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blog.nj.com - 2008 Associated Press file photoEducation Secretary Arne Duncan, left, with President Obama shortly before they took office, says charter schools and outside philanthropy are important parts of imp...
mikeklonsky
eiaonline.com - I came across the most recent summary report for the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) and I thought its pared-down tables and graphs nicely encapsulated the pension situation ...
DianeRavitch
huffingtonpost.com - So it finally happened -- I was interviewed live on Fox and Friends by Gretchen Carlson about opting my son out of NCLB testing. It turned out to be quite an experience. There were lots of mix-ups,...
DianeRavitch
huffingtonpost.com - It is impossible to open up a magazine, click on a website, or listen to talk radio without hearing about the issue of education reform. As citizens, it frightens us to hear that out the Chinese ar...
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jerseyjazzman.blogspot.com - Oy vey:Q. Let me bounce off you three of the key concerns I’ve heard from those who are opposed to the reforms, or are skeptical. One: Charter schools are not dramatically lifting student performan...
DianeRavitch
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Jersey Jazzman: Overpaid Teachers?!?Overpaid Teachers?!?by DukeAnybody still think there is "greed and excess" in our schools?In the table below, I present the results from the previous post, along...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Helping Students Motivate Themselves: Practical Answers To Classroom Challenges | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...Larry FerlazzoHelping Students Motivate Themselves: Practical Answers To Cla...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Good Middle School Journal Article On Parent Involvement | Engaging Parents In School...Good Middle School Journal Article On Parent Involvementby Larry FerlazzoI recently discovered a very good ar...
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newsweek.com - On his right, the new GOP chairman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, Rep. John Kline, says he wants to slash spending on education and break up the education bill into bite-size p...
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philly.com - Posted on Mon, Apr. 4, 2011 Classified documents recently released by WikiLeaks recount U.S. officials' growing concern over large numbers of Turkish men seeking visas to work at American charter s...
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 | parentsacrossamerica.org - Apr 4, 2011 leoniehaimson by Dora Taylor For Arne Duncan’s record, I would recommend going through Catalyst’s In-Depth report of his Renaissance 2010, the plan that he rolled out as CEO of the Chi... leoniehaimson |
blog.aflcio.org - In this guest column, Martin Luther King III, president and chief executive officer of The King Center, explains why his father would be on the front lines today supporting public employees. Forty-...
mikeklonsky
 | educationgadfly.net - Photo courtesy of Vox EFX We’re starting to seethe broad outlines of a budget plan that Republican lawmakers will present this week to slash $4 billion in spending over the next decade. At first bl... mikeklonsky |
pressdemocrat.com - Published: Sunday, April 3, 2011 at 4:00 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, April 1, 2011 at 4:24 p.m. Citing the mounting cost and ill-defined goals of American military action in Libya, Rep. Lynn Woolse...
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nybooks.com - Bradley Manning is the soldier charged with leaking US government documents to Wikileaks. He is currently detained under degrading and inhumane conditions that are illegal and immoral. For nine mon...
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huffingtonpost.com - The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. walked the picket line the day before an assassin's bullet ended his life. A Nobel Prize-winner courted by presidents, King spent his final hours with Memphis garbag...
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studentactivism.net - “As I have walked among the desperate, rejected, and angry young men, I have told them that Molotov cocktails and rifles would not solve their problems. I have tried to offer them my deepest compas...
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nytimes.com - Steve Goldsmith has discovered what most city managers have known for a long time. “In-sourcing” services and functions that had previously been contracted out has been going on for as long as outs...
leoniehaimson
 | lbo-news.com - Reading Diane Ravtich’s excellent takedown of (private school grad and college dropout) Bill Gates for his interventions in public education reminded me that the only reason people listen to him is... leoniehaimson |
heraldsun.com.au - CONSUMER prices rose to a 14-month high in March, driven by rises in the escalating cost of food and petroleum products, brought about by disasters in Queensland and the civil war in Libya. The TD ...
mikeklonsky
 | Justin Tarte - Life of an Educator...: I am an Educational Blogger... I am an Educational Blogger... bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Justin Tarte - Life of an Educator...: I am an Educational Blogger...I am an Educational Blogger...I started my blogging journey in the summer of 2010, and I really wasn't sure what I expected to g... coopmike48 |
sacbee.com - A Cosumnes River College professor has won an award from the national teachers union that represents community college faculty.Travis Parker, a professor of physical education and athletics, won th... coopmike48 |
 | uppitywis.org - This robocall just came from the Jeff Stone for Milwaukee County exec campaign:Ive taking a lot of heat because I chose to support Jeff Stone. And Jeff Stone is taking a lot of heat because he cho... coopmike48 |
suntimes.com - Chaz Ebert, president of Ebert Productions and executive producer of “Ebert Presents At the Movies,” clutches the Celestial Award. She was joined by her husband Roger Ebert. | Scott Stewart~Sun-Tim...
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theatlanticwire.com - Remember The Governator, the comic book and cartoon series from Arnold Schwarzenegger we dismissed as an April Fools' joke last week? Apparently it's real. Sorry about that. As an act of contrition...
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defendwisconsin.org - – April 4, 2011Posted in: Announcements, Our Voices From Memphis to Madison: Honor History, Make History 5:00 PM VO5 performs 5:20 PM Transition period 5:25 PM Mich...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - This Week In Education: Campaign 2012: Power Politics 101Campaign 2012: Power Politics 101by Alexander RussoStill not entirely certain how we got to Scott Walker less than two years after Barack Ob...
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