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Privatization & The War Against California Teachers-Fired CTC Attorney ...
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Attorney and whistleblower Kathleen Carroll was fired by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing CTC in September 2010 after she began to expose the systemic corruption and cronyism at t...
coopmike48A More Detailed Look at the Lack of Improvement under Chancellors Rhee and Henderson « GFBrandenburg's Blog
gfbrandenburg.wordpress.com - I’ve done some more number-crunching using DC-CAS data. This time, I followed individual cohorts of students as they passed through DCPS from 2008 through 2011, looking to see if there was any trut...
DianeRavitchPlaying politics: Andrew Cuomo talks about his plans with AmNews Staff
amsterdamnews.com - Posted: Thursday, August 18, 2011 12:00 am | Updated: 10:27 am, Thu Aug 18, 2011. Cuomo displays a self-assured air, which may be real or bravado, a plain sense of entitlement or straight-up arroga...
leoniehaimsonWhy Arne Duncan Shouldn't Really Be Dissing Texas Schools
time.com - U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, left, says the Texas school system "has really struggled" under Governor Rick Perry From left: Smialowski / Getty Images; Van Tine / Abaca Why is Arne Dunca...
mikeklonskyTeacher Investigated For Anti-Gay Facebook Posts - Orlando News Story
clickorlando.com - POSTED: Wednesday, August 17, 2011MOUNT DORA, Fla. -- Mount Dora High School history teacher Jerry Buell has been removed from the classroom while administrators investigate anti-gay comments poste...
mikeklonskyMy local union prez starts the new school year with a challenge to members to get involved. « Fred Klonsky's blog
preaprez.wordpress.com - PREA President Erin Breen.Every year at my district’s opening day activities our Park Ridge Education Association local president joins the superintendent and board president in welcoming back the ...
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Department of Education Signs Controversial Contract With Verizon | United States
theepochtimes.com - Verizon Communications Inc. employees picket in front of Verizon headquarters on August 8, in New York City. (Mario Tama/Getty Images) NEW YORK—Amid ongoing conflicts with the unions representing i...
leoniehaimsonD.C.’s move toward charter-centric school system - The Answer Sheet
washingtonpost.com - Are we seeing the beginnings of the “New Orleanization” of the D.C. public school system? There is new evidence suggesting that D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray is taking the initial steps in a move toward ...
mikeklonskyWhy unions are livid about L.A.'s new teacher-evaluation experiment
csmonitor.com - The Los Angeles Unified School District is testing a pilot program for teacher evaluation that includes parent feedback and peer review. But unions are not happy. Los Angeles After years of frustra...
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And they say the 1950's were boring!
nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - Check this photo from the May 8, 1950 edition of Life magazine: students "rioting" in the streets for better salaries for their teachers, after their teachers refused to take on extra duties like c...
leoniehaimsonMore Shame of a Nation
michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - On the heels of the Annie E. Casey report (below) comes another devastating report from the Children's Defense Fund on the State of America's Children. Here's the high lowlightsHow America Ranks Am...
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Cecilia Munoz Answered DREAM Act Questions on Twitter
hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 1:50 pm, August 19, 2011 Photo Credits: Obama and Immigration Reform Yesterday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a new strategy that focuses immigration resources in...
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Rick Perry’s loose lips worry Hill Republicans - Jonathan Martin and Jake Sherman
politico.com - Cut the cowboy talk.That’s the message congressional Republicans facing the prospect of sharing a ballot next year with Rick Perry have for the newest GOP presidential candidate. Continue Reading I...
mikeklonskyOhio governor, GOP leaders stage union law meeting
boston.com - COLUMBUS, Ohio—Union leaders passed on meeting with Ohio Gov. John Kasich Friday to discuss a possible compromise over the state's new collective bargaining law, rebuffing an effort intended to rem...
