Schools Matter: NAACP to Make Wake County a Test Case for Ending Resegregation Efforts

Schools Matter: NAACP to Make Wake County a Test Case for Ending Resegregation Efforts

NAACP to Make Wake County a Test Case for Ending Resegregation Efforts

The next few months will be critical for the Gang of Five who are the pawns of the social antiquarians, neocons, and John Birchers who are behind the movement to kill socioeconomic integration and school diversity in Wake County.

Little John Tedesco and Co. are facing a federal civil rights investigation, a review by the Schools' accrediting body, and increasing pressure from the NAACP and other civil rights organizations. It is time to bring all available pressure to bear, from talking to walking to civil disobedience.

From the News-Observer:

RALEIGH NAACP officials capped their organization's

Is Education an Obligation or a Right? | Lefty Parent

Is Education an Obligation or a Right? | Lefty Parent

Is Education an Obligation or a Right?

by Cooper Zale

So in the United States, is education an obligation or a right? It was in a conversation about education this morning with my brother Peter that he formulated that very basic question. It was synchronistically what I had decided to write about today, but I had not framed the question so crisply.

It is really a poignant question because you can make a compelling argument that it is one, the other or both. I’m really wrestling with what “education” is all about and whose business is it anyway. In Wiktionary the definition is…

1-The process or art of imparting knowledge, skill and judgment
2-Facts, skills and ideas that have been learned, either formally or informally

The first definition is something that is done to you, while the second includes something you could do for

Thoughts on education: Historical perspective or pearls before swine? « Failing Schools

Thoughts on education: Historical perspective or pearls before swine? « Failing Schools

Thoughts on education: Historical perspective or pearls before swine?

DECEMBER 4, 2010

by mariasallee

This draft has been sitting and waiting patiently for me to finalize it and I think I needed to give it time to change the original, decidedly more bitter, voice of the recent past. I have found it difficult to maintain a sense of perspective when the surroundings are so ridiculously off kilter.
Quite by accident, I embarked on an odyssey through the strange and unsettling inner workings of the school district which has me questioning the wisdom of remaining within the confines of the public school system. It is hard to stay focused on the truth in the midst of so much dishonesty and it has been a challenge to speak up when there are so many personal or professional risks in doing so. Eventually, however, we find it necessary to speak up to defend what is dear to us, even if plenty of people don’t bother to hear us. I’m pretty sure the swine are

NYC Public School Parents: Khem Irby, Brooklyn parent leader, at the Deny Waiver rally

NYC Public School Parents: Khem Irby, Brooklyn parent leader, at the Deny Waiver rally

Khem Irby, Brooklyn parent leader, at the Deny Waiver rally

by Leonie Haimson

I stand here today in the spirit of my female ancestors, such as Harriet Tubman, the mother of the Underground Railroad, Sojourner Truth, the mother of women’s rights, and Phoebe Hearst, the mother of the National Congress of Mothers, representing the Mothers’ Agenda of NY.

Most mothers are their child’s first instructor. We are very careful about who has our children’s ear. We are very careful about who is influencing our children and the direction that they are going. The Chancellor must be an accomplished and the lead instructor for New York City. The waiver as given was an abuse of power.

Unfortunately, the focus has only been around the $23 billion dollar budget that is attached to our children.Ms. Black can only be accountable for the money and not the children.

As a parent, I am requesting that Ms. Black, show the taxpayers the $23 billion. Show the parents of New York City how it will be redirected into their child’s classroom. Show us how you’re going to make the state and city comply with the Campaign for Fiscal Equity court victory, to give our children their fair share to reduce class

Video from rally at South Philly High | Philadelphia Public School Notebook

Video from rally at South Philly High | Philadelphia Public School Notebook

Video from rally at South Philly High

by thenotebook on Dec 04 2010

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This video is from the Dec. 3, 2010 youth rallyto commemorate the violence a year ago and show that "We have the power to make change."

The video is by Gustavo Martínez. We'll have photos from the event soon.

Universities Warn Students: Reading/Discussing Wikileaks Could Cost You a Future Government Job « Student Activism

Universities Warn Students: Reading/Discussing Wikileaks Could Cost You a Future Government Job « Student Activism

Universities Warn Students: Reading/Discussing Wikileaks Could Cost You a Future Government Job

December 4, 2010 in Students

The Office of Career Services at Columbia University’s School of International and Political Affairs emailed students this week to say that a SIPA alum working at the State Department wanted them to know that posting or discussing Wikileaks documents on social media sites like Facebook and Twitter could jeopardize their chances of getting work with the federal government in the future.

Going further, an assistant dean at Boston University’s law school

Schools Matter: Poverty among school children may be even higher than we thought

Schools Matter: Poverty among school children may be even higher than we thought

Poverty among school children may be even higher than we thought

An important article on poverty among school children in the US by Anthony Cody, suggesting that poverty levels are even higher than we thought, followed by comments by Yvonne-Siu Runyon, President of the National Association of Teachers of English.

