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Monday, January 18, 2010

Eduflack: The Weingarten Doctrine

Eduflack: The Weingarten Doctrine

Randi Weingarten, The Manchurian Candidate

Education Notes Online


Eduflack: The Weingarten Doctrine
For those who remember the early days, Eduflack was founded nearly three years ago to comment on how successfully (or unsuccessfully) we were communicating education and education reform ideas.  At the time, NCLB was a hot topic in many circles, Ed in 08 was committed to raise the profile of education issues in national campaigns, and changes in organizational leadership and new constructs of advocacy groups threatened to move education back onto the front pages.

But as a recent Brookings study has demonstrated, education stories simply aren't capturing the hearts and minds of the media, let alone the residents of Main Street USA.  So Eduflack evolved with the times.  Rather than critique the scraps of media, I spend most of my time talking about the issues that merit discussion.  But we long for the good old days and our original mission.

This is particularly true of speeches.  As a former speechwriter (for members of Congress, members of presidential Administrations, and executives at Fortune 500 companies and leading non-profits), I greatly appreciate the written word.  I particularly appreciate capturing a speaker's voice, gaining an audience's attention, and delivering a real ask that results in a change of thinking or a change in behavior.  Unfortunately, such speeches are few and far between in education.  Yes, we occasionally get the Gingrich/Sharpton engagements brought by our friends over at the Education Equality Project, but those are the exceptions, not the rule.  EdSec Arne Duncan delivers a good speech, but pretty much sticks to the stump speech these days (with the true exception being the speech at the NEA last June).  President Obama can deliver a powerful ed reform speech, as he did at the National Academies of Science last spring on the topic of STEM, but those are rarities.  And if we spend time at many of the forums and discussions in DC and around the country, those "discussions" could be scripted and blocked out weeks ahead of time, with transcripts (including questions and answers) released before they are delivered.  For the most part, education rhetoric has grown stale, with us saying the same things to the same audiences with limited impact.  After all, what truly unique discussion can we have on topics like ARRA spending guidelines or RttT guidance.
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Schools Matter: Innovation Schools = Segregation Schools


Schools Matter: Innovation Schools = Segregation Schools


Innovation Schools = Segregation Schools


It is ironic, at least, that today on Martin Luther King Day, the Governor of Massachusetts, an African-American himself, signed an education bill that assures the continued intensification of resegregation of American schools and the renewed oppression of minority children in the poorest neighborhoods of the Commonweath. Now with a state approved policy that doubles the number of chain gang corporate charters in the poorest and blackest neighborhoods, the human rights, the economic rights, and the civil rights for which Dr. King gave his life now accelerate even further and faster into our recent past. Apartheid returns with a "liberal" seal of approval.

And the fact that the Democantic establishment is so blinded by their own greed and hubris that they see nothing ironic about this sad reality shows exactly why they will lose on Tuesday the U. S. Senate seat occupied by the late Ted Kennedy. For while the Rahm troops have built a corporate constituency in Washington that can out-money even the Republicrats, the Progressive independents and progressive Democrats that elected Obama are done with the charade. Over. Out. No mas! Corporate education, corporate healthcare, corporate war, corporate welfare, corporate psychology, corporate government, corporate environmental policy, corporate rights, corporate speechifying, and corporate kowtowing. Done, over, out. No 


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Fun Math Blog

Fun Math Blog

Wild About Math!

Making Math fun and accessible



How the St. Louis Arch got its shape

January 18th, 2010I found this wonderful short video on Science Friday by mathematicianRobert Osserman on the Math behind the St. Louis Gateway Arch. This video is a great testament to the beauty of mathematics. Watch it and tell us if you agree.




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Opposition to Education Grant Program Emerges as Deadline Looms - NYTimes.com


Opposition to Education Grant Program Emerges as Deadline Looms - NYTimes.com:

"The Obama administration’s main school improvement initiative has triggered education policy changes in states across the nation, but it is meeting with some last-minute resistance as the first deadline for applications arrives on Tuesday.

Thousands of school districts in California, Ohio and other states have declined to participate, and teachers unions in Michigan, Minnesota and Florida recommended that their local units not sign on to their states’ applications. Several rural states, including Montana, have said they will not apply, at least for now, partly because of the emphasis on charter schools, which would draw resources from small country schools."
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Cities of Service - Press Releases

Cities of Service - Press Releases



CITIES OF SERVICE AND ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION AWARD FIRST-EVER "CITIES OF SERVICE LEADERSHIP GRANTS" TO TEN CITIES TO HIRE CHIEF SERVICE OFFICERS
Chief Service Officers will Lead Local Efforts to Develop and Implement a Citywide Plan to Increase Volunteerism

Mayors from Across the Country Launched Cities of Service Coalition to Meet President Obama's Call to Mobilize Millions more Americans in Volunteer Service
New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, founding members of the Cities of Service coalition, today joined Rockefeller Foundation President Dr. Judith Rodin to announce the winners of the first-ever Cities of Service Leadership Grants. Ten cities were selected to receive $200,000 two-year grants, funded by the Rockefeller Foundation, to hire a Chief Service Officer - a senior city official dedicated to developing and implementing a citywide plan to increase volunteerism and target volunteers to address their city's greatest needs. Due to the extraordinary response from cities to the first request for proposals - 50 cities applied to receive one of the ten grants - the mayors and Dr. Rodin announced that there will be a second competition in the coming months to award similar grants to an additional ten cities. The announcement was made on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, a national day of service, at the John Foster Dulles School of Excellence in Chicago, where more than 100 City Year Chicago high school students spent the day off painting hallways and murals, and re-organizing classrooms. Cities of Service is a bipartisan coalition of Mayors from across the country, representing more than 38 million Americans in 80 cities, dedicated to engaging more Americans in service and channeling volunteers towards each city's most pressing challenges.
The cities selected to receive leadership grants are Chicago, IL; Detroit, MI; Los Angeles, CA; Nashville-Davidson, TN; Newark, NJ; Omaha, NE; Philadelphia, PA; Sacramento, CA; Savannah, GA; Seattle, WA. Each of these cities displayed a strong commitment to service and outlined thoughtful, thorough and creative approaches to expanding local opportunities for volunteers to make an impact.

