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For-profit 'charter' schools - phillyBurbs.com : The Intelligencer
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Educator and author Diane Ravitch battles the system she helped to build
tampabay.com - By Tom Marshall, Times Staff Writer In Print: Thursday, June 9, 2011 ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENTST. PETERSBURG — Diane Ravitch has never been one to mince words.Twenty years ago, she was an outspok...
Reformers, please listen to what parents want for schools
cnn.com - By Helen Gym, Special to CNN STORY HIGHLIGHTSHelen Gym: School reformers act as if schools can be measured numericallyShe says the real way to look at schools is seeing if they inspire studentsShe ...
An Interesting Few Days - Bridging Differences
blogs.edweek.org - Dear Deborah, I had planned to write about an important new report from the National Research Council that shows the risks and ineffectiveness of high-stakes testing, but I have to put that off unt...
Study: Poverty Stifles A Kid's Genetic Potential Before He's Two - Business
good.is - A new study finds family income plays a role in a child's cognitive development. Psychologists at the University of Texas at Austin gave a series of mental tests to 750 sets of young twins between ...
Jonathan Alter Kicks the Hornet's Nest - Living in Dialogue
blogs.edweek.org - It has happened again. An "education reformer" has used the pages of corporate media to go on the attack against a leading critic, Diane Ravitch. And lived to regret it. Jonathan Alter, an MSNBC co...
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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Superintendent Peter Gorman resigns
charlotteobserver.com - By Ann Doss Helms and Eric Frazierahelms@charlotteobserver.com and efrazier@charlotteobserver.comPosted: Wednesday, Jun. 08, 2011 Superintendent Peter Gorman, brought in five years ago to improve t...
Xenophobia Behind NYT Charter Schools Story?
scholasticadministrator.typepad.com - June 8, 2011 | Posted At: 12:09 PM | Author: Alexander Russo | Category: Media Watch Substitute "Canadian" for "Turkish" and "Christian" for "Islam" and.... no one would care. -- An email response ...
As Special Education Class Sizes Increase, Community Members and Advocates Grow Worried - Bed
bed-stuy.patch.com - The Panel on Education Policy recently agreed to a change in the Fair Student Funding formula that will increase New York City’s special education class sizes at the start of the 2011 school year. ...
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Raid Of California Man's Home Was Not Related To Defaulted Student Loans
huffingtonpost.com - WASHINGTON -- The Department of Education is disputing a local news report that it sent a S.W.A.T. team to knock down the door and search the house of an individual because he defaulted on student ...
One-Party Rule in 2 States Sends Them Off in Opposite Directions
nytimes.com - MADISON, Wis. — The gears of government tend to grind slowly. But in Wisconsin lately they are racing at turbocharged speed. In just the last few weeks, Gov. Scott Walker, a Republican,...
Raid Of California Man's Home Was Not Related To Defaulted Student Loans
huffingtonpost.com - WASHINGTON -- The Department of Education is disputing a local news report that it sent a S.W.A.T. team to knock down the door and search the house of an individual because he defaulted on student ...
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Higher [Hedge)ucation
schoolingintheownershipsociety.blogspot.com - Harvard and other major American universities are working through British hedge funds and European financial speculators to buy or lease vast areas of African farmland in deals, some of which may...
Angry Homeowners 'Foreclose' on Lenders
bucks.blogs.nytimes.com - Owners of a house in Florida have engineered a reverse foreclosure against a bank. That makes two so far this year. Just one more, and it’s officially a trend, right? Earlier this year, Patrick Rod...
Higher [Hedge)ucation
schoolingintheownershipsociety.blogspot.com - Harvard and other major American universities are working through British hedge funds and European financial speculators to buy or lease vast areas of African farmland in deals, some of which may...
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Sikh man in US punched by man who called him "Osama's brother"
articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com - In a "bias" attack, a Sikh man in US lost 3 teeth after being punched by a man, who accused him of being related to slain al-Qaida chief.PTI, Jun 7, 2011, 04.40pm ISTNEW YORK: In a "bias" attack, a...
We are not a monolith…well…sort of..
beinglatino.wordpress.com - by Nancy Sepulveda Individualism (and its variations) are a part of the American fabric; the idea that YOU are unique, YOU are your own person, YOU control your destiny, is an integral part of the ...
Pending Alabama Immigration Law Violates Federal Law
hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 2:09 am, June 9, 2011 Photo Credits: Alabama Immigration Law The Alabama legislature passed a bill last week that requires schools to collect citizenship information on students. The b...
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"he's chinese... he's got squinty eyes and yellow skin."
blog.angryasianman.com - Saw this one on Gawker... Oh, Australia. You've been giving us some of the best stuff lately. On a recent newscast, they were reporting on a Chinese lottery winner who showed up to collect his priz...
Dan Ariely On Pay For Performance | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Dan Ariely On Pay For Performance | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...Tweetolife Compares How Men & Women Use Words On Twitter Type in some words into Tweetolife and in return you’ll get a vis...
The Perennial Bogus “Is College Really Worth It” Trend Story
quickanded.com - There’s no swifter route to the top of the New York Times most-emailed list than a story that plays on the anxieties of college strivers, e.g. “Many With New College Degrees Find Job Market Humblin...
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Dept. of Education SWAT Raid Update: Not for a Student Loan, DoE Says
reason.com - Just received an e-mail from Department of Education Deputy Press Secretary Daren Briscoe in regards to this morning's news that a SWAT team was sent to execute a warrant on the estranged husband o...
Questions surround feds' raid of Stockton home
news10.net - STOCKTON, CA - A federal education official Wednesday morning offered little information as to why federal agents raided a Stockton man's home Tuesday morning. The resident, Kenneth Wright, does no...
Arne's army kicking in doors of parents to collect on student loans
michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - Back in March of 2010, I responded to a WaPo story about Duncan's DOE purchase of 27 new military-order, Remington Model, 870 police 12/14P Mod GRWC XS4 KXCS SF. RAMAC #24587 GAUGE: 12 BARREL: ...
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Remarks by the First Lady at Let's Move! Child Care Announcement | The White House
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Remarks by the First Lady at Let's Move! Child Care Announcement | The White HouseRemarks by the First Lady at Let's Move! Child Care Announcementby The White HouseRelease Time: For Immediate Relea...
In Ackerman’s Hands « City School Stories
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Notes from the Field « City School StoriesIn Ackerman’s HandsSubmitted by Frank Murphy, June 8, 2011Last Thursday I published a post in which I requested that Arlene Ackerman listen to the voice of...
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Blog U.: #satechBOS Unconference - An #SAtech event - Student Affairs and Technology - Inside Higher Ed
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Blog U.: #satechBOS Unconference - An #SAtech event - Student Affairs and Technology - Inside Higher Ed#satechBOS Unconference - An #SAtech eventBy Eric Stoller June 7, 2011 7:15 pm EDTWhere do stu...
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