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/living-in-dialogue/

How Many of Our Students Live in Poverty?

By Anthony Cody on December 4, 2010

The number we often hear for the proportion of our students who live in poverty is in the range of 20% to 23%. But Susan Ohanianhas flagged some frightening data from the Department of Education's Data Express. The number of students receiving free or reduced price lunches has grown significantly, and in 2008-2009 44% of our nation's students were eligible. In the state of California,

Schools Matter: Jon Alter Kneels Again to His "Micro-hard Hombre," Bill Gates

Schools Matter: Jon Alter Kneels Again to His "Micro-hard Hombre," Bill Gates

Jon Alter Kneels Again to His "Micro-hard Hombre," Bill Gates

Tom Friedman and Jonathan Alter share a couple of things besides their principle concern for having others listen to them without interruption.

Both share an abiding faith in technocracy to solve the problems that technology creates, and both embrace a blithely-oppressive brand of self-consuming and human-gobbling capitalism that places Man squarely under the unholy, heavy Thumb of the Market's invisible Hand. Their shared religion often brings them together to sit at the feet of high priest, Bill Gates, with their notepads at the ready to receive the Word on any number of problems, real or manufactured, that Gates pretends to know something about, while the millionaires at Microsoft scurry around developing the product lines to make Bill's wise solutions realizable in ways that increase market share

Gates had turned his eye toward the half-trillion dollars that

Damn Good Education Daily

Damn Good Education Daily

Damn Good Education Daily

Ed Schools « School Finance 101

schoolfinance101.wordpress.com - Ed schools seem to make an easy target in public policy debates over the quality of American public schooling and the American teacher workforce. In many recent lopsided “ed school as the root of a...

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There Are Some Right Ways & Some Wrong Ways To Videotape Teachers — And This Is A Wrong Way

larryferlazzo.edublogs.org - Dec 04 2010 Larry Ferlazzo Today, The New York Times is running two articles on videotaping teachers for evaluation purposes. They are: Teacher Ratings Get New Look, Pushed by a Rich Watcher Video ...

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Chicago Daily Observer » Blog Archive » “Tough Guy” Emanuel Ducks Debate

cdobs.com - Home » Featured, Headline Chicago Daily Observer 3 December 2010No Comment Rahm Emanuel, “the most hardheaded, no-nonsense, foul-mouthed, smart-as-hell, get-it-done-or-get-out-of-my-way Washington ...

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The 400 page contract. « Fred Klonsky's blog

preaprez.wordpress.com - Newsweek and Bill Gate's pal, Jonathan Alter.In the Newsweek article by Jonathan Alter and Bill Gates, Gates attacks Diane Ravitch for being a defender of the status quo. Much has been made of this...

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Is "Intellectual Elitism" Getting In The Way?

scholasticadministrator.typepad.com - One of several conversations going on right now about the current political malaise involves the issue of elitism -- Democratic elitism, in particular (Democrats Have an 'Intellectual Elitism' Prob...

Julian Assange: Condoms, Rape, and “Sex By Surprise” « Student Activism

Julian Assange: Condoms, Rape, and “Sex By Surprise” « Student Activism

Julian Assange: Condoms, Rape, and “Sex By Surprise”

by Angus Johnston

Here’s how a widely-circulated story printed in Slate magazine yesterday described the incidents that led to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange’s Interpol arrest warrant:

“During a business trip to Stockholm last August, Assange had unprotected sex with two women … who upon realizing that they had both slept with him—and that he had blown them both off—jointly approached police about his refusal to take an STD test. At the time, Assange’s Swedish lawyer confirmed that ‘the principal concern the women had about Assange’s behavior … related to his lack of interest in using condoms and his refusal to undergo testing, at the women’s request, for sexually transmitted disease.’ (Assange actually did use a condom with one of the women, but it broke.) … The ‘consent of both women to sex with Assange has been confirmed by prosecutors,’ as a former attorney wrote in an

Democurmudgeon: It's the Re-segregation of our schools, under the guise of Vouchers. Big Surprise?

Democurmudgeon: It's the Re-segregation of our schools, under the guise of Vouchers. Big Surprise?

It's the Re-segregation of our schools, under the guise of Vouchers. Big Surprise?

With radio grand dragon Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck stoking the flames of racism, the conservative public is again played as gullible and pliant suckers, a portrayal they’ll not doubt find offensive and completely untrue. Man up!!!

School choice conservatives have kept the message simple; vouchers give parents “who know better” choice, and are more effective than public schools. These two points are factually untrue, but never-the-less believed by an ideological public, fearful of a phantom liberal enemy.

What goes unmentioned; Vouchers will break up the teachers union, appeases the religious base and encourage white Americans will flee non-white schools. White flight returns, but under the radar.

Saveourschools.com: A study published in the latest issue of the Review of Economics and Statistics is consistent with other studies of the impact of school choice on racial segregation in schools. The weight of evidence is that school choice leads to more segregated schools.