"I can think of no better way to celebrate the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and this national day of service than to invest in the capacity of cities to mobilize their citizens in innovative ways to solve our common problems," said Mayor Bloomberg. "As we work to help our neighbors and communities through the greatest financial crisis we've seen in a long time, we believe citizen service is needed now more than ever. These grants, funded generously by the Rockefeller Foundation, will help us develop new strategies to tap volunteers as a serious strategy to solve local challenges."
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Sacramento Press / Knight news challenge grant


Sacramento Press / Knight news challenge grant




South Sacramento is a diverse community that speaks many languages and practices many traditions. Cultural lines and language barriers prevent news and community stories from being told to those outside a small radius.

Access Sacramento, in collaboration with The Sacramento Press, The Sacramento Bee and other regional media organizations have reached the final round in the Knight News Challenge.
Their grant proposal will focus specifically on South Sacramento and its residents. Access Sacramento has applied for a two-year, $316,500 grant to continually achieve their mission of providing a forum for the thoughts, dreams and opinions of community members who are ignored by mainstream media. The grant will allow five sites to be outfitted with the technology needed to achieve their two goals.
"Our first goal is to challenge the current media to educate and teach new citizens," Access Sacramento Executive Director Ron Cooper said. "This will create hyper-local news straight from the community."
Cooper hopes new citizens who aren't covered by traditional new sources to participate as community reporters who are able to cover events in a language other than English. Spanish, Hmong and Tagalog are a few of the main languages spoken by members of the community. Cooper and others believe this language barrier is a main reason for the disconnect.
"There is a lack of personnel engagement in news sources today," Cooper said. "This grant will help us engage the South Sacramento community like never before. Activists, leaders or concerned citizens will all be able to participate."
The second goal of the challenge is to supply the equipment and education necessary for reporting. Computers and Internet access are just the beginning.
Desafรญo de noticias Knight subvenciรณn
Al sur de Sacramento es una comunidad diversa que habla muchos idiomas y las prรกcticas de muchas tradiciones. Las lรญneas de barreras culturales y lingรผรญsticas impedir que las noticias e historias de la comunidad de que se diga a los que estรกn fuera de un radio pequeรฑo.

El acceso de Sacramento, en colaboraciรณn con La Prensa de Sacramento, el Sacramento Bee y otros medios de comunicaciรณn regionales las organizaciones han llegado a la ronda final en el Desafรญo de Noticias Knight.

Su propuesta de subvenciรณn se centrarรก especรญficamente en el sur de Sacramento y sus residentes. Acceso de Sacramento ha solicitado dos aรฑos, 316.500 dรณlares de subvenciรณn a lograr, su misiรณn de ofrecer un foro para que los pensamientos, los sueรฑos y las opiniones de los miembros de la comunidad que son ignorados por los medios de comunicaciรณn. La subvenciรณn permitirรก cinco sitios a ser equipado con la tecnologรญa necesaria para lograr sus dos objetivos.

"Nuestro primer objetivo es desafiar a los medios de comunicaciรณn actuales para educar y enseรฑar a los nuevos ciudadanos," Acceso Sacramento Director Ejecutivo Ron Cooper. "Esto crearรก hiper-locales de noticias directamente desde la comunidad".

Cooper espera que los nuevos ciudadanos que no estรกn cubiertos por las fuentes tradicionales de nuevo a participar como reporteros de la comunidad que son capaces de cubrir los acontecimientos en un idioma distinto del Inglรฉs. Espaรฑol, hmong y tagalo son algunos de los principales idiomas hablados por los miembros de la comunidad. Cooper y otros creen que esta barrera del lenguaje es la principal razรณn de la desconexiรณn.

"Hay una falta de compromiso personal en las fuentes de las noticias de hoy", dijo Cooper."Esta donaciรณn nos ayudarรก a involucrar a la comunidad del Sur de Sacramento como nunca antes. Activistas, lรญderes o todos los ciudadanos interesados puedan participar".

El segundo objetivo del desafรญo es suministrar el equipo y la educaciรณn necesaria para la presentaciรณn de informes. Computadoras y acceso a Internet son sรณlo el comienzo.

"Las habilidades para ser un periodista tambiรฉn se enseรฑa", dijo Cooper. "Tenemos que enseรฑar a la objetividad y no la subjetividad. Los medios de comunicaciรณn que actualmente se ejecuta en el sensacionalismo. Este serรก diferente, no sรณlo una historia tras otra de los robos y la delincuencia. Esta comunidad necesita una voz para ser escuchado, y no pueden esperar a que ".

Historias recibido del proyecto se mostrarรก en AsIsOnline.tv. Este nuevo sitio ofrece la posibilidad de texto, imรกgenes y video para ser subidos y compartidos con el mundo. Noticias e historias en todos los idiomas estarรกn disponibles para los usuarios de toda la regiรณn.

Mรกs de 2.300 solicitantes de todo el mundo aplica para el Desafรญo de Noticias Knight.Estimaciones de Cooper que Access Sacramento es uno de los 100 finalistas, pero los ganadores no se darรกn a conocer hasta junio. El desafรญo de todo es pรบblico: Propuestas de donaciรณn que se muestran en la Internet, y todo el software desarrollado para la concesiรณn debe ser convertido en fuente abierta para compartir con el mundo. La Fundaciรณn Knight desea propuestas ganadoras fueron copiados y repetidos en todo el mundo. La Fundaciรณn Knight quiere inspirar a las comunidades de todo el mundo con estas propuestas.

