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washingtonpost.com - Expense records for Allen Sessoms, president of the University of the District of Columbia, show a pattern of first-class air travel and a number of thousand-dollar plane tickets over the past two ...
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news.xinhuanet.com - UNITED NATIONS, March 1 (Xinhua) -- At a time when countries are struggling out of the global economic and financial crisis, " budgets for education should not be cut," and "investing in education ...
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dailycensored.com - Hi all from Alan Rebar. Let’s stand up for Steve Conn and the Defend Public Education/Save Our Students (DPESOS) caucus of the Detroit Federation of Teachers.Steve Conn and three of his colleagues ...
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contracostatimes.com - Religious and civic leaders are meeting in Santa Clara on Sunday to have a "community conversation" as they launch a new group, the Silicon Valley Interreligious Council.The key question the group'...
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kochwatch.org - February 27, 2011- On Friday night, the eve of a massive rally in Madison, Wisconsin, against Governor Scott Walker's union-busting "budget repair bill," a few state employees gathered for a hasty ...
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seattletimes.nwsource.com - Originally published March 1, 2011 at 8:44 PM | Page modified March 1, 2011 at 9:47 PM After meeting for four hours behind closed doors, the Seattle School Board issued a statement Tuesday night sa...
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dailynews.com - ELECTION: Change likely at LACCD as newcomers line up. With two incumbents deciding against seeking re-election, major change is expected to come to the Los Angeles Community College District Board...
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 | thedailypage.com - I am not the enemy: A Wisconsin teacher considers Walker's budgetVikki Kratz on Monday 02/14/2011 9:20 am, (1) Comment, (26) LikesI am a second-year teacher. I work in a rural school district in Wi... coopmike48 |
real-teachers.org - From the SCTA News Messenger #16 MARCH 3 SCHOOL BOARD MEETING 6:30 pm Serna Center This is a call for solidarity and to defend public education in this district! The School Board will be voting on...
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jsonline.com - March 1, 2011 4:00 p.m. | State and local funding for general Wisconsin public school operations would drop 5.5% in 2011-'12 and remain flat the following school year under Gov. Scott Walker's prop...
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 | education.nationaljournal.com - Monday, February 28, 2011It's getting down to the wire in Wisconsin. Teachers' contracts might not be renewed if Gov. Scott Walker has his way and enacts legislation stripping most public employees... coopmike48 |
blogs.edweek.org - Wisconsin's state capitol, a grand public monument of murals, mosaics and glass, remains occupied territory, inside and out.Occupied, of course, by public workers, including teachers, who on Tuesda...
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businessweek.com - It's wrong to demonize teachers, but they and their unions must embrace radical change to get the public to support efforts to recruit top talentBy Chris FarrellWhat's amiss with this picture? Talk...
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voiceofsandiego.org - Posted: Tuesday, March 1, 2011 2:40 pm | Updated: 2:43 pm, Tue Mar 1, 2011. Two years ago when I interviewed Jed Wallace, the former chief operating officer for High Tech High schools who moved o...
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nydailynews.com - Florescu for News, Viorel Preschool student participates in a bowling tournament at the New York Institute for Special Education. For more than 190 years, schools such as The New York Institute for...
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latimesblogs.latimes.com - The Los Angeles Board of Education voted to shut down six charters schools that were accused of widespread cheating on last year's standardized tests. The executive director of the six schools, ope...
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insidehighered.com - By Elizabeth Lewis Pardoe March 1, 2011 9:00 pm EST In my role as a fellowships adviser, I have a motto: think laterally - not literally. “Tiger mothers” as described by Amy Chua enshrine literal t...
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 | afl.salsalabs.com - presents a conversation with Diane Ravitch noted public education advocate and author of The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education Sat...  mikeklonsky |
seattletimes.nwsource.com - Originally published March 1, 2011 at 10:02 PM | Page modified March 1, 2011 at 10:17 PM It's already been a rough year for the Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle.Even before the venerable civil-... coopmike48 |
mercurynews.com - SANTA CRUZ - A few hundreds students came to spell out "FREE EDUCATION" with their bodies - some naked - on the East Field of UC Santa Cruz campus Tuesday. The peaceful demonstration was meant to b...
