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4lakidsnews.blogspot.com - 4LAKids Reader and Northeast Los Angeles community activist Daniel Wright writes 4LAKids: 7 March 2011 Los Angeles Voters: If you were angered in 2009 when the Los Angeles Community College Dist...
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voices.washingtonpost.com - Here are some of the answers that teachers gave to this question: “What was one thing you wished you’d known when you started teaching?”The query was posed on the “Whole Child Blog” of ASCD, an edu...
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saveseattleschools.blogspot.com - A good article at Crosscut by Anthony B. Robinson about the role poverty plays in education and is it being considered by ed reformers. To whit:Schools do a very good job with many kids who come p...
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pol.moveon.org - The Republican budget would:1. Destroy 700,000 jobs, according to an independent economic analysis.2. Zero out federal funding for National Public Radio and public television.3. Cut $1.3 billion fr...
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theledger.com - By RON MATUS ST. PETERSBURG TIMES Published: Sunday, March 6, 2011 at 11:06 p.m. Last Modified: Sunday, March 6, 2011 at 11:06 p.m. For years, private-school vouchers have been criticized as a drai...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Excerpts from Florida Senate Bill – SB736 : Read it closely…. very closely « Continuing ChangeExcerpts from Florida Senate Bill – SB736 : Read it closely…. very closelyby gatorbonbcExcerpts from Fl...
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huffingtonpost.com - Governor Scott Walker has leveled the largest assault on public education in the history of the state of Wisconsin. This is an attack on the middle class and an attack on teachers who are being tre...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Mark Miller Letter | Solidarity WisconsinMark Miller Letterby Steve HansonThe attached letter was hand delivered to Walker and Fitzgerald's office this morning.March 7, 2011Governor Scott Walker Se...
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joannejacobs.com - Spending on remedial classes has doubled at New York City’s community colleges in the last 10 years, in part due to a sharp rise in “triple low remedial” students who are far behind in reading, wri...
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scholasticadministrator.typepad.com - March 7, 2011 | Posted At: 12:43 PM | Author: Alexander Russo | Category: Best of the Blogs & Pundits , Media Watch It seemed like educators were really into GothamSchools for a while. But a small... coopmike48 |
ascd.typepad.com - In my article "Let Strategies Serve Literature" (Educational Leadership, March 2011), I argue that reading strategies should serve literature and not vice versa. Throughout the article, I maintain ... coopmike48 |
ed.gov - Event Date 1: March 08, 2011 09:00 am - 11:00 amU.S. Deputy Secretary of Education Tony Miller will give opening remarks at the Education Network Meeting for the 2011 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperat...
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saveseattleschools.blogspot.com - Here's the latest in the Pottergate saga from the Seattle PI. Thanks to connections in SPS I had a heads up on this but had not seen the details. (I know this information was also given to the Ti...
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4lakidsnews.blogspot.com - LA Times Editorial | http://lat.ms/i1xzbG March 7, 2011 - We have our concerns about the implementation of California's so-called parent trigger process, which allows parents at certain low-perfor...
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connectedprincipals.com - “The question isn’t whether you will be transparent, authentic, and real, but rather, how much you will let go and be open in the face of new technologies.” Charlene Li, Open Leadership Currently, ...
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nytimes.com - A bipartisan group of educators and business and labor leaders plan to announce on Monday their support for a common curriculum that states could adopt for public schools across the nation. ...
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chicagonow.com - Pressure Mounts To Ax Teacher Seniority Rules NPR: The Chicago Public Schools system tried to get rid of hundreds of teachers last year without regard to seniority -- but a judge put a stop to it. ...
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tourdeforce360.com - Mid February 2011 and Wisconsin's State capitol becomes "ground zero" in the battle between Republicans and Democrats on the way forward, fiscally and politically in the United States. The debate h...