"Para celebrar la diversidad, tenemos que empezar a realizar los que no participan y averiguar por quรฉ", dijo Cooper. "Esta donaciรณn permitirรก el acceso de Sacramento para acelerar sus planes para el sur de Sacramento."
ๅฅˆ็‰นๆ–ฐ้—ปๆŒ‘ๆˆ˜้‡‘ 
ๅ—่จๅ…‹ๆ‹‰้—จๆ‰˜ๆ˜ฏไธ€ไธชๅคšๆ ทๅŒ–็š„็คพไผš，็ฒพ้€šๅคšๅ›ฝ่ฏญ่จ€ๅ’Œไน ไฟ—็š„่ฎธๅคšไผ ็ปŸ。ๆ–‡ๅŒ–็บฟๅ’Œ่ฏญ่จ€้šœ็ข，้˜ฒๆญขๅ’Œ็คพๅŒบ็š„ๆ–ฐ้—ปๆŠฅ้“่ขซๅ‘Š็Ÿฅๅค–้ข็š„ไธ€ไธชๅฐๅŠๅพ„。

่ฎฟ้—ฎ่จๅ…‹ๆ‹‰้—จๆ‰˜ๅไฝœ，ไธŽ่จๅ…‹ๆ‹‰้—จๆ‰˜ๆ–ฐ้—ป，่จๅ…‹ๆ‹‰้—จๆ‰˜่œœ่œ‚ๅ’Œๅ…ถไป–็ป„็ป‡็š„ๅŒบๅŸŸๅช’ไฝ“่พพๅˆฐไบ†้ช‘ๅฃซๆ–ฐ้—ปๆŒ‘ๆˆ˜่ต›ๆœ€ๅŽไธ€่ฝฎ。

ไป–ไปฌ็š„่กฅๅŠฉ้‡‘็š„ๅปบ่ฎฎๅฐ†้›†ไธญไบŽๅ—ๅ›ฝ็Ž‹ๅ’Œๅฑ…ๆฐ‘็‰นๅˆซ。่ฎฟ้—ฎ่จๅ…‹ๆ‹‰้—จๆ‰˜ๅทฒ็ป็”ณ่ฏทไบ†ไธคๅนด，ไธ‰ไธ€ๅ…ญไบ”○○็พŽๅ…ƒ็ป™ไบˆไธๆ–ญๅฎž็Žฐไป–ไปฌๆไพ›ไธ€ไธชๆ€ๆƒณ，ๆขฆๆƒณๅ’Œ็คพๅŒบ่ฐๆ˜ฏไธปๆตๅช’ไฝ“ๅฟฝ่ง†ๆˆๅ‘˜็š„ๆ„่ง่ฎบๅ›็š„ไฝฟๅ‘ฝ。่ฟ™็ฌ”่ต ๆฌพๅฐ†ๅ…่ฎธ5ไธชๅœฐ็‚น，ไธŽๆฅๅฎž็Žฐๅ…ถไธคไธช็›ฎๆ ‡็š„ๆŠ€ๆœฏ่ฃ…ๅค‡。

“ๆˆ‘ไปฌ็š„้ฆ–่ฆ็›ฎๆ ‡ๅฐฑๆ˜ฏๆŒ‘ๆˆ˜็›ฎๅ‰็š„ไผ ๅช’ๆ•™่‚ฒๅ’Œๆ•™ๅญฆ็š„ๆ–ฐๅ…ฌๆฐ‘，”่ฎฟ้—ฎ่จๅ…‹ๆ‹‰้—จๆ‰˜ๆ‰ง่กŒไธปไปป็ฝ—ๆฉๅบ“็€่ฏด。 “่ฟ™ๅฐ†ๅˆ›้€ ็›ดๆŽฅไปŽ็คพๅŒบ่ถ…ๅฝ“ๅœฐๆ–ฐ้—ป。”

ๅบ“็€ๅธŒๆœ›่ฐไธๆ˜ฏ็”ฑไผ ็ปŸ็š„ๆ–ฐ็š„ๆฅๆบๅŒ…ๆ‹ฌๅ‚ๅŠ ็คพๅŒบ่ฎฐ่€…่ฐ่ƒฝๅคŸๆถต็›–็š„่ฏญ่จ€ไธๆ˜ฏ่‹ฑ่ฏญ็š„ๅ…ถไป–ๆดปๅŠจ็š„ๆ–ฐๅ…ฌๆฐ‘。่ฅฟ็ญ็‰™，่‹—ๆ—ๅ’Œ่ฒๅพ‹ๅฎพ่ฏญๆ˜ฏไธ€ไธช็”ฑ็คพไผšไบบๅฃซไฝฟ็”จ็š„ไธป่ฆ่ฏญ่จ€็ญ‰็ญ‰。 Cooper็ญ‰ไบบๅˆ™่ฎคไธบ，่ฟ™็ง่ฏญ่จ€้šœ็ขๆ˜ฏไธ€ไธชๆ–ญๅผ€็š„ไธป่ฆๅŽŸๅ› 。

“ๆœ‰ๆŽฅ่งฆ็š„ไบบๅ‘˜ๅœจไปŠๅคฉ็š„ๆ–ฐ้—ปๆฅๆบไธ่ถณ，”ๅบ“็€่ฏด。 “่ฟ™็ฌ”่ต ๆฌพๅฐ†ๅธฎๅŠฉๆˆ‘ไปฌ่ฟ›่กŒๅ‰ๆ‰€ๆœชๆœ‰็š„ๅ—ๆ–น่จๅ…‹ๆ‹‰้—จๆ‰˜็คพไผš。ๆดปๅŠจๅฎถ，้ข†ๅฏผๆˆ–ๆœ‰ๅ…ณๅ…ฌๆฐ‘้ƒฝๅฏไปฅๅ‚ๅŠ 。”

่ฟ™ไธ€ๆŒ‘ๆˆ˜็š„็ฌฌไบŒไธช็›ฎๆ ‡ๆ˜ฏไธบๆŠฅๅ‘Šๆไพ›็š„่ฎพๅค‡ๅ’Œๅฟ…่ฆ็š„ๆ•™่‚ฒ。็”ต่„‘ๅ’Œไบ’่”็ฝ‘ไป…ไป…ๆ˜ฏไธชๅผ€ๅง‹。