Other studies show that the racial composition of a school is a large determinant of the

DFER Post-General Report « DFER Watch

DFER Post-General Report « DFER Watch

DFER Post-General Report

by kennethlibby

DFER’s Post-General report to the FEC is available here. The PAC recorded $8,077 in total receipts. Most of the money ($5,215) came from DFER’s New York PAC (DFER-NYS). M. Dozier Gardner, listed as retired, donated $1,000. Below is a snapshot of other recent donations from Gardner (via OpenSecrets): The committee reported an additional $1,862.07 in … Read more

NYC Public School Parents: Now that Bill Gates has bought the education reform movement, can he buy them an Oscar to go with it?

NYC Public School Parents: Now that Bill Gates has bought the education reform movement, can he buy them an Oscar to go with it?

Now that Bill Gates has bought the education reform movement, can he buy them an Oscar to go with it?

by Steve Koss

Last Sunday night, the Gotham Independent Film Awardskicked off the 2010 film awards season with a much-deserved Best Feature prize to “Winter’s Bone” and a Best Documentary prize to “The Oath,” which focuses on two men associated with Osama bin Laden who were also prisoners at Guantanamo Bay. Remarkably, four of the five films (including the winner, "The Oath") in the Gotham/IFP documentary category were not even among the fifteen already short-listed for the Oscars; only "Inside Job" among the five Gotham festival nominees made the cut for the Hollywood-driven Oscars.

The festival's documentary category outcome meant a surprise early season loss for the darling of the education reform movement, the heavily advertised and supported, Bill Gates backed “Waiting for Superman,” colloquially W4S. It's worth noting, by the way, that while the Independent Filmmaker

Last Week's Best Posts on Big Education Ape & Parents 4 democratic Schools» PostRank

Last Week's Best Posts on Big Education Ape & Parents 4 democratic Schools» PostRank

LAST WEEK'S BEST POSTS ON BIG EDUCATION APE  & PARENTS 4 DEMOCRATIC SCHOOLS» POSTRANK

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Cool Cat Teacher Blog: The Promise of Digital Learning: A Word to Government Officials

2010-Dec-3

Cool Cat Teacher Blog: The Promise of Digital Learning: A Word to Government Officials. The Promise of Digital Learning: A Word to Government Officials by coolcatteacher@gmail.com (Victoria A Davis, Cool Cat Teacher) Popout The Promise of Digital Learning: Susan Patrick (iNACOL), Chris Klaus (Kaneva),Vicki Davis (Flat Classroom Projects) Here is a video of a panel presentation on the [...]

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Lifeline: Watch the Video and Write Congress

2010-Dec-3

Lifeline: Watch the Video and Write Congress. Lifeline: Watch the Video and Write Congress Share this on Facebook Share this on Twitter Every second, more than one person loses his or her emergency unemployment benefits.Please take action: Tell Congress this is totally unacceptable. In order to address your message to the appropriate recipient, we need [...]

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Queens Teacher: Bad Morning?

2010-Dec-3

Queens Teacher: Bad Morning?. Bad Morning? by Queens Teacher Popout I found this short video hilarious. I figured he must be a Tweed twit.

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Student Activism Emmett Till

2010-Dec-2

Student Activism. In class the other night I was talking about Emmett Till, and placed his murder in 1954. One of my students said she thought it was 1955, and I said something about how I thought it was ’54, but there was a chance I was wrong. Someone quickly Googled, and confirmed that she [...]

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Union County refuses to approve Westfield school superintendent contract despite earlier endorsement | NJ.com

2010-Dec-2

Union County refuses to approve Westfield school superintendent contract despite earlier endorsement NJ.com. Union County refuses to approve Westfield school superintendent contract despite earlier endorsement Published: Thursday, December 02, 2010, 8:00 PM     Updated: Thursday, December 02, 2010, 8:03 PM Star-Ledger Staff Follow Share this story Story tools Dr. Margaret Dolan, Westfield schools superintendent, [...]

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Sabrina Stevens Shupe: Normalizing Inadequacy

2010-Dec-2

Sabrina Stevens Shupe: Normalizing Inadequacy. Sabrina Stevens Shupe Teacher activist Posted: December 2, 2010 04:24 PM BIOBecome a Fan Get Email AlertsBloggers' Index Normalizing Inadequacy What's Your Reaction: AmazingInspiringFunnyScaryHotCrazyImportantWeird Read More: Arne Duncan , Corporate Greed , Corporations , Education , Education Reform , School Funding ,Schools Funding , Education News 5 15views Get Education Alerts Email Comments Recently, Education [...]

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A Need for Human Logic in Education | http://www.kettering.org

2010-Dec-2

A Need for Human Logic in Education http://www.kettering.org. A NEED FOR HUMAN LOGIC IN EDUCATION By Bob Cornett Introduction Bob Cornett, a Kentucky grandfather and founder of the Festival of the Bluegrass, argues that we need to incorporate more human logic, not bureaucratic logic, into efforts to improve our communities. A NEED FOR HUMAN [...]

