“The Taken Rent Money”

“The Taken Rent Money”
The Taken Rent Money Adapted from the poem this is just to say from William Carlos Williams I have taken The 100 dollar bill That was under your Bed mattress And which you Were certainly going To use for to complete The rent Excuse my mistake I used the money…
Rio Writers
“This is For my People Who Lost Somebody”
“This is For my People Who Lost Somebody” adapted from the poem”This is for my People” from M. Walker This is for my people who lost somebody with the world ahead of them and waiting for their life to become normal again. For my people, who lost a family member…
Rio Writers
The Invisible Dream?
The website the Invisible Dream brings to mind a major reason for this blog. That is, that I think its important for schools and all citizens to develop a more visible conversation about what the American Dream means. Check out the website.. it has excellent data and raises the bar…
American Equation
Social Mobility? Who’s choice and Who’s Command
Social Mobility? Who’s choice and Who’s Command… Recently I read an article in the AERA’s Educational Researcher entitled Living Contradictions and Working for Change: Towards a theory of social class-sensitive pedagogy by Stephanie Jones and Mark Vagle. Their main point is that our school systems often tell the child of…
American Equation
Teachers Matter in This World
All over the world, teachers matter to children, to learners of all ages, to society, to the evolution of the human species. All over the world, teachers matter in the little things they do and the big things they do. They make a difference by being an important person in…
Superintendent Blog
River Project Meeting # 2 4.29.13
This week we held a second great meeting on the developing River Project. Lynn R. from the Watershed Coalition of Ventura County was our guest partner and Mike Vollmert, our Director of Technology and fellow science and learning enthusiast were in attendance. Once again, I learned alot and it was…
The River Project
River Project Meeting # 1 4.26.13
On Friday, 4.26.13 we had our first meeting/talk with partners on our developing River project. It was great to meet and talk with Mike and Janis who are two local citizens who have been active in the community for years and who work on environmental issues related to water. I…
The River Project
The River Project
The River Project is a long term initiative engaging the Rio School Districtand multiple partners focused on collaborations among students, educators, and experts in a variety of fields to map, document, and come to know the River in our backyard (the District’s name sake) the Santa Clara River. We envision an initiating process in which…
Current Events
Materials Colloquium coming May 29, 2013
Materials Colloquium links    VCSTEAMN (Ventura County Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math Network) Materials Science and Engineering Materials Science… Chemistry for Life Materials Science and Engineering Strange Matter Materials Classroom Materials Videos, Games, Simulations and more Top 100 Materials Scientists Materials Science Fair Projects Tensile Test Experiments Virtual Museum of…
VCSTEAMN
VCSTEAMN Aims
Ventura County Science Technology  ∑ngineering Arts Mathematics Network                     VCSTEAMN Aims            The VCSTEAMN intends to do the following: To develop partnerships and community among educators, scientists, technology specialists, artists, engineers, and mathematicians and those interested in these fields aimed at furthering educational opportunities and achievement for learners of all…
VCSTEAMN
VCSTEAMN Colloquium # 2…..Materials
The Ventura County Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts,Mathematics Network (VCSTEAMN) is bringing our second Colloquium to our community of Educators. Our first Symmetry Colloquium was great…. Our 2nd colloquium will be all about MATERIALS…. and will be held on May 29, 2013…a Wednesday from 4:30 to 6:30 pm. Check out this great…
Superintendent Blog
Earth Day 2013
Today, April 22, 2013 is the official Earth Day. The first Earth Day has its origins in nearby Santa Barbara. Gaylord Nelson, then a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, inspired by the 1969 massive oil spill in Santa Barbara, California and other events of the late sixties, worked to  push environmental…
Superintendent Blog
21st Century Education
In keeping with our aim to provide a 21st Century Education for our students, the Rio School District recently became part of a world class network of forward thinking school Districts. The group is called Edleader21 and we are excited to join and contribute to the network and look forward…
Superintendent Blog
The Rio Indigenous Project
The Rio Indigenous Project is a new collaboration, engaging the staff and partners of the Rio School District and the Mixteco community in a learning and development process with three basic aims; these are the three legs of the stool; Develop a website that enables learning centered on Mixteco culture,…
The Rio Indigenous Project
Rivers and Puddles Since coming to the Rio School District in July 2012, I have been thinking about the “River” as a metaphor for a modern organization. This paper on Rivers and Puddles captures an important need for 21st Century organizations to be addressing Kaizen in ways of being and…
Superintendent Blog
The River Project is a long term initiative engaging the Rio School District and multiple partners focused on collaborations among students, educators, and experts in a variety of fields to map, document, and come to know the River in our backyard (the District’s name sake) the Santa Clara River. We…
The River Project
Immigration is part of the equation…..
