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= CHECK OUT THESE MUST SEE VIDEOS FOR THE WEEK OF 6/19/11! =

= Video 1 = =The Three Most Important Questions in Education= media type="youtube" key="R6-VRO8G5LE?version=3" height="390" width="640" =Researcher Sam Chaltain's talk to T.E.D. about his study of how people learn best.= =**TED (Technology Entertainment and Design)** is a global set of conferences owned by the private non-profit [|Sapling Foundation], formed to disseminate "ideas worth spreading."= =The Three Most Important Questions in Education= =MUST SEE VIDEOS=

= Video 2 = =Melrose Avenue Elementary Parents Create PSA Against School Budget Cuts= media type="youtube" key="dU1zdCfu5Mw?version=3" height="390" width="640" =Parents, Students Create PSA Against Budget Cuts=

= CHECK OUT THESE MUST SEE VIDEOS FOR THE WEEK OF 6/12/11! =

= Video 1 = =PSEA President Jim Testerman and Vice President-Elect Jerry Oleksiak kick off the Association's news conference to unveil PSEA Solutions That Work - a series of teacher evaluation reform measures that links teacher performance and standardized test scores.= media type="youtube" key="VXjgyduDYIE" height="510" width="640" media type="youtube" key="w47s-Pco2yg" height="510" width="640" =Learn more at http://solutionsthatworkpa.org.= =Pennsylvania State Education Association backs use of test scores in evaluating teachers= = =

= Video 2 = =North Carolina GOP Rep Gets Protest Letter From Daughter In 3rd Grade Asking Him To ‘Please Raise The Budget, Dad’ = media type="custom" key="9811451" =When your third grader has more sense than you do, you might want to step down.= =North Carolina Lawmaker's Third-Grade Daughter Writes Him Letter To Protest Education Cuts= =MUST SEE VIDEOS=

= Video 3 = =A network of more than 120 charter schools in the US (including one in Centre County, PA) have been opened by followers of a controversial Turkish preacher and are under federal investigation. (Turn up Volume. Bad Sound Quality.) = media type="youtube" key="TN04cOqLc9g" height="510" width="640" media type="youtube" key="lZtg9jfVZbo" height="510" width="853" =The Young Scholars of Central Pennsylvania in State College is one of 120 charter schools opened by followers of Turkish preacher and Muslim scholar Fethullah Gulen.= = A New York Times investigation raises questions about whether, ultimately, the schools are using taxpayer dollars to benefit the Gulen movement — by giving business to Gulen followers, or through financial arrangements with local foundations that promote Gulen teachings and Turkish culture. = = This underscores the vast latitude that many charter school systems have been granted to spend public funds. The rush to approve charter schools has meant that some states barely monitor charter school operations. = = A number of charter schools across the country have been accused of a range of improprieties in recent years, from self-dealing on contracts to grade-changing schemes and inflating attendance records to increase financing. = =Charter Schools Tied to Turkey Grow in Texas= =Education Is Not a Consumer Product= =Privitization of Public Education Turns Students into Corporate Assets=

= Video 4 = =Rep. Todd Rock re-introduces legislation to ban teacher strikes in Pennsylvania.= media type="youtube" key="zh-CsHSCD2g" height="510" width="640" =No one likes teachers' strikes, but teachers have rights, too. This is America, not the Soviet Union, Communist China or North Korea. We have the right to organize for a competitive wage. Fair pay equals no strikes.= = Moreover, Pennsylvania teacher strikes have never been shown to have negative academic outcomes, measured by district level PSSA test performance, attendance and graduation rates. = =[|Channel 4 News on Banning Teachers' Strikes]=

=Pennsylvania Teachers’ Strikes Have Had No Negative Impacts on Academic Performance= =State legislators move to outlaw teacher strikes= =PA Lawmakers Seek Ban on Teachers Strikes=

= Video 5 = =Education Voters Institute of Pennsylvania is holding a video contest to highlight both the impact of cuts to critical programs that serve kids, and the importance of education to our communities and our economy. Winning videos will be shared with legislators, our members, the online community and more. This is the entry made by the T.E.A.C.H. group.= media type="youtube" key="c_LhMkuWsE0?version=3" height="390" width="640" =The video features and was made completely by furloughed Steel Valley teachers including the project director - Middle School Language Arts teacher Jonathan Edwards.= =Trying times force Steel Valley board to furlough 40 teachers= =Steel Valley votes to furlough 41 school workers= =Steel Valley Students, Parents React to Cutbacks= =School Funding Loss for 2011-12= =More Information on the Contest=

