussion at the The New York State Association of Black and Puerto Rican Legislators Caucus weekend."...
View ArticleMaps: Nearly 40 States Trying To Reduce Testing Time
At least 39 states are working to reduce testing time, @minnichc said. #ewaLA pic.twitter.com/lcXHjlWduk — Nichole Dobo (@nicholedobo) February 26, 2016 "At least 39 states are working to reduce...
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Quotes: Schools "Disengage" Teachers Of Color
I think that the same way that our current school system is disengaging to our students of color, it's disengaging to our teachers of color as well. There are many teachers or potential teachers that...
View ArticleCampaign 2016: Kid Reporters Dig In On SuperTuesday
It's #SuperTuesday! Hear from 2 @KidsPress Kid Reporters who've been covering the election: https://t.co/ZhB94IfyBJ pic.twitter.com/HJgri6767u — Scholastic (@Scholastic) March 1, 2016
View ArticleAM News: Report Says NYC Schools Not Serving Special Needs Students
Thousands of New York City Students Deprived of Special-Education Services, Report Says NYT: The city’s Education Department said that its data systems were so unreliable that it was not exactly sure...
View ArticleMorning Video: Swamp Nurse, Middle School Exodus, Centennial High School
Watch this on The Scene. Here's a 12-minute documentary about a home visit nurse, which as you may recall was the subject of Kate Boo's 2006 feature story, Swamp Nurse. Go here if the video doesn't...
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Quotes: "I Did Everything You Suggested"
I got my masters in education in advance of teaching, I did even more student teaching than was required, I sought out good mentors. This was not a silly whim. I may not have had the chops for the...
View ArticleAM News: Baltimore Video, NJ Charter Expansion, CPS vs. Rauner
Jarring New Video Shows A School Police Officer Kicking A Black Teen HuffPost: Four seconds, three slaps, two profane words and one kick. That's the narrative of a disturbing new video that appears to...
View ArticleMorning Video: The Costs Of Special Ed Inclusion
From PBS: "The Los Angeles school system has come far in the last ten years, especially in terms of inclusivity. In 2003, only 54 percent of LA’s disabled students were taught alongside their...
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Books: Ignoring Race Not The Solution For Schools
Here's a review of a book that sounds really interesting and timely: "Many saw the 2008 election of Barack Obama as a sign that America had moved past the issue of race, that a colorblind society was...
View ArticleAfternoon Video: Baltimore's McKesson Talks Unionized Charters & Mayoral Control
From The Real News: DeRay: Maryland's Unionized Charter Schools Could Be Model For Nation.
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Update: Where'd "Rip & Redo" Come From? Nobody Seems To Know.
As you may recall from just a few days ago, the New York Times obtained and published video of a Success Academy teacher dramatically ripping up a student's work and telling her to do it over. The...
View ArticleAM News: GOP Debate, Baltimore School Police, New SAT Arrives
At GOP Debate, Candidates Talk Detroit Public Schools, Common Core PK12: Kasich said he'd like to slim down the U.S. Department of Education, but didn't say whether he would bail out Detroit public...
View ArticleMorning Video: First Lady Visits DC Schools To Talk Healthy Food
"Michelle Obama casually jaunted into a classroom at John Burroughs Elementary School in Northeast Washington wearing a three-quarters sleeved baseball-style blouse." (She also learns that modern-day...
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Quotes: Few Of Nation's 19,000 School Police Officers Get Trained
The first thing I do [when a school police incident is publicized] is search our database to see ‘Did this person come through our training?’ And the answer is consistently ‘no.’- Mo Canady of the...
View ArticleAM News: Clinton Defends Teachers, World Remembers "Just Say No"
Hillary Clinton: Teachers Are Often 'Scapegoats' for Low-Performing Schools PK12: Clinton said she'd like to create an "education SWAT team" at the U.S. Department of Education to help intervene in...
View ArticleMorning Video: Clinton & Sanders Defend Teachers Against Anderson Cooper
On one hand, teachers have to be happy that Clinton and Sanders defended them so vigoriously in last night's Democratic debate. On the other hand, they might well be concerned that CNN moderator...
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Philanthropy: Two Big Looks At Facebook Founder's Big Plans
There are two big pieces about the Chan-Zuckerberg philanthropy initiative that you should probably know about: The first is a package of stories and charts from EdWeek, including an exclusive...
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Quotes: The Case for White History Month
In too many real-world history classrooms and textbooks, our country omits white actors and focuses instead on oppressed peoples’ suffering. They let the passive voice cloak privilege and aggression...
View Article#edGIF Of The Day: President Obama Acting Like A Kid
Obama's reaction to the orange marshmallow gun is still my favorite -- what year was that @michaellach? pic.twitter.com/1KHFtEy7Qq — alexanderrusso (@alexanderrusso) March 6, 2016 The marshmallow gun...
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