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Success Charter Network has been just that for Eva Moskowitz but not for public schools
nydailynews.com - Alfred Giancarli for News Eva Moskowitz, CEO, Success Charter Network, spent more money on marketing in the 2009-2010 school year than the previous two years combined. Talk about inflating demand f...
School colour-codes pupils by ability | Education
guardian.co.uk - Students with purple ties are gifted and talented. All the children at Crown Woods college in Greenwich, south London, know that. They are taught in separate colour-coordinated buildings, play in f...
Why I'm Marching in DC This Weekend
anurbanteacherseducation.com - As I wait in the airport for my flight to Washington, it strikes me that it might be worth taking the time to flesh out some of the reasons I decided to blow nearly $600 on a weekend in DC. At firs...
The Bane of My Existence
schooltechconnect.com - Actually there are several banes. However, lately it's been 2.0 video editing. With the recent transformation/demise/whatever of Jaycut, I've been trying to find a video editor that works reliably....
Teachers set to rally in D.C. for education reforms
palmbeachpost.com - By Allison RossPalm Beach Post Staff WriterUpdated: 4:19 p.m. Wednesday, July 27, 2011 Posted: 4:15 p.m. Wednesday, July 27, 2011A Palm Beach County face will be sharing the stage with actor Matt D...
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Rhee, Henderson, Fenty make Tuesday primetime | Lisa Gartner | Capital Land
washingtonexaminer.com - Those of us familiar with "Scandalmakers," a fictional series made popular by television show "Arrested Development," will chuckle to find Michelle Rhee at the center of Tuesday night's "Bloomberg ...
Bloomberg to tout results of toughened tenure procedures today
gothamschools.org - All indications suggest that the city is pleased with the results of its concerted effort to make tenure more difficult to receive. Mayor Bloomberg is announcing details about how many teachers rec...
Voucher Advocacy Shifting Focus, Report Says
edweek.org - Published Online: July 27, 2011Voucher proponents have shifted their advocacy efforts from extolling the academic achievement of voucher participants to focusing on the value of school choice as a ...
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News Corp: a study in the failure of corporate self-regulation | Robert Greenwald | Comment is free
guardian.co.uk - Joel Klein at the Sun Valley business summit: the recent News Corp recruit is heading the internal investigation into phone hacking. Photograph: Scott Olson/Getty Images What is the main lesson lea...
Robert Reich (The Empty Bully Pulpit)
robertreich.org - How did we get into this mess? I thought I’d seen Washington at its worst. I was there just after Watergate. I was there when Jimmy Carter imploded. I was there during the government shut-down of 1...
Sheila Jackson Lee | Radical Islam Hearing | Right Wing
mediaite.com - Democratic Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee raised some eyebrows today at Republican Congressman Peter King’s Muslim Radicalization hearings. While King and the other members of the House Committee...
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ansel adams' manzanar book: born free and equal
blog.angryasianman.com - Several people have sent this my way... Originally published in 1944, legendary photographer Ansel Adams' book Born Free and Equal is a collection of photographs taken at the Manzanar Relocation Ce...
Movies for the Classroom: Culloden (1964)
mrdsneighborhood.com - Recently, as I was packing for the Save Our Schools March this weekend, I ran into some clips of a film I haven’t seen in many years. Looking at it now, the film still shocks and absorbs me, especi...
All Education Matters: Let's Clear Up Our Differences - My Call To Robert Applebaum
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - All Education Matters: Let's Clear Up Our Differences - My Call To Robert ApplebaumLet's Clear Up Our Differences - My Call To Robert Applebaumby C. Cryn JohannsenI just put in a call to Robert App...
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Dan Savage Threatens To Redefine ‘Rick’ If Santorum Does Not ‘Behave’ In The 2012 Election Cycle
mediaite.com - video Sex columnist Dan Savage has no intention of letting Rick Santorum get away with being a third-tier Presidential candidate who opposes gay marriage. After a decades long assault on the word “...
Muddying the Waters | CREW
citizensforethics.org - July 26, 2011By Jeremy Miller Today, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime held a hearing on legislation that would, among other things, provide critically needed amendments to the federal crim...
Kaiser Permanente Earns High Marks for LGBT Healthcare
baycitizen.org - For the third year in a row, 19 Bay Area Kaiser Foundation hospitals were ranked amongst the nation’s leaders in healthcare equality for their lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender patients, accord...
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The Willful Child
rickackerly.com - Janet Lansbury showed her stuff again this week with her post about parenting willful two-year-olds.A battle of wills with a child is one of the classic challenges of parents and teachers. In my fi...
Sacramento Press / What the Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op is All About: Food, Not Politics
sacramentopress.com - I was reminded today -- despite the divisive controversy generated by the political group, Sacramento Boycott, Sanctions, and Divestment (BDS) at our grocery store -- what the Sacramento Natural Fo...
For Republicans Who Hate Taxes & Government
queensteacher2.blogspot.com - Found a great comment that I had to shareSo, you’re a Republican that hates taxes? Well, since you do not like taxes or government, please kindly do the following.1. Do not use Medicare.2. Do not u...
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Work Is A Debilitating Disease
modeducation.blogspot.com - digg_url="http://modeducation.blogspot.com/2011/07/work-is-debilitating-disease.html"; Image by GDS InfographicsI was visiting a friend recently and noticed a sphygmomanometer on his dining room...
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whitehouse.gov - The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release July 27, 2011 WORLD HEPATITIS DAY, 2011BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICAA PROCLAMATIONAcross our Nation, millions ...
Brown defends veto of adult day healthcare legislation
latimesblogs.latimes.com - Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday defended his veto of legislation that would have provided a replacement for an adult day healthcare program cut in the latest state budget, saying that alternative servi...
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Can’t go to the SOS March? Here’s what you can do instead! « Parents Across America
parentsacrossamerica.org - Jul 26, 2011 pureparentsThousands of people will be converging on Washington, DC this week to speak out in support of our schools at the Save Our Schools March and National Call to Action. Parents...
#SOSMarch Bay Area teachers to join celebrity-powered Save Our Schools March in Washington, D.C. - ContraCostaTimes.com
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Bay Area teachers to join celebrity-powered Save Our Schools March in Washington, D.C. - ContraCostaTimes.comBay Area teachers to join celebrity-powered Save Our Schools March in Washington, D.C.By...
Save Our Schools #SOSMarch and National Call to Action | Philadelphia Public School Notebook
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Save Our Schools March and National Call to Action | Philadelphia Public School NotebookSave Our Schools March and National Call to Actionby Frank MurphyThis Saturday, the Save Our Schools March an...