= CHECK OUT THESE MUST SEE VIDEOS FOR THE WEEK OF 6/5/11! = = Video 1 =

=Should Schools Loose Funding for not Being White Enough?= media type="custom" key="9745468" =Are Magnet Schools Perpetuating Segregation?=

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=Harvard School of Education Prof. Daniel Koretz on Skills We Need for the 21st Century= media type="custom" key="9745482"

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=Disabled Pennsylvanians came to the State Capitol on 5/25/11 to protest the GOP budget cuts that will slash services to them and disabled people across the state. They attempted to meet with Gov. Corbett but were not able to get in the office.=

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=CHECK OUT THESE MUST SEE VIDEOS FOR THE WEEK OF 5/29/11! =

=Debate on House Bill 1485=

= CHECK OUT THESE MUST SEE VIDEOS FOR THE WEEK OF 5/22/11! =

= Video 1 = =Taylor Mali's Inspirational poem about teachers - "WHAT I MAKE"=

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= Video 2 = ="Two Teachers and a Microphone" Rap About Standardized Testing= =WARNING: Contains "A$$"= media type="youtube" key="0cnRYZ5bN-c?version=3" height="390" width="640" =MORE= =[|MORE TWO TEACHERS AND A MICROPHONE RAP VIDEOS]=

= Video 3 = =AFL-CIO President, Richard L Trumka at the National Press Club: = = The plan to stop the Republicans Attack on Labor = media type="youtube" key="1l7oyvilN14" height="510" width="853" =The  American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations  (AFL-CIO) is a democratic organization governed and comprised of local, national and international unions. President Trumka gives a speech on 5/20/11 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., outlining the tough questions America faces, the anti-worker actions in Wisconsin, Ohio and other states and the need to fix America's moral deficit=

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= Video 4 = =AFL-CIO has a message: "WE ARE ONE!"= media type="youtube" key="XaIfDNQV5dM" height="510" width="853" =The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations  (AFL-CIO) is a democratic organization governed and comprised of local, national and international unions. The organization stands in solidarity with teachers, firefighters, nurses, construction workers and all who are under attack by governors and state legislatures. = =To stay informed about issues important to working families and the American labor movement, please visit:__ http://www.aflcio.org __, __@http://blog.aflcio.org/ __ ,__ http://www.facebook.com/werunited __ ,__ http://www.facebook.com/aflcio __ and <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ee; font-family: serif; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> http://www.twitter.com/aflcio __ =

= Video 5 = =Why Merit Pay and Value-Added Measures aren't fair= media type="youtube" key="uONqxysWEk8" height="510" width="640" =Value added measures sound fair, but they are not. In this video, Prof. Daniel Willingham describes six problems (some conceptual, some statistical) with evaluating teachers by comparing student achievement in the fall and in the spring.=

= Video 6 = =If You Cut Our Funding...= media type="youtube" key="2-WFHec2JJw" height="510" width="853" =This is a short film commissioned by the University of Pittsburgh's Student Government Board to show how Republican's proposed $1.5 billion in budget cuts to education would affect them, personally.=

= Video 7 = =60 Minutes Report on Child Poverty: HARD TIMES GENERATION= =According to this heartbreaking investigative news program, it is estimated that 25% of American children will soon be impoverished. This would be the largest number of children growing up in hard times since the Great Depression.= media type="custom" key="9588574" =[|MORE]=

= Video 8 = =YOUTH OF A NATION= media type="youtube" key="lnqei1dfDy8" height="510" width="853" =What happens in one state sets precedents for others. Though this video addresses an issue in Pennsylvania, people from every state should contact their elected officials to let them know we value public education! Even if you send your kids to private school or home school them, I am certain you don't want them living in a society where public schooling disappears. It would harm us all. This website will give you contact info for all of YOUR elected officials. [|www.beavoter.com/congressorg/vva/dbq/officials/] ... just enter your zip. here are other sites where you can OPPOSE the proposed Voucher bill and Budget Cuts. This site explains why the Voucher system is a disgrace.=

