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Incentives and Test-Based Accountability in Education

nap.edu - In recent years there have been increasing efforts to use accountability systems based on large-scale tests of students as a mechanism for improving student achievement. The federal No Child Left B...

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Editorials | Editorial: Leave 'No Child' behind

detnews.com - Last Updated: August 12. 2011 1:00AM The Detroit News The federal government's No Child Left Behind experiment has failed, and at great cost. Rather than reincarnate the program, Washington should ...

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"Mass Resistance" To Education Reform

tnr.com - The Obama administration is pursuing a second round of its education reform agenda. The first round was "Race to the Top," which created a competition among states for extra federal grants that wou...

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How to Measure Productivity in Texas Public Education?

texasaftblog.com - At the meetings of the National Conference of State Legislatures in San Antonio this week, lawmakers from around the country heard a learned presentation from education-finance professor James Gut...

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I’m just honored to be nominated. « Fred Klonsky's blog

preaprez.wordpress.com - From Jersey Jazzman, an ed blogger of great wisdom: Here are some people who would have been great panelists for MSNBC’s show on education, but, for some strange reason, weren’t invited:Dr. Diane R...

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Stymied Charter Files Suit Against Three School Districts

njspotlight.com - As New Jersey's battles over charter schools have increasingly gone suburban, one charter school is fighting back in a legal counteroffensive that could have statewide implications. The Princeton I...

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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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Sunday links. « Fred Klonsky's blog

preaprez.wordpress.com - Good news. Students don’t have to bother with with the long form, also known as novels. Snippets are enough. Koch brothers are a bunch of crooks. Need proof? Only Obama and Duncan could make right-...

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Power to the Corporation!

nytimes.com - DES MOINES, Iowa I saw Mitt Romney’s hair move. No really, I did. We were standing amid the soybean and corn fields in rural Iowa and a breeze lifted some of his salt-and-pepper...

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Justin’s Daily Sleepy Time Thought: 8-14-2011

addictinginfo.org - It never ceases to amaze me just how positive people are that science is wrong about things they don’t want to admit are real. The part that REALLY makes my head spin is the utter lack of knowledge...

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Short Bus Tour Days #5 & #6: Iowa State Fair

kimbleforcongress.blogspot.com - Unfortunately, campaign business intruded on our family vacation, but Ayn was a real trooper as we drove all night through what Ayn calls "America's glorious Heartland" to arrive at the Iowa State ...

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Austeridiocy: Budget Cuts Take Money Out Of The Economy

californiaprogressreport.com - Printer-friendly versionSend to friendBy Dave Johnson "The patient is sicker so we have to apply more leeches." Countries that are trying to fix deficits with spending cuts are finding out that tak...

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Hacker group takes aim at BART

contracostatimes.com - SAN FRANCISCO -- A secretive, international group of hackers has aimed its keyboards and social media masses at BART, threatening to retaliate against the transit agency for its decision to cut off...

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Take Action: Stop Verizon Greed

action.cwa-union.org - Sign the Petition 45,000 Verizon workers are now on strike to stop the attack on the middle class. The reason? Despite record profits, Verizon is refusing to bargain and is demanding that its worke...

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