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Hispanic Standout Arturo Pedraza: Teacher Extraordinaire - Hispanically Speaking News
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Hispanic Standout Arturo Pedraza: Teacher Extraordinaire - Hispanically Speaking NewsHispanic Standout Arturo Pedraza: Teacher Extraordinaire in the MakingAs the nation’s schools struggle to thrive...
coopmike48Schools Matter: What school is all about
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Schools Matter: What school is all aboutWhat school is all aboutby skrashenSent to the Los Angeles Times, July 17, 2011In addition to influencing the medical literature (LA Times, July 16), J.K. Ro...
coopmike48Yong Zhao » Ditch Testing: Lessons from the Cheating Scandal in Atlanta (1-4)
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Yong Zhao » BlogDitch Testing: Lessons from the Cheating Scandal in Atlanta (Part 1)[14 Jul 2011 | 5 Comments | 2,146]Ditch Testing: Lessons from the Cheating Scandal in Atlanta (Part 1)Last week a...
coopmike48Rupert Murdoch Says Obama Will Win
huffingtonpost.com - Carlsbad, CA -- Tonight at the "All Things Digital" conference sponsored by the Wall Street Journal, Rupert Murdoch -- Chairman of News Corp, new WSJ owner, and longtime torchbearer for conservativ...
DianeRavitchPrivately run charter schools often let students down
lacrossetribune.com - There has been much chatter — on both the local and national level — about charter schools. There is also a lot of misinformation out there, too. Unlike their public counterparts, privately run cha...
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Blowing smoke on school reform
michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - This NYT editorial "Hold the line on school reform," harks back to the days when they were calling for the invasion of Iraq to get rid of those "weapons of mass destruction." In other words, the T...
mikeklonskyAre They Learning?
nytimes.com - A cheating scandal in which scores of teachers and principals in Atlanta’s public schools falsified student test results has thrown the system into chaos and made its name synonymous with fraud. Th...
mikeklonskyCharter School Battle Shifts to Affluent Suburbs
nytimes.com - MILLBURN, N.J. — Matthew Stewart believes there is a place for charter schools. Just not in his schoolyard. Mr. Stewart, a stay-at-home father of three boys, moved to this wealthy towns...
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Is thinking differently the new “wrong”? - Arlington, VA, United States, ASCD EDge Blog post
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Is thinking differently the new “wrong”? - Arlington, VA, United States, ASCD EDge Blog postIs thinking differently the new “wrong”?Walter’s blog archive: http://surfaquarium.com/blog.htmMi...
coopmike48The Mind Of A Bronx Teacher 07/19 by Bronx Teacher
blogtalkradio.com - History will be made this Tuesday night, July 19, at 9 PM EDT. Join us as we welcome Matthew's mom, Karen Sprowal as she takes us through the Kafkaesque hell she went through as she took on Harlem ...
coopmike48Lessons we learned from ‘Harry Potter’ - The Answer Sheet
washingtonpost.com - What, after all these years, did we learn from “Harry Potter”? That miracles can happen, at least to: *A single mother named J.K. Rowling who was living on public assistance and didn’t give up on h...
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Rupert And James Murdoch Back Out Of Appearing Before Parliament, Leaving Rebekah Brooks To Face The Music
businessinsider.com - Rupert and James Murdoch will not be appearing before British Parliament to face questioning over the phone-hacking allegations rocking News Corps empire. Rebekah Brooks will. Earlier this week it ...
DianeRavitchCan school reformer Joel Klein reform News Corp?
reuters.com - By Joseph Ax and Noeleen Walder NEW YORK | Fri Jul 15, 2011 6:12pm EDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - When Joel Klein stepped down from running New York City's schools last year to head the education divisio...
leoniehaimsonRebekah Brooks, Former Rupert Murdoch Executive Arrested
abcnews.go.com - Rupert Murdoch's protégé Rebekah Brooks, who previously ran his British tabloids was arrested today in London in connection with the phone hacking scandal.Brooks' arrest comes as she "voluntarily a...
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nypost.com - The government gravy train just keeps rolling for the contractor at the center of the massive CityTime payroll scandal. Virginia-based Science Applications International Corp. won two more federal ...
leoniehaimsonCash Tempts the Ivory Tower’s Guardians
nytimes.com - LONDON — As a textbook example of how not to manage the relationship between private industry and the academy, Deutsche Bank’s agreement with two leading German universities to sponsor their joint ...
coopmike48Today only 2 CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALS Yeah!
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALSAbramson Science and Technology Charter School *"Records show glaring faults at school with ties to Turkish charter network.”* Times-Picayune (LA) 7/15/2011 Inci Akpinar, the...
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zhaolearning.com - A Bold Education Experiment: What We Should Learn From China World’s longest high-speed rail networks, fastest trains, fastest computer, second largest economy, and #1 standing in international tes...
leoniehaimsonLife story: Cornelia Welch persevered when facing words that stung, eyes that failed
blog.oregonlive.com - When Bill Travis called friend Cornelia Welch one evening in 1978, her slurred speech was a clear sign something was wrong. She never drank alcohol, Travis knew. So he called her only son, Claxton ...
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In Space Between Genders a 'Seahorse' Emerges
womensenews.org - As Nina transitions into Nick, he discovers the space between being a man and a woman. In this excerpt from his book, "Nina Here Nor There," he describes a similar journey undertaken by his friend ...
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SACRAMENTO PROGRESSIVE ALLIANCE: Van Jones on What We Can Learn From the Tea Party
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - SACRAMENTO PROGRESSIVE ALLIANCE: Van Jones on What We Can Learn From the Tea PartyVan Jones on What We Can Learn From the Tea Partyby Paul BFriday 8 July 2011by: Amy Dean, Truthout | InterviewVan J...
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4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: CONSERVATIVES BEGIN EFFORT TO REPEAL CALIFORNIA’S GAY HISTORY LAW CONSERVATIVES BEGIN EFFORT TO REPEAL CALIFORNIA’S GAY HISTORY LAW
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - 4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: CONSERVATIVES BEGIN EFFORT TO REPEAL CALIFORNIA’S GAY HISTORY LAWCONSERVATIVES BEGIN EFFORT TO REPEAL CALIFORNIA’S GAY HISTORY LAW BY ON TOP MAGAZINE ST...
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Pelican Bay Hunger Strike Continues as Prisoners Reject Proposal
dissenter.firedoglake.com - There will be much more to report on this on Monday, but here is some news on the prisoner hunger strike at Pelican Bay. The Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity (PHSS) coalition reports:This afternoo...
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SACRAMENTO PROGRESSIVE ALLIANCE: Van Jones on What We Can Learn From the Tea Party
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - SACRAMENTO PROGRESSIVE ALLIANCE: Van Jones on What We Can Learn From the Tea PartyVan Jones on What We Can Learn From the Tea Partyby Paul BFriday 8 July 2011by: Amy Dean, Truthout | InterviewVan J...
coopmike48Do Americans understand the debt crisis? - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Do Americans understand the debt crisis? - The Answer Sheet - The Washington PostDo Americans understand the debt crisis?By Valerie StraussHow well do Americans understand the complexities of the n...
coopmike48School Tech Connect: Do Something Today!
schooltechconnect.com - Whether you're going to the SOS March or not, there's something very smart and productive you can do this week to help save our schools, and that is to contact your member of congress with a specif...
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