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The 1st United States  Media Literacy Week is in full swing!  Join the conversation! @MediaLiteracyEd #MediaLitWk NAMLE is proud to announce an exciting partnership with YouTube Kids as part of Media Literacy Week. Starting today, kids and their parents will have easy access to a NAMLE-curated list of terrific media literacy videos. Simply download the app and click on the "LEARN" icon. Videos encourage kids and parents to bring critical thinking skills to their media use and their media creations. The app is free and available for IOS and Android. New videos will continue to be added to the playlist so you can visit again and again.  YTK On Android:  https://goo.gl/GDQqNa YTK On iOS:  https://goo.gl/3KMMY6 Playlist:  https://goo.gl/tCpDpG In case you missed last night's google hangout, Talking to Industry about Respect in a Digital World, you can watch it here. The conversation was moderated by NAMLE Board Member, Lynette Owens. Lynette is the Global Director of Internet Safety for Kids & Families at Trend Micro. Panelists included Patricia Cartes (Twitter's Head of Global Safety Outreach), Lilly Wyden (Instagram's Public Policy Program Manager), and Anthony Licon (Fuel's Director of Creative and Product Development).  Partner Highlight Gateway Media Literacy Partners' goal is to attract individuals, organizations and institutions who as community citizens strongly believe media literacy is a democracy skill, is a survival skill and a nexus for change, vital to developing critical thinking, and media literacy empowers citizens to make intelligent and healthy choices throughout their lifetime. This year marks GMLP's 10th Annual Media Literacy Week and focuses on Early Childhood. For more details about events planned in the St. Louis area, click here. We thank Jessica Brown and GMLP for inspiring us to expand Media Literacy Week efforts across the country.  See the calendar of events for Friday,  Nov. 6th by these awesome MLW partners:  Norfolk Community Television Media Literacy Clearinghouse Casmir Pulaski School The Engagement Lab, Emerson College The Media Spot Chapman University Cedar Crest College Museum of Tolerance California State University, Northridge AnimAction Tweets UCLA/UCSD Center for Media Literacy I AM not the MEdia, Inc. Media Education Lab Central Conneticut State University REACT to Film  Media Literacy Now George Mason University  National Eating Disorders Association Proud2Bme Contact us at medialiteracyweek@namle.net   with questions. Media Literacy Week is hosted by -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  - Forward this email STAY CONNECTED

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Fwd: [DW] NYT: The Digital Disparities Facing Lower-Income Teenagers By NATASHA SINGER

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NYT: The Digital Disparities Facing Lower-Income Teenagers By NATASHA SINGER by Steven Clift in Newswire - Steven Clift's Democracies Online Newswire The Digital Disparities Facing Lower-Income Teenagers   By NATASHA SINGER   http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com​/2015​/11​/03​/the​-digital​-disparities​-facing​-lower​-income​-teens​/   Steven Clift - Executive Director, E-Democracy.org clift@e-democracy.org - +1 612 234 7072 @democracy - http://linkedin.com/in/netclift   Also with Knowledge Hub - steven.clift@khub.net World leading online public services exchange: http://khub.net Call # above or +44 203 808 1118 (After 13:00 UK time) ⮪ Reply   🖂 New topic   View topic… Unsubscribe  •  Switch to a daily digest

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Fwd: PA Classroom Funding Cuts Inequitably Restored, New PBPC Brief Finds

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Media Contact Ellen Lyon, 717-255-7156 lyon@pennbpc.org Brief available online here New PBPC Brief Details Wide Gaps in Classroom Cuts Remaining from 2011-12 Poorer Districts Continue to Bear Brunt of Cuts; Most Funding Restored in Many Richer Districts HARRISBURG, Pa. – Nov. 2, 2015 – Nearly two-thirds – or $560 million – of the original $860 million in classroom funding cuts passed in Gov. Corbett's 2011-12 budget remain in place. The average annual classroom funding cut per student still in place, statewide, is $330.Undermining Educational Opportunity: Pennsylvania's Unequal Restoration of School Funding , a new brief released by the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center today, examines the distribution of the remaining cuts per student by school district and finds large inequities. School districts that have had the smallest part of the 2011-12 funding cuts restored are, on average, low income, high poverty, and have higher non-proficiency rates on PSSA exams. This pattern comes in the wake of initial funding cuts which were three times larger in high-poverty school districts than in low-poverty ones. "Funding inequality between the wealthiest and poorest school districts more than doubled between 2010 and 2014," PBPC education analyst Waslala Miranda, author of the brief, noted. "Pennsylvania ranks as the worst state in the nation for funding inequality between its wealthiest and poorest school districts, with the spending gap per student between these two groups more than double the national average." The new report's appendices show the original funding cut and remaining cut per student for each of Pennsylvania's 500 school districts. Districts were divided into four groups, or quartiles, each with 125 school districts, based on how large their remaining funding cut per student is. Quartile One contains those districts with the largest cuts remaining ($832 per student), and Quartile Four contains those districts with the smallest cuts remaining ($19 per student). The fourth quartile has only 10 percent of its cuts remaining, meaning that, on average, 90 percent of its funding has been restored. Meanwhile, the school districts in the three other quartiles have at least two-thirds (67 percent) of their 2010-11 cuts still in place. Those districts that have had the least amount of their classroom funding restored since the 2011-12 cuts are the ones that face the greatest challenges in boosting student achievement. School districts in the fourth quartile have a typical annual family income just above $70,000, while those in the first quartile have a typical annual family income just under $40,000. When looking at the share of students from low-income families in a district, as indicated by the rate of students who qualify for free- or reduced-priced lunch, the higher the share of students who are low income, the deeper the remaining cuts. Many of the districts with the deepest cuts still in place are in rural areas. The 125 first quartile school districts touch 37 state Senate districts and nearly 100 state House districts and are represented almost equally by Republicans and Democrats in the General Assembly. Recent PSSA scores show that school funding matters. PSSA scores fell for three straight years following the 2011-12 cuts. In each of the four years prior to those cuts, school funding increased, as did PSSA scores. In addition, PSSA scores fell the most after 2011-12 in the poorest districts that received the largest cuts. The report concludes that to maximize student achievement, Pennsylvania should focus its reinvestment in education on those school districts that have the deepest cuts remaining. "A good step towards that goal is Gov. Wolf's education funding proposal. In comparing the governor's plan to a proposed funding formula, his proposal would greatly lower remaining cuts across all school districts, but would especially target help towards those at the bottom," Miranda said. "The proposed funding formula would not help the bottom as much because the formula doesn't account for the lopsided cuts of 2011-12, which disproportionately targeted poor school districts." ###

