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gfbrandenburg.wordpress.com - In the 7th grade, there are some small increases in pass rates in both the charter schools and the regular public schools. One wonders why there are increases in this grade level but not in any of ...
Say NO to Vouchers | Emily Sirota for Denver School Board
sirotaforschools.com - This week, a Denver District court temporarily halted Douglas County’s attempt to use vouchers to divert already-depleted public school resources into private schools. In the decision, the judge de...
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...
Regents Pay a Political Price for Their Free Advisers, Dissenters Warn
nytimes.com - In December, the chancellor of the New York State Board of Regents, Merryl H. Tisch, announced a new program: 13 research fellows would be selected to advise the education commissioner and the 17-m...
Ex-Agent's Charter School Is Set to Open
mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com- August 14, 2011, 7:28 pm By MICHAEL CIEPLYLOS ANGELES — When last seen in these pages, in late 2009, the Hollywood power agent Tom Strickler had forsaken fame, fortune and his position as a partner...
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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 ...
"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...
Wide Achievement Gap Separates City's Best and Worst Charters
edweek.org - Published Online: August 15, 2011 ByElisa Crouch, St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MCT)St. Louis More charter schools are outperforming the city's struggling school system than ever before, but huge achiev...
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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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michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - Maureen Dowd on Mitt Romney "Of the corporation, by the corporation, for the corporation. We the corporation. Corporations who need corporations are the luckiest corporations in the world. Powe...
Judge denies request to block Indiana voucher program » Local Education » The Herald Bulletin
heraldbulletin.com - August 15, 2011 Anonymous Associated PressMon Aug 15, 2011, 06:15 PM EDTINDIANAPOLIS — A judge Monday declined to halt Indiana's broad new school voucher program, allowing the law to remain in effe...
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Ty “Jaws” Fahner, the pension destroyer. He’s back. « Fred Klonsky's blog
preaprez.wordpress.com - From the Rockford Register Star:Illinois House leaders say they still are working on legislation that would ease the state’s crushing pension burden, although they are closed-mouthed about what tho...
Christie's courtship of business pays off in contributions
nj.com - Since taking office last year, Gov. Chris Christie has aggressively wooed businesses by cutting red tape, boosting tax incentives, trimming taxes — and giving their leaders a front-row seat when di...
Chris Christie’s Cue
nytimes.com - This has been a clarifying week for the 2012 election. Thursday’s Republican debate reminded everyone why Mitt Romney is the front-runner, as his rivals left the former Massachusetts governor more ...
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So, prison is scary, right? Day 1 - Going Down 5 Reasons the left should support Labour councilors supergluing themselves to Eric Pickles How to win at kettling – a guide for non-policemen Stoned Save it for the enemy, solider! Rather po-faced artic
anarchish.blogspot.com - As I got back from my medical this morning E Wing was on lock down. From floor 4 I could hear shouting and screaming, banging of prison doors. It was a right kerfuffle. “You're fucking dead, mate” ...
The Best Posts On Attracting The “Best Candidates” To Teaching
larryferlazzo.edublogs.org - Aug 15 2011 Larry Ferlazzo(NOTE: Apologies to the fine Shanker Blog for “stealing” most of this blog’s title from them Be sure to read their post and subscribe to them, too!) The issue of attractin...
Stop Coddling the Super-Rich - NYTimes.com
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Stop Coddling the Super-Rich - NYTimes.comStop Coddling the Super-RichBy WARREN E. BUFFETTPublished: August 14, 2011RECOMMENDTWITTERSIGN IN TO E-MAILPRINTREPRINTSSHAREOmahaEnlarge This ImageKelly B...
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Stop Coddling the Super-Rich
nytimes.com - Omaha OUR leaders have asked for “shared sacrifice.” But when they did the asking, they spared me. I checked with my mega-rich friends to learn what pain they were expecting. They, too,...
Stop Coddling the Super-Rich
nytimes.com - Omaha OUR leaders have asked for “shared sacrifice.” But when they did the asking, they spared me. I checked with my mega-rich friends to learn what pain they were expecting. They, too,...
Bank of America Uses Attack Dog to Smear NY AG Schneiderman
news.firedoglake.com - I could barely suppress a laugh when reading about Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan begging Tim Geithner to settle the foreclosure fraud issue so they can get out from under their liability. As Y...
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Their Mission: To Build a Better Toilet
nytimes.com - NO wonder they are called conveniences. Flush toilets swirl human waste down the drain quickly and neatly. But the convenience comes with a rising price for all that follows the flush — a cost that...
Expert: BP spill likely cause of sick Gulf fish
cbsnews.com - (CBS News) More than a year after the largest oil spill in U.S. history, researchers studying the Gulf of Mexico are finding that more fish are sick, and they're trying to figure out exactly why. ...
College organic, sustainability programs growing
boston.com - PULLMAN, Wash.—Misha Manuchehri slowly picks her way through plots of barley, wheat and peas. Every so often, the graduate student in crop science at Washington State University stoops to pluck an ...
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