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=<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Video 1 = =<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">And now a 1992 rap song that could almost have been written today. Disposable Heros of Hiphocrisy play their version of "California Uber Alles" originally by The Dead Kennedys. No swear words. I promise! =

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=<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Video 2 = =<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">State Senator James Brewster (D-McKeesport) gave a detailed interview about why Senate Bill 1 (School Vouchers) is a bad idea. Unfortunately, it is only viewable on the senator and former educator's Website. The good news is we have a link. = =<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> = =<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> To watch Brewster on School Vouchers, please click __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #551a8b; font-family: serif; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;">[|here] __. =

=<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Video 3 = =<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Colorado school switched to standards-based learning. It means students learn according to ability, not their age group. District leaders say it will take 3-5 years to improve test scores =

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=<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Video 4 = =<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Hundreds of students walked out of class Tuesday to protest the budget cuts and layoffs proposed by the Los Angeles Unified School District. = media type="custom" key="9511538" = Students Walkout to Protest LAUSD Cuts =

=<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Video 5 = =<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Diane Ravitch on Charter Schools and Education "Reform" = media type="youtube" key="A_HwI6S92Eo" height="510" width="640" =<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #551a8b; font-family: serif; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;">How Diane Ravitch Became My Intellectual Hero __ = =<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #551a8b; font-family: serif; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;">Standardized Testing Undermines Teaching __ = =<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #551a8b; font-family: serif; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;">Thoughts on the Failure of Merit Pay __ = =<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">To Read Ravitch's Review of "Waiting for Superman" click __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #551a8b; font-family: serif; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;">[|HERE] __. =

= CHECK OUT THESE MUST SEE VIDEOS FOR THE WEEK OF 5/8/11! =

= = = Video 1 = =Ed Schultz & Al Sharpton: School Vouchers Are Racist= =New York's Budget "is a racist budget, you can't get around it. It's pickin' on the poor, it's pickin' on the inner-city kids - how else can you read it?"= media type="youtube" key="R7pwxBakzHI?version=3" height="390" width="640"

= = = Video 2 = =School Resegregation= =The U.S. Dept. of Education says schools are more segregated than ever. Soledad O'Brien examines the issue and asks why.=

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= Video 3 = =PSEA animation on how and why to save Pennsylvania's schools=

media type="youtube" key="uo8PHujyqd4" height="390" width="640" =[|Visit PSEA Website]=

= Video 4 = =Devastating Education Cuts= =On Comcast Newsmakers, Pa. State Rep. James Roebuck explains the impact of Governor Corbett's proposed 50 percent cut to higher education and $1 billion cut to K-12 education.= media type="youtube" key="dBmJmoD9_2g" height="390" width="480"

= Video 5 = = The theft from Pennsylvania's working families has begun = =from The Rick Smith Show= media type="youtube" key="O3I4_8_MAPk" height="390" width="640" =Theft from Pennsylvania's Working Families Has Begun= =[|MORE]=

= CHECK OUT THESE MUST SEE VIDEOS FOR THE WEEK OF 4/24/11! =

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=<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on 4/19/11 called Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker to explain how much money he was saving with his union-busting measures. The answer: "No Money Saved". Thank you, Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), for forcing a politician to actually answer a question! =
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Wisconsin Governor Testifies: "No Money Saved"in Union-Busting **

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= Video 2 = =CNN looks into HOW MUCH IS TOO MUCH FOR EDUCATION CUTS?=

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=The video focuses mostly on New Jersey, but it applies to Pennsylvania, too, especially since NJ.'s cuts have resulted in court action.=

= Video 3 = =Why we oppose private school vouchers= =Nate Hennagin, Legislative Assistant at Americans United for Separation of Church and State, explains why private school vouchers are a bad idea.=

media type="youtube" key="s5ewYcDWUh8" height="390" width="640" =Go to @http://www.au.org/homepage/features/archive/2011/03-vouchers/ to tell your lawmakers to oppose school vouchers.=

=Top 10 Reasons Why PA Senate Bill 1 is a Terrible Idea= =School Vouchers Archive=