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Fwd: Media Literacy Week News

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The 1st United States  Media Literacy Week  officially kicks off tomorrow! November 2nd - 6th, 2015 Thank you to all our partners and supporters around the country. A special thank you to our Media Literacy Week team members who have gone above and beyond in preparation for the launch especially Caitlin Barry, Alicia Haywood, Jaclyn Kahn, Cynthia Lieberman, Emily Long, and  David Magolis. Partner Highlight Media Literacy Now is putting Media Literacy on the public policy agenda. For Media Literacy Week, they are launching an outreach campaign to state legislators across the country, to introduce them to the concept of, and urgent need for, Media Literacy education in our schools. Policy change requires many voices to speak up. MLN invites you to join them in this effort.  With Washington at an impasse, much of the policy action in our country is happening state by state. At the state level, you can truly make a difference with one letter, one phone call, one meeting. We are asking you to send your letter during Media Literacy Week. While the legislative action will vary from state to state, we are pushing legislators to move policy that elevates media literacy education as a priority in our schools. Let's reach lawmakers across the country this week! See the calendar of events for Monday, Nov. 2nd by these amazing MLW partners:  Children's Media Association   Fordham University The LAMP The Media Spot Center for Media and Information Literacy Plural + Gateway Media Literacy Partners Media Smarts Center for Media Literacy Norfolk Community Television Los Feliz Charter School for the Arts Cedar Crest College Blackburn College Project Steam TV Museum of Tolerance, L.A. I AM not the Media, Inc. Media Education Lab Central Conneticut State University Healthy Teens, Healthy Schools REACT to Film National Eating Disorders Association Proud2BMe George Mason University Help spread the word! @MediaLiteracyEd #MediaLitWk Contact us at medialiteracyweek@namle.net   with questions. Media Literacy Week is hosted by -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  - Forward this email STAY CONNECTED

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Fwd: Not registered yet? Come to our Open House Training Event!

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COME TO OUR PRE-SEASON TRAINING OPEN HOUSE From out of town? Don't worry - we have an option for you too! Join us Saturday, November 7 for a Pre-Season Marathon Training Open House – and "Get Your Game On" Runner Of Steel! Activities will begin at 7:30 AM.  Featuring our new gaming wearable – the MilestonePod, registration kiosks, and some awesome training and nutrition informational sessions, this open house will get you primed and ready for training season. We want you to "get in the game" and the best way to do that is to be registered for one of the 2016 races and use this free* gaming wearable. Here is a little more about the MilestonePod –  it requires no extra effort on your part, and you can use it easily in addition to whatever running app you already prefer. Simply attach it to your running shoe and let it track you as you train. It provides more than just mileage and pace, it shows cadence, stance time, stride length, footstrike, and run history – helpful insights for runners and walkers of all ability levels.   Once the official training season starts in January, we will issue weekly challenges (best pace, most miles, etc.) - with a chance to win prizes. All participants using a MilestonePod will be tracked on the leaderboard - to see how you are doing against the other Runners Of Steel.  RSVP NOW and we'll see you on the 7th! *Quantities of free pods are limited, be sure to get in early! Not in Pittsburgh?  Don't worry - you can get in the game too! Just because you are out-of-town, doesn't mean you have to be out of the game!  Now you can participate in our season-long training game – no matter where you call home. Once you register for one of our races, click here to request a free* MilestonePod! *Please note, there are only a limited amount of pods designated for each state so be sure to request yours early!  #GameOnPGH ​ Pittsburgh Three Rivers Marathon, Inc.  810 River Avenue, Suite 120, Pittsburgh, PA 15212 • 412-586-7785 • info@thepittsburghmarathon.com

                                         
                                         

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Fwd: Don't miss the Charter School Fair on 11/14!

