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Louisiana skipped key standardized testing analysis in 2009-2010, cites budget woes
americanindependent.com - The Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE) did not conduct an erasure analysis of the state’s standardized test scores for the 2009-2010 academic year due to budget cuts, The American Independent...
DianeRavitchNo Child Left Behind: Testing times
economist.com - SEVENTEEN months ago Barack Obama sent Congress a proposal to revamp the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), one of George Bush junior’s cherished policies. In March Mr Obama said he wanted to see a n...
DianeRavitchState Challenges Seen as Whittling Away Federal Education Law
nytimes.com - HELENA, Mont. — As hundreds of schools here and across the nation faced being labeled failures under the federal No Child Left Behind law, Montana education officials defiantly informed Washington ...
DianeRavitchgfbrandenburg « GFBrandenburg's Blog
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 ...
DianeRavitchSay 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...
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State Challenges Seen as Whittling Away Federal Education Law
nytimes.com - HELENA, Mont. — As hundreds of schools here and across the nation faced being labeled failures under the federal No Child Left Behind law, Montana education officials defiantly informed Washington ...
mikeklonskyGates Finds His Area of Expertise
nyceducator.com - For years we've read about how Bill Gates has planted his two cents, and billions more, into education. Largely it's pro-corporate nonsense, anything that disrupts unions, and anything that hurts w...
leoniehaimsonThe corporate lobby and public education - The Answer Sheet
washingtonpost.com - My college Steven Pearlstein, a Pulitzer Prize-winning business columnist, wrote a scathing piece in The Wasington Post that has resonance in today’s corporate-driven education reform world. The he...
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For Christine Quinn, Shifting Career and an Eye on Mayor’s Office
nytimes.com - Christine C. Quinn was making the rounds at a senior center in Harlem when Scott Bright, a 67-year-old retired security guard wearing a Hawaiian shirt, asked her to pose with him for a photo.“She’s...
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South Siders Revive Fight For U Of C Trauma Center (VIDEO)
progressillinois.com - Young leaders on the South Side are once again pushing for emergency care. A group by the name Fearless Leading by the Youth (FLY) is calling on the University of Chicago’s Medical Center to operat...
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WEEKEND QUOTABLES
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...
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Steven Pearlstein: Blame for financial mess starts with the corporate lobby
washingtonpost.com - Another great week for Corporate America! The economy is flatlining. Global financial markets are in turmoil. Your stock price is down about 15 percent in three weeks. Your customers have lost all ...
mikeklonskyTy “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...
mikeklonskyChristie'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...
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The Illuminati Keep Killing Kenneth Gladney
tbogg.firedoglake.com - Adam at St Louis Activist Blog confronts angry fail whale Andrew Breitbart as he tries to slip out the side door of some mini-conference that thought it would be a good idea to pay Andrew to talk t...
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Tenure by Steve Bollar @StandTallSteve
connectedprincipals.com - Steve Bollar is an Upper Elementary Principal of Hartford Upper Elementary in Mt. Laurel, New Jersey. He is passionate about creating a positive school climate and school culture one student, teach...
coopmike48Blog U.: Mothering at Mid-Career: "My Own Work" - Mama PhD
insidehighered.com - By Libby Gruner August 15, 2011 8:35 pm EDT Every fall it’s this way. Mid-August comes and I hit the panic button, realizing how much work I have left to do before the semester begins — next week. ...
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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...
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The California Majority Report // An Ocean Miracle Coming to Southern California
camajorityreport.com - by Karen Garrison SAN DIEGO, CA-A new study from Scripps Institution of Oceanography has proven marine reserves-stretches of protected ocean habitat-to be even more powerful than previously thought...
coopmike48Expert: 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. ...
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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,...
mikeklonskyStop 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,...
leoniehaimsonObama Says Warren Buffett is Right About Taxes
democraticunderground.com - Source: ReutersObama says Warren Buffett is right about taxesCANNON FALLS, MINNESOTA | Mon Aug 15, 2011 6:06pm EDTCANNON FALLS, Minnesota (Reuters) - Small-town Americans probably don't make as muc...
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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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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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