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SteveLendmanBlog: Destroying Public Education in America: Part II | Educational New York

Senator Tom Seymour: National Teachers Group News Letter | Educational New York

Senator Tom Seymour: National Teachers Group News Letter

The release of President Obama’s “blueprint” for reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) has spurred a flurry of related activity in Washington. Both the House and the Senate are … In November 2009, the New York Board of Regents began working in earnest with the state department of education on the identification of steps needed to spark reform in education across the state, particularly for high-poverty students.

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Often referred to as the stolen generation, half cast children were taken from their parents and placed in missions to gain an education and an appreciation of a culture very strange to them. …

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SteveLendmanBlog: Destroying Public Education in America: Part II

$386 million in various services, including alternative education for teen parents, after-school activities for 25000 at-risk youths, and other children’s programs. Given a deteriorating economy, these are for starters, much like for … in expected hundreds of thousands of lost teacher and support staff jobs, a virtual blizzard of pink slips from New York to California with many more in prospect – as many as 300000 near-term, according to Education Secretary Arne Duncan.

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