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4lakidsnews.blogspot.com - February 8, 2011 - While physical education has been drastically cut back across the country — in response to budget concerns and test score pressures — Naperville Central High School, in the Chica...

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boston.com - NEW YORK—In her first six weeks as head of New York City schools, Cathie Black has been heckled by parent activists -- and heckled them back. She joked that birth control was the solution to crowde...

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whitehouse.gov - The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release February 12, 2011 WASHINGTON – President Obama used his weekly address to preview his budget saying that it will help the governm...

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registerguard.com - PORTLAND — Gov. John Kitzhaber on Friday took the biggest step to date in his quest to unify state education policy and spending and to redesign the way toddlers, schoolchildren and adults are educ...

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eduwonk.com - I’m a day late but great Washington Post editorial yesterday about the arbitration ruling in D.C. this week. It’s worth pointing out that the actual technicality this case turned on (the teachers w...

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nypost.com - The number of black and Hispanic students who qualified for the city's top-tier high schools continued its downward trend in 2010 -- even though many more minority students are applying, new data s...

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indypendent.org - Diane Ravitch, author of The Death and Life of the Great American School System. President Barack Obama and Education Secretary Arne Duncan have formed an alliance with billionaire “school reformer...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Not everyone's sold on Michelle Rhee, Gov. Scott's education adviser - St. Petersburg TimesFlorida's lawmakers were starstruck.Before them stood Michelle Rhee, the former Washington D.C. public sch...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - This piece was written by Alexander Russo, a former Democratic Senate aide who writes "This Week In Education" blog. His book about a dramatic school turnaround effort in Los Angeles, "Stray Dogs, ...

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pennlive.com - Published: Saturday, February 12, 2011, 9:44 AMby Gerald KohnPublic education has been the cornerstone of democracy in America for more than a century. It has been the pathway to the American dream...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Yesterday, in my 3 classes of Advanced Placement Government students, I asked them that question. And so began one of the more interesting class periods they, or I, have experienced.It is an open-e...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - This is part of a commentary written by Susan Engel, senior lecturer in psychology and director of the Program in Teaching at Williams College. The full article, originally titled, “What It Takes t...

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boston.com - PROVIDENCE, R.I.—The state Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal by a group of Providence high school students who were trying to restore teacher planning time that was cut from the school sc...

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seattletimes.nwsource.com - TULALIP — The Tulalip Tribes are giving $1.26 million to the Marysville School District to rescue programs threatened by the economic downturn.The Herald newspaper says the money will help the dist...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Faced with a massive budget deficit and potential takeover by the county, the LAUSD board will be asked Tuesday to send layoff notices to 7,000 educators and support staff.The notices don't necessa...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - House Republican leaders put out a bill last night that would slice and dice education funding far below current levels and far below what President Barack Obama wanted in his never-enacted fiscal ...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Big Education Ape: Ed News NowBig Education Ape: Ed News Noweducationnext.org - Evidence from the New York City schools | Print | NO PDF | Share Spring 2011 / Vol. 11, No. 2 An unabridged version o...

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news.yahoo.com - COMMENTARY | As reported yesterday, New Jersey's underfunded pensions, the result of zero payments by Gov. Chris Christie, have caused Standard & Poor's to downgrade its bond rating. Today, Christi...

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denverpost.com - The unraveling of an upcoming education forum, which was to aid a 527 organization, underscores the need for transparency.It should come as no surprise that a long list of sponsors for a planned ed...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - First, the mayor said he’d have to lay off 21,000 teachers, a quarter of the city’s teachers. Then, three days later, he backtracked. He sounded almost disappointed when he said, “We’ll have to fin...

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connectedprincipals.com - Last week here I posted my 8 Guiding Questions for Becoming A School of the Future, which were published in a new booklet from the National Association of Independent Schools A Guide to Becoming a ...

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boston.com - February vacation? What February vacation?It turns out students in the Hamilton-Wenham middle and high schools had their February break a few weeks early, thanks to eight days of canceled school be...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Event location is changed and now free to the publicIn order to open this great opportunity up to more Colorado residents with a passion for education, we are happy to announce Diane Ravitch will n...

