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chicagonow.com - Earlier this month, Board president Mary Richardson-Lowry apparently agreed to attend a public meeting with the High HOPES campaign, the result of a phone and email campaign among other things. No...
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huffingtonpost.com - Cross-posted from New Deal 2.0.A new report came out recently on what the US can learn from the countries that most successfully educate their children. The most important recommendation? "Make a c...
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Mt. Hood Community College administration and full-time faculty are inching closer in contract talks
oregonlive.com - Published: Thursday, March 17, 2011, 10:39 AM Updated: Thursday, March 17, 2011, 11:00 AMThe Mt. Hood Community College administration and its full-time faculty reached tentative agreements on ...
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huffingtonpost.com - Profound truths are often so unsettling that people lose themselves in lengthy explanations that ultimately confuse, rather than clarify.This is a very human trait which starts as the youngest chil...
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insidebayarea.com - This is a sampling of The Education Report, Katy Murphy's Oakland schools blog. Read more at www.IBAbuzz.com/education. Follow her at Twitter.com/KatyMurphy.March 11: Here's a real-world word probl...
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nydailynews.com - Hagen for News UFT president Michael Mulgrew criticized the city Education Department for politicizing classroom decisions. The city Education Department tried to draft its parent coordinators into...
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cta.org - Harvey Milk was the first openly gay person to be elected to public office in a major city, serving on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors from 1977-1978. He worked to pass a gay rights ordinanc...
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 | californiaprogressreport.com - Printer-friendly versionSend to friendBy Alan Fisher and Kristina BedrossianCalifornia Reinvestment Coalition Over the last four years, communities across the country have witnessed great upheaval ... coopmike48 |
 | boston.com - AUSTIN, Texas—On her first day of class, 51-year-old Marie Kilian was talking with other students at Sam Houston State University about what to do if a gunman walked in and started shooting.Run. Ta... coopmike48 |
 | 4lakidsnews.blogspot.com - By Howard Blume and Gale Holland, Los Angeles Times | http://lat.ms/hOIl1c During James Sohn's brief tenure with the district, 21 new schools opened to reduce overcrowding. He came under scruti... coopmike48 |
joannejacobs.com - Today’s children are Always Connected, reports Sesame Street Workship and the Joan Ganz Cooney Center. Nearly 80 percent of young children (ages 0 to 5) use the internet at least once a week and ju...
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blogs.chron.com - « Donations edge HISD toward Apollo fund goal |MainMarch 16, 2011What the rainy-day decision means for schoolsAs you might know by now — unless you're tuning out the news over spring break — the Ho...
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blog.nj.com - Published: Thursday, March 17, 2011, 7:30 AMNEWARK — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, one of the wealthiest charities in the world, will use Newark to develop a system that could use student te...
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ednewscolorado.org - The Senate on Thursday morning accepted House amendments and re-passed the concussion awareness bill and the measure allowing school districts to adopt their own policies for student self-administr...
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gatesfoundation.org - It’s never been easy to be a teacher, but today it seems like teaching is one of the hardest jobs out there. Teachers enter the profession because they want to help students, not because they think...
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schoolsmatter.info - From Bob Braun of the Star-Ledger:NEWARK — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, one of the wealthiest charities in the world, will use Newark to develop a system that could use student test score d...
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ed.gov - “The math on this is not complicated,” Secretary Duncan told USA Today. “If you can’t graduate one in two of your student-athletes, I just question the institutional commitment to academics. And I ...
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dispatchpolitics.com - Public workers in Ohio who already were worried about weakened collective-bargaining powers now have a new paycheck-related concern: Gov. John Kasich wants all of them to pay more for their pension...
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hometownsource.com - NEWS RELEASE St. Paul, MN – Gov. Mark Dayton announced today (Wednesday, March 16) the introduction of his education budget bill, keeping his promise to increase funding for K-12 education every ye...
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usnews.com - Considering an advanced degree in education? Use these pointers and suggestions to help decide if this is the right path for you. Smart Choices Special education and ESOL: For those seeking a post-...