“ๆŠ€่ƒฝๆ˜ฏ่ฎฐ่€…ไนŸๅฐ†ๆ•™，”ๅบ“็€่ฏด。 “ๆˆ‘ไปฌ้œ€่ฆๅฎข่ง‚ๅ’Œไธๆ•™ไธปไฝ“。ๅช’ไฝ“็›ฎๅ‰็…ฝๆƒ…่ฟ่กŒ。่ฟ™ๅฐ†ๆ˜ฏไธๅŒ็š„，ๅนถ้žๅชๆ˜ฏๅ› ไธบๆŠขๅŠซๅ’Œ็Šฏ็ฝชๆ•…ไบ‹็š„ๆ•…ไบ‹。่ฟ™ไธช็คพไผš้œ€่ฆ็š„ๅฃฐ้Ÿณ่ขซๅฌๅˆฐ，ไป–ไปฌไธ่ƒฝ็ญ‰ๅพ…ๅพ—ๅˆฐๅฎƒ。“

ๆ•…ไบ‹ๆ”ถๅˆฐ้กน็›ฎๅฐ†ไบŽAsIsOnline.tvๆ˜พ็คบ。่ฟ™ไธชๆ–ฐ็š„็ฝ‘็ซ™ๆไพ›ๆ–‡ๅญ—，ๅ›พ็‰‡ๅ’Œ่ง†้ข‘ไธŠ่ฝฝๆœ‰ๆœบไผšไธŽไธ–็•Œๅ„ๅœฐๅˆ†ไบซ็ป้ชŒ。ๆ–ฐ้—ปๅ’Œๆ‰€ๆœ‰ๅฐ่ฏดๅฐ†ๆไพ›็ป™็”จๆˆท็š„ๆ•ดไธชๅœฐๅŒบ。

่ถ…่ฟ‡2,300ไปŽ้™„่ฟ‘ๅฅˆ็‰นๆ–ฐ้—ปๆŒ‘ๆˆ˜ไธ–็•Œ็”ณ่ฏทไบบ็”ณ่ฏท。ๅบ“็€ไผฐ่ฎก，่ฎฟ้—ฎ่จๅ…‹ๆ‹‰้—จๆ‰˜ๆ˜ฏไป…ๆœ‰็š„100ๅๅ…ฅๅ›ด่€…ไน‹ไธ€，ไฝ†่Žทๅฅ–่€…ๅฐ†่ฆ็ญ‰ๅˆฐไปŠๅนด6ๆœˆๅฎฃๅธƒ。ๆ•ดไธชๆŒ‘ๆˆ˜ๆ˜ฏๅ…ฌไผ—：ๆ ผๅ…ฐ็‰นๅปบ่ฎฎ，ๅœจไบ’่”็ฝ‘ไธŠๅฑ•็คบ，ๅนถๆŽˆไบˆๅฟ…้กปๅผ€ๆบไธŽไธ–็•Œๅˆ†ไบซๅผ€ๅ‘็š„ๆ‰€ๆœ‰่ฝฏไปถ。้ช‘ๅฃซๅŸบ้‡‘ไผšๅธŒๆœ›่Žท่ƒœ็š„ๅปบ่ฎฎ่ขซๅคๅˆถๅ’Œไธ–็•Œๅ„ๅœฐ็š„้‡ๅค。้ช‘ๅฃซๅŸบ้‡‘ไผšๅธŒๆœ›ๆฟ€ๅŠฑๅ„ๅœฐ็š„่ฟ™ไบ›ๅปบ่ฎฎๅ…จ็ƒ็คพๅŒบ。

“ไธบไบ†ๅบ†็ฅๅคšๆ ทๆ€ง，ๆˆ‘ไปฌ้œ€่ฆๅผ€ๅง‹ไปŽไบ‹้‚ฃไบ›ๆฒกๆœ‰ๅ‚ไธŽ，ๅนถๆ‰พๅ‡บๅŽŸๅ› ，”ๅบ“็€่ฏด。 “่ฟ™็ฌ”่ต ๆฌพๅฐ†ๅ…่ฎธ่ฎฟ้—ฎ่จๅ…‹ๆ‹‰้—จๆ‰˜，ๅŠ ๅฟซๅ—ๅ›ฝ็Ž‹็š„่ฎกๅˆ’。”
ะ ั‹ั†ะฐั€ัŒ ะะพะฒะพัั‚ะธ ะทะฐะดะฐั‡ัƒ ะณั€ะฐะฝั‚ะฐ 
ะฎะถะฝะฐั ะกะฐะบั€ะฐะผะตะฝั‚ะพ ัั‚ะพ ั€ะฐะทะปะธั‡ะฝั‹ะต ัะพะพะฑั‰ะตัั‚ะฒะฐ, ะบะพั‚ะพั€ั‹ะต ะณะพะฒะพั€ัั‚ ะผะฝะพะณะพ ะฏะทั‹ะบะธ ะธ ะฟั€ะฐะบั‚ะธะบะธ, ะผะฝะพะณะธะต ั‚ั€ะฐะดะธั†ะธะธ. ะšัƒะปัŒั‚ัƒั€ะฝั‹ะผ ะปะธะฝะธัะผ ะธ ัะทั‹ะบะพะฒั‹ะต ะฑะฐั€ัŒะตั€ั‹ ะฝะต ะฟะพะทะฒะพะปััŽั‚ ะฝะพะฒะพัั‚ะตะน ะธ ะธัั‚ะพั€ะธะน ะธะท ัะพะพะฑั‰ะตัั‚ะฒะฐ ะณะพะฒะพั€ัั‚ ะฒ ั‚ะตั… ะฟั€ะตะดะตะปะฐั… ะฝะตะฑะพะปัŒัˆะพะณะพ ั€ะฐะดะธัƒัะฐ.

ะ”ะพัั‚ัƒะฟ ะกะฐะบั€ะฐะผะตะฝั‚ะพ, ะฒ ัะพั‚ั€ัƒะดะฝะธั‡ะตัั‚ะฒะต ั ะฟั€ะตัั ะกะฐะบั€ะฐะผะตะฝั‚ะพ, Sacramento Bee ะธ ะดั€ัƒะณะธั… ั€ะตะณะธะพะฝะฐะปัŒะฝั‹ั… ะพั€ะณะฐะฝะธะทะฐั†ะธะน, ัั€ะตะดัั‚ะฒ ะผะฐััะพะฒะพะน ะธะฝั„ะพั€ะผะฐั†ะธะธ ะฟั€ะธัˆะปะธ ะฒ ั„ะธะฝะฐะป ะฒ ะ ั‹ั†ะฐั€ัะบะพะผ ะะพะฒะพัั‚ะธ Challenge.

