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2ND BANANA LAST WEEK’S HIGHLY RATED POSTS
As budget crisis crippled schools, $71 million stimulus sat unused | California Watch
2010-Jul-22
As budget crisis crippled schools, $71 million stimulus sat unused | California WatchAs budget crisis crippled schools, $71 million stimulus sat unusedJuly 22, 2010 | Corey G. JohnsonFor nearly a year, California schools have missed out on the opportunity to spend tens of millions of dollars in federal stimulus dollars as lawmakers and state officials debate how to spend it.The debate over education technology funds has kept the money in state bank accounts, unable to help thousands of K-to-12 schools ...
QUICK Hits � The Quick and the Ed
2010-Jul-21
QUICK Hits � The Quick and the EdQUICK Hitsby Forrest HintonQuick Hits is a short compilation of question-raising news stories, blog posts, and video clips that Education Sector team members are reading and viewing each day.Shanker lives on—in the blogosphere? (Shanker Blog)There’s never enough time—but how can teachers use the time they have for the best instruction? Teacher-blogger Dina Strasser weighs in. (ASCD Community Blog)What do you get when you mix Education Pioneers and Joanne Weiss? (Education Pioneers)What is the ...
Better data needed to accurately rate school systems
2010-Jul-19
Better data needed to accurately rate school systemsBetter data needed to accurately rate school systemsBy Jay MathewsMonday, July 19, 2010Educational statistics expert Joseph Hawkins, one of my guides to the mysteries of test assessment, is impatient with the way the Montgomery County public school system is, as he puts it, "always telling the world how much better it is than everyone else." He finds flaws in its latest celebration of college success by county graduates, particularly minorities.As a senior study ...
Blog U.: Rating and ranking, measurement and management, and maybe a little doing in your spare time - Getting to Green - Inside Higher Ed
2010-Jul-20
Blog U.: Rating and ranking, measurement and management, and maybe a little doing in your spare time - Getting to Green - Inside Higher EdRating and ranking, measurement and management, and maybe a little doing in your spare timeBy G. Rendell July 20, 2010 7:36 pmAs David Moltz reported in these pages Tuesday, a number of campus sustainability officers have issued an open letter describing the characteristics they'd like to see in higher education sustainability surveys, rankings, and evaluations. The ...
Eduflack: Data in Education Storytelling
2010-Jul-20
Eduflack: Data in Education StorytellingData in Education Storytellingby EduflackHow do we use data to better tell the local story? That was the big question Eduflack was asked over the weekend speaking at the Hechinger Institute on Education and the Media's Harold W. McGraw Hr. Seminar for Reporters New to the Education Beat.For those who don't know (and you really should), the Hechinger Institute is a terrific outfit being run out of Teachers College, Columbia University. Back in May, Eduflack wrote ...
What Parent Engagement Posts Did Readers Find Most “Engaging” This Quarter? | Engaging #Parents In School... #education
2010-Jul-20
What Parent Engagement Posts Did Readers Find Most “Engaging” This Quarter? | Engaging Parents In School...What Parent Engagement Posts Did Readers Find Most “Engaging” This Quarter?July 20th, 2010 by Larry FerlazzoA few months ago, I began to have PostRank index posts from this blog. Post Rank uses a variety of ways to measure level of “engagement” that readers have with specific blog posts. I have a constantly updated “widget” on my blog’s sidebar that lists these posts, but I thought ...
The Washington Teacher: Why Not Blame DC's Teachers ?
2010-Jul-19
The Washington Teacher: Why Not Blame DC's Teachers ?Why Not Blame DC's Teachers ?by The Wash. TeacherAre the winds changing under Chancellor Michelle Rhee ? Given the recent announcement of low standardized test scores on the elementary level in DCPS, Efavorite poses some interesting questions for us to consider.Written by Efavorite, guest writerHave you noticed that Chancellor Rhee has not pointed the finger of blame at
openSUSE Education 11.3 - still not there yet | ZDNet
2010-Jul-19
openSUSE Education 11.3 - still not there yet | ZDNetopenSUSE Education 11.3 - still not there yetBy Christopher Dawson | July 18, 2010, 11:18pm PDTSummaryIs it openSUSE or their educational package that’s the problem? Hardware and installer issues certainly suggest that the problem lies with Novell, not a hugely dedicated group who wants students to have access to the best FOSS available.TopicsEducation, Distribution,Linux, Education Training, UNIX,Operating Systems,Open Source, Software,Christopher DawsonBlogger InfoChristopher DawsonBioContactI really wanted to love the latest version of ...
Schools Matter: Team Obama Suggested Cutting Food Stamps to Maintain Duncan's RTTT Bribes
2010-Jul-18
Schools Matter: Team Obama Suggested Cutting Food Stamps to Maintain Duncan's RTTT BribesTeam Obama Suggested Cutting Food Stamps to Maintain Duncan's RTTT Bribesby Jim HornThank God for David Obey, quoted here from EmptyWheel:The secretary of Education is whining about the fact he only got 85 percent of the money he wanted .… So, when we needed money, we committed the cardinal sin of treating him like any other mere mortal. We were giving them over $10 billion in money to ...
THE PERIMETER PRIMATE: I "heart" Dave Obey
2010-Jul-17
THE PERIMETER PRIMATE: I "heart" Dave ObeyI "heart" Dave Obeyby The Perimeter PrimateThe Fiscal Times' Washington Editor Eric Pianin talked to Rep. David R. Obey (WI), the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, on Tuesday, July 13, in his office at the Capitol. Here are some excerpts, but it's definitely worth reading the full story:“I have been working for school reform long before I ever heard of the secretary of education, and long before I ever heard of Obama,” Obey ...