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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - How Wisconsin Republicans Respond to Their Critics | Politeia | Big ThinkHow Wisconsin Republicans Respond to Their CriticsRobert de Neufville on March 26, 2011, 12:55 PMA couple of days ago, I wro...
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huffingtonpost.com - Middle-school principal Anthony Orsini of Ridgewood, N.J., made national headlines last year when he urged parents to keep their young adolescents off Facebook -- at least until high school.The sli...
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huffingtonpost.com - If you don't have the luxury of watching student media all day, you might be operating under the misapprehension that bad journalism is what gets a student newspaper shut down. In fact, the opposit...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Opting out of No Child Left Behind tests - KPLC 7 News, Lake Charles, LouisianaOpting out of No Child Left Behind testsSTATE COLLEGE, PA (POOL/CNN) -Some parents now opt their kids out of standardi...
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modeducation.blogspot.com - digg_url="http://modeducation.blogspot.com/2011/03/financial-martial-law-looming-for-150.html"; The Daily Censored reports that over 150 school districts and charter schools in Michigan are curr...
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latimes.com - Alarmed by recent union losses in a Wisconsin labor battle, thousands of organized workers marched through downtown Los Angeles on Saturday, vowing to fight a similar fate here in cash-strapped Cal...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - ASCD Inservice: Getting Everyone to Graduation (Parents, Too)Getting Everyone to Graduation (Parents, Too)by ASCD BloggersIf you hand a high school transcript to a parent who's never had it explain...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - ASCD 2011 Conference: Sunday's Social Media Highlights - Copy / Paste by Peter PappasASCD 2011 Conference: Sunday's Social Media HighlightsI'm following the ASCD conference in San Francisco via the... coopmike48 |
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - We Party Patriots » Blog Archive » The Minimum Wage: Lower Than it Was in 1968?The Minimum Wage: Lower Than it Was in 1968? If you account for inflation it is, according to an op-ed in today’s New ...
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 | parentsacrossamerica.org - Mar 27, 2011 leoniehaimson See the message below from a PAA member in Texas, Karen Miller. Karen is forwarding information about William Cronon, a noted historian at UW-Madison, who wrote about AL...  leoniehaimson |
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - I, for one, am ready to march « Cooperative CatalystI, for one, am ready to marchby coopcatalystLaura Schiller contributes this #blog4nwp post.In middle age, I discovered the National Writing Proje...
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huffingtonpost.com - This week, the feature article in The Christian Science Monitor magazine vets through both the virtues and challenges of turnaround schools. These reform-minded initiatives seek to improve some of ...
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dailybreeze.com - The powerful opposition to the Parent Empowerment Act makes two recent victories that much sweeter. The law was passed by the state Legislature in 2010. It is known as the parent-trigger law becaus...
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nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - See video below of today's ceremony commemorating the 100th anniversary of the fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist factory in Greenwich village. It was the deadliest industrial disaster in the city's...
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nytimes.com - To balance New York State’s budget, Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants to cut a record $1.5 billion from the $23 billion budget for grades K-12. The cuts would scarcely affect wealthy districts th...
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onlineathens.com - By now most Americans are used to those vexing reports that come out periodically showing U.S. students performing well behind their global peers. We've come up with a convenient set of excuses to ...
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channel3000.com - Updated: 8:19 am CDT March 26, 2011MADISON, Wis. -- Two public union chapters have filed a lawsuit challenging the state's contentious new collective bargaining law.Union chapters representing Madi...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - ASCD Day 2 – Focus on Evaluation « InterACTASCD Day 2 – Focus on Evaluationby David B. CohenI’m back for more at the ASCD 2011 Annual Conference. I came to the conference with two main goals for m...
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 | southbronxschool.blogspot.com - We here at SBSB applaud and condone those that practice safe adult realtions. Slipping a glove onto your Jimmy, or helping slipping a glove onto your partner's Jimmy, is a practical preventative co... coopmike48 |
latimes.com - The Web never stops and it never forgets.On a recent Friday night, a UCLA student posted a video on YouTube. The young woman made the video, in which she complained about and mocked Asian students ...