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Bitly News | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…

2010-Dec-2

Bitly News Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day. Bitly News by Larry Ferlazzo I periodically post “most popular” lists of websites (and books) that I think educators might find useful. Of course, there are a number of ways to gauge “popularity.” I just view these lists as opportunities to check-out some new sites, and find [...]

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Legal challenges to Black appointment could come within days | GothamSchools

2010-Dec-2

Legal challenges to Black appointment could come within days GothamSchools. Legal challenges to Black appointment could come within days by Maura Walz Wearing red to demonstrate their opposition to Mayor Michael Bloomberg's choice of publishing executive Cathleen Black for chancellor, protestors gathered on the steps of DOE headquarters at Tweed Courthouse today. Although publishing executive [...]

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Rhee to advise Florida governor-elect

2010-Dec-2

Rhee to advise Florida governor-elect. Rhee to advise Florida governor-elect GALLERY The chancellorship of Michelle A. Rhee Controversial D.C. schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee will announce her resignation on Wednesday, nearly four years after she was brought in by Mayor Adrian M. Fenty to improve the city's languishing public education system. »LAUNCH PHOTO GALLERY TOOLBOX [...]

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Michelle Rhee to Stephen Colbert: Students Ask for Great Teachers – THE DAILY RIFF – Be Smarter. About Education.

2010-Dec-2

Michelle Rhee to Stephen Colbert: Students Ask for Great Teachers THE DAILY RIFF Be Smarter. About Education.. Michelle Rhee to Stephen Colbert: Students Ask for Great Teachers Michelle Rhee to Stephen Colbert:  Students Ask for Great Teachers Former head of DC public schools, Michelle Rhee, and Stephen Colbert on Comedy Central's [...]

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Philadelphia Superintendent in Hot Water Over Minority Contractor Education Week: From the Wires

2010-Dec-2

Education Week: From the Wires. FROM THE WIRES Philadelphia Superintendent in Hot Water Over Minority Contractor Philadelphia School Superintendent Arlene C. Ackerman acknowledged that she personally directed her staff to guarantee a small minority firm a share of $700,000 in security work at South Philadelphia High School. December 2, 2010 McClatchy-Tribune Congress Sends [...]

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Day of the Special Educator – Year 2010 (CA Dept of Education)

2010-Dec-2

Day of the Special Educator Year 2010 (CA Dept of Education). State Schools Chief Jack O'Connell Encourages Observation of the Day of the Special Educator SACRAMENTO — State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell today encouraged observation of the Day of the Special Educator on Friday, December 3. There was a shameful time in [...]

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The Answer Sheet – Rhee joins Florida governor-elect’s transition team

2010-Dec-2

The Answer Sheet Rhee joins Florida governor-elect's transition team. Rhee joins Florida governor-elect's transition team By Valerie Strauss Former Washington D.C. Schools chancellor Michelle Rhee is turning her attention to Florida, where Gov.-elect Rick Scott, a Republican, just hired her as a key member of his education transition team. A release by Scott’s office [...]

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Adventures in Learning: Real 21st Century Skills?

2010-Dec-2

Adventures in Learning: Real 21st Century Skills?. Adventures in Learning: Real 21st Century Skills? adventuresinlearning: Today while driving I notice at least 5 people holding signs on the side of the road asking for money. I came home and read a post about unemployment rates, and one on the student debt crisis that is currently

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Child Nutrition Bill passes; Junk food on its way out | School Zone | Chron.com – Houston Chronicle

2010-Dec-2

Child Nutrition Bill passes; Junk food on its way out School Zone Chron.com Houston Chronicle. Child Nutrition Bill passes; Junk food on its way out The $4.5 billion Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 passed the House by a vote of 264 to 157 this afternoon, according to media reports. The legislation [...]

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NC schools: Cuts will mean layoffs, bigger classes – Boston.com

2010-Dec-2

NC schools: Cuts will mean layoffs, bigger classes Boston.com. NC schools: Cuts will mean layoffs, bigger classes By Tom BreenAssociated Press / December 2, 2010 E-mail Print Comments (0) Text size – + RALEIGH, N.C.—North Carolina schools hoping for a respite after enduring tough budget years are instead confronted with the possibility that 2011 may turn [...]

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Statement from the First Lady on the House Passing Child Nutrition Legislation | The White House

2010-Dec-2

Statement from the First Lady on the House Passing Child Nutrition Legislation The White House. Statement from the First Lady on the House Passing Child Nutrition Legislation I am so thrilled that the House of Representatives has passed “The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act” – a groundbreaking piece of bipartisan legislation that will significantly improve [...]

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Principles? Research? Or Something Else?

2010-Dec-2

Principles? Research? Or Something Else?. Principles? Research? Or Something Else? by Forrest Hinton Education Week’s Sean Cavanagh has a front-webpage story out today describing how some local school districts are pulling out of their state’s Race to the Top plans.  According to most of the current reporting on the issue, including Cavanagh’s, it seems like only [...]