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preaprez.wordpress.com - Sometimes the simplest solution is the right solution. In Michael Moore’s terrific message to Wisconsin on Saturday he stated a fact that the those who are rich and powerful want to desperately to ...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Overflow Crowds at City College Conference Hear Call for General Strike in CaliforniaOverflow Crowds at City College Conference Hear Call for General Strike in Californiaby Doug PorterOrganizers fo... coopmike48 |
nytimes.com - With states and cities going through hard times, teachers, their pensions and their unions have become big targets for budget cutters. Lawmakers in some states are trying to change teacher tenure r...
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ed.gov - March 4, 2011 An excerpt of the op-ed by Secretary of Education Arne Duncan is printed below. The op-ed, in its entirety, can be found online HERE. “Every day educators across the country are chall...
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nytimes.com - Millions of public school students across the nation are seeing their class sizes swell because of budget cuts and teacher layoffs, undermining a decades-long push by parents, administrators and po...
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nber.org - Financial incentives for teachers to increase student performance is an increasingly popular education policy around the world. This paper describes a school-based randomized trial in over two-hund...
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ednotesonline.blogspot.com - It certainly would seem to be obvious without even looking at the data. Think of the strategy. End LIFO, go after the ATRs, create lots more relatively senior ATRs by under resourcing schools selec...
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palmbeachpost.com - By Dara KamPalm Beach Post Staff WriterUpdated: 11:15 p.m. Sunday, March 6, 2011 Posted: 11:09 p.m. Sunday, March 6, 2011TALLAHASSEE — Is a $2,335-a-year pay cut for the average teacher worth a $44...
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blogs.edweek.org - When you talk Wisconsin these days, a few obvious images leap to mind: Scott Walker, collective bargaining, street protests, legislative walkouts, and the like.But lost amid the drama and demonstra...
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boston.com - HARTFORD, Conn.—Connecticut lawmakers are considering whether to delay an ambitious slate of school reform plans, including strengthened graduation requirements and linking teacher evaluations to s...
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 | act.credoaction.com - We're only a few weeks into the 112th Congress, and Republicans in Congress are already attempting to pull the plug on public media.While deciding how to fund the government for the remainder of th... coopmike48 |
 | bigeducationape.blogspot.com - District recommends termination for Hope Moffett | Philadelphia Public School NotebookDistrict recommends termination for Hope Moffettby Dale Mezzacappa on Mar 07 2011 Posted in Latest newsCOMMENTS... coopmike48 |
nypost.com - A coalition of national education reformers is urging Gov. Cuomo to strengthen his proposal to require teacher evaluations by including a repeal of the "last in, first out" law, which requires teac...
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joannejacobs.com - All the talk is about teachers, but school leadership makes a huge difference, notes the Hechinger Report. Of everything we’ve learned about the art and science of reforming a failing school in the...
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dailykos.com - I have used a bank many times. I have a checking account and a savings account (although I do admit I haven't added anything to my savings account for the past fifteen years since my pay has been f...
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dekerivers.wordpress.com - This will be fun. It is not everyday that folks with tractors get so upset about the state of…well….the state…that they bring a piece of farm equipment to the Wisconsin Capitol. Between the anger ...
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whitehouse.gov - Advise the Advisor is a new program to help senior staff at the White House stay connected to the American people. Think of this as your direct line to the some of the President's senior advisors a...
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host.madison.com - UW Afro-American studies staffers madison.com | Posted: Monday, March 7, 2011 6:00 am Dear Editor: As a multidisciplinary unit, the department of Afro-American studies has a track record of serving...
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education.nationaljournal.com - Monday, March 7, 2011It's difficult to get more than 30 seconds into a conversation about education improvements before teacher effectiveness comes up. Education Secretary Arne Duncan urged governo...
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nypost.com - Six months after the city wanted to start a pilot program to evaluate teachers at 11 troubled schools, it has yet to come to an agreement with their union on the terms. The delay is causing critics...
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ednewscolorado.org - What’s churning: Gov. John Hickenlooper “started the conversation,” as he put it, on 2011-12 education funding Feb. 15 when he proposed K-12 cuts of $332 million and a higher education trim of $36 ...
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nytimes.com - Pedro Noguera, a sociologist, is the Peter L. Agnew Professor of Education at New York University. He is also executive director of the Metropolitan Center for Urban Education and serves on the Sta...