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 | edge.ascd.org - Make Your Mark, and See Where It Takes You (General Session) Sunday, March 27, 10:00 a.m. PT--> Please note: Live streamed sessions and commenting are not supported on iOS devices (iPad, iPhone, iP... coopmike48 |
Schools Matter: The Crucial Missing Value in Using Value Added Modeling (VAM) for Teacher Evaluation
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Schools Matter: The Crucial Missing Value in Using Value Added Modeling (VAM) for Teacher EvaluationThe Crucial Missing Value in Using Value Added Modeling (VAM) for Teacher Evaluationby Jim HornI ...
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boston.com - NEW HAVEN, Conn.—Yale University has received a $50 million gift from one of its graduates to endow 10 new professorships in science and technology studies.Telecommunications executive John Malone ...
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modeducation.blogspot.com - digg_url="http://modeducation.blogspot.com/2011/03/la-unions-cave-in-to-mayors-threats.html"; Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has struck a deal with a coalition representing about 19,000 ...
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nydailynews.com - Barcelo for News Mayor Bloomberg seems to be more focused on national and global issues these days. Perhaps Mayor Bloomberg didn't get the memo. Literally.On his Friday radio show, he was asked abo...
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latimes.com - Alarmed by recent union losses in a Wisconsin labor battle, thousands of organized workers marched through downtown Los Angeles on Saturday, vowing to fight a similar fate here in cash-strapped Cal...
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postcrescent.com - Written by Todd Richmond Associated Press Candidate bios David ProsserAge: 68Education: Bachelor's degree, DePauw University, 1965; law degree, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1968.Career: Former ...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Modern School: It's the Class, StupidIt's the Class, Stupid The following is a letter I submitted to Insight Magazine in response to an opinion by Justin Van Zandt attacking teachers unions and sen...
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coopcatalyst.wordpress.com - Pre-service teacher Larry Cambpell contributes this #blog4nwp post. Writing is so important for students’ learning, and this project, the National Writing Project (NWP), is invaluable in preparing ...
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concordmonitor.com - Weare Republican Rep. Neal Kurk is trying to change the race to the economic bottom from a marathon to a sprint. Say what you will about unions - and there are lots of negative things to be said - ...
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| boston.com - CONCORD, N.H.—New Hampshire teachers would have to work five years instead of three in a school district to win tenure under a bill before the state Senate.State Sen. Jim Forsythe, a Stafford Repub... coopmike48 |
 | tampabay.com - By Howard Troxler, Times Columnist In Print: Sunday, March 27, 2011 ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENTThese are harsh words for a Sunday morning, but the occasion screams out for them. I take them from th... coopmike48 |
jamaica-gleaner.com - Janet Silvera, Senior Gleaner Writer WESTERN BUREAU: Thousands of Caribbean teachers who were lured to the United States with promises of better-paying jobs, improved educational opportunities, hou...
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boston.com - In Danvers, the School Committee has approved a budget proposal that would cut 21 positions during the next fiscal year.In Revere, however, school officials are struggling to close a projected $5 m...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Oshkosh teachers union leader punished for emails | Appleton Post Crescent | postcrescent.comOshkosh teachers union leader punished for emailsOSHKOSH — The president of the Oshkosh teachers union r...
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hometownlife.com - As far as Julie Naughton is concerned, a vote by members of the Garden City Education Association expected to take place this week is meant to see what members are thinking, not the first step in a...
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connectedprincipals.com - Posted by Patrick Larkin on 3/26/11 • Categorized as Best Educational Practices,Technology IntegrationAs we make the move to being a 1:1 school next year at Burlington High School, there is definit...
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millermps.wordpress.com - Cuts slash budgets beyond MPS, too By Bobby Tanzilo Managing Editor Published March 26, 2011 Hills principal Curt Rees and some Onalaska students. Of course, as a Milwaukee resident and taxpayer —...
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coopcatalyst.wordpress.com - Lynn Chih-Ning Chang, technology liaison of the Missouri Writing Project, contributes this #blog4nwp post. People outside of this country think America is one of the most powerful countries in the ...
