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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - NYC Educator: Teacher Evaluations: Don't Judge the Mayor by Test Scores, but Teachers Are Fair GameTeacher Evaluations: Don't Judge the Mayor by Test Scores, but Teachers Are Fair Gameby Miss EyreH...
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blogs.edweek.org - Dear Deborah,Your last column reminded me of fruitless debates that I have had with education "reformers" who are extremely certain about their views. They are convinced that they have exactly the ...
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nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - May 16, 2011 (GBN News): Emboldened by the NY State Board of Regents’ approval of a strict new teacher evaluation system, Governor Andrew Cuomo has decided to tighten the screws even further. In hi...
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newhavenindependent.org - The New Haven Board of Education is poised to approve the first takeover of a city school by a for-profit “turnaround” company at a hastily-called meeting tonight—and the contract starts tomorrow.T...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Jesse Cheng Resigns As UC Student Regent « Student ActivismJesse Cheng Resigns As UC Student Regentby Angus JohnstonJesse Cheng announced on Monday that he would be stepping down as Student Regent ...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALSLet's Count the ScandalsSouthwest Learning Center *HEAD OF CHARTERS EARNS $204,000. **Albuquerque** Journal* (NM) 11 Mar 2010 http://www.abqjournal.com/news/metro/11231120786...
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - solidaridad: An Echo Park Mom speaks out on the LAUSD District 5 RaceAn Echo Park Mom speaks out on the LAUSD District 5 Raceby Robert D. Skeels * rdsatheneMy dear friends and neighbors, please joi...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALSLet's Count the ScandalsSouthwest Learning Center *HEAD OF CHARTERS EARNS $204,000. **Albuquerque** Journal* (NM) 11 Mar 2010 http://www.abqjournal.com/news/metro/11231120786...
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schooltechconnect.com - I was berating poor Justin Hamilton this afternoon, which by the way is an awesome new hobby, very popular, when I felt myself becoming enormously frustrated with Arne Duncan. Again. The thing that...
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 | gothamschools.org - Deputy Commissioner John King, who will soon become commissioner, said that for a teacher to earn a rating of developing, effective, or highly effective, there should be some evidence of student pr... coopmike48 |
miamiherald.com - More than 1,400 teachers will be receiving letters Tuesday morning officially informing them that they won’t be coming back to their Broward County classrooms in August.And hundreds of more will li...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - ACCS Meeting Notice - May 31, 2011 - Advisory Commission on Charter Schools (CA Dept of Education)Type of Action: Action/DiscussionSubject: Consideration of Requests for Determination of Funding Ra...
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 | blogs.forbes.com - EducationMay. 17 2011 - 1:29 pm | 159 views | 0 recommendations |By E.D. KAIN Via Doug Mataconis, who describes Walker’s actions as “despicably cruel” we get this news out of Wisconsin: Madison – G...  mikeklonsky |
thenation.com - Major League Baseball’s annual Civil Rights Game was poised to be a migraine-inducing exercise in Orwellian irony. Forget about the fact that Civil Rights was to be honored in Atlanta, where fans r...
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neikor.blogspot.com - It pains to watch the virulent attacks on public employees like myself. Primary targets are the pension systems that support police, firefighters, nurses and teachers in their retirement. In Illi...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - There will be no Senate vote on Pensions. Will Madigan and Cross have their way? « Fred Klonsky's blogThere will be no Senate vote on Pensions. Will Madigan and Cross have their way?by Fred Klonsky...
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 | wbez.org - Mayor Rahm Emanuel has said he intends to focus on the city's schools. And at certain points during his inauguration speech today it sounded like Emanuel was being sworn in as school board presiden... mikeklonsky |
 | firedoglake.com - Pictured: Newt Gingrich (above, right), before the Great Purge. Well, this is what happens when you denounce Paul Ryan’s plan to destroy Medicare as “radical right-wing social engineering” — even i... coopmike48 |
 | nycharities.org - Leonie Haimson, Diane Ravitch, Patrick Sullivan, Monica Major, Khem Irby and Emily Horowitz invite you to the third annual Skinny Awards When: Thursday, June 15 at 6:00 PM Where: Amber Restaurant...  leoniehaimson |
gothamschools.org - by Elizabeth Green Against Joel Klein’s assertion that “collaboration is the elixir of the status-quo crowd.” (Future of Ed) Inside an expulsion hearing at a Bronx charter school for a student with...
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4lakidsnews.blogspot.com - Warren OLney ,Which Way L.A.? | Reporter's Notebook | KCRW | http://bit.ly/lWtsKN Librarians Get the Third Degree (16 May | 7:18PM) Listen to the show (Begins at 18:56) On most days, LA Unifie...
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 | teamsternation.blogspot.com - The Showdown in Ohio tells us that hundreds of workers, clergy and homeowners are rallying in Columbus against JPMorgan Chase because of the ginormous bank's predatory loan practices and eagerness ... coopmike48 |
news.firedoglake.com - Heated protests at the JPMorgan Chase shareholders meeting in Columbus, Ohio provoked a large response from local law enforcement and security. At least one person was handcuffed after a group of a...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Robert Reich (The Great Switch by the Super Rich)The Great Switch by the Super Rich1 person liked thisForty years ago, wealthy Americans financed the U.S. government mainly through their tax paymen...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - An Urban Teacher's Education: Stupid Education Policy Stresses Me OutStupid Education Policy Stresses Me Outby The Reflective EducatorYesterday I went to the neurologist after two long weeks of vis...
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educationresearchreport.blogspot.com - ΩBrief, intense workouts offer a time-efficient alternative to longer physical education classes according to a study just published in the American Journal of Human Biology, by Duncan Buchan, of t...
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