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National Journal Online -- Education Experts -- Save Teachers Or Education Reform Programs?
2010-Jul-6
National Journal Online -- Education Experts -- Save Teachers Or Education Reform Programs?Save Teachers Or Education Reform Programs?Rep. David Obey, D-Wis., defied the White House and shook the education community with his decision last week to cut from the administration's education reforms to pay for $10 billion in federal aid to avert teacher layoffs (see related story here). The jobs money is part of a military supplemental package passed by the House last Thursday. Now it is up to the ...
Federal concern preceded California's $416 million school reform award | California Watch
2010-Jul-8
Federal concern preceded California's $416 million school reform award | California WatchFederal concern preceded California's $416 million school reform awardJuly 8, 2010 | Corey G. JohnsonFlickr photo by Woodley WonderworksIt appears that the quest to get $416 million in federal aid for California schools wasn't exactly a walk in the park.As first reported by Education Week, state education officials had to revise their application for School Improvement Grant money four times after turning it into the U.S. Department of Education ...
Meghan Murphy: Education cash crunch signals need for reform | recordonline.com
2010-Jul-7
Meghan Murphy: Education cash crunch signals need for reform | recordonline.comMeghan Murphy: Education cash crunch signals need for reformCosts go up; NY enrollment slipsText Size: A | A | APrint this Article Email this ArticleShareThisPublished: 2:00 AM - 07/07/10Last updated: 9:46 AM - 07/07/10Everyone last week seemed to be running around scraping together money to save education jobs. While they scramble, I have to ask: Is pouring money at the same old broken system a solution?Thursday, the U.S. House of ...
Local News | Seattle Schools superintendent sets ambitious agenda | Seattle Times Newspaper
2010-Jul-6
Local News | Seattle Schools superintendent sets ambitious agenda | Seattle Times NewspaperSeattle Schools superintendent sets ambitious agendaSeattle schools Superintendent Maria Goodloe-Johnson, who just ended her third year in the city, is about to embark on a handful of academic initiatives, including a new school-improvement plan that will support and pressure schools to improve.By Linda ShawSeattle Times education reporterPREV 1 of 2 NEXT Maria Goodloe-JohnsonIn her first three years in Seattle, schools Superintendent Maria Goodloe-Johnson closed schools, oversaw a new ...
CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALS: KIPP San Antonio
2010-Jul-5
CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALS: KIPP San AntonioKIPP San Antonioby The Perimeter PrimateCHARTER SCHOOL FUNDS, EMPLOYEE VANISH, January 14, 2010, San Antonio Express-NewsLeaders of KIPP San Antonio, a branch of one of the most successful charter school programs in the country, are reeling after learning a former employee may have embezzled tens of thousands of dollars from the school district's accounts.According to KIPP board member Michele Brown, a member of the district's financial operation's team who was working from home last Thursday ...
Michael Hiltzik: Is outsourcing community college education serving students? - latimes.com
2010-Jul-4
Michael Hiltzik: Is outsourcing community college education serving students? - latimes.comIs outsourcing community college education serving students?By Michael HiltzikCalifornia Community Colleges' deal with for-profit Kaplan University has a few catches — among them Kaplan's higher costs and the question of whether its credits would even be transferable.Scholastic makes inroads into Arabic children's book marketBy Geraldine BaumSensing a business and cultural opportunity, Scholastic carefully translates English-language books like "Heidi" and "The Magic School Bus" to be used at schools in several ...
Quote of the day. « Fred Klonsky’s blog #edu
2010-Jul-8
Quote of the day. « Fred Klonsky's blog. Quote of the day. JULY 8, 2010 tags: Valerie Strauss by preaprez Valerie Strauss, Education columnist, Washington Post. And it would be useful if policymakers would look back nearly a decade ago, when they approved No Child Left Behind, certain that all of the changes that it forced upon [...]
Weasel Zippers » Blog Archive » Obama Aides Shunned at Teachers’ Union Convention: Union Prez Says “This Is Not the Change I Hoped For”… #NEARA10 #edu
2010-Jul-5
Weasel Zippers » Blog Archive » Obama Aides Shunned at Teachers’ Union Convention: Union Prez Says “This Is Not the Change I Hoped For”…. Obama Aides Shunned at Teachers’ Union Convention: Union Prez Says “This Is Not the Change I Hoped For”… Hope and Change! Yes We Can! We Are The Ones We’ve Been Waiting [...]
Religion is Not the Problem… Patriarchy Is | Lefty Parent #edu #education
2010-Jul-10
Religion is Not the Problem… Patriarchy Is Lefty Parent. Religion is Not the Problem… Patriarchy Is by Cooper Zale Conventional wisdom of many on the progressive side of politics and social change is that religion, particularly Christianity, is a key source of our culture’s problems if not evil in general. John Lennon’s classic song “Imagine” [...]
Free Technology for Teachers: ISTE Unplugged Recordings Now Available #edu
2010-Jul-8
Free Technology for Teachers: ISTE Unplugged Recordings Now Available. ISTE Unplugged Recordings Now Available by noreply@blogger.com (Mr. Byrne) The recordings from ISTE Unplugged are now available on the ISTE Unplugged site. To access the recordings simply find the session in which you're interested and the recording link should be present at the end of the session description. Bear [...]
Obama Spars With Democrats over #Education Reform Funding – ABC News #edu
2010-Jul-7
Obama Spars With Democrats over Education Reform Funding ABC News. Obama, Democrats At Odds Over Education Reform Funding White House threatens to veto war spending bill over education cuts The White House is locked in a standoff with Democratic leaders in Congress over funding for school reforms, as deficit concerns and Afghanistan War politics [...]
Ravitch Speaks to #NEARA10 Choir – Teacher Beat – #Education Week #edu
2010-Jul-6
Ravitch Speaks to NEA Choir Teacher Beat Education Week. Ravitch Speaks to NEA Choir By Stephen Sawchuk on July 6, 2010 1:19 PM No Comments No TrackBacks Education historian and advocate Diane Ravitch, the author of the bestseller The Life and Death of the Great American School System, came to the RA today to [...]
Newsweek: ‘We better do much better next time’ « The Legible Bits #edu #education
2010-Jul-5
Newsweek: ‘We better do much better next time’ « The Legible Bits. Newsweek: ‘We better do much better next time’ Posted by Rebecca McKinsey under Editing, Education, Journalism, Print Media Tags: print media, journalism, magazines, Newsweek, America's Best High Schools, Lakewood, Ohio, Colorado, Lakewood High School, Jay Mathews, Sun News, David George, The Columbus Dispatch, Independence High School, Columbus,Shaker Heights High School, Shaker Heights, Faith Hampton, error, Newsweek.com,Advanced Placement, IB test, Cambridge test, White Station High School, Memphis,Heritage High School, Lynchburg, Seattle, correction, Lakewood Observer, Jim O'Bryan,Lakewood [...]
2theadvocate.com | News | Teachers receive training on oil spills — Baton Rouge, LA #edu #spill
2010-Jul-3
2theadvocate.com News Teachers receive training on oil spills — Baton Rouge, LA. Teachers receive training on oil spills Click Image to Enlarge ARTHUR D. LAUCK/The Advocate Edward Overton, an expert in oil leaks and spills, speaks Thursday about the BP oil leak to teachers-in-training at the Louisiana Resource Center for Educators. The talk [...]
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 [...]