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reuters.com - NEW YORK | Tue Mar 1, 2011 3:16pm EST NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York's wealthiest school districts will spend an average of $30,192 per pupil this school year, almost twice the median amount of $16,...
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coastreportonline.com - Posted: Tuesday, March 1, 2011 2:45 pm | Updated: 3:40 pm, Tue Mar 1, 2011. About 30 students from the Coast Community College District’s three campuses will travel to Sacramento later this month t...
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modeducation.blogspot.com - digg_url="http://modeducation.blogspot.com/2011/03/march-2nd-national-day-of-actions-for.html"; Modern School’s Partial List of Links for March 2nd Events Academic Workers for a Democratic Union (...
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saveseattleschools.blogspot.com - Here's one other piece of this puzzle of a crisis - the tracking of the Sutor Group report.Back in early 2009, district communications, for whatever reason, had been talking up the Small Business W...
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sfexaminer.com - A measure allowing a pay raise for members of the Board of Education will go before voters in June if a special election is called. The cost of any raise, however, would be borne by the financially...
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quickanded.com - In the midst of an excellent piece arguing unions aren’t winning negotiations on salaries–they’re winning negotiations on everything else–David Leonhardt makes a really important point: Unfortunate...
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catalyst-chicago.org - In the News: Scores show impact of diversity goals on CPS' selective enrollmentPosted By Cassandra West On Tuesday, March 1, 2011 In In the News Scores needed for admission to selective enrollment ...
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mizmercer.edublogs.org - From SCTA President Linda Tuttle MARCH 3 SCHOOL BOARD MEETING 6:30 pm Serna Center This is a call for solidarity and to defend public education in this district! The School Board will be voting on...
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modeducation.blogspot.com - digg_url="http://modeducation.blogspot.com/2011/03/lausd-rewards-cheating-charter-schools.html"; Several studies have shown that charter schools do not perform any better than traditional public...
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Steve Conn, suspended Detroit teacher activist, seeks our support: let’s give it | Dailycensored.com
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Steve Conn, suspended Detroit teacher activist, seeks our support: let’s give it | Dailycensored.comSteve Conn, suspended Detroit teacher activist, seeks our support: let’s give itWritten by Danny ...
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voiceofsandiego.org - Posted: Tuesday, March 1, 2011 10:02 pm | Updated: 10:02 pm, Tue Mar 1, 2011. Faced with a looming legal deadline to warn teachers and other employees of layoffs, the San Diego Unified school boa...
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dfer.org - Lena Taylor is not alone. Also holed up in Illinois for similar reasons is Indiana Rep. Mary Ann Sullivan, a founding member of DFER-Indiana, and a bunch of her Democratic colleagues.The problem co...
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 | boston.com - MADISON, Wis.—Gov. Scott Walker is plowing ahead with his full plan for balancing Wisconsin's budget, proposing massive cuts to public schools even as he faces a stalemate over his proposal to stri... coopmike48 |
oregonlive.com - Published: Tuesday, March 01, 2011, 4:59 PM Updated: Tuesday, March 01, 2011, 5:21 PMSALEM – Almost as unusual as the radical plan for making the University of Oregon independent that President...
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gothamschools.org - A bill that would end the “last in, first out” layoff policy for New York City teachers passed in the State Senate today, but faces an uphill battle in the Assembly. Introduced late last week by St...
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millermps.wordpress.com - Urgent- This is yet another attack on working families and taking away local control. Senate Republicans just announced a hearing at 9:30am tomorrow (Wednesday Mar 2, Room 330-SW in Capitol) on bil...
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nydailynews.com - Bonifacio for News; Pool Mayor Bloomberg was blindsided by Gov. Cuomo's announcement on Tuesday. ALBANY - Mayor Bloomberg scored a brief victory Tuesday night in his push to end the last-in, first-...
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thenotebook.org - District officials are "taking very seriously" a report from the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations finding that it lacks the policies and procedures to prevent and counteract widespread in...
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voiceofsandiego.org - A group of philanthropists, parents, business leaders and others seeking to revamp San Diego Unified school board elections raised more than $451,000 last year, according to its most recent campa...
