npr.org - Enlarge Stew Milne/AP Rhode Island Education Commissioner Deborah Gist, (center) looks on as Central Falls School Superintendent Frances Gallo (right) and Central Falls Teachers' Union President Ja...
politico.com - Everyone responsible for educating children for the knowledge economy of the 21st century agrees that America’s federal education law is in dire need of reform. Teachers, parents, school leaders, g...
epi.org - EPI Research Associate Richard Rothstein posted this response on the National Journal Experts blog, on the topic of school reform efforts being promoted by Bill Gates and other prominent education ...
southbronxschool.blogspot.com - I came thisclose to not writing about what I am going to write about tonight. In my ADD state of mind tonight I procrastinated quite profusely before I started to actually type these words that y...
gothamschools.org - Nearly 35,000 elementary and middle school students are being told this week that they should attend summer school based on their low test scores, the city Department of Education announced today. ...
preaprez.wordpress.com - When Governor Pat Quinn signed Senate Bill 7 into law today, there was a rogues gallery of education reformers present. The bill, amazingly supported by the IEA leadership under lame duck President...
salon.com - Jack Miller/dianeravitch.com Diane Ravitch In the intensifying debate over the future of education, two camps seem to be emerging. On one side, there are people like New York University professor/f...
huffingtonpost.com - WASHINGTON — Forty years after the explosive leak of the Pentagon Papers, a secret government study chronicling deception and misadventure in U.S. conduct of the Vietnam War, the report is coming o...
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: SB-7 signed into law by Gov. QuinnSB-7 signed into law by Gov. Quinnby Mike KlonskyClears the way for assault on Chicago's teachers“This is not a bill to attack the t...
bigthink.com - Note to the Republican Party Debate Committee: you are free to appropriate the term “preseason exhibitions” from the NFL, since it looks like they won’t be using it any time soon, to better describ...
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - Workers tend to bear the brunt of the American economy's boom and bust cycles. When recessions hit and unemployment rises, workers' share of the national income -- the money people earn through wag...
thehill.com - The Department of Education (DOE) will perform an audit to determine whether employees provided information to Wall Street investors who were looking to gain an edge in trading on for-profit colleg...
schoolingintheownershipsociety.blogspot.com - DOE Officials Accused Of Leaking Info To Short-SellersMarcus Barum blogs on Huffington Post:Did Education Department officials leak market-sensitive info to stock traders?" That's the provocative ...
coolcatteacher.blogspot.com - Funny how fast things change. I'm finding that some incredible information and graphics are coming to me via Tumblr (see the Beginners Guide to Tumblr I produced a few weeks a go.) I sent out this ...
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Only when someone else is looking « Failing SchoolsOnly when someone else is lookingJUNE 13, 2011by SabrinaI was brushing my teeth this morning when I glanced over at the bottle of mouthwash sittin...
edupln.com - I have a problem with creativity and I'm afraid it affects how I teach. I'm not sure when it started, but I think it has to do with feeling like my creative efforts as a child weren't perfect enoug...
huffingtonpost.com - What if corporate honchos, politicos and other non-professionals decided to give up on education and stick their reforming noses into medicine instead? (We know that Bill Gates is already doing thi...
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - News | www.kochwatch.orgThink Progress: After David Koch Leaves NIH Board, NIH Hands Down Long-Delayed Classification Of Top Koch Pollutant As A Carcinogen *-By Lee Fang* *June 11, 2011-* Large man...
californiawatch.org - Mike Ryan/FlickrApples top the Environmental Working Group's "Dirty Dozen" list of fruits and vegetables coated with pesticides. Hopefully, you’re a fan of onions, corn and pineapple – and not so s...
huffingtonpost.com - • "Did Education Department officials leak market-sensitive info to stock traders?" That's the provocative headline from Project on Government Oversight reporting on a probe by the agency's inspect...
sacramentopress.com - The nation’s top environmental official, Lisa Jackson, expressed her view in Sacramento on Monday that federal and state environmental regulations can help create demand for green businesses and te...
blogs.forbes.com - EducationJun. 13 2011 - 4:30 pm | 0 views | 0 recommendations |By E.D. KAIN Remember this chart?Well, Matt Yglesias has another one that helps add context to all that Texas job growth. Artificially...
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Notes from the Field « City School StoriesNotes from the Fieldby fmurphyTeachers Seek Real EmpowermentSubmitted by Angela Chan, June 14, 2011Angela Chan has been a teacher with the School District ...
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - News | www.kochwatch.orgThink Progress: After David Koch Leaves NIH Board, NIH Hands Down Long-Delayed Classification Of Top Koch Pollutant As A Carcinogen *-By Lee Fang* *June 11, 2011-* Large man...
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Special Guests on Pardon the Interruption: Jose Vilson and John Holland! | The Jose VilsonSpecial Guests on Pardon the Interruption: Jose Vilson and John Holland!by JosePardon the Interruption with...