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Last Stand for Children and Peterson Testing Partner to Create New Assessments

laststand4children.blogspot.com - It was with a great deal of excitement here in the Last Stand for Children First home office that we reacted to the announcement that the second round of the Race to the Top initiative would focus ...

leoniehaimson

Rupert Murdoch backs Rebekah Brooks over phone-hacking allegations | Media

guardian.co.uk - Rupert Murdoch has issued an official public statement backing Rebekah Brooks. Photograph: Eddie Keogh/Reuters Rupert Murdoch, the News Corporation founder, on Wednesday took the highly unusual ste...

DianeRavitch

Another question for the blogger. « Fred Klonsky's blog

preaprez.wordpress.com - A teacher writes: Do you think that with so many NEA members complaining about the endorsement to the fact that some have threatened to “quit” the union it gives ammo to those that are currently do...

fklonsky

Exposing Education Reform's Big Lie: It Is Jobs and Political Mobilization, Not Schools, Which Lift People Out of Poverty

teacherstalkback.blogspot.com - Exposing Education Reform’s Big Lie: It is Jobs and Political Mobilization, Not Schools Which Lift People Out of Poverty Dr Mark Naison Fordham University Once again, a major cheating scandal ...

DianeRavitch

Take away the poverty and urban schools perform as well as rest of the nation

americanindependent.com - The popular education blog Eduwonk included a post today stating school reformers like former NYC superintendent of schools Joel Klein, current superintendent of Louisiana’s (mostly New Orleans) Re...

DianeRavitch

Joel I. Klein, Former Schools Chancellor, To Tackle Hacking Case

cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com - He did battle with the powerful New York City teachers union. He stood down placard-wielding protestors at meetings of the Panel for Educational Policy. For more than eight years, he closed schools...

leoniehaimson

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The Brooks/Ravitch Dialogue Expands - Living in Dialogue

blogs.edweek.org - A week ago New York Times columnist David Brooks launched a broadside against Diane Ravitch. This was rather reminiscent of the recent attack by Jonathan Alter. These pieces generally lack substanc...

DianeRavitch

Invitation to a Dialogue: Fixing the Schools

nytimes.com - To the Editor: Re “Smells Like School Spirit,” by David Brooks (column, July 1): Mr. Brooks has misrepresented my views. While I have criticized charter schools, I am always car...

DianeRavitch

School Tech Connect: Rahm's Kids

schooltechconnect.com - Hear, Hear! And here, here! I fully intend to examine the length of the school day, the length of the school year, the curriculum, the use of data, the access to recess, exercise and nutritious f...

tbfurman

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Another Blow to Farmworkers

nytimes.com - In California, once a national model of farmworker organizing and progressive labor laws, things have fallen far since the heyday of Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers. Of the more than 400,0...

fklonsky

Another Blow to Farmworkers

mikeklonsky

white power candidates are seeking public office

blog.angryasianman.com - You're so awesome, America. This Daily Beast article is a handy overview of the startling number of white power -- yes, white power, of the racist variety -- candidates who are currently seeking pu...

coopmike48

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Murdoch's new fixer, Joel Klein

schoolingintheownershipsociety.blogspot.com - Reforming the "reformers"MurdochKleinJohnny-come-lately school reform profiteer Rupert Murdoch has to deal with yet another scandal. It seems his people have been doing some phone hacking, bribing...

mikeklonsky

Schooling in the Ownership Society: Murdoch's new fixer, Joel Klein

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Schooling in the Ownership Society: Murdoch's new fixer, Joel KleinMurdoch's new fixer, Joel Kleinby Mike KlonskyReforming the "reformers"MurdochKleinJohnny-come-lately school reform profiteer Rup...

coopmike48

Today's Teamster News 07.07.11

teamsternation.blogspot.com - Scott Walker’s bogus `mission accomplished’ moment Washington Post ...There are 424 school districts in Wisconsin, and as the AP recently noted, Walker’s policies mean draconian budget cuts to 4...

coopmike48

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Home - Inside Higher Ed

insidehighered.com - February 24, 2011 The return of ROTC to some campuses -- seemingly assured by the end of the military's policy against gay service members -- may be hitting a few bumps.More February 24, 2011 City ...

coopmike48

boycott brooklyn bridge park/syfy channel's screening of breakfast at tiffany's

blog.angryasianman.com - Here's the deal. Next month, the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy, with the sponsorship of the SyFy Channel, is scheduled to present an outdoor screening of Breakfast at Tiffany's free for the publ...

coopmike48

The Best Resources For Learning About The Phoenix Dust Storm | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - The Best Resources For Learning About The Phoenix Dust Storm | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...More On The Space Shuttle Here are the newest additions to The Best Resources For Learning Abou...

coopmike48

StoriesSee all

A Life Ended Far Too Soon

chalkboarddad.com - There is something morally repugnant about someone being "taken before their time" as the saying goes. Not that we can truly know when someone's "time" is "supposed" to be up, but we can neverthele...

coopmike48

Restoring Gun Rights to the Mentally Ill

democurmudgeon.blogspot.com - Care 2 published a very thoughtful article on this complicated situation.The horror stories are truly horrifying. What gun rights advocates seem to be forgetting is that having a gun carries a s...

coopmike48

If I Were Rewriting President Obama's Answers At The Twitter Townhall | Resurgence

bigthink.com - I have no idea which White House staffer twitterized President Obama’s answers to the questions Twitter users tweeted at the Twitter Town Hall the White House hosted yesterday. I’m sure they had th...

coopmike48

CrimeSee all

British Tabloid Hacked Missing Girl’s Phone, Lawyer Says

nytimes.com - LONDON — The cellphone of a British schoolgirl who went missing in 2002 and whose murdered body was discovered six months later was repeatedly hacked by the News of the World tabloid at a time when...

leoniehaimson

Apparently Hacked, a Fox News Twitter Account Sent Out Alarming Posts

nytimes.com - A series of alarming Twitter posts about President Obama appeared on Fox News’ Twitter account for political news early Monday morning, and the Web site for the cable television network said it was...

fklonsky

Nine ex-students sue over alleged mistreatment at central Oregon school for troubled teens

oregonlive.com - Nine former students of a Prineville-area school for troubled teens are suing the now-defunct school's parent company, saying teachers and staff humiliated, isolated and abused them as part of its ...

coopmike48

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School Tech Connect: Rahm's Kids

tbfurman

Trying To Make Sense of District Data« City School Stories

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Notes from the Field « City School StoriesNotes from the Fieldby fmurphyTrying To Make Sense of District DataSubmitted by Timothy Boyle on July 7, 2011We knew when Imagine 2014 was rolled out that ...

coopmike48

Schooling in the Ownership Society: Murdoch's new fixer, Joel Klein

coopmike48

#edreform Read this paperSee all

School Tech Connect: Rahm's Kids

tbfurman

School Tech Connect: Should Schools Have Uniforms?

schooltechconnect.com - Who cares? And who would want to write about this topic besides the five people who are interested in it? And even those five kids are stifling yawns because this kind of thing sucks the life force...

tbfurman

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