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Where is Cathie Black today? Not in school, but on the phone | GothamSchools

2010-Dec-2

Where is Cathie Black today? Not in school, but on the phone GothamSchools. Where is Cathie Black today? Not in school, but on the phone by Anna Phillips Soon-to-be Chancellor Cathie Black is not visiting schools today — not even privately — but she is making phone calls to elected officials. Black put in a call [...]

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Quick Hits for 12.2.2010

2010-Dec-2

Quick Hits for 12.2.2010. Quick Hits for 12.2.2010 by Forrest Hinton Sherman Dorn on the Financial Crisis’s Future Impact on K-12 Public Education:“Educational consequences? I expect we’ll see increasing general pain for a few years, restricted capacity for several more, and also geographic variation in pain and capacity from various states’ budget crises, as well [...]

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The Answer Sheet – So you want to go to law school? A laugh/cry video

2010-Dec-2

The Answer Sheet So you want to go to law school? A laugh/cry video. So you want to go to law school? A laugh/cry video By Valerie Strauss Here’s another video guaranteed to make you laugh and cry this one about an aspiring law student talking to a jaded, I mean veteran, lawyer. Earlier [...]

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Arne Duncan Talks Tough – Frederick M. Hess & Michael Petrilli – National Review Online

2010-Dec-2

Arne Duncan Talks Tough Frederick M. Hess Michael Petrilli National Review Online. Arne Duncan Talks Tough Republicans, quote this schools speech. For about two years now, President Obama and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan have been co-opting much of the GOP playbook on education. They support charter schools. They endorse merit pay. [...]

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Mom files suit against two school districts after her son mysteriously breaks ankle | OregonLive.com

2010-Dec-2

Mom files suit against two school districts after her son mysteriously breaks ankle OregonLive.com. Mom files suit against two school districts after her son mysteriously breaks ankle Published: Thursday, December 02, 2010, 11:27 AM     Updated: Thursday, December 02, 2010, 11:47 AM Steve Beaven, The Oregonian Follow Share this story Story tools The mother [...]

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Damn Good Education Daily

2010-Dec-2

Damn Good Education Daily. Damn Good Education Daily Today we voted and who can miss an ugly orange sweater like that? « Fred Klonsky's blog preaprez.wordpress.com It is the ugliest sweater I own. I bought it at Target on sale. It is bright orange. It is the color of a construction vest on the [...]

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Education Sector is Hiring!

2010-Dec-2

Education Sector is Hiring!. Education Sector is Hiring! by Bill Tucker Education Sector seeks a policy analyst to extend and build on our work in technology, productivity, and innovation across both K–12 and post-secondary education. We seek a creative person who can push the boundaries of thought on what education innovation means, with a particular emphasis [...]

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Education | Paul Allen to give $26M to WSU | Seattle Times Newspaper

2010-Dec-2

Education Paul Allen to give $26M to WSU Seattle Times Newspaper. Paul Allen to give $26M to WSU Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is giving $26 million to Washington State University for School for Global Animal Health. By DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. — Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is giving $26 million to [...]

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First, Do No Harm | Intercepts

2010-Dec-2

First, Do No Harm Intercepts. First, Do No Harm by Mike Antonucci Back in July, NEA decided that $3 million was just the right amount of money to spend in Oklahoma to support SQ 744, a ballot initiative that would have raised per-pupil spending to the regional average. However, the union’s best efforts were only able [...]

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Using pizza to promote reading – NorthJersey.com

2010-Dec-2

Using pizza to promote reading NorthJersey.com. Using pizza to promote reading Thursday, December 2, 2010 BY AMANDA BASKIND NORTHERN VALLEY SUBURBANITE Staff Writer DEMAREST In a joint effort, the Demarest Middle School Library and Demarest Public Library are trying to show students that reading can be filling. SUBURBANITE FILE PHOTO Demarest Middle School and [...]

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Lawsuit: Birmingham School Uses Pepper Spray, Beatings To Punish Innocent Students | Education | Change.org

2010-Dec-2

Lawsuit: Birmingham School Uses Pepper Spray, Beatings To Punish Innocent Students Education Change.org. Lawsuit: Birmingham School Uses Pepper Spray, Beatings To Punish Innocent Students by Carol Scott In 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote a letter from the Birmingham, Alabama city jail that became one of the most famous civil rights essays of all [...]

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Proposed Colorado legislation to combat concussions among student athletes | EdNews Parent

2010-Dec-2

Proposed Colorado legislation to combat concussions among student athletes EdNews Parent. Better helmets, stricter laws needed to protect student athletes Rebecca Jones December 2, 2010  0 Comments Dr. Igor Szczyrba’s world is one of abstract mathematical formulae and complex software, not high school locker rooms and football sidelines. Yet from his research may [...]

