nytimes.com - INDIANAPOLIS — A handful of outspoken teachers helped persuade state lawmakers this spring to eliminate seniority-based layoff policies. They testified before the legislature, wrote briefing papers...
examiner.com - Mr. Duncan, I’ll begin with a small sample of relevant adjectives just to get them out of the way: condescending, arrogant, insulting, misleading, patronizing, egotistic, supercilious, haughty, in...
washingtonpost.com - Here’s the letter that 10 assessment experts sent to the New York State Board of Regents earlier this month urging it not to approve a system that links student standard test scores to the evaluati...
idahostatesman.com - April 03, 2011 PUBLIC EDUCATION - Idaho StatesmanPUBLIC EDUCATION Idaho’s public school system is now Idaho Republicans’ public school system.Republican State Superintendent Tom Luna cooked up this...
washingtonpost.com - The end of the school year and the layoffs of tens of thousands of teachers are bringing more attention to reformers’ calls to remake public schools. Today’s school reform movement conflates the mo...
schoolingintheownershipsociety.blogspot.com - “We’ve learned that school-level investments aren’t enough to drive systemic changes, The importance of advocacy has gotten clearer and clearer.” -- Gates Foundation spokesman Allan C. Golston Acc...
nytimes.com - INDIANAPOLIS — A handful of outspoken teachers helped persuade state lawmakers this spring to eliminate seniority-based layoff policies. They testified before the legislature, wrote briefing papers...
schoolsmatter.info - Sent to the Washington Post, May 21. The Post characterizes the current education law (NCLB, or No Child Left Behind) as "inflexible" and "testing-heavy," and notes that there is "bipartisan agreem...
preaprez.wordpress.com - Plenty of folks showed up in Lansing, Michigan to show their anger at Governor Rick Synder’s education cuts. Barack Obama’s education plan: Just make the lowest performing kids disappear. Those fre...
teamsternation.blogspot.com - State proposal would send $250 million to certified capital companies Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel ...Legislation that Gov. Scott Walker says will create jobs would provide hundreds of millions of...
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Has "ObamaCare" Begun The Undoing Of The Republican Party? | California Progress ReportHas "ObamaCare" Begun The Undoing Of The Republican Party?Posted on 22 May 2011Printer-friendly versionSend to...
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - “The Sixties” Debate | Firedoglake“The Sixties” Debateby Glenn W. SmithKent State MassacreWe were idling away the evening on the balcony, drinking wine and talking about everything from the Keith R...
californiaprogressreport.com - Printer-friendly versionSend to friendBy Elanor StarmerFood and Water Watch Today, I’ve been thinking about beef. Not just any beef: Beef from hardworking independent family ranchers in California....
brooklynheightsblog.com - Archives Select Month May 2011 April 2011 March 2011 February 2011 January 2011 December 2010 November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 201...
insidehighered.com - February 24, 2011 The return of ROTC to some campuses -- seemingly assured by the end of the military's policy against gay service members -- may be hitting a few bumps.More February 24, 2011 City ...
blog.angryasianman.com - If you're in New York, Verizon Wireless invites you to Asian Pacific American Visionaries: Innovate. Inspire. Rule., a conference in celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. The event ...
theuptake.org - Video by Mike Maricle For the next 18 months Minnesotans can expected to be bombarded with ads and messages about the anti-gay marriage constitutional amendment that will be on the November 2012 ba...
womensenews.org - The problem of child sex-trafficking is widely associated with foreign countries such as Thailand and India. Advocates hope new sex-trafficking laws like the one passed in Georgia will focus concer...
hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - An alliance of Latino organizations including the Illinois Latino Agenda, led by the Latino Policy Forum, and the Latino Coalition for Fair Redistricting, led by the United Neighborhood Organizatio...
californiawatch.org - Toddhealthinsurance/Flickr Last week federal authorities announced the latest power granted to states under the health reform law: Regulators can scrutinize proposed health insurance rate hikes of ...
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - “The Sixties” Debate | Firedoglake“The Sixties” Debateby Glenn W. SmithKent State MassacreWe were idling away the evening on the balcony, drinking wine and talking about everything from the Keith R...
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Controversy Over Scholastic Sponsorships Goes Beyond CoalControversy Over Scholastic Sponsorships Goes Beyond Coalby Huffington Post News TeamAmidst heavy criticism over a "pro-coal" teaching tool ...
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