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Jobs protests rage on at Cong. offices in VA, FL, WI, MN
teamsternation.blogspot.com - More protests at congressional offices are starting to get press attention (it's about time). Here's the Herndon Patch on the 200 people who demonstrated yesterday outside Rep. Frank Wolf's office...
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All Education Matters: Student Loan Debtors Band Together To Support Suicidal Woman
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - All Education Matters: Student Loan Debtors Band Together To Support Suicidal WomanStudent Loan Debtors Band Together To Support Suicidal Womanby C. Cryn JohannsenI asked people to offer their supp...
coopmike48Another Special Edition Of “Links I Should Have Posted About, But Didn’t”
larryferlazzo.edublogs.org - Aug 19 2011 Larry Ferlazzo(NOTE: I usually publish this kind of post once-a-week. However, even more links than usual accumulated during this last week of school”) I have a huge backlog of resource...
coopmike48All Education Matters: Thomas Friedman Suggests We're Not Working Hard Enough - Are You F*$@ing Serious?!?
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - All Education Matters: Thomas Friedman Suggests We're Not Working Hard Enough - Are You F*$@ing Serious?!?Thomas Friedman Suggests We're Not Working Hard Enough - Are You F*$@ing Serious?!?by C. Cr...
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Parents Unsettled By Cancer Scare At Bronx Elementary School
ny1.com - To view our videos, you need toenable JavaScript. Learn how.install Adobe Flash 9 or above. Install now. Then come back here and refresh the page. The Department of Education and Chancellor Walco...
leoniehaimsonState of America's Children® 2010 Report
childrensdefense.org - Release Date: May 28, 2010File Size: 3.96 MBFile Format: pdfDownload Document CDF's The State of America's Children 2010, is a compilation of the most recent and reliable national and state-by-st...
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This week's healthy schools highlights
ednewsparent.org - Adolescent health: Mental health, stress and sleep Got teens? Check out this informational series in the New York Times. The the fourth installment in the Adolescent Health series focuses on mental...
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Customers Feel Some Ripples From the Verizon Strike
nytimes.com - As a strike by 45,000 Verizon workers approaches the two-week mark, the company’s customers are beginning to feel the impact — and are complaining about it. Verizon acknowledges “minor”...
leoniehaimsonHouston sheds 9,200 jobs after schools cuts | Business | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Houston sheds 9,200 jobs after schools cuts | Business | Chron.com - Houston ChronicleHouston sheds 9,200 jobs as schools cut backBy L.M. SIXEL HOUSTON CHRONICLEAug. 19, 2011, 11:24AMShareDel.icio....
coopmike48Wall Street firms donated $11.2 million to members of debt ‘super committee’
democraticunderground.com - Source: Raw StoryThe bipartisan "super committee" created by the debt ceiling deal is comprised of lawmakers who have received big bucks from special interest groups, according to a report by MapLi...
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Henderson: Gray ‘exceeded expectations’ - D.C. Schools Insider - The Washington Post
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Henderson: Gray ‘exceeded expectations’ - D.C. Schools Insider - The Washington PostHenderson: Gray ‘exceeded expectations’by Bill TurqueThe words “Mayor Vincent C. Gray” and “exceeded expectations...
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Seeking questions about new year for education heavyweights | GothamSchools
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Seeking questions about new year for education heavyweights | GothamSchoolsSeeking questions about new year for education heavyweightsby Philissa CramerThe start of school in three weeks comes as i...
coopmike48Racial gap in DC pass rates unchanged despite Rhee's rheeforms
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Racial gap in DC pass rates unchanged despite Rhee's rheeforms Racial gap in DC pass rates unchanged despite Rhee's rheeforms Written by Guy Brandenburg for GFBrandenburg’s blog. Read the entire ar...
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Steve Brill’s Report Card on School Reform
nytimes.com - Steven Brill is a graduate of Yale Law School and the founder of Court TV, and in his new book, “Class Warfare,” he brings a sharp legal mind to the world of education reform. Like a dogged prosecu...
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