= Video 4 = =School vouchers fail students= =Pa. State Rep. Eddie Day Pashinski explains why school vouchers would be a failure for most students and taxpayers.=

media type="youtube" key="eYfG2kAeEis" height="510" width="640" =Top 10 Reasons Why PA Senate Bill 1 is a Terrible Idea= =School Vouchers Archive=

= Video 5 = =Berks County High School Student Connor Kurtz Vies For Seat On School Board=

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= CHECK OUT THESE MUST SEE VIDEOS FOR THE WEEK OF 4/24/11! =

= Video 1 = =Sir Ken Robinson says educating kids is "not like making motorcars." At TED, he spoke about how to improve the system.=

media type="custom" key="9257734" =**TED (Technology Entertainment and Design)** is a global set of conferences owned by the private non-profit [|Sapling Foundation], formed to disseminate "ideas worth spreading."=

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= Video 2 = =Tying teacher salaries to test scores is the "IN" thing right now. However, in places where it has been tried like Washington, D.C., it's resulted in allegations of cheating. Do market strategies like this really apply to education?=

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=Yet Michelle Rhee has been nominated as one of Time Magazine's 2011 Most Influential People!=

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= = = = = = = Video 3 = =In less than 2 minutes, the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO provide a lesson on the history of Organized Labor. Fun, simple, & entertaining - great for kids and adults alike!= = =

media type="youtube" key="ubIWyT7nGdU" height="390" width="480" =The Pennsylvania American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (PA AFL-CIO) is a democratic organization governed and comprised of local, national and international unions.=

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= = = = = = = = = = = = = Video 4 = = = =Students at multiple Katy, Texas, high schools and junior highs took to the streets again on 4/15/11 ditching class to protest teacher layoffs.=

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=The walkouts began on 4/14/11 at Morton Ranch High School, eventually spreading to other campuses, after hundreds of teachers were pulled out of class and told they no longer had jobs.= =The district confirmed that 350 teachers and other employees were laid off due to a $50 million budget shortfall. Another 200 jobs were eliminated through attrition. The job cuts will save the district about $23 million.=

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= Video 5 = =[|Future Hoosier Student shared opinion on Education Budget cuts]= =Baby talking about Indiana Government cutting Education Budget= =Change "Indiana" to "Pennsylvania" and a few numbers here and there, and you've got something that applies here, too=

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= = = = = = = CHECK OUT THIS MUST SEE VIDEO OF THE WEEK FOR 4/16/11! = = = = VIDEO 1 = = = =Pennsylvania Mom Protest Corporate Education "Reform" by Opting Out of Standardized Testing for Her Children=

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= Video 2 = =John Kuhn, superintendent of Perrin-Whitt Consolidated Independent School District speaking at the Save Texas Schools rally on 3/20/11. Change "Texas" to "Pennsylvania" and you've got a message that applies to all of us.=

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= = = = = = = CHECK OUT THIS MUST SEE VIDEO OF THE WEEK FOR 4/8/11! = = = = Video 1 = =Pa. State Rep. Bill Kortz (D-Allegheny) testifies in front of the House Committee on Appropriations regarding education issues in the 2011-12 State Budget.= =Gov. Corbett says he can't balance the state budget without over $1 billion in education cuts.= =Apparently, he's wrong. //(Kortz represents the 38th Congressional district including parts of West Mifflin, Baldwin, McKeesport, Dravosburg, Liberty, Port Vue and Pleasant Hills).//=

media type="youtube" key="rpGaVrZlRVQ" height="510" width="640" =//Video recorded 3/31/11//= =//Written Copy of Kortz's Testimony//=

= VIDEO 2 = =Will Richardson's Talk to **TED (Technology Entertainment and Design) on 3/5/11. TED** is a global set of conferences owned by the private non-profit [|Sapling Foundation], formed to disseminate "ideas worth spreading."=

media type="youtube" key="Ni75vIE4vdk" height="390" width="640" =A parent of two middle school-aged children, Will Richardson has been blogging about the intersection of social online learning networks and education for the past 10 years at [|Weblogg-ed.com]. He is a former public school educator for 22 years, and is a co-founder of Powerful Learning Practice, a unique long-term, job-embedded professional development program that has mentored over 3,500 teachers worldwide in the last four years.=

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