ะ˜ั… ะฟั€ะตะดะพัั‚ะฐะฒะธั‚ัŒ ะฟั€ะตะดะปะพะถะตะฝะธะต ะฑัƒะดะตั‚ ะบะพะฝะบั€ะตั‚ะฝะพ ะฟะพ ะฎะถะฝะพะน ะกะฐะบั€ะฐะผะตะฝั‚ะพ ะธ ะตะณะพ ะถะธั‚ะตะปะตะน.ะ”ะพัั‚ัƒะฟ ะกะฐะบั€ะฐะผะตะฝั‚ะพ ะฟะพะดะฐะป ะทะฐัะฒะบัƒ ะฝะฐ ะดะฒะฐ ะณะพะดะฐ, $ 316500 ะฟั€ะตะดะพัั‚ะฐะฒะธั‚ัŒ ัะฒะพะธ ะดะพัั‚ะธะถะตะฝะธั ะฟะพัั‚ะพัะฝะฝะพะณะพ ะฟั€ะตะดัั‚ะฐะฒะธั‚ะตะปัŒัั‚ะฒะฐ ะฒ ะบะฐั‡ะตัั‚ะฒะต ั„ะพั€ัƒะผะฐ ะดะปั ะผั‹ัะปะธ, ะผะตั‡ั‚ั‹ ะธ ะผะฝะตะฝะธั ั‡ะปะตะฝะพะฒ ะพะฑั‰ะธะฝั‹, ะบะพั‚ะพั€ั‹ะต ะธะณะฝะพั€ะธั€ัƒัŽั‚ัั ัั€ะตะดัั‚ะฒะฐะผะธ ะผะฐััะพะฒะพะน ะธะฝั„ะพั€ะผะฐั†ะธะธ. ะ“ั€ะฐะฝั‚ ะฟะพะทะฒะพะปะธั‚ ะฟัั‚ัŒ ัƒั‡ะฐัั‚ะบะพะฒ, ะบะพั‚ะพั€ั‹ะต ะฑัƒะดัƒั‚ ะพัะฝะฐั‰ะตะฝั‹ ั‚ะตั…ะฝะพะปะพะณะธัะผะธ, ะฝะตะพะฑั…ะพะดะธะผั‹ะผะธ ะดะปั ะธั… ะดะพัั‚ะธะถะตะฝะธั ะดะฒัƒั… ั†ะตะปะตะน.

"ะะฐัˆะฐ ะฟะตั€ะฒะฐั ั†ะตะปัŒ ัะพัั‚ะพะธั‚ ะฒ ะพัะฟะฐั€ะธะฒะฐะฝะธะธ ั‚ะตะบัƒั‰ะตะณะพ ะผะตะดะธะฐ ะฒะพัะฟะธั‚ั‹ะฒะฐั‚ัŒ ะธ ะพะฑัƒั‡ะฐั‚ัŒ ะฝะพะฒั‹ั… ะณั€ะฐะถะดะฐะฝ", ะดะพัั‚ัƒะฟ ะกะฐะบั€ะฐะผะตะฝั‚ะพ ะธัะฟะพะปะฝะธั‚ะตะปัŒะฝะพะณะพ ะดะธั€ะตะบั‚ะพั€ะฐ ะ ะพะฝะฐ ะšัƒะฟะตั€. "ะญั‚ะพ ัะพะทะดะฐัั‚ ะณะธะฟะตั€-ะผะตัั‚ะฝั‹ะต ะฝะพะฒะพัั‚ะธ ะฟั€ัะผะพ ะธะท ัะพะพะฑั‰ะตัั‚ะฒะฐ".

ะšัƒะฟะตั€ ะฝะฐะดะตะถะด ะฝะพะฒั‹ั… ะณั€ะฐะถะดะฐะฝ, ะบะพั‚ะพั€ั‹ะต ะฝะต ะฟะพะดะฟะฐะดะฐัŽั‚ ะฟะพะด ั‚ั€ะฐะดะธั†ะธะพะฝะฝั‹ะต ะฝะพะฒั‹ะต ะธัั‚ะพั‡ะฝะธะบะธ ะดะปั ัƒั‡ะฐัั‚ะธั ะฒ ะบะฐั‡ะตัั‚ะฒะต ัะพะพะฑั‰ะตัั‚ะฒะพ ะถัƒั€ะฝะฐะปะธัั‚ะพะฒ, ะบะพั‚ะพั€ั‹ะต ัะฟะพัะพะฑะฝั‹ ะพัะฒะตั‰ะฐั‚ัŒ ัะพะฑั‹ั‚ะธั ะฝะฐ ะดั€ัƒะณะพะผ ัะทั‹ะบะต, ะบั€ะพะผะต ะฐะฝะณะปะธะนัะบะพะณะพ. ะ˜ัะฟะฐะฝัะบะพะผ, ั‚ะฐะณะฐะปัŒัะบะพะผ ั…ะผะพะฝะณ ะธ ะปะธัˆัŒ ะฝะตะบะพั‚ะพั€ั‹ะต ะธะท ะพัะฝะพะฒะฝั‹ั… ะฏะทั‹ะบะธ ะพะฑั‰ะตะฝะธั ั‡ะปะตะฝะพะฒ ัะพะพะฑั‰ะตัั‚ะฒะฐ. ะšัƒะฟะตั€ ะธ ะดั€ัƒะณะธะต ัั‡ะธั‚ะฐัŽั‚ ัั‚ะพ ัะทั‹ะบะพะฒะพะน ะฑะฐั€ัŒะตั€ ัะฒะปัะตั‚ัั ะพัะฝะพะฒะฝะพะน ะฟั€ะธั‡ะธะฝะพะน ะพั‚ะบะปัŽั‡ะตะฝะธั.

