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The New York Times - Schools For Tomorrow

nytschoolsfortomorrow.com - come back on september 22 to watch a live stream of the conference. Ellie AvishaiDirector, I-Think Initiative, Desautels Centre for Integrative Thinking, Rotman School of Management, University of ...

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The Duncan Precedent, 2013 Edition :: Frederick M. Hess

frederickhess.org - by Frederick M. Hess • Aug 11, 2011 at 7:59 amCross-posted from Education Weekhttp://www.frederickhess.org/2011/08/the-duncan-precedent-2013-editionThe Obama administration steadfastly refuses to...

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Judge Weighs Request To Block Indiana Voucher Program

huffingtonpost.com - INDIANAPOLIS -- Students who have signed up for Indiana's broad new school voucher program could be jerked out of private schools midsemester or forced to scramble to re-enroll in public school unl...

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The Duncan Precedent, 2013 Edition - Rick Hess Straight Up

blogs.edweek.org - The Obama administration steadfastly refuses to acknowledge the problems with ED's "backdoor blueprint" waiver strategy or the ugly precedent that it's trying to set. But those with even a glimmer ...

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Thomas B. Fordham Institute: Email

support.edexcellence.net - Opinion and News AnalysisOpinion: Indiana is America's Education Reform IdolBy Tony Bennett Editor’s Note: This morning, Fordham hosted Education Reform Idol 2011—an event that pitted Florida, Illi...

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Whitney Tilson Savagely Attacks Diane Ravitch

southbronxschool.com - I have never been this confused in my entire life. What to do? Do I write in regards to E4E Blog Monkey™ Ruben Brosbe's baffling free ride to the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Do I write ab...

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Michele Bachmann is worried about the Renaissance

latimesblogs.latimes.com - It's the Renaissance, stupid. The economy is not what ails us today. No, what ails Americans is what Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and their artistic spawn have wrought in the culture, starting 5...

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Britain looks to U.S. for anti-gang strategy

cbsnews.com - (CBS/AP) LONDON - Prime Minister David Cameron said Thursday that Britain would look to the United States for solutions to gang violence after nights of riots and looting, and promised authorities...

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NYC Educator: Forgotten, but Not Gone

nyceducator.com - Cathie Black has finally made her stamp on NYC schools. Ms. Black famously asked, when presented with evidence of chronic and systematic overcrowding, why we couldn't have just a little more birth ...

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Publicola Weighs in on School Board Candidates

saveseattleschools.blogspot.com - The wags over at Publicola did something interesting - rather than "endorse" anyone, they just did interviews and gave reviews (kinda like the Muni League). They had a stunning review of the dist...

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Firm accused of defrauding 5 Wis. school districts

edweek.org - WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal regulators are accusing brokerage firm Stifel Nicolaus & Co. of civil fraud in its sales of risky complex investments to five Wisconsin school districts that lost all of t...

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SCHOOL COP SHOOTING HOAXER WAIVES JURY TRIAL

4lakidsnews.blogspot.com - By Lindsay William-Ross in LAist.com | http://bit.ly/mPSEUK August 11, 2011 4:27 PM – Former Los Angeles Unified School District police officer Jeffrey Stenroos, the guy who faked being shot outsi...

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Former judge sentenced to prison for "kids for cash" scheme

democraticunderground.com - Source: Reuters A former Pennsylvania juvenile court judge was sentenced on Thursday to 28 years in prison for accepting payment to send juveniles to a for-profit detention facility in a scandal du...

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Sex, Lies, and Michael Bloomberg | The Nation

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Sex, Lies, and Michael Bloomberg | The NationSex, Lies, and Michael BloombergNew York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg recently mandated comprehensive sexuality education be taught in all New York City...

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Short Bus Tour Day #4: Canton, OH

kimbleforcongress.blogspot.com - It had been my fondest wish to take my daughter to see the Hoover Vacuum Cleaner Museum in Canton, OH and possibly visit the McKinley Memorial. Unfortunately, media types had learned that I was on...

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