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voiceofsandiego.org - Posted: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 5:13 pm | Updated: 5:55 pm, Wed Mar 16, 2011. The same City Heights school that thought it could lose nearly all of its teachers three years ago is now threatene...
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 | ednewsparent.org - Does your child have a science fair coming up? EdNews Parent went searching for the best science project websites. Here are some useful resources to help parents and their children come up with the... coopmike48 |
ascd.typepad.com - Despite the dismal outlook for budget cuts and educational spending, one constant will remain: we will hire new teachers. But even for those lucky teachers who are able to secure positions in this ...
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ed.gov - Event Date 1: March 18, 2011 04:00 pm - 05:00 pmEvent Date 2: March 19, 2011 11:15 am - 12:15 pmThe U.S. Department of Education's Chief of Staff Joanne Weiss and Senior Advisor for Early Learning ...
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usnews.com - It's scholarship award season, and if you're getting notification letters in the mail letting you know you just received money to help cover tuition costs for next year, congratulations! But if the...
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nydailynews.com - Gov. Cuomo's proposed budget cuts for education would violate the state Constitution, and the Legislature should not adopt them. In 2007, I represented the plaintiffs in a precedent-setting case on...
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online.wsj.com - The teachers union is accusing the Department of Education of playing partisan politics with its employees, as the battle over seniority-based teacher layoffs rages on. On Tuesday, an education dep...
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nydailynews.com - Xanthos/News The city and the teachers union are a long way off from a deal on new teacher evaluations, and a lack of agreement could derail a chance for $302 million. The city and the teachers uni...
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studentsfirst.org - March 15, 2011 posted by Tony PedrianaTony Pedriana worked for over thirty years as a teacher, principal, and mentor in Milwaukee's central city. During his career as an educator, he has focused on...
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 | scusd.edu - Early Kinder Program in Sacramento City Unified School District (SCUSD) What is Early Kinder? Early Kinder is the first year of a two-year kindergarten experience for children whose 5th birthda... coopmike48 |
educationresearchreport.blogspot.com - ΩAlways Connected: The new digitial media habits of young childrenThis report by Sesame Workshop and the Joan Ganz Cooney Center takes a fresh look at data emerging from studies undertaken by Sesam...
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foxnews.com - TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Florida public school teachers would lose job security but could make more money if their students do well on standardized tests under a trailblazing bill that went to Gov. Ric...
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blog.aflcio.org - More than 5,000—and the crowd is growing—Michigan union, community, education and other activists are on the Lansing Capitol grounds and inside the state House this afternoon to protest Gov. Rick S...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Shanker Blog » How Many Teachers Does It Take To Close An Achievement Gap?How Many Teachers Does It Take To Close An Achievement Gap?by Matthew Di CarloOver the weekend, New York Times columnist Ni...
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ed.gov - Event Date 1: March 17, 2011 02:00 pm - 04:00 pmAlberto Retana, director of Community Outreach for the U.S. Department of Education, will serve as one of six panelists discussing the Elementary and...
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usnews.com - Attending graduate school tends to be an expensive venture, and getting an M.B.A., while cheaper than pursuing a law or medical degree, is no exception. It's not uncommon for employers to help empl...
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wepartypatriots.com - Mar 2011 17 Yesterday, Rep. Bruce Braley (D-Iowa, District 1) questioned witnesses at a project labor agreement hearing at the Oversight and Government Reform Committee. Iowa’s governor, Terry Bran...
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kcra.com - POSTED: 9:24 pm PST March 3, 2011UPDATED: 2:41 pm PST March 4, 2011SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The Sacramento City Unified School District Board voted unanimously Thursday night to eliminate funding for ...
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denverpost.com - Teachers could be required to pay a greater share of their retirement costs under a bill that cleared a House committee Wednesday and that one union said was an effort to "Wisconsinize" Colorado's ...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - “Top Ten Tips for Assessing Project-Based Learning” | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...Today’s Japan Update Here are the newest additions to Part Two of my “The Best…” list on the Japan Earth...