"ะกัƒั‰ะตัั‚ะฒัƒะตั‚ ะฝะตั…ะฒะฐั‚ะบะฐ ัƒั‡ะฐัั‚ะธั ะฟะตั€ัะพะฝะฐะปะฐ ะฒ ะฝะพะฒะพัั‚ะฝั‹ั… ะธัั‚ะพั‡ะฝะธะบะพะฒ ัะตะณะพะดะฝั", ัะบะฐะทะฐะป ะšัƒะฟะตั€."ะญั‚ะพั‚ ะณั€ะฐะฝั‚ ะฟะพะผะพะถะตั‚ ะฝะฐะผ ะฟั€ะธะฒะปะตั‡ัŒ ัะพะพะฑั‰ะตัั‚ะฒะพ ะฎะถะฝะพะน ะกะฐะบั€ะฐะผะตะฝั‚ะพ, ะบะฐะบ ะฝะธะบะพะณะดะฐ ะฟั€ะตะถะดะต. ะะบั‚ะธะฒะธัั‚ั‹, ั€ัƒะบะพะฒะพะดะธั‚ะตะปะธ ะธะปะธ ะทะฐะธะฝั‚ะตั€ะตัะพะฒะฐะฝะฝั‹ะต ะณั€ะฐะถะดะฐะฝะต ะฒัะต ะฑัƒะดัƒั‚ ะธะผะตั‚ัŒ ะฒะพะทะผะพะถะฝะพัั‚ัŒ ัƒั‡ะฐัั‚ะฒะพะฒะฐั‚ัŒ".

ะ’ั‚ะพั€ะฐั ั†ะตะปัŒ ัั‚ะพะน ะฟั€ะพะฑะปะตะผั‹ ัะฒะปัะตั‚ัั ะฟะพัั‚ะฐะฒะบะฐ ะพะฑะพั€ัƒะดะพะฒะฐะฝะธั ะธ ะพะฑั€ะฐะทะพะฒะฐะฝะธะต, ะฝะตะพะฑั…ะพะดะธะผั‹ะต ะดะปั ะฟั€ะตะดัั‚ะฐะฒะปะตะฝะธั ะพั‚ั‡ะตั‚ะฝะพัั‚ะธ. ะšะพะผะฟัŒัŽั‚ะตั€ั‹ ะธ ะดะพัั‚ัƒะฟ ะฒ ะธะฝั‚ะตั€ะฝะตั‚ ั‚ะพะปัŒะบะพ ะฝะฐั‡ะฐะปะพ.

"ะะฐะฒั‹ะบะฐะผ ะฑั‹ั‚ัŒ ั€ะตะฟะพั€ั‚ะตั€ะพะผ ะฑัƒะดะตั‚ ั‚ะฐะบะถะต ัƒั‡ะธะป:" ะšัƒะฟะตั€. "ะœั‹ ะดะพะปะถะฝั‹ ะฝะฐัƒั‡ะธั‚ัŒ ะพะฑัŠะตะบั‚ะธะฒะฝะพัั‚ะธ ะธ ะฝะต ััƒะฑัŠะตะบั‚ะธะฒะฝะพัั‚ัŒ. ะœะฐััะพะฒะพะน ะธะฝั„ะพั€ะผะฐั†ะธะธ ะฒ ะฝะฐัั‚ะพัั‰ะตะต ะฒั€ะตะผั ั€ะฐะฑะพั‚ะฐะตั‚ ะฝะฐ ัะตะฝัะฐั†ะธะธ. ะญั‚ะพ ะฑัƒะดะตั‚ ะฟะพ-ะดั€ัƒะณะพะผัƒ, ะฐ ะฝะต ั‚ะพะปัŒะบะพ ะธัั‚ะพั€ะธัŽ ะทะฐ ะธัั‚ะพั€ะธัŽ ะณั€ะฐะฑะตะถะตะน ะธ ะฟั€ะตัั‚ัƒะฟะปะตะฝะธะน. ะญั‚ะพ ัะพะพะฑั‰ะตัั‚ะฒะพ ะดะพะปะถะฝะพ ะณะพะปะพั ะฑั‹ะป ัƒัะปั‹ัˆะฐะฝ, ะธ ะพะฝะธ ะฝะต ะผะพะณัƒั‚ ะถะดะฐั‚ัŒ, ั‡ั‚ะพะฑั‹ ะพะฝะพ ".

ะ˜ัั‚ะพั€ะธั ะฟะพะปัƒั‡ะธะปะฐ ะพั‚ ะฟั€ะพะตะบั‚ะฐ ะฑัƒะดะตั‚ ะพั‚ะพะฑั€ะฐะถะฐั‚ัŒัั ะฝะฐ AsIsOnline.tv. ะญั‚ะพ ะฝะพะฒั‹ะน ะฒะตะฑ-ัะฐะนั‚ ะดะฐะตั‚ ัˆะฐะฝั ะดะปั ั‚ะตะบัั‚ะฐ, ะธะทะพะฑั€ะฐะถะตะฝะธะน ะธ ะฒะธะดะตะพ ะดะปั ะทะฐะณั€ัƒะทะบะธ ะธ ะดะตะปะธะปะธััŒ ั ะผะธั€ะพะผ. ะะพะฒะพัั‚ะธ ะธ ัั‚ะฐั‚ัŒะธ ะธะท ะฒัะตั… ะฏะทั‹ะบะธ ะฑัƒะดะตั‚ ะดะพัั‚ัƒะฟะฝะฐ ะฟะพะปัŒะทะพะฒะฐั‚ะตะปัะผ ะฒะพ ะฒัะตะผ ั€ะตะณะธะพะฝะต.

