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Students Produce - Using Profits to Help Educate Homeless Students Throughout the USA
2010-Jun-27Students Produce - Using Profits to Help Educate Homeless Students Throughout the USAStudent's Produce - Helping Homeless StudentsThe Problem:An estimated 1.6 million students in the USA are homeless. Organizations exist in your community to provide assistance to these children. The organizations need more funding.One Part of the Solution:You can help without making a donation. Student's Produce can sell fresh fruits and vegetables in your supermarket every day, and donate 50% of our audited after-tax profits from Student's Produce sales to ...
Teachers' Letters to Obama - The Petition Site
2010-Jun-28Teachers' Letters to Obama - The Petition Sitebrowsemy petitionsitecreate petitionhelpTeachers' Letters to ObamaTarget:President Obama and Secretary of Education Arne DuncanSponsored by: Members of Teachers Letters to ObamaDear President Obama, Secretary Duncan and Members of Congress:Several members of the Teachers' Letters to Obama (TLO) group of educators recently had the honor of sharing with you, Secretary Duncan, our concerns with the direction of federal education reform's Race to the Top initiative. Subsequently, various publications reported Department of Education assertions that teachers ...
Democrats add teacher money to war funding bill - Boston.com
2010-Jun-30Democrats add teacher money to war funding bill - Boston.com: Democrats add teacher money to war funding billBy Andrew TaylorAssociated Press Writer / June 30, 2010E-mail|Print|Comments (4)Text size – +WASHINGTON—House Democrats who are trying to pass a long-stalled war funding bill are sweetening it with $10 billion to help local school districts avoid teacher layoffs when schools reopen.Tweet 2 people Tweeted thisYahoo! BuzzShareThisThe approximately $70 billion measure is anchored by President Barack Obama's $30 billion request for the troop surge ...
The trouble with charter schools - chicagotribune.com
2010-Jul-1The trouble with charter schools - chicagotribune.comThe trouble with charter schoolsClarence PageBio | E-mail | Blog | Recent columnsShare this on13ShareTopicsMichelle ObamaClarence PageTeachers UnionsSee more topics »It's easier to open a new one than to close a bad oneClarence PageJune 30, 2010E-mailPrintShare Text SizeCharter schools receive a lot of well-deserved attention this time of year when they appear to be performing miracles. But what about the ones that don't?The Obama administration believes, as did the Bush administration, in taking harsh
ASCD Inservice: The Missing Ink on the Common Core
2010-Jul-1ASCD Inservice: The Missing Ink on the Common CoreThe Missing Ink on the Common CoreWhy isn't state adoption of the Common Core getting more press? asks Linda Perlstein, public editor of the Education Writers Association."Standards are boring," is her conclusion, though she also surmises that the standards are "too removed" or won't really effect change.Let me throw out another possibility: state departments of education aren't communicating adoption of the standards to reporters, much less the public.ASCD has just posted a ...
R2T caught in D.C. budget fight | EdNewsColorado
2010-Jul-1R2T caught in D.C. budget fight | EdNewsColoradoR2T caught in D.C. budget fightby Todd EngdahlColorado’s $175 million Race to the Top bid could be affected by a proposal that would divert money from R2T and two other education stimulus programs into a fund to save teacher jobs.Rep. David Obey, D-Wisc., wants to use $800 million in previously budgeted reform money to help pay for a $10 billion Education Jobs Fund, which would be distributed to states to blunt the impact ...
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ISTE President Helen Padgett Points to a New Frontier in Education Technology at ISTE… — DENVER, June 28 /PRNewswire/ — #edu
2010-Jun-28ISTE President Helen Padgett Points to a New Frontier in Education Technology at ISTE DENVER, June 28 /PRNewswire/ . ISTE President Helen Padgett Points to a New Frontier in Education Technology at ISTE 2010 DENVER, June 28 /PRNewswire/ Helen Padgett, president of the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE®), summoned Colorados legacy of exploration [...]