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Rand Paul in show with plenty of topics

Ben Carson goes off the rails again. He is not fit to lead in the polls and for executive office

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ben-carson-police-speech-colleges_5627b787e4b02f6a900eebbb

The quotes from Ben Carson are not sound.

Headline: Ben Carson Wants To Police Speech On College Campuses

Fwd: Register for the Clean Air Dash today!

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Run for your life this Halloween!


Support the Group Against Smog and Pollution and register today for the Clean Air Dash 5k Saturday, October 31, 2015 at 9:30am. This flat, fast, 5k in the South Side Works is perfect for all runners and skill levels.

There will be gift certificates from New Balance awarded to our top athletes, free massages provided by South Hills Physical Medicine , and Halloween goodies after the race!


Run in your costume too! (Optional)

Thanks to a generous donation by Levin Furniture, there is free youth registration (with coupon code). Strollers and families are welcome! Please respond to this e-mail if you'd like the code.

Don't forget to get $5 off with coupon code: DASHPROMO when registering at: https://runsignup.com/Race/PA/Pittsburgh/CleanAirDash

There is no race day registration–registration ends October 28, 2015 at 11:59 p.m.

Race details available at: http://gasp-pgh.org/clean-air-dash-2015/


Hope to see you there,

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Don't forget to register for the Clean Air Dash!

One of the best cycling trips on film ever. And, second video is of the making of the first.

This goes way beyond my comfort zone.

Two things to think about with Pittsburgh's next Superintendent of Schools

The first thing we need from a new superintendent is an approach that supports school and community sports. I'll devote a different post to that topic. Here is another set of insights that we should put high on the list.

I think that the new superintendent needs to understand buildings, building schools, and building school culture as applied to the buildings that they reside within.

I hate to write this as I am generally a "software" kind-a guy who stresses the PROGRAMS and not worried about the the "hardware" and the bricks and mortar. The buildings take a back seat to the teachers, the school culture, the education and the dynamic learning that can and should happen. But golly, in Pittsburgh, we got issues with old buildings and bad decisions within the buildings and huge capital overhead that is not helping to retain our sense of pride and scholarship that should be happening.

I get to go to a lot of school buildings as we travel around with sports programs. Our city facilities are weak. Sure, CAPA is sweet. But, as I see CAPA, I hate that it is grades 6-12 rather than just 9-12.

Westinghouse & Carrick got nice upgrades not too long ago, but have you seen what has been done at many suburban districts? BP, Lebo, Penn Hills, Baldwin, West Allegheny, USC, etc. And the schools we have visited elsewhere beyond W.Pa are sensational.

In terms of taxpayer interest, the school and capital questions should loom large for a superintendent search process. Managing a building project and construction teams is way beyond the comfort zone of what's in place now. And, PPS can't even get a penny on the dollar for its existing and non-utilized facilities.

PPS made some serious, generational mistakes with Schenley, with South Vo Tech and many other building and grounds assets.

I think the new superintendent should be able to point to their professional history and say that these X-Y-Z schools were rehabed, re-build, opened, and construction was managed flawlessly for the course of these multi-year efforts. And, I want to get construction firm testimonials with lots of documentation and critical review on those mega projects.

Above rant began at the Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1684791538424529/

Fwd: Soothing words . . .

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For quite some time now we have been barraged with soothing words about the wonderful recovery from the Great Financial Crash of 2008.  I'm sure that this must have made everyone feel comfortable about just how well things were going.  Except, perhaps, for those of you who have somehow missed out on the benefits showered on Wall Street and the corporate managers and equity investors thanks to QE 1,2, 3 . . . etc. as well as the market boosts from insanely massive debt-fueled  corporate stock buy-backs.  If you were one of the vast majority who happened to miss out on these Fed subsidized bonanzas, well, too bad; your political leaders could care less.  What should worry them, however, (. . . and the rest of us too, since we always manage to muck around in the fallout from these messes and are generally considered to be disposable by our leaders) is what happens when all the QE bullets are spent, the debt accrued and the whole Ponzi apparatus collapses in on itself. 

 

Tonight's attachment contains some articles examining the difficulties presented by the failure of the federal government (as well most of the world's developed nations) to take reasonable and necessary steps toward economic recovery (i.e., fiscal stimulus and holding those responsible accountable) following the GFC.  It's been seven years since the bottom fell out of the financial system and the only ones who have been made healthy are those who brought the problems on in the first place.  When there is no justice – and there has not been – there is no hope unless those scorned and wronged are willing to rise up against those who have inflicted the pain and sold out the nation and the world for their own personal gain.  Those responsible are now trying to figure out how to squirm out of the mess they have made.  It is up to us to insure that they do not inflict the same measures of self-help that marked the 2008 bailout and left the rest of us up the proverbial creek without a paddle.  If there is no rebellion we have only ourselves to blame.  It is long past time to unmask the neoliberal traitors for what they are and what they do to the rest of us.

 

 

John

 

 

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New movie: Poverty, Inc.