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Sunday, August 14, 2011

Big Education Ape: 8-14-11 AM What the teachers of the rioters know EDition

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Preparing for State Tests, to a Hip-Hop Beat

nytimes.com - The team of six high school girls new to America sat frozen waiting for the next missing lyric, whiteboard and marker at the ready. They glanced toward their classmates, who sat nearby, in two comp...

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Can Teachers Alone Overcome Poverty? Steven Brill Thinks So

news.yahoo.com - The Nation -- Steven Brill, the journalist and media entrepreneur, has come a long way since he helicoptered onto the education beat in 2009.   That’s when The New Yorker published Brill’s exposé o...

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The 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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For Some, Budget Pain Doesn’t Hurt

nytimes.com - Summer is draining from the calendar, and across the city, school principals are swallowing hard and sending out notes to their staff. They go something like this: No yearbook. No dance team. No dr...

DianeRavitch

What the teachers of the rioters know | Education

guardian.co.uk - Re-building the community after the rioting in Tottenham and elsewhere will take time. Photograph: Max Nash/PA It took two hours, perhaps four, for the first people to start saying it, blaming "a l...

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Ohio seems to be home to the most charter school scammers

schoolingintheownershipsociety.blogspot.com - Brennan"The market works in supplying a quality product in the delivery of services because failure is not tolerated by the market. If you fail, you go out of business." -- David Brennan To get a...

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888 Days: My Journey to Become a Teacher

mathequality.wordpress.com - Yesterday served as the first official day in my new career as a credentialed, mathematics teacher. My journey to yesterday started 888 days ago when I took the California Basic Educational Skills...

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Saturday coffee. « Fred Klonsky's blog

preaprez.wordpress.com - Gaylon Alcaraz of the Chicago Abortion Fund. The plan was for Leigh, Anne and I to go kayaking on the north branch of the Chicago River today. But a threat of rain is forcing us to consider a plan ...

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SF cell shutdown: Safety issue, or hint of Orwell?

news.yahoo.com - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An illegal, Orwellian violation of free-speech rights? Or just a smart tactic to protect train passengers' safety from rowdy would-be demonstrators during a busy evening commut...

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Rick Perry Walking a Fine Line on Immigration Due to Texas

hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 8:46 pm, August 13, 2011 Photo Credits: Texas Gov. Rick Perry As the Republican governor of Texas, Rick Perry has walked both sides of the immigration line, at one point implementing a...

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Israeli Cost Of Living Protests Spreading From City To City

democraticunderground.com - Source: REUTERSBEERSHEBA, Israel (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of people gathered across Israel Saturday to call for lower living costs in an effort to show the government their protest movement ha...

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Day 1 - Going Down

anarchish.blogspot.com - Names have been changed to protect the guilty. I remember the blood rushing through my ears and the sick cramp in my stomach as the judge passed her sentence. My probation officer, my lawyer and ...

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"Beyond Expectations"

whathappenedtomygradebook.blogspot.com - I recently received a quick note from a former professor which read, "Lots of work to do to make sure future schools really do the work that they should so that all kids learn beyond expectations!...

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Texas Lets The Poor Burn To Keep The Rich Cool

addictinginfo.org - Texas has, like much of the country, experienced a brutal heat wave this year. Triple digit temperatures are a mortal threat to the elderly. children and other vulnerable citizens and Texas has a s...

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Prehistoric flying creature lands on Cardiff surfer statue

latimesblogs.latimes.com - The vandals/critics/guerrilla artists who do not like the official civic statue along Highway 101 in Cardiff-by-the-Sea are at it again. Officially named “Magic Carpet Ride,” the statue has provo...

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Yoani Sanchez from Cuba: The Narrow Width

hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 4:42 pm, August 13, 2011 Photo Credits: Diana Nyad in Cuba I felt a shock on learning that Diana Nyad would make an attempt to swim across the Florida Straits. I recalled the days in 1...

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Further Thoughts on Charter Schools | Lefty Parent

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Further Thoughts on Charter Schools | Lefty ParentFurther Thoughts on Charter Schoolsby Cooper ZaleI got a nice acknowledgement on my most recent blog piece from Robert Skeels in his piece for the ...

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Save Our Schools March NEWS #SOSMARCH #EDREFORM

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Save Our Schools March NEWSSaturday, Aug. 13, 2011ArchivesSave Our Schools March NEWSPublished by Coopmike48 – 19 news spotters todayNext update in about 9 hoursSee all articlesHEADLINESEDUCATIONPO...

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School Tech Connect: Fun With Fotoflexer

schooltechconnect.com - Clearly I'm learning how to work with layering. First the masthead, now this. It's part of my job to teach 2.0 services; I've worked with all the big online picture editors, but I think Fotoflexer ...

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