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gothamschools.org - by Philissa Cramer News from New York City: A prized teacher’s low “value-added” score raises questions about the city’s complex algorithm. (Times) Ongoing debate over the city’s teacher evaluation...
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ed.gov - Event Date 1: March 08, 2011 12:15 pm - 02:15 pmU.S. Department of Education Deputy Assistant Secretary Michael Yudin will participate in a forum hosted by Congresswoman Donna Edwards, D-Md., on th...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Tractor Rally At Wisconsin Capitol Saturday, March 12th At Noon « CAFFEINATED POLITICSTractor Rally At Wisconsin Capitol Saturday, March 12th At NoonMARCH 7, 2011tags: Scott Walker, Union busting, ...
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education.nationaljournal.com - Monday, March 7, 2011It's difficult to get more than 30 seconds into a conversation about education improvements before teacher effectiveness comes up. Education Secretary Arne Duncan urged governo...
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4lakidsnews.blogspot.com - By Carla Rivera, Los Angeles Times | http://lat.ms/eeCD28 Emilio Sanchez teaches fourth-graders at Vaughn Next Century Learning Center, a charter open 195 days a year. (Wally Skalij, Los Ange...
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nydailynews.com - Watts/News Mayor Bloomberg conceded that school leaders were right to squirrel away a 'rainy day' fund to offset school budget cuts. Mayor Bloomberg yesterday offered new hope to thrifty principals...
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saveseattleschools.blogspot.com - The meeting schedule for this week starts on Wednesday but there are quite a few meetings going into the weekend. All of these meetings should be interesting because of the turn of events last we...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - This Week In Education: Polling: Teachers / Teachers Unions Poll Pretty WellPolling: Teachers / Teachers Unions Poll Pretty Well "Among political elites, virtually everyone is *more* critical of te...
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washingtonpost.com - Mayor Vincent C. Gray intends to name interim schools leader Kaya Henderson as permanent schools chancellor this week to replace Michelle A. Rhee, according to a source close to the situation.Gray ...
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garyrubinstein.teachforus.org - One of the highlights of the TFA 20th anniversary summit was certainly when Secretary of Education Arne Duncan made a rousing speech at the closing ceremony. The most impressive part of his speech ...
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nytimes.com - A bipartisan group of educators and business and labor leaders plan to announce on Monday their support for a common curriculum that states could adopt for public schools across the nation. ...
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papers.nber.org - Financial incentives for teachers to increase student performance is an increasingly popular education policy around the world. This paper describes a school-based randomized trial in over two-hund...
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nydailynews.com - Exclusive Galasso/North Jersey Media Group City schools are already down 135 arts teachers - even before the massive layoffs projected for next year, Education Department data show.Last year, publi...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Brownley to push for finance reform | Thoughts on Public EducationBrownley to push for finance reform - by John Fensterwald - Educated Guess As bleak as it looks for school funding this year, the s...
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blog.nj.com - Published: Monday, March 07, 2011, 8:00 AMNEWARK — Newark Mayor Cory Booker speaks of school reform with eloquence and passion. He is a man of deep conviction. All these — eloquence, passion, and c...
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online.wsj.com - DALLAS—As Texas schools scrounge for cash to buy supplies and threaten to lay off teachers, $830 million in education funding earmarked for the state is sitting at the federal Department of Educati...
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nytimes.com - Most reasonable people would agree that, when layoffs become necessary, teachers should be let go through objective evaluations of how well they improve student performance, and not merely on the b...
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nytimes.com - No one at the Lab Middle School for Collaborative Studies works harder than Stacey Isaacson, a seventh-grade English and social studies teacher. She is out the door of her Queens home by 6:15 a.m.,...
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seattletimes.nwsource.com - Seattle has a year to figure out who should be its next superintendent of schools, someone different from the last one.No one has a good word to say about the recently departed Maria Goodloe-Johnso...
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nytimes.com - No one at the Lab Middle School for Collaborative Studies works harder than Stacey Isaacson, a seventh-grade English and social studies teacher. She is out the door of her Queens home by 6:15 a.m.,...
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