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Arne Duncan attended to laboratory school at the University of Chicago (the school Dewey and his wife started). "Progressive education for me but not for thee." Michael ________________________________ From: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu on behalf of Annmarie Urso Sent: Sun 12/13/2009 3:35 PM To: eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity Subject: Re: [xmca] Obama's Learn Act Can you reattach Peter - it isn't opening for some reason. Thanks. Annmarie Annmarie Urso, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Ella Cline Shear School of Education State University of New York at Geneseo 1 College Circle South Hall 220D Geneseo, NY 14454 585-245-5468 fax 585-245-5220 urso@geneseo.edu http://go.geneseo.edu/urso On Dec 13, 2009, at 1:14 PM, Peter Smagorinsky wrote: > A colleague sent me the attached story just this morning. It seems > that as > Duncan is calling for teachers to go into underperforming schools as > a way > to elevate student performance, he's discouraging teacher ed > programs from > encouraging students to go anywhere but high-SES schools. > > > > Peter Smagorinsky > Professor of English Education > Department of Language and Literacy Education > The University of Georgia > 125 Aderhold Hall > Athens, GA 30602 > smago@uga.edu > > -----Original Message----- > From: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu [mailto:xmca- > bounces@weber.ucsd.edu] On > Behalf Of mike cole > Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2009 11:43 AM > To: eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity > Subject: Re: [xmca] Obama's Learn Act > > In lieu or in addition, Catherine? > I see nothing to celebrate in the current administration's educational > priorities. I do know that some on XMCA have been spending time in > Washington pushing for alternatives with apparently no success. > Perhaps the > failure of banks to lend, the difficulties of extricating ourselves > from > decades of disasterous foreign policies, and health care have > distracted > Obama from attending to this issue. On the other hand, perhaps he > "just > doesn't get it." > > What would you like to discuss on this topic? > mike > > On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 7:51 AM, <cconnery@ithaca.edu> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> In lieu of this thread, it might be interesting to see what Obama's >> "secretary of education" has proposed for children birth-preK. The >> new >> "LEARN" act has been described as Bush's educational policy on >> steroids. >> Here is section 9 of the act: >> >> SEC. 9. SUBGRANTS TO ELIGIBLE ENTITIES IN SUPPORT OF BIRTH THROUGH >> KINDERGARTEN ENTRY LITERACY. >> (e) Local Uses of Funds- >> (1) IN GENERAL- An eligible entity that receives a subgrant under >> this >> section shall use the subgrant funds consistent with the plan >> proposed in >> subsection (c) to carry out the following activities: >> (C) SCREENING ASSESSMENTS AND MEASURES- Acquiring, providing >> training for, >> and implementing screening assessments or other appropriate >> measures to >> determine whether children from birth through kindergarten entry are >> developing appropriate early language and literacy skills. >> >> Cathrene >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> xmca mailing list >> xmca@weber.ucsd.edu >> http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca >> > _______________________________________________ > xmca mailing list > xmca@weber.ucsd.edu > http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca > <mime-attachment.eml>_______________________________________________ > xmca mailing list > xmca@weber.ucsd.edu > http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca _______________________________________________ xmca mailing list xmca@weber.ucsd.edu http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca
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