Immigration has always been part of the American Equation. The Library of Congress (LOC) offers amazing resources for learners and teachers to explore this aspect of the American Dream. My family, the Puglisi family, have their roots in Italy, in Sicily and other areas of Southern Italy. The American Dream…
American Equation
Great Local Educator; Bonnie Walters
Recently, the Ventura County Star published an article highlighting a great local educator; Bonnie Walters. Bonnie now works at the California Oil Museum in Santa Paula and is doing great work making science come alive for students, teachers, and learners of all ages. In past years, it was my fortune…
Superintendent Blog
American public education + hard work = American Dream
An equation, in a mathematical context, is generally understood to mean a mathematical statement that asserts the equality of two expressions. a simple equation like; x + 2 = 4 is easily understood. If one knows how to add, then its easy to substitute “2” for x. Or in other…
American Equation
math minds and math learning leaders 2013
Improving math education and math learning for students has been a major focus of my work in the past ten years. Among current influences on the path math education should be going are the following math minds and math learning leaders of 2013. Check them out. Arthur Benjamin Conrad Wolfram…
Superintendent Blog
In the States
Map adapted from http://www.ascd.org/common-core/common-core.aspx States highlighted in green have adopted the Common Core State Standards. States highlighted in blue only adopted the Common Core State Standards for English language arts. States in grey have not adopted the Common Core State Standards. For information on California Common Core State Standards, please click HERE  
Common Core Standards
English Language Arts
The Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy in History/Social Studies and Science are the result of an extensive effort to ensure that students are literate and capable of the academics and careers in their future. The Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts are divided…
Common Core Standards
Education and the American Dream links 3.31.13
Education and the American Dream links Hunted on google  3.31.13 http://www.sidneyherald.com/opinion/columnists/education-and-the-american-dream/article_0abdb90c-3e78-11e2-b9cc-001a4bcf887a.html?mode=print Montana legislator writes about the need for quality. http://on.aol.com/video/amplifys-ceo-on-education-and-the-american-dream-517646794 amplify ceo’s thoughts on education and the American dream with wall street journal http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLyAnawoE8k video by professor U.w bothell http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nitin-nohria/social-mobility-america_b_2113933.html the Dean of Harvard’s business school shares his perspective http://www.c-spanvideo.org/clip/4173016…
American Equation
The American Myth of Social Mobility
The American Myth of Social Mobility is an article that draws on recent data to point out that while Americans believe our country provides the greatest opportunity to go from rags to riches.. the facts do not bear this out now. Many other wealthy countries have more social mobility than…
American Equation
A Family Affair
A Family Affair: Intergenerational Social Mobility across OECD Countries is an excellent chapter of research exploring issues related to the American Dream and how it compares to other countries in terms of people’s ability to do better economically than their parents.
American Equation
2013-2014 Registration
Registration packets for the 2013-2014 school year are now available. You may print out the packet and return the completed forms to your child’s school.
District News
Chasing the same dream,climbing different ladders: economic mobility in the United States and Canada.This study examines the American Dream and the Canadian Dream and finds some amazing commonalities in both opinions, beliefs, and economics. It also finds some thought provoking differences.
American Equation
This site will look at research and economic and social data to explore the economic facts and human perceptions and opinions on issues related to the American Equation, the American Dream, and the role American Public Schools play in in both shaping and being shaped by public policy and public…
American Equation
This site will explore different opinions about the American Dream and its current condition.
American Equation
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