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nypost.com - Read it and sweep. A Brooklyn charter school's finances are in such disarray that it axed 20 staffers mid-year and teachers have been left to sweep hallways and vacuum classrooms because of a custo...
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educationgadfly.net - At first blush, it would appear that former Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings and Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels have a lot in common. Both served as cabinet members in the George W. Bush A...
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washingtonpost.com - --This was written by John Ewing, president of Math for America, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving mathematics education in U.S. public high schools by recruiting, training and retain...
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eiaonline.com - Of course it was inevitable that the National Education Association would endorse President Obama for reelection. Who else? But the timing caused some overinterpretation and I’ve been answering que...
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michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - Leading mathematician debunks use of VAM The L.A. Times is once again publishing the names of every teacher in the district next to a concocted "value-added score." The reputations and careers o...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Prosecuting the librarians « InterACTProsecuting the librariansby Martha InfanteFor those of you who hold libraries dear to your heart, please read and share what is happening to L.A.’s school libr...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Superintendent threatens principal for offering teacher tenure « JD2718Superintendent threatens principal for offering teacher tenureby jd2718Absurd? Ridiculous? Yes. But true.The story that follow...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - What I Would Say To A Group of Promising Educators of Color | The Jose VilsonWhat I Would Say To A Group of Promising Educators of Colorby JoseYoung KRS-OneI had the privilege last Friday of attend...
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washingtonpost.com - [Updated with details and link to Deasey letter to the Times.] It’s deja vu all over again with the Los Angeles Times and its value-added scores that supposedly tell us how effective are the teache...
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blogs.edweek.org - With the debate over standardized testing increasingly focused on using the results to evaluate teachers, it's easy to forget about the SAT. How students in China are gaming the grandfather of all ...
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pittsburghlive.com - A new analysis suggests the state could cut the number of teachers, increase student-teacher ratios and ease education's financial crunch without seriously damaging academic performance. A cost-ben...
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history.com - On this day in 1869, the presidents of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads meet in Promontory, Utah, and drive a ceremonial last spike into a rail line that connects their railroads. Th...
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teamsternation.blogspot.com - Teamsters Denounce Florida Legislature Plan to Privatize Prisons IBT ...With the passage of this bill, correctional officers at facilities in 18 counties in the state will face an uncertain futu...
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democraticunderground.com - Source: CNNWashington (CNN) -- President Barack Obama heads to El Paso, Texas, on Tuesday to give a speech on the need for comprehensive immigration reform -- a perennial hot-button political issue...
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 | nytimes.com - Kate Swift, a writer and editor who in two groundbreaking books — “Words and Women” and “The Handbook of Nonsexist Writing” — brought attention to the sexual discrimination embedded in ordinary Eng... coopmike48 |
 | blog.angryasianman.com - What the hell happened here? This disturbing video of multiple New York police officers taking down an elderly Chinese man has been making the rounds. It all apparently went down over the weekend a... coopmike48 |
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Here Are Some Good Posts On School Reform | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...Here Are Some Good Posts On School Reform Here’s today’s “round-up” of good school reform-related posts: Are Publi...
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hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - President Barack Obama alights in El Paso, Texas, today to present his vision of an immigration system that meets the economic and security needs of our nation in the 21st century. The president’s ...
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 | hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 1:27 am, May 10, 2011 Photo Credits: Rights of Immigrants Being Deported The American Immigration Council’s Legal Action Center (LAC) cautiously applauds last week’s decision of the Bo... coopmike48 |
 | boston.com - OKLAHOMA CITY—Legislation to prohibit the officers of education associations from participating in the Oklahoma Teacher's Retirement System has been signed into law by Gov. Mary Fallin.The bill by ... coopmike48 |
democraticunderground.com - Source: The Cap TimesFeds turn Walker down on passenger rail funding requestMIKE IVEY | The Capital Times | mivey@madison.com | (53) Comments | Posted: Monday, May 9, 2011 3:30 pmWisconsin has been...
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baycitizen.org - The eco-metropolis planned for Treasure Island could be a good financial deal for the city and the developers. But it all depends on taxes generated by the island’s future residents and businesses...
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baycitizen.org - San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi is collecting voter signatures to place his renewed attempt at pension reform on the November ballot. Last fall, Adachi's Proposition B was the subject of ...
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bluecheddar.wordpress.com - by Maggie Ginsburg-SchultzI’m tugging out a portion of a much longer, very good article by author Maggie Ginsburg-Schutz with Madison Magazine. In this excerpt, the setting is Tomahawk at Wolff’s L...
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beinglatino.wordpress.com - by Brian Cockman Think about the word fingerprint, and what usually comes to mind is a crime scene swarming with police who are “dusting for prints,” or identification safety programs to keep child...
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blog.angryasianman.com - New York Magazine's current cover story, Paper Tigers by Wesley Yang, is the latest incendiary article to fire up the internets. To be honest, I've only skimmed through it, because I don't really h...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - State of EmergencyYour help is urgently needed to defeat three CTA-opposed bills that attack teachers directly. The bills will hurt students, as well. The three measures are set in the Senate Educa...
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