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nepc.colorado.edu - The Education Review has been published continuously since 1998 as an "open access" (free-to-read) journal of book reviews in education. In 2010, nearly 300 new books were reviewed by more than 250...

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4lakidsnews.blogspot.com - Jason Song in LA Times/LANow | http://lat.ms/fO95jL February 11, 2011 | 6:35 pm - Los Angeles school officials unveiled a plan Friday to send preliminary layoff notices to more than 5,000 teachers...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - by Gerald KohnPublic education has been the cornerstone of democracy in America for more than a century. It has been the pathway to the American dream of financial success and social freedom. It ha...

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sun-sentinel.com - Spring Break will be a time for intense study in Holocaust and genocide education for 22 Palm Beach County public school educators, thanks to a specially funded project.Boca Raton-based League for ...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Marion Wright Edelman is enthusiastic about the administration's Blueprint for Education Reform because of the focus on accountability. The Blueprint is not just focused on accountability, it is ob...

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ednewscolorado.org - Education leaders know that cuts in state education support will be bad in 2011-12; they just don’t know yet how bad. They’ll know more after 1:30 p.m. Tuesday when Gov. John Hickenlooper unveils h...

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boston.com - HARTFORD, Conn.—Nick Jaensch and Keith Bessette know that 500 million online friends and $1.5 billion raised from investors are for that other online social network.The two University of Connecticu...

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journalinquirer.com - By Chris Powell Published: Saturday, February 12, 2011 1:11 AM EST Governor Malloy says consolidating the state university system and community college administrations will save "tens of millions o...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Race to the Top: Illinois lost federal contest, but state still trying to spur reforms - chicagotribune.comElgin kindergarten teacher Kristin Meredith works with students on a math unit, using rhyt...

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harvinmoore.com - This is a crucial time for public education in Texas. In last night’s public meeting of the Houston ISD Board of Education, I made comments on just how devastating are the cuts currently proposed ...

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startribune.com - Commentary We can expect lots of political wrangling at the Capitol in the next few months. But nearly every legislator, DFL or Republican, can agree on one thing: Narrowing our state's yawning rac...

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capitaltonight.com - The UFT is launching a TV ad campaign today aimed at Mayor Bloomberg and his threat to layoff public school teachers if the Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposed spending cuts to NYC are approved by the Leg...

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baycitizen.org - Shortly after the November elections, an unusual band of labor leaders, along with Ben Rosenfield, the city controller, and Sean Elsbernd, the most fiscally conservative city supervisor, met in the...

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ednewscolorado.org - This is the legislative calendar of education-related bills and events as of Feb. 11. Floor calendars are subject to change and addition, and committee calendars occasionally change. MONDAY 10 a.m....

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connectedprincipals.com - The image above is something I see quite often in our school. Kids working in groups in the hallways, older students with younger ones. As a school principal this tells me a couple of things inst...

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napervillesun.suntimes.com - District 203 looks to improve special education By Kathy Millen kmillen@stmedianetwork.com Feb 12, 2011 05:22PM District 203 is looking to take a more unified approach as it seeks to improve servic...

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coopmike48 Schools face two budget options -- bad, worse - Top Stories - fresnobee.com - http://goo.gl/Mq2nV11 minutes ago · reply

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coopmike48 Schools craft budgets in the dark -- and prepare for deep cuts - San Jose Mercury News - http://goo.gl/vqplT11 minutes ago · reply

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coopmike48 Colo. looks at charter school law -The Longmont Times-Call -http://goo.gl/8UUsP9 minutes ago · reply

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coopmike48 Del Valle for Mayor | For All Chicago For Every Neighborhood: Video: Asian American Mayoral Candidates Forumhttp://bit.ly/eSMi9a #Edu7 minutes ago · reply

