bigeducationape.blogspot.com - The Service of Democratic Education | The Nationhe Service of Democratic EducationLinda Darling-HammondMay 21, 2011 Share515|||Recommended by 0|Text Size A | A | AEmail|Print|Share|Single Page|Web...
thenation.com - At the commencement ceremony for Columbia University's Teachers College on May 18, Stanford education professor Linda Darling-Hammond—a nationally renowned leader in education reform and former edu...
edweek.org - Published Online: May 27, 2011The United States’ education system is neither coherent nor likely to see great improvements based on its current attempts at reform, a report released this week by th...
huffingtonpost.com - NEW YORK -- Education policies pushing more tests haven't necessarily led to more learning, according to a new National Research Council report."We went ahead, implementing this incredibly expensiv...
nytimes.com - In 2004, when Todd S. Nelson was chief executive of the University of Phoenix, the nation’s largest for-profit college, he signed a $9.8 million settlement with the Department of Education, which f...
uft.org - Cara MetzUFT President Michael Mulgrew, flanked by the co-plaintiffs, explains the details of the lawsuit against the Department of Education. PS 308 in Brooklyn is still battling plans by the Depa...
huffingtonpost.com - WASHINGTON -- The nonprofit group set up by former Washington D.C. schools chancellor Michelle Rhee is facing criticism for hiring a lobbyist to work on controversial legislation in Ohio that parti...
nydailynews.com - Exclusive David Handschuh/News - FILE PHOTO The city may lose up to $44 million next year for turning around 22 struggling schools because of a dispute over teacher evaluations, the Daily News has ...
michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - Now that I've turned another year older, I'm trying to act my age, a little more mature if you will. So I've dropped my Friday morning FUs in exchange for Friday morning TYs (thanks) in order to ge...
hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 8:20 pm, May 27, 2011 Photo Credits: U.S. Hispanic Population Up 43% The U.S. Census Bureau today released a 2010 Census brief on the nation’s Hispanic population, which shows the Hisp...
hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 5:15 pm, May 27, 2011 Photo Credits: White working class pessimistic about future In 2005, the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey stated that only 50 percent of white working-cl...
preaprez.wordpress.com - News item: Gil Scott-Heron dies at the age of 62. Looking for a way Out of this confusion I’m looking for a sign Carry me home Let me lay down by a stream And let me be miles from everything Rivers...
blog.angryasianman.com - What's up, cool people. You know what time it is. Meet the Angry Reader of the Week, spotlighting you, the very special readers of this website. Over the years, I've been able to connect with a lot...
dekerivers.wordpress.com - Madison is about to go brat crazy this weekend. Multiple events are scheduled where the best in summer-like fun can be enjoyed. In addition there will be cookouts, such as the one we are plannin...
npr.org - Anthony Barboza/Getty Images Gil Scott-Heron in Harlem in 2010. Gil Scott-Heron died Friday afternoon in New York. He was 62. The influential poet and musician is often credited with being one of t...
baycitizen.org - EDITOR'S NOTE: The author is a friend of Mike Parayno, the founder of Birdland, and sometimes volunteers there as a photographer.Not many people can say they have a jazz club in their garage. But t...
vivirlaeducacion.com - Publicado el 28 Mayo 2011Archivado en Josep | 2 mayo, 2011 por Psicólogos Bonnet Un programa de puntos es la aplicación sistemática de una estrategia de premios que tiene por objetivo iniciar o inc...
my.firedoglake.com - It’s amazing what you can learn reading the Washington Post. Today its lead editorial told readers that reducing the annual cost of living adjustment for Social Security by 0.3 percentage points wo...
thenotebook.org - As I was slogging through the District’s 400-plus page budget book, I was struck by the significant increases and expansions within various central office administration budgets. (All references ar...
news.firedoglake.com - Yesterday we learned that Saudi Arabia warned US officials of oil price speculation back in 2007, telling them they had nowhere to sell additional crude even if they produced more. Since January, t...
huffingtonpost.com - A 16-year-old boy has been charged with murder after a Chicago police officer fatally shot his 15-year-old friend Wednesday on the South Side.Brandon Ross and his friend Tatioun Williams allegedly ...
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Anti-tax Crusader Norquist “Enforces” No Brain Pledge in Capitol Visit « State of EmergencyAnti-tax Crusader Norquist “Enforces” No Brain Pledge in Capitol Visitby Leonard FeldmanGrover Norquist ma...
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Big Education Ape: Ed News NowSaturday, May. 28, 2011Big Education Ape: Ed News NowPublished by Coopmike48 – 6 contributors todayNext update in about 12 hoursSee all articlesHEADLINESEDUCATIONPOLIT...
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Modern School: PERB to UTLA: Shut Up and Take It Like a TeacherPERB to UTLA: Shut Up and Take It Like a Teacherby Michael DunnUnited Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA), filed a complaint with the Public E...
ednewsparent.org - The chocolate milk wars: A mom’s perspective As any parent knows, you can prepare healthy food but you can’t make your kids eat it. So there are a few tricks we parents have up our culinary sleeves...