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California's Parent Trigger Isn't About Schools. It's About Power Power to the Parents | NBC Bay Area
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Power to the Parents | NBC Bay AreaCalifornia's Parent Trigger Isn't About Schools. It's About Power|Email|PrintJohn Cadiz KlemackOne hot topic in education policy here in California is the so-call...
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 ...
DianeRavitchChampions of Change: Arts Education
whitehouse.gov - President Obama believes that the arts and humanities should be part of the education of every child in America. The power of the arts and humanities to foster creativity in developing minds, to en...
arneduncanThe 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...
DianeRavitchRick Perry and the Myth of the ‘Texas Miracle’
thefiscaltimes.com - Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who ends his shadow run for the White House this weekend by announcing his bid for the GOP presidential nomination, has been touting the success of the Lone Star State’s econ...
mikeklonskySteve Nelson: Let Them Eat Cake!
huffingtonpost.com - The New York Times reported positive news this week in the decade-long quest to make America's children healthier. 10 years after the enactment of No Children with Large Behinds (NCLB), the latest ...
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An open letter to NPR about their coverage of the SOS march « Parents Across America
parentsacrossamerica.org - Aug 11, 2011 leoniehaimson This letter was sent today to Claudio Sanchez, the reporter and Edward Schumacher Matos, the NPR ombudsperson. We will let you know if we receive a response. If you’d l...
tbfurmanMore Thoughs on Whitney Tilson and My Essay on Brill's "Class Warfare"
danagoldstein.net - No piece of journalism is ever perfectly-crafted or argued, and I think Matt Yglesias' defense of charter school donor/advocate Whitney Tilson, who I criticize in my essay on Class Warfare, is gene...
mikeklonskyThe Real Score on the 2011 Test Scores « EdVox
edvox.org - By Zakiyah Ansari Next, Wednesday, August 17th is the next Panel for Education Policy (PEP) meeting at Murry Bergtraum High School, and on the agenda are contracts and the budget. Does anyone bes...
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Business group's PAC may boost Johnson re-election effort, agenda - Sacramento City News
sacbee.com - Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson and his pro-business platform have a new friend with deep pockets.A year-old group casually known in political circles as the Sacramento 60 has created a political ac...
fklonskyCity Council Eyes More Budget Scrutiny
online.wsj.com - BY MICHAEL HOWARD SAUL New York City's mayor should be prohibited in the future from inserting multimillion dollar expenditures into the budget at the 11th hour without public scrutiny, as Michael ...
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Anti-Union and Anti-Women | LFA: Join The Conversation
learningfirst.org - A recent Salon article by Natasha Lennard discusses the central role of women’s issues in the current Wisconsin political saga, including this week’s recall elections. For six months, since Govern...
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Winners & Losers, August 12 edition
cityhallnews.com - Tweet Tags: Bob Turner, bob-master, carl-kruger, charlie-rangel, Chris Ward, John Bonacic, michael-bloomberg, pedro-espada, Rob Walsh, steve-israel, winners-losers Related Content: By City Hall If ...
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The Hijacked Crisis
nytimes.com - Has market turmoil left you feeling afraid? Well, it should. Clearly, the economic crisis that began in 2008 is by no means over. But there’s another emotion you should feel: anger. For...
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Perry Calls for Less Spending, Smaller Federal Role in K-12 - State EdWatch
blogs.edweek.org - As speculation about his presidential aspirations grows, Texas Gov. Rick Perry told an assembly of state lawmakers from around the country that the federal government needs to stop "dictating" scho...
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Final Friday. « Fred Klonsky's blog
preaprez.wordpress.com - Today is the final Friday of my last summer break. Next Friday my final teaching year begins with one of those Institute Days: A morning motivational speaker and an afternoon of meetings, with fold...
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In Manhattan, Preschool Interviews Induce Anxiety : NPR
npr.org - Mark Lennihan/AP Children play with blue foam building blocks at the Blue School in New York City on March 31. The Blue School is one of many competitive private preschools in Manhattan, founded by...
coopmike48NYC 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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Hedge Funds Get Unfamiliar Taste of Losing
dealbook.nytimes.com - For hedge funds, just one week can change their entire year. With the stock market shedding billions of dollars in value and uncertainty in Europe stoking fear, some funds are watching their return...
mikeklonskySeven superintendent search firms vie to find Dallas ISD's next superintendent | Dallas ISD Blog
dallasisdblog.dallasnews.com - At least seven superintendent search firms have placed a bid to help Dallas ISD find its next superintendent. DISD solicited bids in July and soon after the deadline passed, I asked for all respons...
coopmike48Consumer Sentiment in U.S. Plunges to a Three-Decade Low
democraticunderground.com - Source: BloombergAug 12, 2011 10:39 AM ET Confidence among U.S. consumers plunged in August to the lowest level since May 1980, adding to concern that weak employment gains and volatility in the st...
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We Need an Unbalanced Budget Amendment
forbes.com - Alex Tabarrok makes the case for an unbalanced budget amendment: The unbalanced budget amendment is a requirement that in good times the government must run a budget surplus. The virtues of such a ...
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whitehouse.gov - The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release August 12, 2011 Next Week President to Host White House Rural Economic ForumWASHINGTON – Today, the White House Rural Council rel...
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2011 Legal Defense Fund Scholars | The Defenders Online | A Civil Rights Blog
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - 2011 Legal Defense Fund Scholars | The Defenders Online | A Civil Rights Blog2011 Legal Defense Fund ScholarsPosted By The Editors | August 12th, 2011 (2 hours ago) | Category: Education | No Comme...
coopmike48My Take on "Gloria," the New Documentary about Steinem's Life - Dana Goldstein
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - My Take on "Gloria," the New Documentary about Steinem's Life - Dana GoldsteinMy Take on "Gloria," the New Documentary about Steinem's Lifeby Dana Goldstein"Gloria: In Her Own Words" is airing on H...
coopmike48The Real Score on the 2011 Test Scores « EdVox
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - The Real Score on the 2011 Test Scores « EdVoxThe Real Score on the 2011 Test Scoresby edvoxnyWill the PEP Confront the Numbers? By Zakiyah AnsariNext, Wednesday, August 17th is the next Panel for...
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Five reasons to say NO! to the DOE's $120 million contract with Verizon
nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - On Wednesday, August 17, the Department of Education's Panel for Education Policy will vote on a $120 million two year contract with telecom giant Verizon to wire our schools. There are at least ...
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