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dailynews.com - EDUCATION: High school expects move to bring an extra $415,000 in funding. With little fanfare, Los Angeles Unified lost one of its crown jewels to a growing reform movement Tuesday, as El Camino R...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - The Whole Child Blog « Whole Child EducationTHE WHOLE CHILD BLOGGiveaway: Win a Free Copy of The Well-Balanced TeacherMarch 1st, 2011 by ASCD Whole Child BloggersWhat was one thing you wished you’d...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - On Bill Gates, Class Size, and American Parents - Dana GoldsteinOn Bill Gates, Class Size, and American Parentsby Dana GoldsteinIn a Washington Post op-ed and speech yesterday to the National Gover...
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kboi2.com - Story Created: Mar 2, 2011 at 4:47 AM MST Story Updated: Mar 2, 2011 at 4:47 AM MST BOISE, Idaho - About 40 high school students spent the morning on the steps of the Capitol protesting Luna's educ...
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saveseattleschools.blogspot.com - Following an executive session, the Board has amended the agenda for tomorrow's Board meeting by adding votes for the termination of the superintendent and the appointment of Dr. Enfield as the int...
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huffingtonpost.com - The Department of Defense has doled out increasing amounts of federal money in recent years to allow active-duty military personnel to pursue college degrees in their spare time.But the Department ...
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turnto10.com - Once again, the firing of all the Providence school teachers came up for discussion at Monday’s school board hearing.NBC 10's Brian Crandall says the latest hearing follows the filing of a union co...
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nj.com - Published: Wednesday, March 02, 2011, 6:00 AMTRENTON — Lawmakers expressed frustration at a committee hearing Tuesday, as Schools Development Authority Director Marc Larkins remained silent on spec...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Modern School: March 2nd National Day of Actions for Public EducationMarch 2nd National Day of Actions for Public Education0diggModern School’s Partial List of Links for March 2nd EventsAcademic Wo...
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nytimes.com - For five years, the principal of Public School 114 in Brooklyn ran the school into the ground. She blew out the budgets, eventually costing the school its guidance counselors, special reading and m...
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diverseeducation.com - Education Secretary Arne Duncan defended his department’s $48.8 billion funding request for FY2012 at a Senate Budget Committee hearing held Tuesday morning. WASHINGTON – Education Secretary Ar...
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suntimes.com - Unions do more than fight for pay, pensions BY ROBERT BRUNO Mar 1, 2011 10:03PM The intense debate unfolding in Midwestern state legislatures and, more loudly, outside of their marble chambers is n...
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millermps.wordpress.com - Just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse Scott Walker rolls out his full right-wing agenda– “The budget reduces school aid by $834 million over the biennium, a 7.9 percent reduction compared...
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kochwatch.org - February 28, 2011- Part of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's union-busting agenda is including a "right to work" rule for public-sector employees. Several other Republican governors are considering sim...
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ibtimes.com - As California prepares to pass a doomsday scenario to fight a gaping $28-billion budget deficit, one of the hardest hit segments of the public employment landscape is expected to be teachers. Over ...
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nytimes.com - ALBANY — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said on Tuesday that he would introduce legislation to speed the implementation of a statewide system to evaluate teachers’ performance. His announcement c...
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cbsnews.com - (CBS News) Outside of Wisconsin's dispute with labor unions, there's a bigger attack coming -- against unionized teachers, reports CBS News correspondent Wyatt Andrews. "This is a direct attack o...
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voiceofsandiego.org - Posted: Tuesday, March 1, 2011 10:28 am | Updated: 10:37 am, Tue Mar 1, 2011. I heard recently that the four small high schools on the Kearny High campus are slated to lose their nurse. While oth...
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teachbad.com - Here’s why I ask. I don’t seem to have enough. Even though I haven’t even begun to analyze all the data I have, or even think about whether or not it is useful, I feel compelled to keep collecting ...
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detnews.com - Last Updated: March 02. 2011 1:00AM Jennifer Chambers / The Detroit News Detroit — The Detroit Federation of Teachers suspended member Steve Conn for misconduct during a Jan. 20 union meeting at wh...
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host.madison.com - PAT SCHNEIDER | The Capital Times | pschneider@madison.com madison.com | | Posted: Tuesday, March 1, 2011 11:00 am What happens next is anyone's guess as Gov. Scott Walker continues to restrict pu...
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