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Their school is broke, their teaching staff is smaller than ever, and the last advanced placement course has been slashed from the master schedule.But the two-member English department at Castlemon...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - By Assemblymember Steven BradfordSACRAMENTO – In this Democratic Weekly Address, Assemblymember Steven Bradford (D-Gardena), Chair of the Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee, notes the Assemb...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - by Edward Augden, retired teacher and community activistReading Alicia Caldwell’s commentary on Sunday, Feb. 6, 2011, one could easily believe her assertion that the campaign to oust Denver Board o...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - My cat just died, so I’m having a pretty lousy evening. I’ve been watching her die for the last three days. I didn’t have enough money to take her to the vet.You know what else is bugging me, Nate?...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - February 12, 2011 by tomwhitbyThis is a guest Post I did for Shelly Terrell’s Blog, TEACHER REBOOT CAMP, back on Friday, July 24th, 2009. It was one of my first toe-dipping experiences in the world...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Negotiate with Teachers Now!Sulejman F. Dizdarevic--attorney with Belongia, Shapiro & Franklin, LLP--and his fellow Board members at Chicago Mathematics and Science Academy are subverting the right...

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dailycamera.com - Extreme cold, plus new fireplaces in UMC, have made it an attractive place to take shelter John Hollembeak, 56, stays out of the cold and watches television Wednesday in the University Memorial Cen...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Posted: Friday, February 11, 2011 2:11 pm |Updated: 3:55 pm, Fri Feb 11, 2011. The first time I met Chris Lawrence, I had just wrapped up moderating a panel on the dropout rate. Lawrence complained...

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huffingtonpost.com - February is a great month for books about education, with very readable releases from John Seely Brown, Richard Whitmire, Ron Dietel, Alexander Russo, Gene Maeroff and one of Peg and Gris Merrow's ...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - The occasional lesson, free-coverage, or spot fill-in, allows a lot of freedom. Since there is not really an “on-topic” unless we count the ubiquitous test-prep, everything is off-topic, which is h...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - I just added a comment to the thread about the Seattle Speaks event in which I noted that, despite saying that the conversation would focus on student achievement, the bulk of the time was taken up...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - You Are Invited &Your Voice is Needed!What should real educational reform look like in Chicago?Dream Big for Our Public Schools.Download the FlierCaucus of Rank and File Educators presentsCORE’s 3r...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - He bills himself as a "true Chicagoan."Miguel del Valle prides himself on his Chicago roots. The city clerk since 2006 now has his sights set on Chicago's top office.Del Valle, who is married with ...

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huffingtonpost.com - Rahm Emanuel "didn't do his homework" when he touted the supposed superiority of charter schools in a televised debate, three Chicago high school students assert in a YouTube video that's attracted...

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insidehighered.com - By Kai Jiang February 12, 2011 1:45 pm EST Since the draft of Outline of China’s National Plan for Medium and Long-Term Education Reform and Development (2010-2020) released in February 2010 by the...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Paid for with federal grant money set aside for advancing the charter school crusade against public education, the State of Massachusetts commissioned the McKinsey-trained researchers at Harvard’s ...

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ktvb.com - by Associated Press KTVB.COM Posted on February 12, 2011 at 3:18 PM TWIN FALLS, Idaho -- A board trustee at Xavier Charter School in south-central Idaho says the school can't account for nearly $33...

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theunion.com - Is it not alarming that “California schools get a C and rank 30 on national education report card?” (The Union, Jan. 19, 2011). Why, despite of spending $63.7 billion in education budget in fiscal ...

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articles.philly.com - The total gap for next year is between $400 million and $500 million but could be larger, according to Ackerman. It will mean layoffs and classroom cuts."It will be devastating for this district if...

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action.aft.org - Negotiate with Teachers Now! Sulejman F. Dizdarevic--attorney with Belongia, Shapiro & Franklin, LLP--and his fellow Board members at Chicago Mathematics and Science Academy are subverting the righ...

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asianjournal.com - Saturday, 12 February 2011 00:00 Joseph Pimentel | AJPress Los Angeles LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) officials are pushing a new pre-K pilot program for parents whose ch...

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