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U.S. Department of Education Senior Officials to Participate in the NAACP Education Summit in Raleigh | U.S. Department of Education

2010-Dec-2

U.S. Department of Education Senior Officials to Participate in the NAACP Education Summit in Raleigh U.S. Department of Education. U.S. Department of Education Senior Officials to Participate in the NAACP Education Summit in Raleigh Contact: Press Office, (202) 401-1576,press@ed.gov Event Date 1: December 03, 2010 Event Date 2: December 04, 2010 U.S. Department of [...]

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Dallas ISD blog: Trustees discuss longer terms, hear report on Teach for America 10:00 AM CT | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas Morning News | Latest News

2010-Dec-2

Dallas ISD blog: Trustees discuss longer terms, hear report on Teach for America 10:00 AM CT News for Dallas, Texas Dallas Morning News Latest News. Dallas ISD blog: Trustees discuss longer terms, hear report on Teach for America 10:00 AM CT 10:37 AM CST on Thursday, December 2, 2010 By MATTHEW [...]

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Juvenile Justice Reform Now | Criminal Justice | Change.org

2010-Dec-2

Juvenile Justice Reform Now Criminal Justice Change.org. Juvenile Justice Reform Now by Wendy Jason Hundreds of organizers and advocates for juvenile justice reform from across the U.S. are coming to Washington, DC, this weekend for the Community Justice Network for Youth(CJNY) National Conference and “Week of Action to demand action from Congress and President Obama. [...]

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Seattle Public Schools community blog: Board Jobs Posted

2010-Dec-2

Seattle Public Schools community blog: Board Jobs Posted. Board Jobs Posted by Melissa Westbrook There are two Board staffers currently; Pam Oakes and Joan Dingfield. Both are people I think do a good job and are two of the nicest people downtown. I know that Pam has been loaned out to Facilities part-time to help on [...]

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Media Advisories Under Secretary Kanter to Address Council of Graduate Schools’ 50th Anniversary Annual Meeting | U.S. Department of Education

2010-Dec-2

Under Secretary Kanter to Address Council of Graduate Schools’ 50th Anniversary Annual Meeting U.S. Department of Education. Under Secretary Kanter to Address Council of Graduate Schools’ 50th Anniversary Annual Meeting U.S. Under Secretary Martha Kanter will address some 700 members of the graduate education community at the Council of Graduate Schools’ 50th anniversary annual [...]

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Video: Is Austin Polytech Really Working? – District 299: Chicago Public Schools Blog

2010-Dec-2

Video: Is Austin Polytech Really Working? District 299: Chicago Public Schools Blog. Video: Is Austin Polytech Really Working? According to PBS Austin Polytech is the only CPS high school dedicated to teaching students manufacturing skills. Along with social studies and English, students here take three to four years of pre-engineering courses. OK, but what [...]

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California fails at giving kids a quality high-tech education | San Francisco Examiner

2010-Dec-2

California fails at giving kids a quality high-tech education San Francisco Examiner. California fails at giving kids a quality high-tech education COMMENTS (0) SHARE PRINT By: K. Lloyd Billingsley 12/01/10 9:56 PM Special To The Examiner California’s new superintendent of public instruction is Tom Torlakson, whose election locks in a status quo that short-circuits [...]

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Newport News schools chief weighs in on school reform debate – HRUrbanLegends – dailypress.com

2010-Dec-2

Newport News schools chief weighs in on school reform debate HRUrbanLegends dailypress.com. Newport News schools chief weighs in on school reform debate This is required reading folks. A Peninsula educational leader is weighing in on the national/local debate about public education. The movement is gaining momentum through a series of movies and documentaries [...]

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Coalition for Excellence in Education aims to strengthen school-parent ties in Lorain – morningjournal.com

2010-Dec-2

Coalition for Excellence in Education aims to strengthen school-parent ties in Lorain morningjournal.com. Coalition for Excellence in Education aims to strengthen school-parent ties in Lorain Published: Thursday, December 02, 2010 0digg 0 By MEGAN ROZSAmrozsa@MorningJournal.com LORAIN — Building stronger two-way links between parents and the Lorain school district is a major goal of the [...]

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Gov. Bobby Jindal holds budget talks with K-12 education leaders | NOLA.com

2010-Dec-2

Gov. Bobby Jindal holds budget talks with K-12 education leaders NOLA.com. Gov. Bobby Jindal holds budget talks with K-12 education leaders Published: Wednesday, December 01, 2010, 6:27 PM     Updated: Wednesday, December 01, 2010, 6:36 PM Times-Picayune Staff Follow Share this story Story tools Gov. Bobby Jindal met for about 90 minutes Wednesday with K-12 [...]

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Sansom’s new job at charter school stirs controversy | work, sansom, school – News – TheDestinLog.com

2010-Dec-2

Sansom's new job at charter school stirs controversy work, sansom, school News TheDestinLog.com. Sansom's new job at charter school stirs controversy December 01, 2010 9:19 PM Tom McLaughlin Daily News Once again controversy has followed Ray Sansom to the work place. The Destin resident and former state House Speaker, whose work to [...]