ะ—ะฐ 2300 ะทะฐัะฒะธั‚ะตะปะธ ะธะท ั€ะฐะทะฝั‹ั… ัั‚ั€ะฐะฝ ะผะธั€ะฐ ะฟั€ะธะผะตะฝัะตั‚ัั ะดะปั ั€ั‹ั†ะฐั€ั ะะพะฒะพัั‚ะธ Challenge.ะšัƒะฟะตั€ ะพั†ะตะฝะบะฐะผ, ั‡ั‚ะพ ะดะพัั‚ัƒะฟ ะกะฐะบั€ะฐะผะตะฝั‚ะพ ัะฒะปัะตั‚ัั ะพะดะฝะพะน ะธะท 100 ั„ะธะฝะฐะปะธัั‚ะพะฒ, ะฐ ะฟะพะฑะตะดะธั‚ะตะปะตะน ะฝะต ะฑัƒะดะตั‚ ะพะฑัŠัะฒะปะตะฝะพ ะดะพ ะธัŽะฝั. ะ’ัั ะทะฐะดะฐั‡ะฐ ะทะฐะบะปัŽั‡ะฐะตั‚ัั ะพะฑั‰ะตัั‚ะฒะตะฝะฝะพัั‚ะธ: ะทะฐัะฒะบะธ ะฝะฐ ะณั€ะฐะฝั‚ั‹ ะฒั‹ะฒะพะดัั‚ัั ะฝะฐ ะ˜ะฝั‚ะตั€ะฝะตั‚, ะธ ะฒัะต ะฟั€ะพะณั€ะฐะผะผะฝะพะต ะพะฑะตัะฟะตั‡ะตะฝะธะต, ั€ะฐะทั€ะฐะฑะพั‚ะฐะฝะฝะพะต ะดะปั ะฟั€ะตะดะพัั‚ะฐะฒะปะตะฝะธั ะดะพะปะถะฝะพ ะฑั‹ั‚ัŒ ะพั‚ะบั€ั‹ั‚ั‹ั… ะธัั‚ะพั‡ะฝะธะบะพะฒ, ั‡ั‚ะพะฑั‹ ะฟะพะดะตะปะธั‚ัŒัั ั ะผะธั€ะพะผ. Knight Foundation ะฟะพะถะตะปะฐะฝะธั ะฟะพะฑะตะดั‹ ะฟั€ะตะดะปะพะถะตะฝะธะน ะฑั‹ะปะธ ัะบะพะฟะธั€ะพะฒะฐะฝั‹ ะธ ะฟะพะฒั‚ะพั€ัะตั‚ัั ะฒะพ ะฒัะตะผ ะผะธั€ะต. ะ ั‹ั†ะฐั€ัŒ "ั…ะพั‡ะตั‚, ั‡ั‚ะพะฑั‹ ะฒะดะพั…ะฝะพะฒะธั‚ัŒ ะพะฑั‰ะธะฝะฐั… ะฟะพ ะฒัะตะผัƒ ะผะธั€ัƒ ั ัั‚ะธะผะธ ะฟั€ะตะดะปะพะถะตะฝะธัะผะธ.

"ะ’ ะพะทะฝะฐะผะตะฝะพะฒะฐะฝะธะต ั€ะฐะทะฝะพะพะฑั€ะฐะทะธั, ะผั‹ ะดะพะปะถะฝั‹ ะฝะฐั‡ะฐั‚ัŒ ะฟั€ะธะฒะปะตั‡ะตะฝะธะต ั‚ะตั…, ะบั‚ะพ ะฝะต ัƒั‡ะฐัั‚ะฒัƒะตั‚ ะธ ะฒั‹ััะฝะธั‚ัŒ, ะฟะพั‡ะตะผัƒ", ัะบะฐะทะฐะป ะšัƒะฟะตั€. "ะญั‚ะพ ะฟะพะทะฒะพะปะธั‚ ะฟั€ะตะดะพัั‚ะฐะฒะธั‚ัŒ ะดะพัั‚ัƒะฟ ะกะฐะบั€ะฐะผะตะฝั‚ะพ, ั‡ั‚ะพะฑั‹ ัƒัะบะพั€ะธั‚ัŒ ัะฒะพะธ ะฟะปะฐะฝั‹ ะฟะพ ะฎะถะฝะพะน ะกะฐะบั€ะฐะผะตะฝั‚ะพ".
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Tomorrow we honor a man and his ‘Dream,’ 

but then it’s business as usual

January 18, 2010


“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

As millions of people across the country prepare to honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., I can’t help but wonder: How many people truly believe that we are better off because of his efforts and the Civil Rights Movement? How many people will use this one day, out of 365, as an assurance that they are keepers of the dream when in reality, they are dream killers? I am sure that I will strike a few nerves with this post, but c’est la vie! As the saying goes: A hurt dog will yelp. If you cringe while reading this or stop midway then, well..you know.
Almost 8 years ago I made the decision to move to Atlanta. Misguided and misinformed, anxious to leave South Bend, IN behind, I actually thought Atlanta was the place to be! After all, it is the birthplace of Dr. King so of course I expected to meet and interact with some professional, educated, and socially conscious people, Black, White, and everything in-between. (Enter reality, stage left). To say I was and still am disappointed by what I have seen would be an understatement. If I didn’t know any better, I would think that I had stepped inside the DeLorean and traveled back in time by say, oh…..at least 200 years.
Reality #1: Despite legislation, minority law makers, and the educational attainment of many of the African Americans who live and work in the metro Atlanta area, we still have some of the most segregated schools in the country.
Reality #2: Considering the above example, no one is doing anything to change this.
Reality #3: Many high-ranking education officials are aware of the disparities and played-out ‘achievement gap’ but are slow to react, if they react at all.
Reality #4: Too many people are content with their titles, Benz, and house in the burbs. Once they leave the city, they forget about everyone else.
Reality #5: African Americans who admonish others for speaking-up against ‘the system’ for the sake of securing a future in said system. I was once told by an African American administrator, ”If you want to move-up in this system, you need to watch what you say.” I explained that I had no desire to move-up in that system. It wasn’t her fault; she didn’t choose how or where she was raised. That’s how I compartmentalized a lot of African American people I met who were raised in the South: They are victims of their stifling and submissive upbringings.
Add-up these realities and the final result = A disgrace to King’s ‘Dream’
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Ohio State president is tops in public college pay - Jan. 18, 2010


Ohio State president is tops in public college pay - Jan. 18, 2010



NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Ohio State University is No. 1 again, but not in football or basketball. For the second year in a row, the school's president was the highest paid public university executive in the United States, according to a study published Monday.
The Chronicle of Higher Education said E. Gordon Gee, Ohio State's president, took home $1.6 million last year, up from $1.3 million in 2008.

