Monday, June 27, 2011

Big Education Ape: 6-26-11 PM 'What Happens When Charter Schools Fail' Edition

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Martha Woodall — 'What Happens When Charter Schools Fail' : NPR

npr.org - Enlarge iStockphoto.com Research from Stanford University showed that while Philadelphia had a slightly higher percentage of charter schools outperforming traditional public schools, the city also ...

mikeklonsky

Marcia Alesan Dawkins: Taking ‘Bad Teacher’ to School Film ReviewTruthdig

truthdig.com - Posted on Jun 26, 2011imdb.comCameron Diaz goes to school in “Bad Teacher.” By Marcia Alesan DawkinsLet’s be honest. Teachers don’t get into the profession for the money. Nowadays they don’t get in...

DianeRavitch

The reform pretenders - The Answer Sheet

washingtonpost.com - --This was written by Carol Corbett Burris, the principal of South Side High School in New York. She was named the 2010 New York State Outstanding Educator by the School Administrators Association...

DianeRavitch

The last straw: A letter to the Wisconsin State Journal by Grant Petty |

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - The last straw: A letter to the Wisconsin State Journal by Grant Petty |The last straw: A letter to the Wisconsin State Journal by Grant PettyI received permission to publish this letter from Grant...

coopmike48

Chicago Shopping

chicagotribune.com - By Noreen S. Ahmed-Ullah, Tribune reporter 4:59 p.m. CDT, June 26, 2011 In the coming days, Chicago Public Schools officials plan to hand out pink slips to about 1,000 teachers.The layoffs include ...

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Jean Hagen Profile

tcm.com - Jean Hagen ProfileTo movie audiences, Jean Hagen will forever be Lina Lamont, the shrill-voiced silent movie star who Debbie Reynolds has to dub in Singin' in the Rain (1952). It was a tour de forc...

DianeRavitch

EducationSee all

Budget Cuts in the Classroom: What's on the School Chopping Block?

time.com - Parents and students joined teachers and other school staffers at a Los Angeles protest against school budget cuts on May 13, 2011. Kevork Djansezian / Getty Images The slow pace of America's econo...

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In the UK, teachers are walking out over pensions. I’m just sayin’. « Fred Klonsky's blog

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - In the UK, teachers are walking out over pensions. I’m just sayin’. « Fred Klonsky's blogIn the UK, teachers are walking out over pensions. I’m just sayin’.by Fred KlonskyI’m just sayin’ is all.Two...

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Sac City School Board to Evaluate Superintendent Tuesday - Rosemont, CA Patch

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Sac City School Board to Evaluate Superintendent Tuesday - Rosemont, CA PatchSac City School Board to Evaluate Superintendent TuesdayThe school board will meet on Monday and Tuesday.By Cody Kitaura...

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PoliticsSee all

Shared Sacrifice: U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (Vermont)

sanders.senate.gov - Dear Mr. President, This is a pivotal moment in the history of our country. Decisions are being made about the national budget that will impact the lives of virtually every American for decades to ...

mikeklonsky

Ohio Gov. Kasich -- 'Thanks Koch Bros."

schoolingintheownershipsociety.blogspot.com - In an "unlisted video" which Gov. Kasich recorded using state resources, he tells the Koch Industries astroturf group Americans For Prosperity: "... in the four months that I've been Governor, we...

mikeklonsky

Israeli Actor Impersonated Activist in Video Attacking Gaza Flotilla

thelede.blogs.nytimes.com - A YouTube video featuring a man who presented himself as an American gay-rights activist disillusioned with the Gaza flotilla campaign has been exposed as a hoax. The man in the video, who introduc...

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StoriesSee all

Spingarn principal: Teacher told special ed student to ‘shut up’ and ‘go to sleep’ prior to attack - D.C. Schools Insider

washingtonpost.com - Spingarn High School Principal Gary Washington says there is more to the story of the teacher who was attacked in her classroom last month by a special education student. Prior to the incident, acc...

coopmike48

Confessions of a Partially Proficient Parent: Making board games

ednewsparent.org - Last week, my daughter was in a Girl Scout day camp, and thus we both got a break from planning play dates and finding creative ways to dodge the heat – and, even more menacing, summertime boredom....

coopmike48

When I Retire | Edwize

edwize.org - [Editor's note: Mr. Foteah is a third-year teacher in an elementary school in Queens. He blogs at From the Desk of Mr. Foteah, where this post originally appeared.] I recently wrote about how havin...

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Art & EntertainmentSee all

Bachmann Compares Self to Gay Rapist Clown Serial Killer

gawker.com - Maureen O'Connor —Kicking off her presidential campaign in Waterloo, Iowa, Michele Bachmann explained the geographic significance to Fox News: "Well what I want them to know is just like, John Wayn...

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Sacramento Press / Davis Music Festival: photos

sacramentopress.com - The inaugural Davis Music Festival, consisting of 20 musical acts playing 5 different venues in downtown Davis, was held Saturday. With music ranging from a local band of high schoolers to national...

coopmike48

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: High concept moviemaking?: BAD TEACHER IS A F-ing COMEDY! + BAD TEACHER MOVIE BOASTS BAD TASTE

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - 4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: High concept moviemaking?: BAD TEACHER IS A F-ing COMEDY! + BAD TEACHER MOVIE BOASTS BAD TASTEHigh concept moviemaking?: BAD TEACHER IS A F-ing COMEDY! ...

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EnvironmentSee all

Nuclear Regulator: No Danger at Flooded Nebraska Plant

abcnews.go.com - Water from the Missouri River that normally aids in cooling the Fort Calhoun Nuclear Station has now become its worst enemy, as a levee helping to protect electrical transformers at the Nebraska fa...

mikeklonsky

Native Bees Worth Billions of Dollars a year, Researchers Say

baycitizen.org - The collapse of honeybee colonies has been widely publicized, but not everybody knows that California's native bee species are also vanishing. They are disappearing as pastures used for grazing are...

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Food Sunday: The Truth about GM Crops, Farmer to Farmer

my.firedoglake.com - I’ll state straight away, I hate/loathe/despise/abhor Monsanto. They are evil, not metaphorically evil, but actually evil. And as for our politicians who should have protected us from Monsanto; w...

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HealthSee all

ASCD Inservice: Petroglyphs to Pie Charts: Getting Started with Infographics

ascd.typepad.com - Infographics combine visuals and text to make information easier to understand, and/or present information in a new way. In her #ISTE11 presentation, "Infographics as a Creative Assessment" (availa...

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The Soul of a Man | The Jose Vilson

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - The Soul of a Man | The Jose VilsonThe Soul of a Manby JoseBellevue Hospital, Between the LayersThe entryways of the remodeled Bellevue Hospital come at incoming patients and visitors in layers aki...

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