Tenn. governor: Budget OK compared to other states – Boston.com
2010-Jun-29Tenn. governor: Budget OK compared to other states Boston.com. Tenn. governor: Budget OK compared to other states By Lucas L. Johnson IiAssociated Press Writer / June 29, 2010 E-mail Print Comments (0) Text size – + NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen said Monday that the state's spending plan is in good shape compared to other states [...]
Busy, newsy end to DPS year | EdNewsColorado #edu
2010-Jul-1Busy, newsy end to DPS year EdNewsColorado. Busy, newsy end to DPS year by Nancy Mitchell Denver Public Schools’ leaders on Wednesday wrapped up the final day of the 2009-10 year by announcing changes in key staff jobs, approving three new schools and passing a $1.2 billion budget. School board members approved the budget hours before the July [...]
Rhee hints that her job as D.C. schools chief hinges on Fenty’s reelection #edu
2010-Jul-1Rhee hints that her job as D.C. schools chief hinges on Fenty's reelection. Rhee hints that her job as D.C. schools chief hinges on Fenty's reelection VIDEO Rhee hints to Post that job hinges on Fenty reelection Speaking with The Washington Post's Nikita Stewart, D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee hints that her tenure as [...]
EducationNews.org Bill to save teachers’ jobs would slash reform programs #edu
2010-Jul-1EducationNews.org. Higher Education Science Foundation AZ generating wealth EducationNewsToday Changes to condom proposal promised EducationNewsToday Boston takes charter school nonprofit as a partner EducationNewsToday Moderate Democrats Push Back on Cuts to Race to the Top, TIF EducationNewsToday Ron Clark Academy success comes at a price few schools can afford EducationNewsToday [...]
NEA RA: Candidate A. Candidate B. « Fred Klonsky’s blog #edu #NEARA #education
2010-Jul-2NEA RA: Candidate A. Candidate B. « Fred Klonsky's blog. NEA RA: Candidate A. Candidate B. JULY 2, 2010 tags: Brady, budget cuts, IEA, Jim Reed, Quinn, RA by preaprez It was a weird morning at the Illinois caucus meeting here at the Marriott on Canal in New Orleans. The first session of the NEA RA isn’t until tomorrow. I woke up [...]
Students Produce - Using Profits to Help Educate Homeless Students Throughout the USA
2010-Jun-27
Students Produce - Using Profits to Help Educate Homeless Students Throughout the USAStudent's Produce - Helping Homeless StudentsThe Problem:An estimated 1.6 million students in the USA are homeless. Organizations exist in your community to provide assistance to these children. The organizations need more funding.One Part of the Solution:You can help without making a donation. Student's Produce can sell fresh fruits and vegetables in your supermarket every day, and donate 50% of our audited after-tax profits from Student's Produce sales to ...
Teachers' Letters to Obama - The Petition Site
2010-Jun-28
Teachers' Letters to Obama - The Petition Sitebrowsemy petitionsitecreate petitionhelpTeachers' Letters to ObamaTarget:President Obama and Secretary of Education Arne DuncanSponsored by: Members of Teachers Letters to ObamaDear President Obama, Secretary Duncan and Members of Congress:Several members of the Teachers' Letters to Obama (TLO) group of educators recently had the honor of sharing with you, Secretary Duncan, our concerns with the direction of federal education reform's Race to the Top initiative. Subsequently, various publications reported Department of Education assertions that teachers ...
Democrats add teacher money to war funding bill - Boston.com
2010-Jun-30
Democrats add teacher money to war funding bill - Boston.com: Democrats add teacher money to war funding billBy Andrew TaylorAssociated Press Writer / June 30, 2010E-mail|Print|Comments (4)Text size – +WASHINGTON—House Democrats who are trying to pass a long-stalled war funding bill are sweetening it with $10 billion to help local school districts avoid teacher layoffs when schools reopen.Tweet 2 people Tweeted thisYahoo! BuzzShareThisThe approximately $70 billion measure is anchored by President Barack Obama's $30 billion request for the troop surge ...