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Weak Charter School Law Works Against Taxpayers’ Interests

2010-Dec-2

Weak Charter School Law Works Against Taxpayers’ Interests. Weak Charter School Law Works Against Taxpayers’ Interests By Paul Soutar On December 2, 2010 Print This Article Kansas taxpayers want charter schools but the state’s charter school law is one of the weakest in the U.S. Voters in Kansas favor expanding school choiceaccording to a survey [...]

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Education Summit In DC Fuels High-Tech Ideas For Reform

2010-Dec-2

Education Summit In DC Fuels High-Tech Ideas For Reform. Education Summit In DC Fuels High-Tech Ideas For Reform First Posted: 12- 2-10 02:16 AM      Updated: 12- 2-10 02:16 AM WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? AmazingInspiringFunnyScaryHotCrazyImportantWeird Read More: Arne Duncan, Chris Christie, Education Reform, Foundation For Excellence In Education, The National Summit On Education Reform, Education News 0 0views Get Education Alerts Email [...]

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Education Week: From the Wires

2010-Dec-2

Education Week: From the Wires. FROM THE WIRES Students Want DREAM Act to Become a Reality With Congress expected to vote soon on immigration reform that would give certain students a pathway to legal status, a new generation of scholars who were raised in California but not born there shed their secrecy and speak [...]

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Dedham considers giving netbooks to high school freshmen – The Boston Globe

2010-Dec-2

Dedham considers giving netbooks to high school freshmen The Boston Globe. School goal: netbooks for students By Johanna SeltzGlobe Correspondent / December 2, 2010 E-mail Print Reprints Comments (0) Text size – + Dedham school officials are proposing to give every incoming high school freshman a brand new netbook computer, taking a page from other public school [...]

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Ed-Tech Advocates Eye Murdoch’s Move Into K-12 – EducationNews.org

2010-Dec-2

Web's #1 Source for K12 and Higher Education News and Commentary EducationNews.org . Ed-Tech Advocates Eye Murdoch's Move Into K-12 The media mogul's purchase of ed-tech company Wireless Generation raises questions and hopes that it could inspire more large-scale investment in the K-12 technology market. MRI scan that can tell you within minutes if [...]

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Community Food Security Coalition – Federal Policy

2010-Nov-29

Community Food Security Coalition Federal Policy. November 29, 2010 Tell Congress: Vote YES for Healthy and Hunger-Free Kids! TODAY is the deadline to contribute to the CFSC photo petition! House Leadership has indicated that the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act (S. 3307) is on the legislative calendar this week and is likely to come up [...]

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Secretary Duncan to Deliver Remarks at Release of Dropout Prevention Report | U.S. Department of Education

2010-Nov-29

Secretary Duncan to Deliver Remarks at Release of Dropout Prevention Report U.S. Department of Education. Secretary Duncan to Deliver Remarks at Release of Dropout Prevention Report NOVEMBER 29, 2010 Contact: Jim Bradshaw, (202) 401-1576,jim.bradshaw@ed.gov Event Date 1: November 30, 2010 09:00 am November 30, 2010 12:00 pm U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan [...]

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Union Investigating Teacher Assault Claims - Baltimore, Maryland News Story - WBAL Baltimore

2010-Dec-3

Union Investigating Teacher Assault Claims - Baltimore, Maryland News Story - WBAL BaltimoreUnion Investigating Teacher Assault ClaimsSchool Says No Incidents Reported Since School OpenedPOSTED: 3:37 pm EST December 3, 2010UPDATED: 7:11 pm EST December 3, 2010 Email Print Comments (1)BALTIMORE -- The Baltimore Teachers Union is calling for more resources at a high school where a teacher was attacked by a student.Social studies teacher Jeffery Slattery is still recovering from his injuries after he said a 14-year-old former student attacked ...

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This Week In Education: Reform: Is "Intellectual Elitism" Getting In The Way?

2010-Dec-3

This Week In Education: Reform: Is "Intellectual Elitism" Getting In The Way?Reform: Is "Intellectual Elitism" Getting In The Way?One of several conversations going on right now about the current political malaise involves the issue of elitism -- Democratic elitism, in particular (Democrats Have an 'Intellectual Elitism' Problem Atlantic Wire). Though not focused on education politics in particular, it's a relevant question to consider in light of recent setbacks and controversies (the departures of Rhee Klein, the appointment of Cathie Black, ...

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4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: THE ‘HIGHLY QUALIFED’ GAP+ Report: NOT PREPARED FOR CLASS + Letters + smf’s 2¢

2010-Dec-3

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: THE ‘HIGHLY QUALIFED’ GAP+ Report: NOT PREPARED FOR CLASS + Letters + smf’s 2¢THE ‘HIGHLY QUALIFED’ GAP+ Report: NOT PREPARED FOR CLASS + Letters + smf’s 2¢The 'highly qualified' gap: No Child Left Behind mandates such teachers in all U.S. schools. A new study shows that little progress has been made in meeting that requirement.LA TIMES EDITORIALNovember 26, 2010 - While states and school districts hotly debate the issue of whether ...

