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Schools Matter: Cheating? How about the Cheated
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Schools Matter: Cheating? How about the CheatedCheating? How about the Cheatedby P. L. ThomasThe drum beat for more challenging national standards, increased teacher quality, and greater accountabi...
coopmike48Duncan’s Dilemma « The Enterprise Blog
blog.american.com - In yesterday’s Wall Street Journal, education writer Stephanie Banchero highlighted the increasing impatience among state leaders over Congress’s inability to “fix” No Child Left Behind. Reauthoriz...
leoniehaimsonRupert and Wendi Murdoch backed a scandal-ridden city school | GothamSchools
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Rupert and Wendi Murdoch backed a scandal-ridden city school | GothamSchoolsRupert and Wendi Murdoch backed a scandal-ridden city schoolby Philissa CramerBesides his Joel Klein hire, his company’s ...
coopmike48New Orleans schools: A nexus of poverty, high expulsion rates, hyper-security and novice teachers
americanindependent.com - John, an eighth grader at the time, gives another student on school grounds a candy bar. He is spotted by a security guard and told he now faces suspension. Frightened, John runs, getting caught tw...
DianeRavitchCritics: CPS test for teacher applicants leads to ‘blacklisting’ - Chicago Sun
suntimes.com - A new questionnaire that probes the “soft skills” needed be a teacher has resulted in what critics call the “blacklisting’’ of hundreds of potential Chicago Public School teachers — including some ...
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State approves 12 school closure plans, but uncertainty remains
gothamschools.org - The city cleared a hurdle today when state education officials approved proposals to close twelve of its lowest performing schools. In a letter sent to Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott, State Comm...
leoniehaimsonWhy do politicians blow up when asked where their kids go to school? « Parents Across America
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Why do politicians blow up when asked where their kids go to school? « Parents Across AmericaWhy do politicians blow up when asked where their kids go to school?by leoniehaimsonRahm Emanuel, the ne...
coopmike48Why Do Politicians Blow Up When Asked Where They Send Their Own Kids to School?
huffingtonpost.com - Rahm Emanuel, the new Mayor of Chicago, walks out of an NBC interview when asked when asked what school he intends to enroll his children in. He intones: "My children are not an instrument of me be...
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Chicago Hyatt hotel turns heat lamps on striking workers; Hyatt heiress runs Obama campaign finance committee
americablog.com - Via Matt Stoller, here's one for the books. Obama's national campaign finance chair is Penny Pritzker, who is also part of the family that owns the Hyatt hotel chain. One of whose hotels has a stri...
mikeklonskyMurdoch's consigliere - Ben Smith
politico.com - July 20, 2011 Keach and I report today: In times of crisis, closeness counts. And during Rupert and James Murdoch’s two punishing hours of testimony before British lawmakers in London Tuesday, no p...
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Murdoch Denies Making Mistakes in Testimony
nytimes.com - LONDON (Reuters) —James Murdoch denied on Thursday a claim that he had given “mistaken evidence” to British lawmakers this week about his knowledge of a legal settlement in the phone-hacking scanda...
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When Rahm's Temper Made a Comeback
nbcchicago.com - In dealing with the press, Mayor Rahm Emanuel often tries to emulate his former boss, President Barack Obama. But Emanuel can’t match Obama’s calm demeanor. In fact Emanuel’s temper can get the be...
tbfurmanSchool Tech Connect: Your Moment of Zinn
schooltechconnect.com - Just messing with Youtube's video editor. I'm liking it better than Jaycut. I've decided to work with the lovely and charming Jonah Edelman while discovering the limits of Youtube. All I've done h...
tbfurman‘Reform Me’ — a poem by a superintendent - The Answer Sheet
washingtonpost.com - John Kuhn is not your ordinary school district superintendent. Kuhn is the head of the Perrin-Whitt Consolidated Independent School District in Texas, and he is a very public critic of modern schoo...
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Who, What, Where: Matt Damon To 'Save Our Schools'
glittarazzi.com - No one can deny the awesomeness that is Matt Damon. We fell in love with him in "Good Will Hunting;" he kicked some serious a$$ in the Bourne movies; and he's made a name for himself as a humanitar...
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Record high temperatures + donations = broken thermometer!
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Record high temperatures + donations = broken thermometer!Record high temperatures + donations = broken thermometer!by TeacherSabrinaOl' Thermy here is having trouble keeping up.There have been rec...
coopmike48Ten Days in Peru, Ten Days Later « Small Farmers. Big Change.
smallfarmersbigchange.coop - July 21, 2011 by Phyllis Robinson By Tom Hanlon-Wilde, Equal Exchange West Coast Sales Manager Back in May, Tom Hanlon-Wilde wrote a post about a trip to Peru he was taking with the General Manager...
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Chicago Hyatt turns heat lamps on picketing workers
dailykos.com - In winter, it can be awfully nice to walk by a luxury hotel that has heat lamps over its entryway. It would be less nice on a day with temperatures over 90 degrees and a heat index over 100 degrees...
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Penny Pritzker turns heat lamps on striking Hyatt workers
michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - It was already approaching 100 deg at 8 a.m. when I arrived the Park Hyatt where hotel workers were staging a one-day picket to protest the hotel chain's intolerable treatment of their largely immi...
tbfurmanDaytrips for Davisites: Citrus, Sangria & Wine in Winters
davis.patch.com - Even when there’s nothing in particular going on in Winters, many Davisites spend time there on weekends. Whether it be breakfast at the Putah Creek Café or live music at the Palms, it’s an easy dr...
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Parents plan to sue DOE over speedy removal lights possibly contaminated with PCBs
nydailynews.com - James Monroe Adams IV for News Parents planned to sue the DOE to speed up the process of removing lightbulbs possibly contaminated with PCBs from NYC schools. The city is violating federal law by a...
leoniehaimsonIndians in US may get to bring back social security contribution
democraticunderground.com - http://www.ssa.gov/international/agreements_overview.ht... International Social Security agreements, often called "Totalization agreements," have two main purposes. First, they eliminate dual Socia...
coopmike48Parents plan to sue DOE over speedy removal lights possibly contaminated with PCBs
nydailynews.com - James Monroe Adams IV for News Parents planned to sue the DOE to speed up the process of removing lightbulbs possibly contaminated with PCBs from NYC schools. The city is violating federal law by a...
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Shanker Blog » A "Decent Work" Solution To America's Jobs Crisis
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Shanker Blog » A "Decent Work" Solution To America's Jobs CrisisA “Decent Work” Solution To America’s Jobs CrisisPosted by Randall Garton on July 21, 2011Decent work? Some days, it sounds like an o...
coopmike48Why do politicians blow up when asked where their kids go to school? « Parents Across America
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Why do politicians blow up when asked where their kids go to school? « Parents Across AmericaWhy do politicians blow up when asked where their kids go to school?by leoniehaimsonRahm Emanuel, the ne...
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Damn Good Education Daily: Rahm's Temper
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Damn Good Education DailyThursday, Jul. 21, 2011ArchivesDamn Good Education DailyPublished by Coopmike48 – 29 news spotters todayNext update in about 12 hoursSee all articlesHEADLINESEDUCATIONSTORI...
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Time to Change the Script and Bring in New Directors in Public Education Reform
huffingtonpost.com - It's time to cancel the "made-for-TV" education non-reality series that for the past few years has starred characters the likes of Joel Klein, Michelle Rhee and, fresh on the scene, New Jersey Gov....
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nypost.com - Sometimes, money doesn't talk. Another attempt by the city to improve student performance through cash payments has failed, much to the surprise of Mayor Bloomberg. "I would have thought it would h...
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