michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - The school-to-prison pipeline Nathan Bootz, Superintendent of Ithaca Public Schools asks Michigan's Tea Party Gov. Snyder to make his school a prison so it can be adequately funded.The State of Mic...
ed.gov - Today, the Obama Administration released final regulations requiring career college programs to better prepare students for "gainful employment" or risk losing access to Federal student aid. While ...
hepg.org - Uplift Education, a charter network in Dallas, is using predictive research to identify effective teachers like Daniel Polk (above) more easily. Volume 27, Number 3May/June 2011 By LAURA PAPPANO Us...
ourfuture.org - As educators close out this school year and go into planning mode for the next, what many of them truly dread is the fiscal nightmare being handed to them by miserly state governments who've decide...
nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - From a teacher who prefers to remain anonymous: I'm sitting in my classroom working and five of my African girls are sitting at the table next to me, debating in English, about the injustice presen...
preaprez.wordpress.com - A few months back I questioned the decision of IEA Communications Director Charlie McBarron to put a link on our union’s website to some anti-union lies about the Michigan Education Association pub...
triblocal.com - Post a story State Rep. Michelle Mussman, D-Schaumburg, will conduct a town hall meeting June 9 to update residents on this year’s legislative session. The legislature is expected to adjourn late T...
newsnet5.com - CLEVELAND - An exclusive 5 On Your Side investigation has uncovered a money trail of Ohio tax dollars leading overseas that paid for illegal immigration fees and expenses associated with charter s...
nytimes.com - The American Islamic College, closed since 2004 when the state revoked its operating authority, is expected early next month to win approval to reopen. Supporters see the opening of the...
modeducation.blogspot.com - digg_url="http://modeducation.blogspot.com/2011/06/oaxacan-teachers-resist-tests-merit.html"; On May 23, 70,000 teachers struck in Oaxaca, Mexico. They were not asking for raises or better benef...
indypendent.org - Seventy thousand teachers in the Mexican state of Oaxaca struck, demanding better funding for their students. They oppose a scheme that will reward educators for teaching to the test, too, in the b...
denverpost.com - WASHINGTON — Tired of being viewed as an "expendable voting population," some Latinos in Colorado are pressuring President Barack Obama to push for meaningful action on immigration reform and the D...
emptywheel.firedoglake.com - Jared Bernstein (whose blog I still recommend) has responded to his 2-day PEPCO power outage by posting the crummy infrastructure report card the US got in 2009:Bernstein’s take (channeling Atrios)...
reverendmanny.com - With the election of 2012 now less than 18 months away, the American right wing, heartily represented by the corporate-groomed Republican party, is making sure to tap all the right wing crazies the...
sacbee.com - Top leaders of the state Commission on Teacher Credentialing are stepping down in the wake of a blistering state audit and fiery criticism by legislators over the panel's handling of teacher miscon...
mommyactivist.blogspot.com - I might not be the best speaker, the best writer, or have the best ideas, but blogging has allowed me a place to say yes to my thoughts, yes to my ideas and yes to my imperfections in a way that si...
coolcatteacher.blogspot.com - tweetmeme_url = 'http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2011/06/about-care-and-feeding-of-dreams.html'; tweetmeme_source = 'coolcatteacher'; There are days I wonder what on earth I'm doing. Here in ...
nytimes.com - MUCH of the debate about the nation’s obesity epidemic has focused, not surprisingly, on food: labeling requirements, taxes on sugary beverages and snacks, junk food advertisements aimed at childre...
californiawatch.org - U.S. Census Bureau Blacks experience the poorest quality of ambulatory care of any race or ethnic group in California, according to a federal report released Wednesday. Compared with non-Hispanic w...
sfgate.com - Usda The federal government unveiled its new food icon, MyPlate, to serve as a reminder to help consumers make healthier food choices on June 2, 2011. MyPlate is a new generation icon with the inte...
parentadvocates.org - Two Sets of Rules: One For Goldman Sachs and One For The Rest of UsDemocracy Now! HuffPost BusinessLINKToday's announcement that Goldman Sachs received a subpoena from the office of the Manhattan d...
vidayfamilia.univision.com - La solicitud FAFSA se encuentra disponible en www.fafsa.gov y esta es la forma más fácil y rápida para solicitar ayuda financiera para la universidad. - Thinkstock LLC/Picture Quest VIDEO Llenar la...
firedoglake.com - Democrats, take off the blinders (photo: lierne) In the immediate aftermath of the Great Crash, Americans rightly looked to our politicians, and the economists who advise them, for help. Their resp...
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Teacher Evaluations Should Include Students' Test Scores, Researchers Say - The Bay CitizenTeacher Evaluations Should Include Students' Test Scores, Researchers SayUnions often help determine crite...
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - When adults are the bullies | Connected PrincipalsWhen adults are the bulliesby Chris WejrImage from Amy Loves Yah http://bit.ly/mxB07yAcross the world, educators are more and more finding themselv...
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Teachers, Nurses, and Medical Care in California Schools « InterACTTeachers, Nurses, and Medical Care in California Schoolsby David B. CohenIn California, we have a school staffing problem. By man...
sacbee.com - UC Davis has hired an experienced AIDS researcher as the new dean of its College of Biological Sciences, the university announced today.James E.K. Hildreth comes to UC Davis from Meharry Medical Co...