Mark Emmert, president of the University of Washington, was the second highest paid executive in the survey, with total compensation of over $900,000 last year. Patrick Harker, president of the University of Delaware, came in third with over $810,000 in total income.
Gee's office did not immediately respond to calls requesting comment. But The Chronicle said Gee is one of "a growing number" of presidents that have given money back to their institutions, saying he donated $320,850 to help endow a scholarship fund.
Gee is the only public university president earning more than $1 million. By contrast, The Chronicle reported in November that 23 presidents of the nation's top private universities took home more than $1 million in 2008, the most recent year surveyed.
The survey found that compensation for public university execs overall increased at a much smaller rate in 2009 than in recent years. The median total compensation for chief executives last year was $436,111, up 2.3% from 2008. After adjusting for inflation, however, compensation rose 1.1%.
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Bloomberg rips charter school bill

Bloomberg rips charter school bill:

"ALBANY - Legislative leaders defied Gov. Paterson and rolled out a last-minute charter school bill that critics like Mayor Bloomberg say will cost millions in federal aid.

The bill, introduced late Saturday night, would double the state's cap on charter schools to 400 but strips the city schools chancellor of his ability to issue new charters.

Paterson wants lawmakers to raise the charter school cap to 460 schools - allowing the state to qualify for maximum points in the competition for $700 million in federal Race to the Top grants."
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Wake split on how to teach poor kids - Education - NewsObserver.com


Wake split on how to teach poor kids - Education - NewsObserver.com:

"RALEIGH -- There is no dispute that the Wake County school system needs to do a better job of educating low-income students, but emotional arguments flare over whether the answer is to end busing for diversity.

The Wake school board's new majority is calling for a return to neighborhood schools and pointing to a task force it has created to try to reduce suspensions and improve test scores and graduation rates among poor and minority students. Opponents of the majority counter that the task force doesn't make up for the de facto resegregation of schools they fear will take place if the diversity policy is eliminated.

The board's new majority has pledged to eliminate the diversity policy and is now controlling the direction of the state's largest school district."
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Oregon to peg teacher ratings to student scores | Oregon Education - OregonLive.com


Oregon to peg teacher ratings to student scores | Oregon Education - OregonLive.com:

"Oregon for the first time plans to connect student test scores to the teachers responsible for those students and make the results available to teachers, principals and researchers to help them judge teachers' effectiveness.

Schools will be expected to use those results to improve teaching practices and could use them to help decide which teachers they should promote, give bonuses or let go.

Those plans are laid out in Oregon's application to win a $200 million share of the Obama administration's $4 billion Race to the Top fund.

To compete for the money, states must pledge to take several controversial steps that U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan contends will lead to big gains in student achievement."
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Companies donate 300 science books | courier-journal.com | The Courier-Journal

Companies donate 300 science books | courier-journal.com | The Courier-Journal:

"Fifth-graders at Minors Lane Elementary wasted no time digging into the piles of new science books stacked in their lab room.


Decoria Curry, 10, flipped through one titled “Not a Drop to Drink: Water for a Thirsty World” by Michael Burgan.

The book was one of 55 science literacy books donated Friday to the school through a partnership between the Louisville Water Co. and CH2M Hill.

“I like science because you get to do experiments,” Decoria said. “This is great so that we can have more books about water for when we want to know stuff about water."


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Roundtable looks at racial, ethnic disparities in education | Education | projo.com | The Providence Journal

Roundtable looks at racial, ethnic disparities in education | Education | projo.com | The Providence Journal:


"PROVIDENCE — When Jim E. Albert visits other schools for sports meets or academic competitions, he can see the difference between the haves and the have-nots.

In inner-city schools, he said, he sees few if any computers in classrooms, students use outdated books, and buildings are old and musty.

But in the suburbs, said Albert, a 17-year-old senior at North Providence High School, he sees schools that look more like his own: televisions and computers in each classroom, well-lit corridors and clean locker rooms.

“This shouldn’t be happening in our schools,” Albert said. “We need to start with equality in our schools. When we have that, we can begin to build a more just and equal society.”"
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Girls' academic hopes disrupted as family plans return to Afghanistan - washingtonpost.com

Girls' academic hopes disrupted as family plans return to Afghanistan - washingtonpost.com:



"When Hussna Azamy was 5, she began her schooling in the living room of her family's apartment in Herat, Afghanistan. Her only classmate was a sister; their teachers were their parents. For up to five hours a day, they studied the Dari alphabet, fundamentals of math and science, and how to read the Koran."



Hussna and her older sister, Farah, came of school age in Afghanistan in the 1990s, when it was forbidden to educate girls and most of the country's schools had been destroyed. They yearned to see the inside of an actual school.
Their aspirations became real after the Taliban fell in 2001, and later, they carried their academic dreams thousands of miles to a country with one of the world's most renowned education systems.
But after less than a year in the United States -- where Hussna, 17, and her younger sister, Tamana, 13, quickly became A students in Prince William County schools -- the family plans to return to Afghanistan. Their father wants to help rebuild his country, work he has been unable to find here.

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EducationNews.org - Obama's billions give school reform shot in arm


EducationNews.org - Obama's billions give school reform shot in arm



To compete for a share of $4 billion in federal education funds, California lawmakers approved a major school reform plan. But in Texas, the governor chose to opt out of the competition, arguing that it would give Washington too much power over education policy.


Obama's billions give school reform shot in arm


Virginia, D.C. will be among applicants for Race to the Top funds.


To compete for a share of $4 billion in federal education funds, California lawmakers approved a major school reform plan. But in Texas, the governor chose to opt out of the competition, arguing that it would give Washington too much power over education policy.


The contrasting approaches from the two most populous states show the political tensions the Obama administration's initiative has provoked as the first application deadline for the Race to the Top school reform fund approaches Tuesday. Virginia and the District are competing in round one, but Maryland is waiting for round two later this year.


Many states have tinkered with laws and policies in recent months to improve their chances in a competition Obama launched last year to shake up the education establishment. California is among the most prominent: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) has signed bills to facilitate the use of student test data to evaluate teachers and to take aggressive steps to turn around struggling schools. One provision gives parents the power to bring about change directly through a petition drive.


The influential California Teachers Association opposed elements of the legislation. But there appears to be bipartisan support for the state's application.
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