@MTAS_Chicago

Working to end misuse of high-stakes standardized testing in Chicago Public Schools

 Chicago IL
morethanascorechicago.org
Joined March 2013
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No, high opt out rates won't cost your school a cent. Here's why. morethanascorechicago.org/20…
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Post Technology@PostTech27 Sep 2018
Study links restricting screen time for kids to higher mental performance wapo.st/2DLQ9LB
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"A new study of K-12 STEM educators demonstrates how adding linguistic information into classroom teaching can help remove barriers to STEM achievement for African-American students." Read more about the research published in the Sept. issue of Language. bit.ly/2Q5Blcu
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"[I]t is crucial to assist students not only in learning academic material & information, but also in developing their own linguistic agency & finding their own voice" eurekalert.org/pub_releases/…
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Cornelius Minor@MisterMinor4 Sep 2018
When we study the educational experiences that the wealthy want for their children; choice, creativity, autonomy.. When we study the experiences that are often mandated for marginalized youth; sit still, walk in a line, don't talk. We can question & interrupt this. We must.❤️
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Preview of @eveewing’s forthcoming book on school closings: “Parents and community members also weren’t pleased at the insistent focus on numbers, as if schools were only machines meant to pump out results.” southsideweekly.com/more-tha…

More Than a School

An upcoming book tells the history and traumas of school closings on the South Side.

southsideweekly.com
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Mina Bloom@mina_bloom_24 Jul 2018
i spent months crunching data and talking to principals, teachers and parents — all to better understand the relationship between gentrification and CPS in logan square. here's the result: blockclubchicago.org/2018/07… @BlockClubCHI

As Logan Square Gets Whiter, Neighborhood Schools Must Fight To Survive

LOGAN SQUARE — In back of Brentano Elementary, by the school’s playground and bright green turf field, there’s a cluster of apartment buildings that say a

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Kerry Brown@MrsKerryBrown17 Jul 2018
Please stop rewarding good attendance in schools. It’s great for those with good health but discriminating and demoralising for those who haven’t. My 12 year old who takes daily chemotherapy for leukaemia has 83% attendance this year. I am proud. He thinks his school isn’t. – at Bournemouth, England
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Raise Your Hand@ILRaiseYourHand22 Jul 2018
There are great things happening in many CPS scls. Bravo to @maera_me for winning a Teaching Tolerance 2018 award for her work "teaching students to recognize and fight systemic inequality." tx @D_Stieber tolerance.org/magazine/and-t…
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Alexandra Penfold@AgentPenfold16 Jul 2018
This weekend I sorted through some papers my mom saved from my childhood. The top one is my 4th grade self evaluation. The bottom, my 4th grade state test score. Random House published my 6th book last week. #MoreThanATest
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IRRPP at UIC@irrppuic11 Jul 2018
We have to reduce the police presence, transform the school culture & restore transformative conditions for young people #CrystalLaura #solutions #SEW2018
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IRRPP at UIC@irrppuic11 Jul 2018
What should we do instead of punishing young people? Love them, focus on justice & create joyful places for them to exist #CrystalLaura #SEW2018
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WBEZeducation@WBEZeducation27 Jun 2018
Mother of a child killed a block from Hirsch at #cpsboard asking for an investment in Hirsch
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Lauren FitzPatrick@bylaurenfitz27 Jun 2018
Replying to @bylaurenfitz @Suntimes @CTULocal1 @KarenLewisCTU @ILRaiseYourHand
@cassiecreswell also blasts CPS for a data breach last weekend that shared the names emails and phone #s of about 3K students - blasted a file containing them through an email list. took hours to stop.
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#Janus was announced today. It was not a good decision. Read and share this article from @BobPMilw @RethinkSchools for some strategies about how we can fight back: bit.ly/JanusDecision_HowWeCa… xitter.cf/RethinkSchools/status/…
Rethinking Schools@RethinkSchools26 Jun 2018
A ruling on #Janus is expected this week, so we're releasing this imp. and comprehensive article from @BobPMilw on teacher unions in a post-Janus world. SCOTUS will likely not rule in our favor, but we can strategize, we can organize, we can fight back. rethinkingschoolsblog.com/20…
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Trish McCluskey@trilia21 Dec 2014
An excellent critique of competency based learning from @audreywatters - Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2014 #highered #CBE 2014trends.hackeducation.com…
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Raise Your Hand@ILRaiseYourHand27 Jun 2018
Apparently, yes. #cpsboard xitter.cf/jackandemmett/status/1…
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Deb Hass@BlueSkiesdeb27 Jun 2018
Replying to @ILRaiseYourHand
Bad idea. Prospect education will devolve 2 checklists, not true mastery, instruction w/b delivered by untested, unproven computer programs that may capture&sell student data. Who in CPS is trained and qualified 2 “rate” SE “competency” & w/whom will info be shared?Who controls?
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Requiring students to take state test (SAT) in order to be promoted to 12th grade (did they hear about U of C dropping req to submit ACT/SAT scores last week? insidehighered.com/admission…)
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Lauren FitzPatrick@bylaurenfitz27 Jun 2018
Read more about what this means: chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017…
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Generation All@Generation__All27 Jun 2018
List of schools participating in the #competencybasedEd pilot program and diplomas that will transfer to post secondary education. @MatherOCCS #cpsboard
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