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freep.com - Nearly 100 University of Michigan students -- many of them seniors -- rallied Wednesday to protest a plan to have Gov. Rick Snyder as a commencement speaker at spring graduation ceremonies next mon...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Schools Matter: DC's Non-Search for Rhee's ReplacementDC's Non-Search for Rhee's Replacementby Jim HornIn a city where the mayor acts as Dictator of Public Schools, the thing that got the previous ...
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4lakidsnews.blogspot.com - by Bill Boyarsky • LA Observed | http://bit.ly/gNA1et March 16 2011 - 7:14 PM - Some of the city’s sharpest political organizers can be found at Hamilton High School. Inspired by the young people ...
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reverendmanny.com - This past weekend saw a rally in Wisconsin bigger than any other in my generation. And now the Wisconsin Uprising against Corporate Greed and the Plunder of the Middle and Working Class has trigger...
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boston.com - HARRISBURG, Pa.—The debate over higher education funding in Pennsylvania dominated the first day of Senate Appropriations Committee hearings Wednesday, as the Corbett administration and university ...
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educationresearchreport.blogspot.com - ΩFull, short report - well worth readingInternational comparisons show that in the countries with the highest performance, teachers are typically paid better relative to others, education credentia...
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njspotlight.com - As debate continues over New Jersey’s foray into private school vouchers, a new non-partisan analysis of the proposed Opportunity Scholarship Act (OSA) backs some of the numbers that are being thro...
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eduwonk.com - It’s March 17th. Seven decades ago today President Roosevelt officially opened The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Here’s the scene. Discussing the burgeoning American artistic traditio...
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articles.chicagotribune.com - Despite tight budgets that led to teacher layoffs and classroom cuts, fewer school districts landed on the state's financial watch list this year, according to a report released Wednesday.Two dozen...
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ascd.typepad.com - In our rush to raise achievement, are we forgetting to teach students to learn how to think and the skills, habits of mind, and confidence to be persistant in their thinking and learning? Journalis...
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seattletimes.nwsource.com - Originally published March 17, 2011 at 12:07 AM | Page modified March 17, 2011 at 12:08 AM In a bold effort to restore public trust in the wake of a financial scandal, Seattle Public Schools is clo...
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boston.com - SAN FRANCISCO—The University of California could be forced to further raise tuition, lay off staff and reduce enrollment if the state cuts UC funding more than the $500 million in Gov. Jerry Brown'...
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democracyforamerica.com - Name: teacherken Location: Arlington, VA longtime member of Dkos. Teacher/blogger/activist/writer Sr citizen Quaker - desperately wanting to be with my blog friends again Add your support The blogs...
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democurmudgeon.blogspot.com - Completing our race to the bottom, states are attacking other states now, claiming they're even more open for business than everyone else. Illinois recently raise their corporate income tax from an...
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ed.gov - Event Date 1: March 17, 2011 12:00 pm - 01:00 pmU.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will hold a press conference call at noon EDT Thursday, March 17, to discuss the latest NCAA graduation rates...
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washingtonpost.com - A Northwest Washington private school that has collected more than $16 million in tuition from the District over the past two years to serve special education students is under investigation for la...
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defendwisconsin.org - State Senator Fred Risser (D-Madison) and State Representative Mark Pocan (D-Madison) who were present for the meeting refused to participate today in the state’s Building Commission meeting becaus...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - FIRE, Alexandra Wallace, and Defending Offensive Speech « Student ActivismFIRE, Alexandra Wallace, and Defending Nasty Speechby Angus JohnstonRoger Shibley of the Foundation for Individual Rights i...
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wepartypatriots.com - Mar 2011 17The IBEW has ramped up its efforts to keep a Philips plant in Sparta, Tennessee from shutting down this summer. The Netherlands-based company has threatened to move its operation to Mexi...
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childrensaidsociety.org - Over 50 youth and their parents represented The Children’s Aid Society at a rally on March 9th supporting New York City youth programs. The New York City Youth Alliance, Beacons Unite, The Campaign...
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