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Shanker Blog » A Matter Of Time

2010-Dec-3

Shanker Blog » A Matter Of TimeA Matter Of Timeby Matthew Di CarloExtended school time is an education reform option that seems to be gaining in popularity. President Obama gave his endorsement earlier this year, while districts such as DCPS have extended time legislation under consideration.The idea is fairly simple: Make the school day and/or year longer, so kids will have more time to learn. Unlikemany of the policy proposals flying around these days, it’s an idea that actually has ...

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Seattle Public Schools community blog: Newt Speaks

2010-Dec-2

Seattle Public Schools community blog: Newt SpeaksNewt Speaksby Melissa WestbrookThis from a speech Newt Gingrich gave on what should be done in American schools:10. Insist on paying great teachers a lot more and releasing bad teachers before they can cripple the future of the children they serve. 12. Insist on reasserting American Exceptionalism by having every student in taxpayer-financed schools, whether K through 12 or in the state college and university systems, have a brief course annually on the Declaration ...

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Schools Matter: Ravitch TKO's Finn in first round

2010-Dec-2

Schools Matter: Ravitch TKO's Finn in first roundRavitch TKO's Finn in first roundby skrashenChester Finn's response to Diane Ravitch (http://www.edexcellence.net/gadfly/index.cfm?issue=614#a6624)assumes that American schools have failed. Not so. Evidence for failure, according to Finn, includes "The weak and generally stagnant academic performance of most American school kids, our scandalous achievement gaps, the country’s sagging performance vis-à-vis other countries …".Test score performance of American children is not all that "stagnant." NAEP math scores for 9 and 13 year olds have improving steadily ...

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ASCD Inservice: Call for EL Submissions: More Interventions That Work

2010-Dec-2

ASCD Inservice: Call for EL Submissions: More Interventions That WorkCall for EL Submissions: More Interventions That WorkThe response to our October 2010 issue "Interventions That Work" was so strong that we're revisiting the theme in Educational Leadership's summer online-only issue. We are looking for articles about specific programs and strategies that schools have used to catch students up before they fall too far behind, help marginalized students become more connected to school, and prevent behavior problems. How can schools identify ...

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Cathie Black gets her Wheels

2010-Nov-29

Cathie Black gets her Wheels

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Parent Advocates - ParentAdvocates.org

2010-Nov-28

Parent Advocates - ParentAdvocates.orgCathie Black, Bloomberg's Pick For NYC Chancellor, Doesn't Have A Charter School Visit In Her Bio After All| Posted 11/28/2010 at 5:05 PMCity schools chancellor nominee Cathie Black insists she's connected to public education via a highly touted charter school - but a close look shows she's had no contact with students, parents or teachers there. Officials at the Harlem Village Academies admit the school's National Leadership Board, which Black joined just five months ago, has never ...

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Schools Matter: White Knuckles Among Corporate Education Reformers

2010-Nov-27

Schools Matter: White Knuckles Among Corporate Education ReformersWhite Knuckles Among Corporate Education Reformersby Jim HornWith the Daley/Duncan reforms in Chicago so poisonous that Ron Huberman is in flight even as "Ren2010" has been eliminated from the City bureaucracy's vocab, and with Michelle Rhee repudiated and dismissed in DC, and with the empirical evidence piling up that nearly all of the federal (Gates/Broad) K-12 initiatives have no support among scientists, humanists, or serious researchers, and with parents around the country quickly ...

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Meet Shael Polakow-Suransky: DOE’s new second-in-command | GothamSchools

2010-Nov-26

Meet Shael Polakow-Suransky: DOE’s new second-in-command | GothamSchoolsMeet Shael Polakow-Suransky: DOE’s new second-in-commandby Maura WalzState Education Commissioner David Steiner is expected to grant Hearst Magazines executive Cathleen Black the waiver she needs to become schools chancellor on Monday, on one condition: that she appoint current Deputy Chancellor Shael Polakow-Suransky as her Chief Academic Officer.Suransky, who has worked in the city schools for 16 years, will be responsible for the administration of the city’s education policies and serve as Black’s chief ...

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Queens Teacher: The Suransky Connection

2010-Nov-26

Queens Teacher: The Suransky ConnectionThe Suransky Connectionby Queens TeacherSHAEL POLAKOW-SURANSKYThe Broad Superintendents Academy Class of 2008Deputy Chancellor for Performance and AccountabilityNew York City Department of Education“Teachers and principals need to be accountable for student performance and empowered to make the critical decisions that impact their daily work to accelerate student learning.”Shael Polakow-Suransky serves as deputy chancellor for performance and accountability for the New York City Department of Education (NYCDOE). The NYCDOE is the largest district in the nation, serving over ...