parentsacrossamerica.org - May 28, 2011 leoniehaimson Apparently, the search firm hired to find someone willing to serve as the new state education commissioner in Florida is finding it difficult and has recommended extendin...
educationsector.org - State and federal accountability systems are putting immense pressure on public schools to improve the performance of low-achieving students. To respond, schools must be able to recruit and retain ...
huffingtonpost.com - By Lindsay McCluskey and Robert RooksWhat does it mean to be "tough on crime"? Does "toughness" depend on how many people we imprison? Or should the indicator be whether our society combats crime a...
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...
opednews.com - Evaluation of a professional is not a simple thing, and thus the public can be easily misled and misdirected. Even Jon Q public, or the 'average Joe or Jane' would recognize that a lawyer cannot be...
uft.org - 2011 Dewey Award winner Linda Darling-Hammond Miller PhotographyLinda Darling-Hammond (center) receives the union’s prestigious John Dewey Award from UFT President Michael Mulgrew and Vice Presiden...
chicagotribune.com - A year ago, students at Marshall Metropolitan High School seemed oblivious to the class bell. They'd linger in the hallways, chat with friends, talk on cellphones. Then last summer the adults in th...
politickerny.com - In light of today’s A1 New York Times story about the Bloomberg administration’s plans to administer a dozen new standardized tests in order to evaluate not students, but teachers, Queens City Coun...
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...
preaprez.wordpress.com - The Facebook pages of my older friends all had messages about Gil Scott-Heron this morning. He died Friday. He was my age. Youtube videos. Quotes from his lyrics. Memories. In the mid-70s, if you w...
bigthink.com - As I was listening to Chuck Brown and the Soul Searchers last night while surfing the web, I discovered that Gil Scott Heron had died. Heron has always been an underappreciated poet, musician and c...
thelede.blogs.nytimes.com - Video posted on YouTube by Jordi Salvia, a Catalan blogger, of police officers in Barcelona using force to clear protesters from a central square. Updated | 12:59 p.m. BARCELONA, Spain — After near...
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...
nyceducator.com - Every few days I get spam comments. Often they're from some sort of essay-writing company that helps kids or college students cheat. I don't much care for companies like that, and if Disqus doesn't...
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...
teacherpoetmusicianglenbrown.blogspot.com - “This legislation seeks not only to increase the membership contribution one time, it seeks to put the membership contribution on an escalating scale that is recalculated every three years… It is i...
hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 12:10 pm, May 28, 2011 Photo Credits: Mortgage scams On June 1st, KMEX CH 34 in Los Angeles will have more than 20 housing counselors come to their studios to answer calls from homeown...
tampabay.com - As we first tweeted this morning, the Republican Party of Florida is robo-calling voters to drum up support for Gov. Rick Scott, who might be America's most-disliked governor, with a 29 percent app...
democurmudgeon.blogspot.com - The amazing revelation below, after tying two completely different budgetary moves together, says all that needs to be said about the disastrous Republican lawmaking at the Capitol. jsonline: Repub...
whitehouse.gov - The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release May 28, 2011 President Barack Obama, Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski and Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced several new i...
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 ...
democraticunderground.com - Source: WISN 12 NewsDOJ Asks Supreme Court To Lift Ban On Union LawJudge Maryann Sumi Invalidates Law On ThursdayPOSTED: 10:17 pm CDT May 27, 2011UPDATED: 10:30 pm CDT May 27, 2011MADISON, Wis. -- ...
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Mainstream Media's Inability To Tell The Truth About LAUSD (Incapacidad principales medios de comunicación a decir la verdad sobre el LAUSD) - Perdaily.comMainstream Media's Inability To Tell The T...
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...
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