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insidehighered.com - By Eric Stoller March 27, 2011 2:45 pm EDT There are several technology-related/specific sessions at this year's ACPA Annual Convention. I've searched through the schedule to find sessions that I h...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - NYC Public School Parents: Bloomberg booed at today's Triangle Shirtwaist ceremonyBloomberg booed at today's Triangle Shirtwaist ceremonyby Leonie HaimsonSee video below of today's ceremony commemo...
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bigthink.com - Today’s copy of the New York Times sits beside me, unopened. Most of my normal internet haunts have been ignored this morning. Why? Because I have been totally absorbed by a blog post by William Cr...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - South Korean Official Advises Caution in Following His Country's Model - State EdWatch - Education WeekSouth Korean Official Advises Caution in Following His Country's Modelby Sean CavanaghA former...
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defendwisconsin.org - A vitally important history and analysis of our current situation. More than worth the time to watch. I think what happens in Madison is going to reverberate across the country. I think that if you...
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teamsternation.blogspot.com - As much as the New York Times drives us crazy, occasionally they do some good reporting. Today the Times compared a rich school district with a poor school district, and explained what state budget...
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latimesblogs.latimes.com - Incoming Los Angeles schools Supt. John Deasy told the school board Saturday that he wants the district to withhold part of his annual $330,000 salary because of a projected budget shortfall. In an...
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chicagonewscoop.org - Terry Mazany, interim chief of Chicago Public Schools, was like a baseball manager beckoning a star relief pitcher an inning early to hold a lead. Rather than Mariano Rivera, he waved in Kate Maehr...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - An Education Reform Summit DFEP Democrats for Education PrivatizationYou are Invited To Attend An Education Reform SummitSpeakers: Democrats for Education Reform-California State Director Sena...
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ivpressonline.com - By ROMAN FLORES Imperial Valley Press 2:29 a.m. PDT, March 27, 2011ivp-el-centro-elementary-school-district-teachers-remain-at-odds-20110327 The El Centro Elementary School District is ready to dec...
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host.madison.com - These contracts are about ensuring collective bargaining and stopping Gov. Scott Walker’s attempt at union busting, Using the collective bargaining “tool,” contracts were drafted to ensure there is...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Daily Kos: The Finland Phenomenon - a film on schoolsThe Finland Phenomenon - a film on schoolsby rss@dailykos.com (teacherken)On Thursday night I saw the premiere of "The Finland Phenomenon: Insi...
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insidehighered.com - By Philip G. Altbach March 27, 2011 9:15 am EDT Recent discussions raise questions about the financial viability of international higher education ventures. Leaders generally say that branch campu...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Guest commentary: The dire effects of cutting aid to education | Detroit Free Press | freep.comGuest commentary: The dire effects of cutting aid to educationBY SANDER LEVIN College students are fin...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - 4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: NEW HEAD OF CALIFORNIA FEDERATION OF TEACHERS CALLS ON GOV. BROWN TO EXTEND TAX INCREASESNEW HEAD OF CALIFORNIA FEDERATION OF TEACHERS CALLS ON GOV. BRO...
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uppitywis.org - Back before David Prosser lost a race for Congress and was appointed a Supreme Court justice -- despite having not a single day's experience as a judge -- David Prosser was the Speaker of the Assem...
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boston.com - A history-themed scavenger hunt attracted 160 college students who traversed Boston, Cambridge, and Charlestown yesterday as a part of the Great Race Boston. “It’s basically a chance to get college...
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joannejacobs.com - Salman Khan, creator of Khan Academy teaching videos, calls for “flipping” education: Let students watch video lectures at home and do “homework” in class with help from the teacher.Once a hedge-f...
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modeducation.blogspot.com - digg_url="http://modeducation.blogspot.com/2011/03/resist-nclb-now.html"; There were a slew of NCLB resistance articles published over the past few days. On March 26, Big Education Ape published...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - UTLA- A Landmark Year For Union Election Corruption by Mark Hemphill - Perdaily.comUTLA- A Landmark Year For Union Election Corruption by Mark Hemphillby Leonard Isenberg(Mensaje se repite en Españ...
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coopcatalyst.wordpress.com - Michelle Shaw contributes this post for the #blog4nwp campaign. I have been an elementary school teacher for 10 years and had the honor of participating in the Minnesota Writing Project a few years...
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