The trouble with charter schools - chicagotribune.com
2010-Jul-1
The trouble with charter schools - chicagotribune.comThe trouble with charter schoolsClarence PageBio | E-mail | Blog | Recent columnsShare this on13ShareTopicsMichelle ObamaClarence PageTeachers UnionsSee more topics »It's easier to open a new one than to close a bad oneClarence PageJune 30, 2010E-mailPrintShare Text SizeCharter schools receive a lot of well-deserved attention this time of year when they appear to be performing miracles. But what about the ones that don't?The Obama administration believes, as did the Bush administration, in taking harsh
ASCD Inservice: The Missing Ink on the Common Core
2010-Jul-1
ASCD Inservice: The Missing Ink on the Common CoreThe Missing Ink on the Common CoreWhy isn't state adoption of the Common Core getting more press? asks Linda Perlstein, public editor of the Education Writers Association."Standards are boring," is her conclusion, though she also surmises that the standards are "too removed" or won't really effect change.Let me throw out another possibility: state departments of education aren't communicating adoption of the standards to reporters, much less the public.ASCD has just posted a ...
R2T caught in D.C. budget fight | EdNewsColorado
2010-Jul-1
R2T caught in D.C. budget fight | EdNewsColoradoR2T caught in D.C. budget fightby Todd EngdahlColorado’s $175 million Race to the Top bid could be affected by a proposal that would divert money from R2T and two other education stimulus programs into a fund to save teacher jobs.Rep. David Obey, D-Wisc., wants to use $800 million in previously budgeted reform money to help pay for a $10 billion Education Jobs Fund, which would be distributed to states to blunt the impact ...
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ISTE President Helen Padgett Points to a New Frontier in Education Technology at ISTE… — DENVER, June 28 /PRNewswire/ — #edu
2010-Jun-28
ISTE President Helen Padgett Points to a New Frontier in Education Technology at ISTE DENVER, June 28 /PRNewswire/ . ISTE President Helen Padgett Points to a New Frontier in Education Technology at ISTE 2010 DENVER, June 28 /PRNewswire/ Helen Padgett, president of the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE®), summoned Colorados legacy of exploration [...]
Tenn. governor: Budget OK compared to other states – Boston.com
2010-Jun-29
Tenn. governor: Budget OK compared to other states Boston.com. Tenn. governor: Budget OK compared to other states By Lucas L. Johnson IiAssociated Press Writer / June 29, 2010 E-mail Print Comments (0) Text size – + NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen said Monday that the state's spending plan is in good shape compared to other states [...]
Busy, newsy end to DPS year | EdNewsColorado #edu
2010-Jul-1
Busy, newsy end to DPS year EdNewsColorado. Busy, newsy end to DPS year by Nancy Mitchell Denver Public Schools’ leaders on Wednesday wrapped up the final day of the 2009-10 year by announcing changes in key staff jobs, approving three new schools and passing a $1.2 billion budget. School board members approved the budget hours before the July [...]
Rhee hints that her job as D.C. schools chief hinges on Fenty’s reelection #edu
2010-Jul-1
Rhee hints that her job as D.C. schools chief hinges on Fenty's reelection. Rhee hints that her job as D.C. schools chief hinges on Fenty's reelection VIDEO Rhee hints to Post that job hinges on Fenty reelection Speaking with The Washington Post's Nikita Stewart, D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee hints that her tenure as [...]
EducationNews.org Bill to save teachers’ jobs would slash reform programs #edu
2010-Jul-1
EducationNews.org. Higher Education Science Foundation AZ generating wealth EducationNewsToday Changes to condom proposal promised EducationNewsToday Boston takes charter school nonprofit as a partner EducationNewsToday Moderate Democrats Push Back on Cuts to Race to the Top, TIF EducationNewsToday Ron Clark Academy success comes at a price few schools can afford EducationNewsToday [...]
NEA RA: Candidate A. Candidate B. « Fred Klonsky’s blog #edu #NEARA #education
2010-Jul-2
NEA RA: Candidate A. Candidate B. « Fred Klonsky's blog. NEA RA: Candidate A. Candidate B. JULY 2, 2010 tags: Brady, budget cuts, IEA, Jim Reed, Quinn, RA by preaprez It was a weird morning at the Illinois caucus meeting here at the Marriott on Canal in New Orleans. The first session of the NEA RA isn’t until tomorrow. I woke up [...]